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- Estimate
- $60,000–$80,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's N08193 · 29 April 2006
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3419169
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Robert Motherwell, Blue Elegy (W.A.C. 379). Sotheby's, 29 Apr 2006, lot 565. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3419169.
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Robert Motherwell, Blue Elegy (W.A.C. 379). Sotheby's, 29 Apr 2006, lot 565. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3419169.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Still Life with Liz | Tom Wesselmann | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| Untitled | Jasper Johns | $15,000–$20,000 | |
| Campbell's Soup Can on Shopping Bag (F. & S. II.4) | Andy Warhol | $3,000–$4,000 | |
| La soeur aînée (W. 53) | James Jacques Joseph Tissot | $1,200–$1,800 |
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