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- Estimate
- $250,000–$350,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Day Auction, New York · 12 November 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3890978
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Robert Motherwell, Summer Seaside Night. Sotheby's, 12 Nov 2009, lot 194. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3890978.
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Robert Motherwell, Summer Seaside Night. Sotheby's, 12 Nov 2009, lot 194. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3890978.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Day Auction · Nov 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| German Line No. 3 | Robert Motherwell | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| Untitled (JS 1300) | Joel Shapiro | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Regal Grey | Kenneth Noland | $60,000–$80,000 | |
| Golden Oldies: Camels | Larry Rivers | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| Untitled | Adolph Gottlieb | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Truman Capote | Andy Warhol | $50,000–$70,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Motherwell | Black and White Plus Passion | $508,000 | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | |
| Robert Motherwell | Elegy Mural Study | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | the balkan lute | Sotheby's, Nov 2018 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | robert motherwell | spanish elegy | Sotheby's, Jun 2020 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Nemesis | Heritage Auctions, May 2017 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | The Philosophic Mind | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Africa No. 3 | Christie's, Nov 2015 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | A View No. 10 | Christie's, May 2024 |
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.