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- Estimate
- $40,000–$60,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — 20th c. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session, New York · 2 July 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-226581
- Record
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Patrick Hughes, Stairs to the Stars. Phillips, 2 Jul 2020, lot 157. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-226581.
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Patrick Hughes, Stairs to the Stars. Phillips, 2 Jul 2020, lot 157. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-226581.
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From the same sale 20th c. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session · Jul 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hologram (IV 01) | James Turrell | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| Untitled | Ad Reinhardt | $100,000–$150,000 | |
| Untitled | Mark Tobey | $15,000–$20,000 | |
| Yellow Glow | Hans Hofmann | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Spitball | Tony Smith | $50,000–$70,000 | |
| Resect | Kenneth Noland | $200,000–$300,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Hughes | Cloud Variations | $102,858 | Sotheby's, Nov 2016 | |
| Patrick Hughes | Pop Pair | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Patrick Hughes | For the Venice Biennale | Christie's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Patrick Hughes | Liquorice Allsorts | Sotheby's, Nov 2016 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Alamethicin | Sotheby's, Mar 2025 | ||
| Patrick Hughes | Aesthetic | Christie's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Damien Hirst | Apyrase | Sotheby's, Sep 2022 | ||
| Patrick Hughes | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, May 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.