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- Estimate
- $15,000–$25,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs , New York · 3 April 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4816512
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Dr. Dain L. Tasker, selected images. Sotheby's, 3 Apr 2020, lot 55. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4816512.
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Dr. Dain L. Tasker, selected images. Sotheby's, 3 Apr 2020, lot 55. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4816512.
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From the same sale Photographs · Apr 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| walker evans | 'excursion sign' | Walker Evans | $15,000–$25,000 | |
| diane arbus | untitled (1) | Diane Arbus | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| 'two asaro mudmen, new guinea' | Irving Penn | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| thomas struth | 'prince regent street, edinburgh' | Thomas Struth | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| untitled (female impersonators backstage, n. y. c.) | Diane Arbus | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| riffs on real time | Leslie Hewitt | $5,000–$7,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Dain L. Tasker | 'x-ray of a lily' | $21,250 | Sotheby's, Oct 2008 | |
| Dr. Dain L. Tasker | Tulips; Lily; and Strelitzia (Bird of Pardise) 3 | Bonhams, Oct 2018 | ||
| Ansel Adams | ‘Trees and Cliffs of Eagle Peak, Winter, Yosemite National P | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Henri Cartier-bresson | Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Henri Cartier-bresson | Playground in Madrid, Spain. 1933 | Grisebach, Dec 2021 | ||
| Dr. Dain L. Tasker | Lily | Sotheby's, Oct 2010 | ||
| Henri Cartier-bresson | Srinagar, Kashmir | Bonhams, Apr 2023 | ||
| Henri Cartier-bresson | Hyères, France | Sotheby's, Apr 2025 |
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.