Lot 893 · Changing Focus
the monkey year; man with an axe, after raskolnikov; tramway n5; fellow with a cigarette; equilibrist; untitled
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- Estimate
- £7,000–£9,000 hammer ≈ $10,748–$13,819
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Changing Focus, London · 5 June 2013
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4176753
- Record
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Boris Smelov, the monkey year; man with an axe, after raskolnikov; tramway n5; fellow with a cigarette; equilibrist; untitled. Sotheby's, 5 Jun 2013, lot 893. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4176753.
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Boris Smelov, the monkey year; man with an axe, after raskolnikov; tramway n5; fellow with a cigarette; equilibrist; untitled. Sotheby's, 5 Jun 2013, lot 893. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4176753.
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From the same sale Changing Focus · Jun 2013
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Tatiana Lieberman | £1,800–£2,500 | |
| At the Festival | Antanas Sutkus | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Face of the Epoque and Farewell, Party Comrades! | Antanas Sutkus | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| the Smoker | Sergei Borisov | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| Untitled | Tatiana Lieberman | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Pioneer | Antanas Sutkus | £3,000–£5,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boris Smelov | five still-lifes | $8,637 | Sotheby's, Jun 2013 | |
| Boris Smelov | Eight works from St Petersburg series | Sotheby's, Jun 2013 | ||
| Boris Mikhailov | two works from the luriki series | Sotheby's, Jun 2013 | ||
| Boris Mikhailov | Ohne Titel, aus der Serie „By the Ground“. 1991 | Grisebach, May 2014 | ||
| Vladimir Kupriyanov | six works from the wedding of sweepers series | Sotheby's, Jun 2013 | ||
| Boris Mikhailov | Boris Mikhailov: Untitled | VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG, Nov 2024 | ||
| Sergei Borisov | Catwalk | Phillips, Oct 2013 | ||
| Antanas Sutkus | antanas sutkus | 'jean-paul sartre in lithuania', nida, 1965 | Sotheby's, May 2019 |
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.