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- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $2,624–$3,936
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Online, London · 12 April 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4735403
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Jãnis Avotiņš, janis avotins | what... anxious?. Sotheby's, 12 Apr 2019, lot 103. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4735403.
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Jãnis Avotiņš, janis avotins | what... anxious?. Sotheby's, 12 Apr 2019, lot 103. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4735403.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Online · Apr 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| francis alÿs | elephant | Francis Alys | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| jim shaw | dream object 2 | Jim Shaw | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| angus fairhurst | crocodile wrestling (evidence of man removed) | Angus Fairhurst | £800–£1,200 | |
| jim shaw | dream object 1 | Jim Shaw | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| franz west | pickelnick | Franz West | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| elian chali | verticalidad iv | Elian Chali | £1,000–£1,500 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jãnis Avotiņš | „Diversion“. 2004 | $4,656 | Grisebach, Dec 2016 | |
| Jãnis Avotiņš | Untitled | Lempertz, Jun 2018 | ||
| Jãnis Avotiņš | Tohu | Phillips, Dec 2017 | ||
| Jonathan Meese | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Apr 2022 | ||
| Damien Hirst | H10-4 Suiko (from The Empresses) | Phillips, Apr 2023 | ||
| Jãnis Avotiņš | for a short while it would not be too bad | Sotheby's, Nov 2018 | ||
| Jãnis Avotiņš | I Saw My Bad Approaching, 2009 | Ketterer Kunst, Jun 2016 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Raffles, from Colour Space (H5-5) | Phillips, Sep 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.