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- Estimate
- $20,000–$30,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N08123 · 29 October 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3320383
- Record
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Robert Motherwell, Mediterranean Light (W.A.C. 524). Sotheby's, 29 Oct 2005, lot 682. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3320383.
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Robert Motherwell, Mediterranean Light (W.A.C. 524). Sotheby's, 29 Oct 2005, lot 682. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3320383.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Mirror #1 (C. 106) | Roy Lichtenstein | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| Nature morte au crane | Pablo Picasso | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Trees II | Joan Mitchell | $3,000–$4,000 | |
| Monica sitting with Mondrian | Tom Wesselmann | $7,000–$9,000 | |
| Inspiration (M. 398) | Marc Chagall | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| Romeo and Juliet (M. CS 10) | Charles Sorlier After Marc Chagall | $18,000–$22,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Motherwell | Gauloises with Green | $30,480 | Phillips, Sep 2024 | |
| Robert Motherwell | Redness of Red | Bonhams, Sep 2020 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Raphael Alberti, A la Pintura | Christie's, Apr 2023 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Elegy Sketch, State I | Christie's, Oct 2020 | ||
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| Robert Motherwell | The Basque Suite (Belknap 50-59) | Sotheby's, Sep 2025 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Wave (E. & B. 475) | Phillips, Oct 2022 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Mexican Prison, 1979/1990 | Bonhams, Jul 2025 |
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.