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- Estimate
- $400,000–$600,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, New York · 5 November 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3889355
- Record
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Balthus, Etude pour 'Le Lever'. Sotheby's, 5 Nov 2009, lot 11. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3889355.
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Balthus, Etude pour 'Le Lever'. Sotheby's, 5 Nov 2009, lot 11. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3889355.
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From the same sale Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale · Nov 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cavaliere | Marino Marini | $700,000–$900,000 | |
| Paysage de Gréolières | Chaïm Soutine | $800,000–$1,200,000 | |
| Femme au chapeau blanc | Pierre-auguste Renoir | $2,500,000–$3,500,000 | |
| Femme, oiseau | Joan Miró | $3,000,000–$4,000,000 | |
| Seated Woman: Thin Neck | Henry Moore | $650,000–$850,000 | |
| Charing Cross Bridge | Claude Monet | $900,000–$1,200,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balthus | Le Vase bleu | $673,833 | Sotheby's, Jun 2026 | |
| Balthus | Katia endormie | Sotheby's, Jun 2014 | ||
| Balthus | Jeune femme à la rose | Sotheby's, Jun 2017 | ||
| Balthus | La Sieste | Phillips, Nov 2022 | ||
| Balthus | Jeune fille debout | Sotheby's, Nov 2014 | ||
| Balthus | Nu endormi | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Balthus | Nature morte | Sotheby's, May 2014 | ||
| Balthus | Jeune fille assise (Antoinette) | Sotheby's, Nov 2015 |
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.