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- Estimate
- $800,000–$1,200,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, New York · 10 November 2010
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3962440
- Record
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Isamu Noguchi, Avatar. Sotheby's, 10 Nov 2010, lot 40. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3962440.
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Isamu Noguchi, Avatar. Sotheby's, 10 Nov 2010, lot 40. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3962440.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Nov 2010
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Lee Bontecou | $200,000–$300,000 | |
| Untitled | Donald Judd | $650,000–$850,000 | |
| Flowers | Andy Warhol | $2,500,000–$3,500,000 | |
| Shadows | Andy Warhol | $3,000,000–$4,000,000 | |
| Alba | Anish Kapoor | $1,200,000–$1,800,000 | |
| Untitled | Keith Haring | $900,000–$1,200,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isamu Noguchi | The Sky | $3,687,565 | Christie's, Jun 2021 | |
| Isamu Noguchi | Stone-Abiding | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Isamu Noguchi | The Gunas | Sotheby's, May 2015 | ||
| Isamu Noguchi | Fishface | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Isamu Noguchi | Olmec & Muse | Christie's, Nov 2017 | ||
| Isamu Noguchi | Untitled | Christie's, May 2025 | ||
| Isamu Noguchi | Two Dependent Pieces | Christie's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Isamu Noguchi | The Goodyear Table, for A. Conger Goodyear, Old Westbury, Ne | Phillips, Dec 2014 |
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.