Lot 67 · Contemporary Art Evening Sale
untitled (red orange brown black butterfly 560)
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- Estimate
- $800,000–$1,200,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Sale, New York · 14 May 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4261630
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Mark Grotjahn, untitled (red orange brown black butterfly 560). Sotheby's, 14 May 2014, lot 67. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4261630.
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Mark Grotjahn, untitled (red orange brown black butterfly 560). Sotheby's, 14 May 2014, lot 67. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4261630.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Sale · May 2014
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|---|---|---|---|
| Printemps hivernal | Chu Teh-chun | $4,000,000–$6,000,000 | |
| Untitled | Sigmar Polke | $2,500,000–$3,500,000 | |
| No Title (Mimicked in its...) | Raymond Pettibon | $500,000–$700,000 | |
| Untitled | Martin Kippenberger | $3,000,000–$4,000,000 | |
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| Ladies and Gentlemen | Andy Warhol | $1,000,000–$1,500,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Blue Butterfly Light to Dark V 655) | $1,320,500 | Christie's, May 2024 | |
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Free Capri 50.54) | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Free Capri 52.12) | Sotheby's, Jun 2022 | ||
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Free Capri 49.85) | Christie's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Colored Butterfly White Background 6 Wings) | Sotheby's, Nov 2013 | ||
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Mag Blue to Mag Blue Donker Butterfly) | Christie's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Mark Grotjahn | untitled (poppy red & yellowed orange butterfly 50.94) | Sotheby's, May 2019 | ||
| Mark Grotjahn | untitled (lavender butterfly over green) | Sotheby's, Oct 2019 |
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.