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- Estimate
- $40,000–$60,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N08093 · 11 May 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3233677
- Record
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Robert Motherwell, the red and the black no. 42. Sotheby's, 11 May 2005, lot 252. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3233677.
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Robert Motherwell, the red and the black no. 42. Sotheby's, 11 May 2005, lot 252. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3233677.
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From the same sale Sotheby's N08093 · May 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hello Kitty | Tom Sachs | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| C.c. VIII | Richard Serra | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Untitled (Who is Bought and Sold?) | Barbara Kruger | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Blue Flag #3 | Alex Katz | $50,000–$70,000 | |
| Romantic Abstraction | Ad Reinhardt | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Skull Drawing | Andy Warhol | $40,000–$60,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Motherwell | Cabaret Collage | $47,500 | Christie's, Nov 2021 | |
| Robert Motherwell | robert motherwell | burning elegy (walker art center 520) | Sotheby's, Apr 2020 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Drawing A | Sotheby's, May 2022 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Sans titre | Christie's, Apr 2025 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Raphael Alberti, A la Pintura | Christie's, Apr 2023 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Gauloises on Grey #28 1972 | Bonhams, Dec 2024 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Mexican Prison, 1979/1990 | Bonhams, Jul 2025 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Wave (E. & B. 475) | Phillips, Oct 2022 |
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.