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- Estimate
- £2,000,000–£3,000,000 hammer ≈ $3,120,310–$4,680,465
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — L12022, London · 26 June 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4100735
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Cy Twombly, untitled (the empire of flora). Sotheby's, 26 Jun 2012, lot 57. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4100735.
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Cy Twombly, untitled (the empire of flora). Sotheby's, 26 Jun 2012, lot 57. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4100735.
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From the same sale L12022 · Jun 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concetto Spaziale, Attese | Lucio Fontana | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| Untitled (Young Mao) | Anselm Kiefer | £600,000–£800,000 | |
| Head | — | £1,000,000–£1,800,000 | |
| Saxaphone | Jean-Michel Basquiat | £2,000,000–£3,000,000 | |
| Interior Grosvenor Square | Howard Hodgkin | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Lifesaver Manhole | Allora & Calzadilla | £60,000–£80,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cy Twombly | Untitled | $3,740,000 | Phillips, Nov 2019 | |
| Cy Twombly | untitled | Sotheby's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Cy Twombly | By the Ionian Sea | Sotheby's, Jun 2024 | ||
| Cy Twombly | Untitled (Rome) | Christie's, Feb 2014 | ||
| Cy Twombly | Solar Barge of Sesostris | Christie's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Cy Twombly | Duino | Christie's, Nov 2021 | ||
| Cy Twombly | 10 Day Wait at Mugda | Christie's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Cy Twombly | Virgil | Christie's, Oct 2020 |
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.