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- Estimate
- $2,000,000–$3,000,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, New York · 17 May 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4743701
- Record
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Jenny Saville, reflective flesh. Sotheby's, 17 May 2019, lot 52. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4743701.
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Jenny Saville, reflective flesh. Sotheby's, 17 May 2019, lot 52. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4743701.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · May 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| the seasons | Jasper Johns | $600,000–$800,000 | |
| joseph beuys (reversal) | Andy Warhol | $1,800,000–$2,500,000 | |
| untitled | Alexander Calder | $1,000,000–$1,500,000 | |
| the speller | Jonas Wood | $500,000–$700,000 | |
| lead-lead plain | Carl Andre | $1,500,000–$2,000,000 | |
| series #30 (white) | Robert Ryman | $600,000–$800,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenny Saville | Mirror | $2,877,589 | Sotheby's, Jun 2025 | |
| Jenny Saville | Persephone | Christie's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Jenny Saville | Componimento inculto | Christie's, May 2025 | ||
| Jenny Saville | Shadow Study | Sotheby's, Jun 2023 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Birth of Venus (After Botticelli) | Sotheby's, May 2023 | ||
| Jenny Saville | shadow head | Sotheby's, Jun 2019 | ||
| Jean-Michel Basquiat | Untitled (Pestus) | Phillips, Oct 2025 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Flowers | Christie's, Apr 2023 |
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.