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- Estimate
- $800,000–$1,200,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Curated, New York · 26 September 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4768354
- Record
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, leverage. Sotheby's, 26 Sep 2019, lot 205. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4768354.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, leverage. Sotheby's, 26 Sep 2019, lot 205. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4768354.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Michel Basquiat | Untitled (NY CZAR) | $1,002,664 | Sotheby's, Jun 2025 | |
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| Jean-Michel Basquiat | Back of the Neck | Phillips, Oct 2020 | ||
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| Jean-Michel Basquiat | jean-michel basquiat | untitled (head) | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
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