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- Estimate
- $60,000–$80,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N08182 · 28 April 2006
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3417250
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Alexander Archipenko, melancholy, 1926. Sotheby's, 28 Apr 2006, lot 94. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3417250.
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Alexander Archipenko, melancholy, 1926. Sotheby's, 28 Apr 2006, lot 94. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3417250.
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From the same sale Sotheby's N08182 · Apr 2006
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composition Abstraite, Lie de vin | Serge Poliakoff | €60,000–€80,000 | |
| Polish cavalry | Antoni Piotrowski | $50,000–$70,000 | |
| Surreal Composition | Leopold Lvovich Survage | $120,000–$150,000 | |
| Gymnasts | Lev Tabenkin | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Weathervane | Alexander Grigorievich Tishler | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| The Rescue | — | $200,000–$300,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Archipenko | Seated Black Concave | $112,500 | Sotheby's, Nov 2017 | |
| Alexander Archipenko | Flat Torso | Sotheby's, May 2025 | ||
| Alexander Archipenko | femme assise | Sotheby's, Feb 2020 | ||
| Alexander Archipenko | Sadness, Tristesse | Phillips, Nov 2025 | ||
| Alexander Archipenko | concave vert (femme se coiffant) | Sotheby's, Dec 2020 | ||
| Alexander Archipenko | Femme assise | Sotheby's, Apr 2026 | ||
| Alexander Archipenko | Conversation | Sotheby's, May 2017 | ||
| Alexander Archipenko | White Torso | Christie's, Nov 2014 |
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.