Lot 154 · First Open | Post-War and Contemporary Art
Chrysalide
Arman · welded sliced cast bronze, wood cellos and bows
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- Estimate
- $15,000–$20,000 hammer
- Result
- upcoming — 18 December 2024
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — First Open | Post-War and Contemporary Art , New York · 18 December 2024
- Dimensions
- 48 x 25 x 14 in. (121.9 x 63.5 x 35.6 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3188239
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3188239 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3188239
Arman, Chrysalide. Christie's, 18 Dec 2024, lot 154. estimate $15,000–$20,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3188239.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
84% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,006 held-out lots the model scored about 82%, 73% sold.
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Arman, Chrysalide. Christie's, 18 Dec 2024, lot 154. estimate $15,000–$20,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3188239.
From the same sale First Open | Post-War and Contemporary Art · Dec 2024
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|---|---|---|---|
| Seven | VICTORIA MARTINEZ (B. 1987) | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| Monkey Suit | YESIYU ZHAO (B. 1991) | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| 18-15-19-1-4-5-12-9-13-1 | PATRICIA AYRES (B. 1975) | $1,000–$1,500 | |
| Inside the Mountain | ANA PRATA (B. 1980) | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| Return to Bay Point | GRANT HAFFNER (B. 1978) | $1,000–$2,000 | |
| Color of My Nipple is Rosy Pink | ILONA SZWARC (B. 1984) | $1,500–$2,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arman | Empreintes de Violin | $17,451 | Phillips, Jul 2021 | |
| Arman | La Grande Hache | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Arman | La Quadrature / Quadrature du cercle 1989 | Bonhams, Jul 2024 | ||
| Arman | In Favor of Admission | Phillips, Sep 2023 | ||
| Arman | La Bien Vêtue 1998 | Bonhams, Nov 2022 | ||
| Arman | Untitled | Lempertz, Dec 2022 | ||
| Arman | Inclusion de violons et archets | Sotheby's, Dec 2020 | ||
| Arman | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Nov 2023 |
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.