Lot 167 · Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
Metros I
Cildo Meireles · yellow carpenter's wood rulers, in four parts
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- Estimate
- £50,000–£70,000 hammer ≈ $72,522–$101,531
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction, London · 12 February 2016
- Dimensions
- each: 39 3/8 x 5/8in. (200 x 1.5cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4065496
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Cildo Meireles, Metros I. Christie's, 12 Feb 2016, lot 167. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4065496.
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Cildo Meireles, Metros I. Christie's, 12 Feb 2016, lot 167. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4065496.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Steiner | Isa Genzken | £120,000–£180,000 | |
| Untitled | Willem De Kooning | £30,000–£35,000 | |
| Table and Beam | Ai Weiwei | £80,000–£100,000 | |
| Untitled (Chaise longue) | Franz West | £30,000–£50,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cildo Meireles | Metros | $63,500 | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | |
| Cildo Meireles | Metros I | Sotheby's, Nov 2015 | ||
| Cildo Meireles | metros [seven works] | Sotheby's, Sep 2018 | ||
| Cildo Meireles | Fontes | Christie's, Mar 2015 | ||
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| Cildo Meireles | Interções em Circuitos Ideolõgicos: Projeto Coca-Cola | Phillips, Oct 2019 | ||
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