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- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Editions & Works on Paper, New York · 12 February 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-158634
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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James Lesesne Wells, Looking Upward. Phillips, 12 Feb 2025, lot 98. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-158634.
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James Lesesne Wells, Looking Upward. Phillips, 12 Feb 2025, lot 98. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-158634.
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From the same sale Editions & Works on Paper · Feb 2025
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|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa 1-3; and Tampa 8-12, from Made in Tampa | Robert Rauschenberg | $10,000–$12,000 | |
| Hang Time Circa 1923 | Hank Willis Thomas | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Merit 1000 (TM) Airmask | Willie Cole | $6,000–$9,000 | |
| Nu assis-les yeux noirs (Seated Nude - with Black Eyes) (D. 97) | Henri Matisse | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Nu assis dans un fauteuil, une jambe repilée (Nude Seated in an Armch… | Henri Matisse | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Orientale, tatouage en croix sur la poitrine (Oriental, Cross Tattoo … | Henri Matisse | $5,000–$7,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Lesesne Wells | The Bridge | $2,500 | Heritage Auctions, Feb 2022 | |
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| James Lesesne Wells | Mask Composition | Freeman's | Hindman, Sep 2024 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Bacchus et Femme nue étendue, 1934 | Bonhams, Dec 2023 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Oiseau au ver (Bird with Worm) (A.R. 172) | Phillips, Jan 2025 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Spanish Painter. A good signed 4 x 6 photograph `Picasso | International Autograph Auctions, Jul 2022 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | L'Étreinte. II (Bloch 259; Baer 339) | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | "Degas chez les Filles, Première Apparition de Degas" (pl. 7 | Stockholms Auktionsverk Fine Art, Nov 2024 |
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.