Lot 102 · London Contemporary
Saving the tree
Hiroshi Sugimoto · acrylic, pencil and coloured pencil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £10,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $17,740–$21,288
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — LONDON CONTEMPORARY, London · 23 October 2005
- Dimensions
- 48 x 56in. (122 x 142.2cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5761178
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-5761178 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-5761178
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Saving the tree. Christie's, 23 Oct 2005, lot 102. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5761178.
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Hiroshi Sugimoto, Saving the tree. Christie's, 23 Oct 2005, lot 102. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5761178.
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From the same sale London Contemporary · Oct 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eating Buggers (Version II) | Bruce Nauman | £140,000–£180,000 | |
| Ohne Titel | Matthias Weischer | £18,000–£22,000 | |
| Untitled (Two men throwing bombs from a balloon) | Wilhelm Sasnal | £18,000–£22,000 | |
| Mondrian (blau/weiß) | Tim Eitel | £25,000–£35,000 | |
| Untitled (House) | Dirk Skreber | £80,000–£120,000 | |
| Fn 31 | Albert Oehlen | £40,000–£60,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroshi Sugimoto | Lightning Fields Composed 24.00g | $75,400 | Sotheby's, Feb 2026 | |
| Hiroshi Sugimoto | United Nations Headquarters | Phillips, Oct 2024 | ||
| Hiroshi Sugimoto | World Trade Center | Phillips, Oct 2016 | ||
| Hiroshi Sugimoto | 'Mediterranean Sea, Cassis' | Sotheby's, May 2023 | ||
| Hiroshi Sugimoto | Joe 2083 | Phillips, May 2022 | ||
| Hiroshi Sugimoto | Queen Victoria | Phillips, Oct 2022 | ||
| Hiroshi Sugimoto | Avalon Theatre, Catalina Island | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Hiroshi Sugimoto | World Trade Center 1997 | Bonhams, Nov 2022 |
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.