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- Estimate
- $40,000–$60,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Day Auction, New York · 19 November 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4522444
- Record
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Yves Klein, l'esclave mourant d'après michel ange (s 20). Sotheby's, 19 Nov 2016, lot 188. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4522444.
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Yves Klein, l'esclave mourant d'après michel ange (s 20). Sotheby's, 19 Nov 2016, lot 188. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4522444.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Day Auction · Nov 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Philip Guston | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Spotted S | Alexander Calder | $35,000–$45,000 | |
| chocolate silicone blockhead | Paul Mccarthy | $500,000–$700,000 | |
| blue and red | Jirí Georg Dokoupil | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| untitled (twilight doubleheader reds...) | Raymond Pettibon | $30,000–$40,000 | |
| mao (f. & s. ii.90-99) | Andy Warhol | $700,000–$1,000,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yves Klein | L'Esclave mourant d'après Michel-Ange (S20) (The Dying Slave | $67,848 | Phillips, Nov 2021 | |
| Yves Klein | L’esclave mourant d’après Michel Ange (The Slave Dying after | Christie's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Yves Klein | La Terre Bleue | Sotheby's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Yves Klein | L'Esclave mourant d'après Michel-Ange (S 20) | Christie's, Apr 2025 | ||
| Yves Klein | Sculpture éponge bleue sans titre (SE 287) (Untitled Blue Sp | Christie's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Yves Klein | La Vénus d'Alexandrie (S41) | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Yves Klein | esclave mourant d’après michel-ange, 1962 | Sotheby's, Dec 2020 | ||
| Yves Klein | RP7 - La Terre bleue | Christie's, Dec 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.