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- Estimate
- $800,000–$1,200,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — 20th c. & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, New York · 8 December 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-226230
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Ed Ruscha, Local Storms. Phillips, 8 Dec 2020, lot 37. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-226230.
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Ed Ruscha, Local Storms. Phillips, 8 Dec 2020, lot 37. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-226230.
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From the same sale 20th c. & Contemporary Art Evening Sale · Dec 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nichols Canyon | David Hockney | — | |
| Purple on Red | Amoako Boafo | $200,000–$300,000 | |
| An Audience of One | Norman Rockwell | $2,500,000–$3,500,000 | |
| Untitled | Joan Mitchell | $9,000,000–$12,000,000 | |
| Beth Sin | Morris Louis | $4,000,000–$6,000,000 | |
| Portrait of Mickalene Thomas, the Coyote | Kehinde Wiley | $100,000–$150,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Ruscha | Big Dipper | $1,008,000 | Christie's, Nov 2024 | |
| Ed Ruscha | Radio in Red | Christie's, May 2026 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | A Certain Trail | Sotheby's, Nov 2020 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | Mean as Hell | Christie's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | Fountain of Crystal | Sotheby's, May 2018 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | The Eighties 1980 | Bonhams, Nov 2022 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | Pools | Christie's, May 2023 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | Howl | Phillips, 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.