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- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $3,153–$4,729
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art, London (South Kensington) · 16 November 2002
- Dimensions
- 24 x 20in. (61 x 50.8cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5699937
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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James Welling, Cool, Darkest. Christie's, 16 Nov 2002, lot 470. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5699937.
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James Welling, Cool, Darkest. Christie's, 16 Nov 2002, lot 470. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5699937.
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From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Art · Nov 2002
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Green House | Sandy Skoglund | — | |
| L'Accord Parfait; et Le Front Populaire | François Kollar | €1,000–€1,500 | |
| Looking Back | Saul Steinberg | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| Hands of Martha Lydis | Germaine Krull | €2,500–€3,500 | |
| Etude publicitaire pour un papier peint | Roger Parry | €1,000–€2,000 | |
| Boulevard Poissonière; et Allemands à Paris | ROGER PARRY; ET ROGER SCHALL | €1,000–€1,500 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Welling | james welling | 'untitled' (flowers) | $4,375 | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | |
| James Welling | Two works: (i) Waterfall ; (ii) Island | Phillips, Dec 2022 | ||
| James Welling | 5237 | Phillips, Mar 2025 | ||
| James Welling | 001+7+A | Phillips, Apr 2023 | ||
| James Welling | The Shoreliner, Guilford, CT | Wright, Jul 2017 | ||
| James Welling | 5, 2005 | Phillips, Apr 2019 | ||
| James Welling | Untitled (from the series: Usines de Dentelle) | Lempertz, Jun 2020 | ||
| James Welling | Dickinson | Phillips, Sep 2015 |
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.