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- Estimate
- £180,000–£220,000 hammer ≈ $275,354–$336,544
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Day Auction, London · 11 February 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4331827
- Record
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Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Butterfly Five Color Ray). Sotheby's, 11 Feb 2015, lot 315. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4331827.
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Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Butterfly Five Color Ray). Sotheby's, 11 Feb 2015, lot 315. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4331827.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeping Hydrant | Mark Handforth | £30,000–£40,000 | |
| One Life One Love One God | Adel Abdessemed | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Harsh Way of Life | Seth Price | £30,000–£40,000 | |
| Flowers | Donald Baechler | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Seated Male | Andy Warhol | £120,000–£180,000 | |
| New God's Funeral | Adrian Ghenie | £50,000–£70,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Black Yellow Red Pink Cream and White Butterfly Dr | $327,600 | Christie's, Mar 2023 | |
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled | Sotheby's, May 2023 | ||
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Black Butterfly Over Lime) | Christie's, Nov 2024 | ||
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Capri 48.27) | Christie's, Nov 2024 | ||
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Sandbar Brown and Light Aqua Butterfly 54.04) | Sotheby's, May 2025 | ||
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Black and Blue Butterfly Diptych) | Christie's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Mark Grotjahn | Mark Grotjahn 馬克・格羅亞恩 | Untitled (Colored butterfly white ba | Sotheby's, Apr 2021 | ||
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Free Standing Large Garden Sculpture Mask M24.g) | Phillips, May 2018 |
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.