Lot 29 · Photographs
Upright Camera Obscura Image of the Piazzeta San Marco Looking Southeast in Office
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- Estimate
- £10,000–£15,000 hammer ≈ $14,556–$21,835
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Photographs, London · 18 May 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-260129
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-260129 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-260129
Abelardo Morell, Upright Camera Obscura Image of the Piazzeta San Marco Looking Southeast in Office. Phillips, 18 May 2016, lot 29. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-260129.
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Abelardo Morell, Upright Camera Obscura Image of the Piazzeta San Marco Looking Southeast in Office. Phillips, 18 May 2016, lot 29. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-260129.
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| Spittle; Gnat's Wing | Imre Kinszki | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Untitled | Adam Fuss | £2,000–£3,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abelardo Morell | Camera Obscura: View of Volta del Canal in Palazzo Room Pain | $16,510 | Phillips, Apr 2024 | |
| Abelardo Morell | Upright Camera Obscura Image of the Piazzeta San Marco Looki | Phillips, Oct 2015 | ||
| Abelardo Morell | Detail of Book Damaged by Water | Phillips, May 2016 | ||
| Abelardo Morell | Camera Obscura Image of Times Square in Hotel Room | Phillips, Oct 2025 | ||
| Abelardo Morell | Tent-Camera Image on Ground: Rooftop View of the Brooklyn Br | Phillips, Apr 2019 | ||
| Abelardo Morell | abelardo morell | camera obscura: santa maria della salute i | Sotheby's, Sep 2019 | ||
| Abelardo Morell | 7 Million | Phillips, Oct 2023 | ||
| Abelardo Morell | $7 Million | Phillips, Nov 2015 |
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.