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- Estimate
- £700,000–£900,000 hammer ≈ $1,097,094–$1,410,550
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Sale, London · 13 October 2011
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4038935
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Anselm Kiefer, Melancholia. Sotheby's, 13 Oct 2011, lot 30. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4038935.
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Anselm Kiefer, Melancholia. Sotheby's, 13 Oct 2011, lot 30. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4038935.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Sale · Oct 2011
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheops | Andreas Gursky | £300,000–£400,000 | |
| Untitled (Many Figures) | Jean-Michel Basquiat | £300,000–£400,000 | |
| Subject and Object Self-Defined | Joseph Kosuth | £100,000–£120,000 | |
| Swear | Gilbert And George | £220,000–£280,000 | |
| Charmant eight | Chris Ofili | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Plants in Jamaica | Lucian Freud | £400,000–£600,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anselm Kiefer | Walhalla | $1,285,835 | Phillips, Mar 2023 | |
| Anselm Kiefer | des herbstes runengespinst | Sotheby's, Jun 2019 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Für Andrea Emo | Sotheby's, Jun 2022 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | des herbstes runengespinst – für paul celan | Sotheby's, Feb 2015 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Wundtau regnet | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Le Dormeur du val (The Sleeper in the Valley) | Christie's, Oct 2019 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Laßt tausend Blumen blühen! (Let a thousand flowers bloom!) | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Wölund-Lied [Wayland's Song] | Sotheby's, May 2022 |
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