Lot 269 · Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
The Ghost of a Mountain
Ged Quinn · oil on linen
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- Estimate
- £30,000–£40,000 hammer ≈ $46,964–$62,619
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction, London · 1 July 2015
- Dimensions
- 105 1/8 x 72in. (267 x 183cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4139207
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Ged Quinn, The Ghost of a Mountain. Christie's, 1 Jul 2015, lot 269. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4139207.
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From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction · Jul 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Co-Coq | Marcel Broodthaers | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Abstract Portrait | George Condo | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| Nijinski Hare On Globe Form, Mirrored | Barry Flanagan | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Linea di lunghezza infinita (Line of Infinite Length) | Piero Manzoni | £60,000–£90,000 | |
| Gravel Painting | Dan Rees | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Untitled | Jean-Michel Basquiat | £300,000–£500,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ged Quinn | The Sea of Sandwiches | $50,147 | Sotheby's, Feb 2011 | |
| Ged Quinn | There's a ghost in my house | Phillips, Apr 2017 | ||
| Ged Quinn | Cake in the Wilderness | Sotheby's, Feb 2013 | ||
| Ged Quinn | The Exiled Forever Coming Into Land | Sotheby's, Mar 2016 | ||
| Ged Quinn | dad with tits | Sotheby's, Feb 2014 | ||
| Vik Muniz | Poplars, after Claude Monet (Pictures of Pigments) | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Still Life (Hammer and Sickle) | Phillips, Mar 2022 | ||
| Ged Quinn | The last game in town | Phillips, Oct 2017 |
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.