Lot 185 · Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale
Why, Though, Can't Everything-Just for Today-Wait? Wait and Just Go on Without Change a Bit Longer
Markus Muntean & Adi Rosenblum · acrylic on canvas
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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $21,317–$28,423
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale, London · 12 February 2009
- Dimensions
- 78¾ x 98 3/8in. (200 x 250cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5398037
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-5398037 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-5398037
Markus Muntean & Adi Rosenblum, WHY, THOUGH, CAN'T EVERYTHING-JUST FOR TODAY-WAIT? WAIT AND JUST GO ON WITHOUT CHANGE A BIT LONGER. Christie's, 12 Feb 2009, lot 185. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5398037.
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Markus Muntean & Adi Rosenblum, WHY, THOUGH, CAN'T EVERYTHING-JUST FOR TODAY-WAIT? WAIT AND JUST GO ON WITHOUT CHANGE A BIT LONGER. Christie's, 12 Feb 2009, lot 185. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5398037.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Sfera #7 | Arnaldo Pomodoro | £80,000–£120,000 | |
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| Hall of Thirty Three Bays | Hiroshi Sugimoto | £6,000–£8,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Hiroshi Sugimoto | Sea of Japan, Rebun Island | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
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