Lot 38 · Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale
The Lesson
Paula Rego · pastel on paper mounted on aluminium
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- Estimate
- £400,000–£600,000 hammer ≈ $782,918–$1,174,378
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, London · 6 February 2008
- Dimensions
- 66 7/8 x 59 1/8in. (170 x 150cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5481371
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Paula Rego, The Lesson. Christie's, 6 Feb 2008, lot 38. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5481371.
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Paula Rego, The Lesson. Christie's, 6 Feb 2008, lot 38. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5481371.
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From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale · Feb 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Anselm Reyle | £80,000–£120,000 | |
| Untitled (for Mondrian) | Liu Ye | £300,000–£500,000 | |
| Untitled (Sheep Herd) | Yue Minjun | £300,000–£400,000 | |
| Mao Rouge | Yan Pei-ming | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Settlement Nurse | Richard Prince | £2,000,000–£3,000,000 | |
| Palm Springs Jump | Jean-Michel Basquiat | — |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paula Rego | Jenufa | $797,100 | Sotheby's, Feb 2014 | |
| Paula Rego | Snow White Playing with her Father's Trophies | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Paula Rego | School for Little Witches | Christie's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Paula Rego | Hyacinth - Reclining Hippo from Walt Disney's Fantasia | Christie's, Feb 2013 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Guitare et partition sur guéridon | Sotheby's, May 2022 | ||
| Paula Rego | Good Dog | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Paula Rego | The Bullfighter's Godmother | Sotheby's, Feb 2016 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Felix the Cat | Sotheby's, May 2021 |
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.