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- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Editions & Works on Paper, New York · 22 October 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-225574
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Mel Bochner, Blah, Blah, Blah. Phillips, 22 Oct 2020, lot 192. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-225574.
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Mel Bochner, Blah, Blah, Blah. Phillips, 22 Oct 2020, lot 192. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-225574.
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From the same sale Editions & Works on Paper · Oct 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (bookends) | Juan Muñoz | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Esther | Lucian Freud | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Portrait Head | Lucian Freud | $15,000–$25,000 | |
| Grib | Bernar Venet | $8,000–$10,000 | |
| Love is God | Robert Indiana | $15,000–$20,000 | |
| Les Jeunes gens de Méthymne (The Young Men of Methymn), plate 18 from… | Marc Chagall | $6,000–$8,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Bochner | I Don't Get It / I Still Don't Get It (K.W. 2014.08) | $11,352 | Phillips, Jun 2024 | |
| Mel Bochner | Aggregate (Study) | Bonhams, Jul 2021 | ||
| Mel Bochner | Fucked-Up and Far from Home | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Mel Bochner | Head Honcho | Sotheby's, May 2021 | ||
| Mel Bochner | I Don't Get It, I Still Don't Get It, from the Exasperation | Bonhams, Nov 2021 | ||
| Mel Bochner | Everybody is Full of Shit (K.W. 2018.06) | Phillips, Jun 2024 | ||
| Mel Bochner | Scoundrel | Sotheby's, Apr 2024 | ||
| Mel Bochner | Obliterate (K. 2018.03) | Phillips, Jun 2025 |
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.