Lot 265 · Post-War and Contemporary Day Sale
Tough...Your Property is a Rumor of Power
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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $27,313–$36,418
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Day Sale , London · 25 June 2004
- Dimensions
- 40 x 50in. (110.8 x 127cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5909516
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-5909516 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-5909516
Barbara Kruger, Tough...Your Property is a Rumor of Power. Christie's, 25 Jun 2004, lot 265. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5909516.
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Barbara Kruger, Tough...Your Property is a Rumor of Power. Christie's, 25 Jun 2004, lot 265. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5909516.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Yves Klein | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Untitled (Maquette for Balloon) | Takashi Murakami | £12,000–£16,000 | |
| Untitled | Roberto Matta | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Untitled (Pasa a mano) | Juan Muñoz | £18,000–£22,000 | |
| Le nuage doré | André Lanskoy | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Celia Sleeping | David Hockney | £15,000–£20,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Kruger | barbara kruger | untitled (you will never wake up from this | $22,500 | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | |
| Barbara Kruger | Untitled (Do you feel comfortable losing?) | Christie's, Sep 2019 | ||
| Barbara Kruger | Untitled (When was the last time you laughed?) | Christie's, Mar 2018 | ||
| Barbara Kruger | Untitled (Can Money Buy You Love?) | Phillips, May 2025 | ||
| Barbara Kruger | Untitled (How can I become a saint) | Christie's, Mar 2025 | ||
| Barbara Kruger | Untitled (When Was the Last Time You Laughed?) | Phillips, Mar 2021 | ||
| Barbara Kruger | Untitled (The War for Me to Become You) | Sotheby's, Nov 2015 | ||
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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.