Lot 77 · Post War & Contemporary Art
La descente au sous-sol
Pierre Klossowski · graphite sur papier
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- Estimate
- €50,000–€70,000 hammer ≈ $60,795–$85,113
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post War & Contemporary Art , Paris · 5 December 2020
- Dimensions
- 195 x 146 cm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3582913
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Pierre Klossowski, La descente au sous-sol. Christie's, 5 Dec 2020, lot 77. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3582913.
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Pierre Klossowski, La descente au sous-sol. Christie's, 5 Dec 2020, lot 77. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3582913.
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From the same sale Post War & Contemporary Art · Dec 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Das rote Flugzeug | A. R. Penck | €30,000–€50,000 | |
| Le Masqué | Jean Dubuffet | €70,000–€100,000 | |
| Paysage urbain | Jean Dubuffet | €15,000–€20,000 | |
| Grande tête tragique | Jean Fautrier | €40,000–€60,000 | |
| Sans titre (SFP 87.4) | Sam Francis | €100,000–€150,000 | |
| Sans titre (30. XI. 2007) | Georg Baselitz | €15,000–€20,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Klossowski | Nu à l'escargot | $95,857 | Christie's, Oct 2025 | |
| Pierre Klossowski | Les travaux de Gulliver II | Christie's, Jun 2017 | ||
| Pierre Klossowski | Roberte Et Gulliver 1Bis Ou Gulliver Denoncant Le Faux Somme | Artcurial, Dec 2021 | ||
| Pierre Klossowski | Sade Ecoutant Sa Juliette Lui Lire "Les Prosperites Du Vice" | Artcurial, Jul 2020 | ||
| Pierre Klossowski | Roberte dans le rôle de Valentine | Sotheby's, Mar 2026 | ||
| Pierre Klossowski | Le secret de Lamiel | Christie's, Jun 2018 | ||
| Victor Vasarely | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Jun 2022 | ||
| Robert Combas | Double corps en dansant, on se sent collé, soudé, masqué pou | Sotheby's, Feb 2026 |
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.