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Lot 61 · Old Master & British Drawings

A young woman offered at a slave market

Pierre-alexandre Wille · pen and brown ink, watermark ‘J Whatman’

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Estimate
$4,000–$6,000 hammer
Result
upcoming — 28 January 2022
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Old Master & British Drawings , New York · 28 January 2022
Dimensions
in. (26.4 x 36 cm)
Record ID
TB-2026-3489402
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Pierre-alexandre Wille, A young woman offered at a slave market. Christie's, 28 Jan 2022, lot 61. estimate $4,000–$6,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3489402.

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90% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%

Of the 92,006 held-out lots the model scored about 91%, 91% sold.

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Pierre-alexandre Wille, A young woman offered at a slave market. Christie's, 28 Jan 2022, lot 61. estimate $4,000–$6,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3489402.

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Pierre-alexandre Wille A young lady and two girls walking in a landscape $5,774 Christie's, Jul 1999
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