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- Estimate
- $6,000,000–$8,000,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 20th Century Evening Sale, New York · 12 May 2025
- Dimensions
- 53 x 48 x 15 in. (134.6 x 121.9 x 38.1 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3162958
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Alexander Calder, Gypsophila. Christie's, 12 May 2025, lot 41 A. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3162958.
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Alexander Calder, Gypsophila. Christie's, 12 May 2025, lot 41 A. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3162958.
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From the same sale 20th Century Evening Sale · May 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Horizontal Red | Alexander Calder | $5,000,000–$7,000,000 | |
| Danseuse | Gino Severini | $1,500,000–$2,500,000 | |
| Gamma Upsilon | Morris Louis | $2,000,000–$3,000,000 | |
| Itata | Frank Stella | $6,000,000–$8,000,000 | |
| No. 4 (Two Dominants) [Orange, Plum, Black] | Mark Rothko | — | |
| Blue Black Red | Ellsworth Kelly | $4,000,000–$6,000,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Calder | Sixteen Black with a Loop | $8,482,400 | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | |
| Alexander Calder | Vertical out of Horizontal | Christie's, Nov 2015 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Armada | Sotheby's, May 2025 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Untitled | Sotheby's, May 2021 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Mobile Blanc | Sotheby's, May 2026 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Paulette | Sotheby's, May 2025 | ||
| Alexander Calder | .125 | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Alexander Calder | Blue Moon | Sotheby's, May 2024 |
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.