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- Estimate
- £600,000–£800,000 hammer ≈ $772,821–$1,030,428
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Rembrandt to Richter, London · 28 July 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4845198
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Louise Bourgeois, louise bourgeois | fée couturière (fairy dressmaker). Sotheby's, 28 Jul 2020, lot 55. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4845198.
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Louise Bourgeois, louise bourgeois | fée couturière (fairy dressmaker). Sotheby's, 28 Jul 2020, lot 55. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4845198.
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|---|---|---|---|
| edward burra | the pointing finger | Edward Burra | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| francis bacon | study for portrait of john edwards | Francis. Bacon | £12,000,000–£18,000,000 | |
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