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Lot 30 · Contemporary Art

Carta a los Censores (Letter to the Censors), 2003

Carlos Garaicoa

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Estimate
$15,000–$20,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Bonhams — Contemporary Art, New York · 13 May 2014
Record ID
TB-2026-2030993
Record
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Carlos Garaicoa, Carta a los Censores (Letter to the Censors), 2003. Bonhams, 13 May 2014, lot 30. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2030993.

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Carlos Garaicoa, Carta a los Censores (Letter to the Censors), 2003. Bonhams, 13 May 2014, lot 30. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2030993.

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From the same sale Contemporary Art · May 2014

LotArtistEstimateResult
Excursianary Archangel, 2004 Angelo Filomeno $6,000–$8,000
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Untitled, 2000 Jay Davis $4,000–$6,000
Eve, 2006 Wangechi Mutu $15,000–$18,000
Lincoln, 2004 Elizabeth Peyton $50,000–$70,000
El Espanto (Para Arenas), 2007 Enrique Martinez Celaya $5,000–$7,000

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Carlos Garaicoa El juego de las decapitaciones (The Decapitation Game) Christie's, Oct 2024
Carlos Garaicoa The First Sowing of Hallucinogeneic Mushrooms in Havana Christie's, Mar 2024
Carlos Garaicoa la habitatición de mi negatividad (the room of my negativity Sotheby's, Mar 2018
Carlos Garaicoa Two Works: i) Y nos obliga a volar en la misma direccion ii) Phillips, Nov 2016
Carlos Garaicoa 'Carta a los Censores / Letter to the Censors' Sotheby's, Apr 2021
Carlos Garaicoa Self-Flagellation, Survival, Insubordination, (P-45) Sotheby's, Mar 2022

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