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Lot 28 · Contemporary Art Evening Sale

The White Face

Alexander Calder

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Estimate
$3,500,000–$4,500,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Phillips — Contemporary Art Evening Sale, New York · 16 May 2013
Record ID
TB-2026-289572
Record
first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Alexander Calder, The White Face. Phillips, 16 May 2013, lot 28. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-289572.

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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Sale · May 2013

LotArtistEstimateResult
And If Christopher Wood $3,500,000–$4,500,000
Industry Park Cady Noland $500,000–$700,000
Rhein Andreas Gursky $1,000,000–$1,500,000
Green black Ellsworth Kelly $2,500,000–$3,500,000
Study for Homage to the Square: Signal Josef Albers $800,000–$1,200,000
Brushes Philip Guston $700,000–$900,000

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