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- Estimate
- €6,000–€8,000 hammer ≈ $6,730–$8,974
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Art Contemporain Vente du Jour, Paris · 7 June 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4574546
- Record
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César, La Mouche. Sotheby's, 7 Jun 2017, lot 163. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4574546.
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César, La Mouche. Sotheby's, 7 Jun 2017, lot 163. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4574546.
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From the same sale Art Contemporain Vente du Jour · Jun 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Peter Saul | €20,000–€30,000 | |
| Untitled | Camille Bryen | €8,000–€12,000 | |
| Soleil | Toshimitsu Imai | €30,000–€50,000 | |
| Automobile | Peter Saul | €20,000–€30,000 | |
| Untitled | Henri Michaux | €4,000–€6,000 | |
| Untitled | Robert Combas | €10,000–€15,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| César | Fanta 1990 | Bonhams, Dec 2025 | ||
| César | Compression | Christie's, Dec 2021 | ||
| César | Poulette | Christie's, Dec 2022 | ||
| César | Autoportrait aux lunettes | Christie's, Dec 2019 | ||
| César | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, May 2023 | ||
| César | Bouilloire avec expansion 1976 | Bonhams, Dec 2021 |
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.