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- Estimate
- $500,000–$700,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th Century Evening Sale , New York · 17 November 2025
- Dimensions
- 35 ½ x 33 in. (90.2 x 83.8 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3121492
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Beauford Delaney, The Sage Black. Christie's, 17 Nov 2025, lot 20 A. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3121492.
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Beauford Delaney, The Sage Black. Christie's, 17 Nov 2025, lot 20 A. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3121492.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Sade, Pas Terminé, 1933 | Man Ray | $1,800,000–$2,500,000 | |
| Nu au fauteuil, main gauche sous la tête | Henri Matisse | $2,500,000–$3,500,000 | |
| Naked Portrait in a Red Chair | Lucian Freud | $3,500,000–$5,500,000 | |
| Gondolier's Siesta | John Singer Sargent, Ra | $2,000,000–$3,000,000 | |
| Nature morte dans l'atelier | Alberto Giacometti | $1,500,000–$2,500,000 | |
| Acrobats | Alexander Calder | $5,000,000–$7,000,000 |
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