Lot 5 · Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Dead Bird
Lucian Freud · ink, watercolour and gouache on card
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- Estimate
- £220,000–£280,000 hammer ≈ $360,360–$458,640
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction, London · 8 May 1998
- Dimensions
- 15 x 20 7/8in. (38 x 53cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4741341
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-4741341 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4741341
Lucian Freud, Dead Bird. Christie's, 8 May 1998, lot 5. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4741341.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Poppies | Nikolai Yakovevich Belyayev (b.1916) | £400–£600 | |
| Samarkand | Mikhail Sergeyevich Ageyev (b.1918) | £25–£200 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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