Lot 123 · Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale
Trademark Study #4
Ed Ruscha · ink on tracing paper
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- Estimate
- $200,000–$300,000 hammer
- Result
- upcoming — 17 May 2024
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale , New York · 17 May 2024
- Dimensions
- 8 ¼ x 13 ¾ in. (20.8 x 34.8 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3261308
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3261308 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3261308
Ed Ruscha, Trademark Study #4. Christie's, 17 May 2024, lot 123. estimate $200,000–$300,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3261308.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
88% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 91,573 held-out lots the model scored about 88%, 84% sold.
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Ed Ruscha, Trademark Study #4. Christie's, 17 May 2024, lot 123. estimate $200,000–$300,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3261308.
From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale · May 2024
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|---|---|---|---|
| Hands of Time | DEEKAY (B. 1989) | $60,000–$80,000 | |
| Coma | Dana Schutz | $70,000–$100,000 | |
| Untitled | Anish Kapoor | $600,000–$800,000 | upcoming |
| Reclining Figure (Case) | Lisa Brice | $70,000–$100,000 | upcoming |
| Love Ritual | Tunji Adeniyi-jones | $80,000–$120,000 | |
| Untitled | Jeff Elrod | $20,000–$30,000 | upcoming |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Ruscha | Is it Overcast, Radiation Fog, or Scud? | $252,000 | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | |
| Ed Ruscha | S for Spanish | Phillips, Nov 2025 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | Words #2 | Phillips, Nov 2019 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | Colorfast? [#5] | Sotheby's, May 2022 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | Maybe, Maybe | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | We're This and We're That Aren't We? | Phillips, May 2024 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | High-Speed Gardening | Phillips, Sep 2019 | ||
| Ed Ruscha | Adults 1971 | Bonhams, 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.