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- Estimate
- £200,000–£300,000 hammer ≈ $277,435–$416,152
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, London · 7 March 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4639590
- Record
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Wolfgang Tillmans, greifbar 40. Sotheby's, 7 Mar 2018, lot 45. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4639590.
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Wolfgang Tillmans, greifbar 40. Sotheby's, 7 Mar 2018, lot 45. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4639590.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Mar 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| concetto spaziale, attese | Lucio Fontana | £800,000–£1,200,000 | |
| untitled film still #57 | Cindy Sherman | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| incontri e scontri (meetings and collisions) | Alighiero Boetti | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| untitled (july 23, 1988) | Alighiero Boetti | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| study to homage to the square: evident | Josef Albers | £450,000–£650,000 | |
| sometimes life is really, really, really dark | Damien Hirst | £300,000–£500,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfgang Tillmans | Urgency XII | $396,587 | Christie's, Mar 2019 | |
| Wolfgang Tillmans | Urgency XVI | Christie's, Oct 2017 | ||
| Wolfgang Tillmans | Freischwimmer 102 | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Wolfgang Tillmans | Freischwimmer 99 | Phillips, Oct 2019 | ||
| Wolfgang Tillmans | Freischwimmer 106 | Sotheby's, Nov 2017 | ||
| Wolfgang Tillmans | Freischwimmer 154 | Phillips, Nov 2017 | ||
| Wolfgang Tillmans | Greifbar 27 | Phillips, Mar 2018 | ||
| Wolfgang Tillmans | Freischwimmer 120 | Christie's, 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.