Lot 53 · Post-War and Contemporary Art (Evening Auction)
(i) Portrait of George D'Almeida (ii) Portrait of Anne D'Almeida
Cy Twombly · oil-based house paint and graphite on canvas, in two parts
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- Estimate
- £900,000–£1,200,000 hammer ≈ $1,400,924–$1,867,898
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art (Evening Auction), London · 13 February 2013
- Dimensions
- (i) 59 x 49in. (150 x 124.5cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4455197
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-4455197 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4455197
Cy Twombly, (i) Portrait of George D'Almeida (ii) Portrait of Anne D'Almeida. Christie's, 13 Feb 2013, lot 53. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4455197.
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Cy Twombly, (i) Portrait of George D'Almeida (ii) Portrait of Anne D'Almeida. Christie's, 13 Feb 2013, lot 53. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4455197.
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From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Art (Evening Auction) · Feb 2013
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Dreams, Baby! (Study) | Roy Lichtenstein | £700,000–£1,000,000 | |
| Study for Great American Nude #84 | Tom Wesselmann | £320,000–£380,000 | |
| Concetto spaziale, Attese | Lucio Fontana | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| Untitled (Copper Knots #5) | Sherrie Levine | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| Untitled | Wade Guyton | £120,000–£180,000 | |
| Mad Cow | Christopher Wood | £700,000–£900,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cy Twombly | Roman Notes (Bastian 21-26) | $1,380,000 | Sotheby's, Jun 2024 | |
| Cy Twombly | Untitled | Sotheby's, Feb 2015 | ||
| Cy Twombly | Death of Giuliano de Medici | Sotheby's, Jun 2024 | ||
| Cy Twombly | Ides of March | Sotheby's, Jun 2010 | ||
| Cy Twombly | Seguso | Sotheby's, Nov 2013 | ||
| Cy Twombly | death of giuliano de medici | Sotheby's, May 2019 | ||
| Cy Twombly | Untitled (Rome) | Sotheby's, Jun 2016 | ||
| Cy Twombly | Portrait of a Young Man | Sotheby's, Jun 2024 |
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.