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- Estimate
- $15,000–$25,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Discoveries, New York · 3 October 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5057221
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Edward Burtynsky, Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty, Utah. Sotheby's, 3 Oct 2022, lot 591. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5057221.
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Edward Burtynsky, Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty, Utah. Sotheby's, 3 Oct 2022, lot 591. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5057221.
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From the same sale Contemporary Discoveries · Oct 2022
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Módulos | Rogelio Polesello | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Today I quit life to never lose it any more | Gregor Hildebrandt | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Hudson Valley Fall 02 | Jeffrey Milstein | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| Artist's Hand | Ai Weiwei | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Untitled | Katherine Bernhardt | $12,000–$18,000 | |
| Diptych (Stripes, 09-09-07), 2007 | Ann Craven | $15,000–$20,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Burtynsky | Shipbreaking #24, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000 | $21,420 | Christie's, Feb 2024 | |
| Edward Burtynsky | Manufacturing 10a/b Cankun Factory, Xiamen City, China | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Edward Burtynsky | Shipbreaking #50, Chittagong, Bangladesh | Phillips, Oct 2023 | ||
| Edward Burtynsky | Silver Lake Operations #2, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia | Phillips, Sep 2020 | ||
| Edward Burtynsky | Manufacturing #10a & #10b, Cankun Factory, Xiamen City, Chin | Phillips, May 2021 | ||
| Edward Burtynsky | Old Factories #1, Fushun Aluminum Smelter, Fushun City, Liao | Phillips, Jun 2025 | ||
| Edward Burtynsky | Stepwell #2, Panna Meena, Amber, Rajasthan, India | Phillips, Apr 2025 | ||
| Edward Burtynsky | Iberia Quarries #8, Cochicho Co., Pardais, Portugal | Sotheby's, Sep 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.