Lot 9 · Modernités : de Rodin à Soulages
deux hirondelles traversant l'océan dans une valise
Sign in to download a work market report (PDF) — placement, comparables, and the artist's market, generated from the record.
- Estimate
- €200,000–€300,000 hammer ≈ $236,680–$355,020
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modernités : de Rodin à Soulages, Paris · 19 October 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4604084
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-4604084 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4604084
Max Ernst, deux hirondelles traversant l'océan dans une valise. Sotheby's, 19 Oct 2017, lot 9. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4604084.
Cite this record permanent · resolvable · quotable
Appraisal reports, insurance claims, catalogue entries and footnotes. The identifier never changes, and anyone can resolve it back to this page at https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4604084.
Max Ernst, deux hirondelles traversant l'océan dans une valise. Sotheby's, 19 Oct 2017, lot 9. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4604084.
The citation omits the realized price because this record is not unlocked. Everything else in it is complete and permanent.
From the same sale Modernités : de Rodin à Soulages · Oct 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voilà | Man Ray | €25,000–€35,000 | |
| Traveler's Folding Item | Marcel Duchamp | €600,000–€800,000 | |
| Cinq Ailes | Alicia Penalba | €15,000–€20,000 | |
| ORCHESTRA: Revolving Doors | Man Ray | €180,000–€250,000 | |
| Perpetual Motif | Man Ray | €12,000–€18,000 | |
| Tearful Woman | Man Ray | €300,000–€400,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Ernst | Coquillage mer verte | $293,952 | Sotheby's, Sep 2025 | |
| Max Ernst | Euklid | Phillips, Oct 2021 | ||
| Max Ernst | Jeune femme en forme de fleur or Femme fleur or Figure print | Sotheby's, Sep 2025 | ||
| Max Ernst | eh bin l'vla l'petit chien | Christie's, Feb 2023 | ||
| Max Ernst | Fin des circonstances | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Max Ernst | Méduse circonflexe | Bonhams, Mar 2022 | ||
| Max Ernst | Les antipodes du paysage (Die Antipoden der Landschaft) | Lempertz, Jun 2024 | ||
| Max Ernst | But in Color | Sotheby's, Mar 2017 |
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.