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- Estimate
- $280,000–$350,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Day Auction, New York · 19 November 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5335960
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Stanley Whitney, First Fire. Sotheby's, 19 Nov 2025, lot 579. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5335960.
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Stanley Whitney, First Fire. Sotheby's, 19 Nov 2025, lot 579. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5335960.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Sultan | Raghav Babbar | $100,000–$150,000 | |
| Untitled | Richard Diebenkorn | $800,000–$1,200,000 | |
| A Bucket of Cherries | Julio Larraz | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| The Photobooth | George Segal | $200,000–$300,000 | |
| Untitled | Rudolf Stingel | $500,000–$700,000 | |
| Saturday's Child | Charles White | $300,000–$500,000 |
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| Stanley Whitney | Red, Green, Black, Blues | $609,600 | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | |
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| Stanley Whitney | Iraqi Blues | Phillips, Oct 2021 | ||
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