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- Estimate
- £250,000–£350,000 hammer ≈ $391,369–$547,916
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, London · 1 July 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4379015
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Frank Auerbach, Head of Gerda Boehm. Sotheby's, 1 Jul 2015, lot 6. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4379015.
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Frank Auerbach, Head of Gerda Boehm. Sotheby's, 1 Jul 2015, lot 6. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4379015.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Jul 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Anish Kapoor | £500,000–£700,000 | |
| Scarpa vista da dietro | Domenico Gnoli | £2,000,000–£3,000,000 | |
| Concetto Spaziale, Attese | Lucio Fontana | £4,000,000–£5,000,000 | |
| Untitled | Sigmar Polke | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| Virgil | Cy Twombly | £1,200,000–£1,800,000 | |
| The Cadet and his Sister | Paula Rego | £600,000–£800,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Auerbach | Primrose Hill - Early Summer | $3,150,568 | Christie's, Mar 2025 | |
| Frank Auerbach | Head of Leon Kossoff | Christie's, Jun 2016 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Primrose Hill | Christie's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Primrose Hill, Summer | Sotheby's, Jun 2014 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Head of Gerda Boehm | Sotheby's, Jun 2022 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | head of j.y.m. | Sotheby's, Feb 2020 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | E.O.W. on her Blue Eiderdown VII | Sotheby's, Jun 2023 | ||
| Frank Auerbach | Nude on Bed III | Christie's, Mar 2025 |
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.