Lot 334 · FIRST OPEN | Post-War and Contemporary Art
Helping Hands in a Year of Thirteen Moons Hold Mirrors to Change My Make-Up (Visual Diary of Princess Middlefinger)
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- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — FIRST OPEN | Post-War and Contemporary Art, New York · 4 March 2016
- Dimensions
- wall element: 40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4062812
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Christian Holstad, Helping Hands in a Year of Thirteen Moons Hold Mirrors to Change My Make-Up (Visual Diary of Princess Middlefinger). Christie's, 4 Mar 2016, lot 334. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4062812.
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Christian Holstad, Helping Hands in a Year of Thirteen Moons Hold Mirrors to Change My Make-Up (Visual Diary of Princess Middlefinger). Christie's, 4 Mar 2016, lot 334. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4062812.
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