Lot 18 · Evening Sale of Works from the Peter Norton Collection
Shake a Tail Feather
Wangechi Mutu · ink, watercolor and printed paper collage on mylar
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- Estimate
- $120,000–$180,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Evening Sale of Works from the Peter Norton Collection, New York · 26 October 2004
- Dimensions
- 66¾ x 42 in. (169.5 x 106.6 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4676355
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Wangechi Mutu, Shake a Tail Feather. Christie's, 26 Oct 2004, lot 18. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4676355.
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Wangechi Mutu, Shake a Tail Feather. Christie's, 26 Oct 2004, lot 18. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4676355.
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From the same sale Evening Sale of Works from the Peter Norton Collection · Oct 2004
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guitar Neck | Christian Marclay | $60,000–$80,000 | |
| From Our Side | Jim Hodge | $600,000–$800,000 | |
| In afwachting: looking out over sea | Jozef Israels | €3,000–€5,000 | |
| Giggling with grandmother | Luigi Mion | €12,000–€16,000 | |
| Prunes and a peach | Philippe Rousseau | €5,000–€7,000 | |
| Untitled (When I hear the word culture I take out my checkbook) | Barbara Kruger | $250,000–$350,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wangechi Mutu | try dismantling the little empire inside you | $187,500 | Sotheby's, Nov 2016 | |
| Wangechi Mutu | A Shady Promise | 《不可告人的承諾》 | Sotheby's, Jun 2021 | ||
| Wangechi Mutu | How to Stab Oneself in the Back | Sotheby's, Nov 2017 | ||
| Wangechi Mutu | Tree Huggers | Sotheby's, May 2014 | ||
| Wangechi Mutu | Missing Sea and My Land | Sotheby's, Feb 2011 | ||
| Keith Haring | Untitled | Phillips, Mar 2022 | ||
| Wangechi Mutu | Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine Tumors | Phillips, May 2014 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Shoes | Rago, Oct 2023 |
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.