Price databaseBrowseWhat’s it worth?Sell your artworkAppraisals
Watchlist
The Hero Centaur by Hernan Bas, 2005, oil on panel, offered Nov 2015Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗

Thumbnail shown for reference only. Phillips holds the rights to its photography — see the full images on the original lot page ↗

Auction result

The Hero Centaur

Hernan Bas (American, b. 1978) · 2005

Unsold / did not meet reserve

Estimate $50,000 – $70,000 (≈ £33,069 – £46,296) (≈ €46,681 – €65,353)

Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.

Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓

Medium
Oil · Paintings all oil results →
As published: “oil on panel”
Support
Panel
Signed / inscribed
Initialed and dated
Category
Design (named designers)
Dimensions
36 x 48 x 2 1/4 in. (91.4 x 121.9 x 5.7 cm)
Auction house
Phillips
Sale
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale (NY010815)
Date
November 10, 2015
Location
New York
Lot
288
Estimate
$50,000 – $70,000 (≈ £33,069 – £46,296) (≈ €46,681 – €65,353)
Source
Auction house phillips.com ↗
Retrieved Sep 27, 2026

View this lot on Phillips ↗

Own a work by Hernan Bas? Get a free auction estimate →

Own this work? Add it to My Collection → Private to you, with alerts when comparable works sell.

Provenance trail: auction history of this work

Offered twice between 2015 and 2018 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1

  1. The Hero Centaur, Phillips 2015

    Nov 10, 2015 · Phillips this result

    20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, lot 288

    Bought in / unsold · est. $50,000 – $70,000

    As catalogued

    Hernan Bas, “The Hero Centaur”, 2005

    oil on panel

    36 x 48 x 2 1/4 in. (91.4 x 121.9 x 5.7 cm)

  2. The Hero Centaur, Phillips 2018

    May 10, 2018 · Phillips

    20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session, lot 363

    Sold $81,250Sign up to see · est. $30,000 – $40,000

    As catalogued

    Hernan Bas, “The Hero Centaur”, 2005

    oil on panel

    36 x 48 x 2 1/4 in. (91.4 x 121.9 x 5.7 cm)

Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 88%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.

Similar size by this artist

Works by Hernan Bas with a longest side of about 122 cm (48 in) (±20 %).

All Hernan Bas results of this size →

More results for Hernan Bas

All results for Hernan Bas →

Also in this sale

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale · Phillips · Nov 10, 2015

All Phillips results →

Similar works

Oil results by other artists.