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- Estimate
- $8,000–$12,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art, New York · 21 September 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4105900
- Record
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Miroslaw Balka, ...and I was here. Sotheby's, 21 Sep 2012, lot 53. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4105900.
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Miroslaw Balka, ...and I was here. Sotheby's, 21 Sep 2012, lot 53. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4105900.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art · Sep 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Tulips | Jack Mendenhall | $15,000–$20,000 | |
| Senza Titolo | Piero Dorazio | $15,000–$20,000 | |
| Window sketch | Frank Stella | $350,000–$450,000 | |
| Crack and Warp Stacked Wood | David Nash | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Mojave V | Ludwig Sander | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| Untitled (Study for Khatchdzar [Tree of the Cross]) | Arshile Gorky | $6,000–$8,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miroslaw Balka | Blackheat | $10,647 | Christie's, Mar 2017 | |
| Sol Lewitt | Flat Top Pyramid with Colors Superimposed (Yellow Ground) | Heritage Auctions, Apr 2022 | ||
| Miroslaw Balka | Put Your Feet On Me | Christie's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Sol Lewitt | Nine Pyramids on a Nine-part Grid | Bonhams, Sep 2023 | ||
| Sol Lewitt | Loops, Red/Blue (K. 1999.13) | Phillips, Oct 2025 | ||
| Sol Lewitt | Untitled | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Olafur Eliasson | Imaginary morning eclipse | Phillips, Jul 2021 | ||
| Sol Lewitt | Loopy Doopy | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 |
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.