Lot 50 B · Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale
Sleeping Hermaphrodite
Barry X Ball · base: Carrara Marble, stainless steel, Delrin
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- Estimate
- $500,000–$800,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale , New York · 10 May 2016
- Dimensions
- overall: 68 ½ x 35 7/8 x 31 5/8 in. (174 x 91.1 x 80.3 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4039713
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Barry X Ball, Sleeping Hermaphrodite. Christie's, 10 May 2016, lot 50 B. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4039713.
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Barry X Ball, Sleeping Hermaphrodite. Christie's, 10 May 2016, lot 50 B. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4039713.
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