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- Estimate
- £12,000–£18,000 hammer ≈ $18,797–$28,196
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — 20th Century British Art, London · 15 December 2010
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3975331
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Patrick Hughes, empty city. Sotheby's, 15 Dec 2010, lot 160. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3975331.
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Patrick Hughes, empty city. Sotheby's, 15 Dec 2010, lot 160. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3975331.
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From the same sale 20th Century British Art · Dec 2010
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of a Woman | Augustus Edwin John O.m., R.a. | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Bull | Robert Clatworthy | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Crescent | Robert Adams | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Mother and Children | Frederick Edward Mcwilliam, A.r.a. | £15,000–£25,000 | |
| Sir Edward Lawson | Sir Max Beerbohm | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Rudbaxton Church, Pembroke | John Piper C.h. | £3,000–£4,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Hughes | Over All | $37,800 | Rago, May 2024 | |
| Patrick Hughes | Book Ends | Christie's, Sep 2020 | ||
| Patrick Hughes | Appropriately | Phillips, Dec 2023 | ||
| Patrick Hughes | Sinister Labryinth | Bonhams, Jul 2026 | ||
| Patrick Hughes | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, May 2025 | ||
| Patrick Hughes | Adventure | Christie's, Sep 2020 | ||
| Patrick Hughes | The Doors of Perception | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Patrick Hughes | Push and Pull | Christie's, Mar 2023 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.