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Lot 201 · Sotheby's N07991

the grandstand (study for `le faux depart')

Edgar Degas

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Estimate
$10,000–$15,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Sotheby's N07991 · 6 May 2004
Record ID
TB-2026-3045731
Record
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Edgar Degas, the grandstand (study for `le faux depart'). Sotheby's, 6 May 2004, lot 201. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3045731.

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From the same sale Sotheby's N07991 · May 2004

LotArtistEstimateResult
La France Henri Matisse $400,000–$600,000
Le messager Ossip Zadkine $30,000–$40,000
Taureau Le Corbusier $30,000–$50,000
Nu au Cannet Henri Lebasque $100,000–$150,000
Jeune Fille aux lauriers Marie Laurencin $15,000–$20,000
Aufstieg (Ascent) Wassily Kandinsky $150,000–$200,000

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