Lot 248 · Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
Durch das Rote Meer (Through the Red Sea)
Anselm Kiefer · silver leaf on gelatin silver prints mounted in book form, comprising seventeen spreads
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- Estimate
- £60,000–£80,000 hammer ≈ $94,097–$125,462
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction, London · 15 February 2012
- Dimensions
- open: 16¾ x 33 x 1½in. (42.5 x 83.8 x 3.8cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4617663
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Anselm Kiefer, Durch das Rote Meer (Through the Red Sea). Christie's, 15 Feb 2012, lot 248. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4617663.
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Anselm Kiefer, Durch das Rote Meer (Through the Red Sea). Christie's, 15 Feb 2012, lot 248. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4617663.
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|---|---|---|---|
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anselm Kiefer | Yggdrasil | $113,400 | Sotheby's, May 2022 | |
| Anselm Kiefer | Erzvater grub, Erzmutter molk das Schicksal nährend für ein | Phillips, Dec 2020 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Gesanges - Wolken | Sotheby's, Nov 2024 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Liliths Tochter | Sotheby's, May 2021 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Johannisnacht | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Das Rote Meer | Christie's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Sternenfall | Sotheby's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | der Morgenthau-Plan (The Morgenthau Plan) | Phillips, Mar 2022 |
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.