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- Estimate
- $40,000–$60,000 hammer
- Result
- upcoming — 19 July 2023
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Contemporary Edition, New York · 19 July 2023
- Dimensions
- in. (521 x 1029 mm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3343241
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Tom Wesselmann, Monica Lying on Blanket. Christie's, 19 Jul 2023, lot 68. estimate $40,000–$60,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3343241.
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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Tom Wesselmann, Monica Lying on Blanket. Christie's, 19 Jul 2023, lot 68. estimate $40,000–$60,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3343241.
From the same sale Contemporary Edition · Jul 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Checks Elements - Order #32 | JACK BUTCHER | $15,000–$20,000 | |
| Recent Etchings I | Wayne Thiebaud | $80,000–$120,000 | upcoming |
| Various Small Fires, from Book Covers | Ed Ruscha | $8,000–$12,000 | upcoming |
| Untitled (SF-95) | Sam Francis | $3,000–$5,000 | upcoming |
| Elegy Sketch | Robert Motherwell | $2,000–$3,000 | upcoming |
| Summer Trident | Robert Motherwell | $1,500–$2,000 | upcoming |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Wesselmann | Open Ended Nude #137 | $50,800 | Rago, Jan 2026 | |
| Tom Wesselmann | Maquette for Still Life with Fruit, Petunias and Claire (3-D | Sotheby's, May 2026 | ||
| Tom Wesselmann | Study for Bedroom Painting #23 1971 | Bonhams, May 2023 | ||
| Tom Wesselmann | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Nov 2023 | ||
| Tom Wesselmann | „Study for Bedroom Foot (For Bedroom Portfolio)“. 1979 | Grisebach, Dec 2022 | ||
| Tom Wesselmann | Study for Seascape #4 | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Tom Wesselmann | Study for Blue Nude | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Tom Wesselmann | window frame for habitat | Sotheby's, Sep 2019 |
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.