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- Estimate
- $80,000–$120,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Curated, New York · 26 September 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4768240
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Vik Muniz, pictures of garbage. Sotheby's, 26 Sep 2019, lot 323. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4768240.
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Vik Muniz, pictures of garbage. Sotheby's, 26 Sep 2019, lot 323. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4768240.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| bubble [two works] | Ai Weiwei | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| play it by trust | Yoko Ono | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| untitled (flower face) | Tom Otterness | $15,000–$25,000 | |
| untitled | Katja Strunz | $7,000–$9,000 | |
| pathway with black | Ross Bleckner | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| meditation 91988 | Chung Changsup | $10,000–$15,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vik Muniz | The Best of LIFE - Portfolio Individual Titles: Memory Rende | $81,250 | Phillips, May 2019 | |
| Vik Muniz | Milan (Last Supper), After Andy Warhol (Picture of Chocolate | Phillips, Oct 2021 | ||
| Vik Muniz | Convergence: Number 10, after Jackson Pollock from Pictures | Phillips, Apr 2025 | ||
| Vik Muniz | Wheat Field with Cypresses, after Van Gogh from the series P | Phillips, Sep 2022 | ||
| Vik Muniz | Almond Blossom, after van Gogh (from 'Pictures of Magazines' | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Vik Muniz | Bloody Marilyn from the series After Warhol | Phillips, Mar 2022 | ||
| Vik Muniz | Marilyn Monroe, actress, NY City, May 6, 1957, after Avedon | Phillips, Apr 2022 | ||
| Vik Muniz | New York City by Night, After Berenice Abbott from Pictures | Phillips, Apr 2024 |
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.