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- Estimate
- $600,000–$800,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, New York · 10 November 2011
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4048426
- Record
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Arshile Gorky, Study for the Unattainable. Sotheby's, 10 Nov 2011, lot 71. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4048426.
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Arshile Gorky, Study for the Unattainable. Sotheby's, 10 Nov 2011, lot 71. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4048426.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Nov 2011
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| I assume you drink Martell | Jeff Koons | $600,000–$800,000 | |
| Untitled | Keith Haring | $1,000,000–$1,500,000 | |
| Diamond Dust Shoes | Andy Warhol | $1,800,000–$2,500,000 | |
| Gudrun | Gerhard Richter | $5,500,000–$7,500,000 | |
| The Black Sea | Eric Fischl | $2,000,000–$3,000,000 | |
| Four Red Horizontals (To Sonja) | Dan Flavin | $1,000,000–$1,500,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arshile Gorky | Untitled (from the Fireplace in Virginia series) | $579,600 | Christie's, May 2023 | |
| Arshile Gorky | Untitled | Christie's, May 2023 | ||
| Arshile Gorky | study for image in xhorkom | Sotheby's, May 2011 | ||
| Arshile Gorky | Still Life with Palette | Christie's, May 2019 | ||
| Arshile Gorky | arshile gorky | untitled (virginia landscape) | Sotheby's, Jun 2020 | ||
| Arshile Gorky | Study for Delicate Game | Christie's, Nov 2000 | ||
| Arshile Gorky | Abstraction | Christie's, Nov 2008 | ||
| Arshile Gorky | Untitled (Schary's Orchard) | Sotheby's, May 2014 |
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.