Lot 11 · Bowie/Collector Part I: Modern and Contemporary Art, Evening Auction
Les Fleurs Du Mal - Hymne à la Beauté
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- Estimate
- £5,000–£7,000 hammer ≈ $6,214–$8,700
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Bowie/Collector Part I: Modern and Contemporary Art, Evening Auction, London · 16 November 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4522192
- Record
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Sir Jacob Epstein, Les Fleurs Du Mal - Hymne à la Beauté. Sotheby's, 16 Nov 2016, lot 11. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4522192.
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Sir Jacob Epstein, Les Fleurs Du Mal - Hymne à la Beauté. Sotheby's, 16 Nov 2016, lot 11. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4522192.
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|---|---|---|---|
| E.O.W's Reclining Head | Frank Auerbach | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| Vase with 'Leaping Fish' design | Bernard Leach | £5,000–£7,000 | |
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| Wedding of the Rock and Dynamo | Sir Eduardo Paolozzi | £80,000–£120,000 | |
| Sleep Sound | Jack Butler Yeats | £120,000–£180,000 | |
| St Ives Harbour | Winifred Nicholson | £50,000–£70,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Jacob Epstein | sir jacob epstein | second portrait of george bernard shaw ( | $30,669 | Sotheby's, May 2020 | |
| Sir Jacob Epstein | sir jacob epstein | bust of joseph conrad | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | ||
| Sir Jacob Epstein | Maquette for Madonna and Child | Christie's, Nov 2019 | ||
| Sir Jacob Epstein | second portrait of george bernard shaw (head) | Sotheby's, Apr 2017 | ||
| Sir Jacob Epstein | Madonna and Child | Sotheby's, Nov 2020 | ||
| Sir Jacob Epstein | Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959) | Ishtar, Oct 2021 | ||
| Sir Jacob Epstein | second portrait of george bernard shaw | Sotheby's, May 2012 | ||
| Sir Jacob Epstein | Maquette for St Michael and the Devil 54.3 cm. (21 3/8 in.) | Bonhams, Nov 2022 |
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.