Lot 87 · Contemporary Art
I Have an Important Guest. We Will Play the Harp and Blow the Flute
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- Estimate
- €2,000–€3,000 hammer ≈ $2,272–$3,407
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Contemporary Art, Brussels · 28 April 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-089741
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Mai-thu Perret, I Have an Important Guest. We Will Play the Harp and Blow the Flute. Bonhams, 28 Apr 2025, lot 87. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-089741.
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Mai-thu Perret, I Have an Important Guest. We Will Play the Harp and Blow the Flute. Bonhams, 28 Apr 2025, lot 87. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-089741.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art · Apr 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sans titre | Herbert Zangs | €4,000–€6,000 | |
| Refuge | Alicia Penalba | €20,000–€30,000 | |
| Composition abstraite | Mark Tobey | €10,000–€12,000 | upcoming |
| Composition abstraite | Mark Tobey | €12,000–€15,000 | upcoming |
| Sans titre | Philippe Vandenberg | €15,000–€20,000 | |
| Klaverkans | Bram Bogart | €40,000–€60,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mai-thu Perret | Black chaos walks across the snow, 2011 | $6,284 | Christie's, Sep 2019 | |
| Mai-thu Perret | Migraine III | Phillips, Sep 2021 | ||
| Mai-thu Perret | The Crack-Up VI | Sotheby's, Dec 2014 | ||
| Mai-thu Perret | Frozen Waves | Phillips, Dec 2014 | ||
| Mai-thu Perret | Agoraphobia II | Rago, Jun 2023 | ||
| Mai-thu Perret | Untitled | Phillips, Mar 2026 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Untitled Paper Spin Painting | Bonhams, Nov 2024 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Birmingham Race Riot (from X + X ( Ten Works by Ten Painters | Freeman's | Hindman, Sep 2023 |
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.