Lot 405 · Contemporary Art Day Auction
Untitled (Double French Grey Butterfly 90% Up the Middle)
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- Estimate
- $300,000–$400,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Day Auction, New York · 19 November 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4522551
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Double French Grey Butterfly 90% Up the Middle). Sotheby's, 19 Nov 2016, lot 405. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4522551.
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Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Double French Grey Butterfly 90% Up the Middle). Sotheby's, 19 Nov 2016, lot 405. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4522551.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Grotjahn | Mark Grotjahn 馬克・格羅亞恩 | Untitled (Orange and Green Butterfly | $453,172 | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | |
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Free Standing Large Garden Sculpture Mask M24.g) | Phillips, May 2018 | ||
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Black Butterfly Over Lime) | Christie's, Nov 2024 | ||
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Large Colored Butterfly White Background Ten Wings | Sotheby's, May 2026 | ||
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Capri 52.57) 無題（卡普里 52.57） | Sotheby's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Black Yellow Red Pink Cream and White Butterfly Dr | Christie's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Sandbar Brown and Light Aqua Butterfly 54.04) | Sotheby's, May 2025 | ||
| Mark Grotjahn | Untitled (Black and Canary Yellow Butterfly 45.11) | Sotheby's, May 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.