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- Estimate
- $20,000–$30,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N08130 · 10 November 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3331552
- Record
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Robert Motherwell, Drunk with Turpentine. Sotheby's, 10 Nov 2005, lot 223. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3331552.
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Robert Motherwell, Drunk with Turpentine. Sotheby's, 10 Nov 2005, lot 223. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3331552.
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From the same sale Sotheby's N08130 · Nov 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Agnes Martin | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Untitled (Facial Cosmetic Variation) | Ana Mendieta | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Untitled (Tupac Shakur, Katie Holmes) | Richard Prince | $50,000–$70,000 | |
| Untitled (Figure) | Willem De Kooning | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| Untitled | Hans Hofmann | $15,000–$20,000 | |
| Persephone | Mark Tobey | $20,000–$30,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Motherwell | Untitled | $27,720 | Sotheby's, May 2022 | |
| Robert Motherwell | Elegy Sketch, State I | Christie's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Wave (E. & B. 475) | Phillips, Oct 2022 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | After 'In Brown and White' | Heritage Auctions, Jun 2022 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Untitled (Automatism) | Christie's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Bastos | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Octavio Paz Suite | Christie's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Jun 2021 |
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.