Lot 435 · Post-War & Contemporary Afternoon Session
Prière de Toucher
Sarah Lucas · color coupler print
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- Estimate
- $12,000–$18,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War & Contemporary Afternoon Session, New York · 11 November 2009
- Dimensions
- 31 x 21 in. (78.7 x 53.3 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5212222
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Sarah Lucas, Prière de Toucher. Christie's, 11 Nov 2009, lot 435. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5212222.
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Sarah Lucas, Prière de Toucher. Christie's, 11 Nov 2009, lot 435. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5212222.
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From the same sale Post-War & Contemporary Afternoon Session · Nov 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soliloquy VI | SAM TAYLOR WOOD (B. 1967) | $35,000–$45,000 | |
| Untitled | Cecily Brown | $35,000–$45,000 | |
| Untitled | Ghada Amer | $70,000–$100,000 | |
| Untitled | Charles Ray | $70,000–$100,000 | |
| Untitled | Tara Donovan | $15,000–$20,000 | |
| Domain VIII (Crouching) | Anthony Gormley | $120,000–$180,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Lucas | Got A Salmon On #3 | $20,320 | Sotheby's, Dec 2023 | |
| Sarah Lucas | Beer Can Penis | Bonhams, Jun 2024 | ||
| Sarah Lucas | Is Suicide Genetic? | Sotheby's, Feb 2010 | ||
| Sarah Lucas | Stanway John | Phillips, Dec 2017 | ||
| Sarah Lucas | Human Toilet II | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Sarah Lucas | „ohne Titel“ Mais/Corn | Phillips, Nov 2014 | ||
| Sarah Lucas | Beer Can Penis, 1999 | Lyon & Turnbull, Aug 2022 | ||
| Sarah Lucas | One's nob (iii) | Phillips, Apr 2019 |
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.