Lot 629 · Living With Art - A Private European Collection, Evening Sale
Die Grosse Fracht (The Heavy Cargo)
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- Estimate
- £600,000–£800,000 hammer ≈ $952,943–$1,270,591
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Living With Art - A Private European Collection, Evening Sale, London · 9 February 2012
- Dimensions
- 110¼ X 149 7/8 X 29 7/8 IN. (280 X 380 X 76 CM.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4618317
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-4618317 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4618317
Anselm Kiefer, DIE GROSSE FRACHT (THE HEAVY CARGO). Christie's, 9 Feb 2012, lot 629. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4618317.
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Anselm Kiefer, DIE GROSSE FRACHT (THE HEAVY CARGO). Christie's, 9 Feb 2012, lot 629. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4618317.
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From the same sale Living With Art - A Private European Collection, Evening Sale · Feb 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | BAMANA FIGURE, JONYELENI | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Book of Hours, in Latin with Some Rubrics in French, Use of Troyes, I… | BOOK OF HOURS, IN LATIN WITH SOME RUBRICS IN FRENCH, USE OF TROYES, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM | £25,000–£35,000 | |
| Shéhérazade | René Magritte | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| Sans titre | Yves Tanguy | £70,000–£100,000 | |
| Two Legs and a Belly | Alexander Calder | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Personnages et oiseaux devant le soleil | Joan Miró | £4,000,000–£7,000,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anselm Kiefer | Für Paul Celan: Kenotaph 2012 | $792,711 | Bonhams, Mar 2024 | |
| Anselm Kiefer | Odi Navali | Christie's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Wundtau regnet | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Tempelhof | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Für Ossip Mandelstamm das Rauschen der Zeit | Sotheby's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Für Gérard de Nerval | Phillips, Mar 2025 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Freia's Garden | Phillips, Mar 2022 | ||
| Anselm Kiefer | Die Ungeborenen | Sotheby's, Jun 2024 |
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.