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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $16,329–$24,494
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — 20th Century British Art, London · 13 December 2007
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3721698
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Albert Irvin Ra, Slow Black. Sotheby's, 13 Dec 2007, lot 165. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3721698.
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Albert Irvin Ra, Slow Black. Sotheby's, 13 Dec 2007, lot 165. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3721698.
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From the same sale 20th Century British Art · Dec 2007
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landscape with Cable | Prunella Clough | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| The Last Coke Bottle | Clive Barker | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Little L-Shaped Screen | Kenneth Armitage Cbe, Ra | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Portrait of Vanessa Bell | Duncan Grant | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Running Man II | Dame Elisabeth Frink, D.B.E., R.A. | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Trawler and Sea Birds | Alfred Wallis | £6,000–£8,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Irvin Ra | Untitled | $16,872 | Bonhams, Nov 2025 | |
| Albert Irvin Ra | Copperfield, 2006 | Lyon & Turnbull, Oct 2023 | ||
| Albert Irvin Ra | Bloomsbury (unframed) | Bonhams, Nov 2023 | ||
| Albert Irvin Ra | Quest | Christie's, Sep 2020 | ||
| Albert Irvin Ra | Riverside (unframed) | Bonhams, Jul 2023 | ||
| Albert Irvin Ra | Red Anchor (unframed) | Bonhams, Sep 2020 | ||
| Albert Irvin Ra | Battersea VI (unframed) | Bonhams, Sep 2020 | ||
| Albert Irvin Ra | Noyna 213.4 x 304.8 cm. (84 x 120 in.) (unframed) | Bonhams, Apr 2023 |
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.