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- Estimate
- $120,000–$180,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N07995 · 13 May 2004
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3047490
- Record
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Robert Motherwell, Bête Noire. Sotheby's, 13 May 2004, lot 195. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3047490.
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Robert Motherwell, Bête Noire. Sotheby's, 13 May 2004, lot 195. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3047490.
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From the same sale Sotheby's N07995 · May 2004
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (S64) | Christopher Wood | $60,000–$80,000 | |
| Clown Skull | Vik Muniz | $15,000–$20,000 | |
| Untitled | Keith Haring | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Untitled (Reclining Nude) | John Currin | $60,000–$80,000 | |
| Double Sided Drawing of Cake Slices | Wayne Thiebaud | $60,000–$80,000 | |
| Elegy for the Spanish Republic, XXX | Robert Motherwell | $50,000–$70,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Motherwell | Untitled | $204,000 | Sotheby's, Nov 2024 | |
| Robert Motherwell | The Irish Troubles | Phillips, Jul 2025 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Blood and Sand | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Open Study No. 22 | Sotheby's, May 2021 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Blue Figure | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Open No. 128: Charcoal with Blue on Raw Canvas | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | in plato's cave no. 7 | Sotheby's, Mar 2020 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Summertime in Italy No. 3 | Christie's, May 2019 |
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.