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- Estimate
- £12,000–£18,000 hammer ≈ $19,082–$28,623
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Defining Taste, London · 12 November 2013
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4209730
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Robert Adams, Climbing Forms. Sotheby's, 12 Nov 2013, lot 135. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4209730.
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Robert Adams, Climbing Forms. Sotheby's, 12 Nov 2013, lot 135. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4209730.
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From the same sale Defining Taste · Nov 2013
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maze player | Michael Ayrton | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Contemplative object | Sir Eduardo Paolozzi | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Marble Form | Barbara Hepworth | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Pulteney Bridge, Bath | Walter Richard Sickert A.r.a. | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Portrait of Thomas Esmond Lowinsky | Eric Gill | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| A Curved House, Maugersbury | Laurence Stephen Lowry R.a. | £15,000–£25,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Adams | Three Circular Forms (Wall Sculpture), 1961 | $37,663 | Lyon & Turnbull, Apr 2023 | |
| Robert Adams | Berthoud, Colorado | Phillips, Oct 2022 | ||
| Robert Adams | Colfax Avenue, Lakewood, Colorado | Sotheby's, May 2023 | ||
| Robert Adams | Robert Adams, SLIM BRONZE NO.3 (LARGE VERSION) | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Robert Adams | 'Overlooking Long Beach, California' (On Signal Hill) | Sotheby's, May 2023 | ||
| Robert Adams | Longmont, Colorado | Phillips, Apr 2025 | ||
| Robert Adams | Vertex 2 244 cm. (96 in.) high | Bonhams, Jun 2017 | ||
| Robert Adams | Screen Form | Phillips, Jun 2023 |
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.