Lot 124 · Post-War and Contemporary Art
Comment va la mémoire et La Fontaine? (How is the Memory and La Fontaine?)
Marcel Broodthaers · offset lithograph on cream paper
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- Estimate
- €3,000–€5,000 hammer ≈ $3,328–$5,548
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art, Amsterdam · 2 November 2016
- Dimensions
- 65 x 44cm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3990010
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3990010 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3990010
Marcel Broodthaers, Comment va la mémoire et La Fontaine? (How is the Memory and La Fontaine?). Christie's, 2 Nov 2016, lot 124. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3990010.
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Marcel Broodthaers, Comment va la mémoire et La Fontaine? (How is the Memory and La Fontaine?). Christie's, 2 Nov 2016, lot 124. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3990010.
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| Personnage (Figure) | Karel Appel | €20,000–€30,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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