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- Estimate
- $10,000–$15,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale, New York · 12 May 2023
- Dimensions
- 55 1/2 x 65 1/2 in. (141 x 166.4 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3367417
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Alvin Armstrong, Ball Isn't Life. Christie's, 12 May 2023, lot 332. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3367417.
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Alvin Armstrong, Ball Isn't Life. Christie's, 12 May 2023, lot 332. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3367417.
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From the same sale Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale · May 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midwest | GRANT YUN (B. 1996) | $70,000–$100,000 | |
| Flowers in Vase in the Blue Room | KSENIA DERMENZHI (B. 1995) | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Happy's Curios Shop | Ken Price | $60,000–$80,000 | |
| Untitled (Cupcakes) | Wayne Thiebaud | $500,000–$700,000 | |
| Fortress of Life | Yayoi Kusama | $180,000–$250,000 | |
| Cape Cod | Robert Motherwell | $800,000–$1,200,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Armstrong | Track and Field | $10,160 | Phillips, Mar 2024 | |
| Richard Prince | Untitled | Phillips, Sep 2023 | ||
| Richard Prince | 8 x 10 [Portfolio], 1999 | Chiswick Auctions, May 2026 | ||
| Richard Prince | untitled | Sotheby's, Mar 2020 | ||
| Richard Prince | Untitled (12 string) | Phillips, Dec 2024 | ||
| Richard Prince | Untitled (can painting) | Sotheby's, Sep 2023 | ||
| Richard Prince | Untitled (t-shirt) | Phillips, Jul 2026 | ||
| Sherrie Levine | After Egon Schiele | Sotheby's, Sep 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.