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- Estimate
- £400,000–£600,000 hammer ≈ $728,317–$1,092,475
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's L05022 · 22 June 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3261054
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Nicolas De Staël, Les Martigues (composition). Sotheby's, 22 Jun 2005, lot 16. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3261054.
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Nicolas De Staël, Les Martigues (composition). Sotheby's, 22 Jun 2005, lot 16. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3261054.
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From the same sale Sotheby's L05022 · Jun 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achrome | Piero Manzoni | £180,000–£250,000 | |
| Paysage Couleur de Viande Cuite | Jean Dubuffet | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| Concetto Spaziale | Lucio Fontana | £200,000–£250,000 | |
| Figure in Mountain Landscape | Peter Doig | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Untitled (Pestus) | Jean-Michel Basquiat | £120,000–£150,000 | |
| Initials | Antoni Tàpies | £150,000–£200,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas De Staël | Composition 1951 | $1,237,080 | Bonhams, Dec 2024 | |
| Nicolas De Staël | Le chemin difficile | Christie's, Dec 2020 | ||
| Nicolas De Staël | Fleurs sur fond rouge | Phillips, May 2026 | ||
| Nicolas De Staël | Composition | Sotheby's, Apr 2025 | ||
| Nicolas De Staël | Fleurs blanches et rouges dans un vase gris | Christie's, Oct 2002 | ||
| Nicolas De Staël | Lanterne | Christie's, Jun 2019 | ||
| Nicolas De Staël | Etude pour Le Parc des Princes | Sotheby's, Apr 2025 | ||
| Nicolas De Staël | Pavés Gris | Sotheby's, Feb 2016 |
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.