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- Estimate
- £250,000–£350,000 hammer ≈ $337,082–$471,915
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — (Women) Artists, London · 27 May 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4929612
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Jenny Saville, Self-Portrait (Head Study). Sotheby's, 27 May 2021, lot 16. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4929612.
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Jenny Saville, Self-Portrait (Head Study). Sotheby's, 27 May 2021, lot 16. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4929612.
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| Love Handles | Anissa Kermiche | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Sailor | Dorothea Tanning | £6,000–£8,000 | |
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenny Saville | Self-Portrait | $494,596 | Christie's, Oct 2024 | |
| Jenny Saville | untitled | Sotheby's, Mar 2019 | ||
| Jenny Saville | Time | Christie's, Oct 2010 | ||
| Jenny Saville | Host | Christie's, Jun 2016 | ||
| Jenny Saville | reproduction drawing iii (after the leonardo cartoon) | Sotheby's, Dec 2020 | ||
| Keith Haring | Untitled | Christie's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Jenny Saville | Ashes | Christie's, Mar 2017 | ||
| Jenny Saville | susanna | Sotheby's, Dec 2018 |
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.