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- Estimate
- $4,500,000–$6,500,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, New York · 15 November 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4785418
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Robert Gober, the split-up conflicted sink. Sotheby's, 15 Nov 2019, lot 20. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4785418.
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Robert Gober, the split-up conflicted sink. Sotheby's, 15 Nov 2019, lot 20. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4785418.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Nov 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| double écriture noir et vert | Jesús Rafael Soto | $800,000–$1,200,000 | |
| ohne titel | Günther Förg | $500,000–$700,000 | |
| thumbsucker | Marlene Dumas | $1,200,000–$1,800,000 | |
| untitled (cowboy) | Richard Prince | $1,500,000–$2,000,000 | |
| helena | John Currin | $500,000–$700,000 | |
| red, cut by black | Robert Motherwell | $2,500,000–$3,500,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Gober | Untitled | $5,287,500 | Christie's, May 2017 | |
| Robert Gober | The Silent Sink | Christie's, May 2014 | ||
| Robert Gober | Right Angle Sink | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Andy Warhol | Self-Portrait | Phillips, May 2026 | ||
| Robert Gober | Deep Basin Sink | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Roy Lichtenstein | Mirror #9 | Sotheby's, May 2022 | ||
| Robert Gober | The Sad Sink | Phillips, Nov 2015 | ||
| Andy Warhol | The Last Supper/Be a Somebody with a Body | Phillips, Nov 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.