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- Estimate
- $30,000–$40,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — American Paintings, New York · 5 April 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4078783
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Hale Woodruff, Totem. Sotheby's, 5 Apr 2012, lot 23. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4078783.
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Hale Woodruff, Totem. Sotheby's, 5 Apr 2012, lot 23. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4078783.
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From the same sale American Paintings · Apr 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laughing Waters | Harriet Whitney Frishmuth | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Untitled (Yellow and Red Composition) | Rolph Scarlett | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Untitled | Beauford Delaney | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Taking a Break | Robert Gwathmey | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Our Ford, Highhead | Edwin Walter Dickinson | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Street Scene, New York | George Grosz | $5,000–$7,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hale Woodruff | Untitled (Abstract) | $44,100 | Sotheby's, Mar 2021 | |
| Hale Woodruff | Sentinel Gate | Sotheby's, Mar 2011 | ||
| Wolf Kahn | Evening Pines | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Wolf Kahn | Wolf Kahn (American/German, 1927–2020) Untitled (Barn) | Freeman's | Hindman, Dec 2022 | ||
| Milton Avery | Pink Nude | Rago, May 2026 | ||
| Wolf Kahn | Blue Runs Through It, 2004 | Barridoff Auctions, Aug 2021 | ||
| Thomas Hart Benton | The Civil War – Industrial Progress | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Milton Avery | Man with Pipe | Sotheby's, Feb 2026 |
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.