Lot 65 · Post-War and Contemporary Art: Amsterdam
Obscurité Profonde (Deep Darkness)
Marthe Wery · oil on two attached canvases, in two parts
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- Estimate
- €8,000–€12,000 hammer ≈ $10,150–$15,226
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art: Amsterdam, Amsterdam · 5 May 2006
- Dimensions
- each: 201 x 49cm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3639379
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Marthe Wery, Obscurité Profonde (Deep Darkness). Christie's, 5 May 2006, lot 65. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3639379.
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Marthe Wery, Obscurité Profonde (Deep Darkness). Christie's, 5 May 2006, lot 65. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3639379.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| North Atlantic Ocean, Cliffs of Moher II | Hiroshi Sugimoto | $25,000–$35,000 | |
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| Mother | Maurizio Cattelan | $60,000–$80,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marthe Wery | Sans titre | $6,890 | Bonhams, Jun 2023 | |
| Marthe Wery | Untitled | Christie's, Apr 2017 | ||
| Günther Förg | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Jun 2021 | ||
| Marthe Wery | Sans titre, série Venise | Bonhams, Apr 2024 | ||
| Karel Appel | Het jonge dier (The Young Animal) | Bonhams, Jul 2025 | ||
| Günther Förg | günther förg | untitled (three works) | Sotheby's, Nov 2019 | ||
| Karel Appel | No. 5215 (from the Titan Series) | Rago, Jun 2025 | ||
| Imi Knoebel | Face 91 Ed. | Phillips, Oct 2020 |
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.