Lot 43 · A Love Letter to Beirut: Arts and Culture, 1960s - 2020s
I Only Wish I Could Weep (Attributed to Operator #17)
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- Estimate
- £6,000–£8,000 hammer ≈ $7,443–$9,924
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — A Love Letter to Beirut: Arts and Culture, 1960s - 2020s, London · 23 April 2024
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5208546
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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The Atlas Group / Walid Ra'ad, I Only Wish I Could Weep (Attributed to Operator #17). Sotheby's, 23 Apr 2024, lot 43. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5208546.
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The Atlas Group / Walid Ra'ad, I Only Wish I Could Weep (Attributed to Operator #17). Sotheby's, 23 Apr 2024, lot 43. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5208546.
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From the same sale A Love Letter to Beirut: Arts and Culture, 1960s - 2020s · Apr 2024
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marionette | — | £70,000–£100,000 | |
| Untitled (Wedding) | — | £2,500–£3,500 | |
| Untitled (Jerusalem) | — | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Beirut | Etel Adnan | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| Untitled | Huguette Caland | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Untitled | Huguette Caland | £20,000–£30,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Atlas Group / Walid Ra'ad | already been in a lake of fire (notebook volume 38) | $32,500 | Sotheby's, Apr 2013 | |
| The Atlas Group / Walid Ra'ad | Already Been in a Lake of Fire: Notebook Volume 38 | Christie's, May 2003 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Flowers | Bonhams, Oct 2025 | ||
| The Atlas Group / Walid Ra'ad | Missing Lebanese Wars | Sotheby's, Jun 2017 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Larry Poons (from the Castelli Portraits series) | Rago, May 2026 | ||
| The Atlas Group / Walid Ra'ad | already been in a lake of fire, plates 69/70 | Sotheby's, Feb 2014 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Merab Guramovich Abramishvili: "Tor des Paradieses" | VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG, Nov 2023 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Vesuvius (F. & S. Ⅱ.365) | SBI Art Auction, Oct 2024 |
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.