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- Estimate
- $30,000–$40,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Day Auction, New York · 17 May 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4744199
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Lygia Clark, animal. Sotheby's, 17 May 2019, lot 271. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4744199.
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Lygia Clark, animal. Sotheby's, 17 May 2019, lot 271. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4744199.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Day Auction · May 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| flower no. q | Yayoi Kusama | $300,000–$400,000 | |
| troika | Ed Paschke | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| melody bubbles and the critique of pure reason | David Salle | $300,000–$400,000 | |
| thunder | Michaël Borremans | $180,000–$250,000 | |
| cat litter | Robert Gober | $100,000–$150,000 | |
| chromachrome 8 (5bg/5r) diptych | Cheyney Thompson | $50,000–$70,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lygia Clark | Planos em superficie modulada n° 94 | $94,500 | Christie's, May 2025 | |
| Lygia Clark | Estrutura de caixas de fósforos | Sotheby's, Jun 2026 | ||
| Lygia Clark | Bicho LC1 (Monument à Descartes) | Sotheby's, May 2013 | ||
| Lygia Clark | animal (bicho) | Sotheby's, May 2010 | ||
| Francisco Toledo | Escalera de las vacas | Sotheby's, May 2026 | ||
| Lygia Clark | Superfície Modulada No. 6 | Christie's, May 2003 | ||
| Lygia Clark | Animal LC3 | Christie's, Oct 2019 | ||
| Carlos Cruz-diez | Physichromie No. 1373 | Christie's, Dec 2015 |
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.