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- Estimate
- £6,000–£8,000 hammer ≈ $8,004–$10,672
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — 19th & 20th Century European Art, London · 4 December 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5342236
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Adolfo Cipriani, La Lecture. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2025, lot 416. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5342236.
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Adolfo Cipriani, La Lecture. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2025, lot 416. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5342236.
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From the same sale 19th & 20th Century European Art · Dec 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bouquet | Albert Lynch | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| The Kiruna mine under the snow | Bror Lindh | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Far Away Thoughts | Jean François Portaëls | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Graziella | Charles Edward Perugini | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| La Curiosa (the curious one) | Adolfo Cipriani | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Canal St-Martin in Winter | Eugene Galien-laloue | £6,000–£8,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolfo Cipriani | adolfo cipriani | girl feeding fish | $8,216 | Sotheby's, Dec 2019 | |
| Adolfo Cipriani | Sea Nymph | Sotheby's, May 2016 | ||
| Adolfo Cipriani | Diana | Christie's, Oct 2017 | ||
| Jean-baptiste Carpeaux | La Tempérance (Temperance) | Sotheby's, May 2022 | ||
| Adolfo Cipriani | Maiden before a fountain | Christie's, Jun 2016 | ||
| Adolfo Cipriani | adolfo cipriani | bust of a young woman | Sotheby's, Jan 2020 | ||
| Albert-Ernest De Carrier-Belleuse | L'été (Allegorical Bust of Summer) | Sotheby's, Jul 2025 | ||
| Albert-Ernest De Carrier-Belleuse | La Source | Sotheby's, Jul 2023 |
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.