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- Estimate
- £1,000,000–£1,500,000 hammer ≈ $1,305,948–$1,958,922
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction, London · 21 October 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4866687
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Ellsworth Kelly, ellsworth kelly | black green. Sotheby's, 21 Oct 2020, lot 127. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4866687.
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Ellsworth Kelly, ellsworth kelly | black green. Sotheby's, 21 Oct 2020, lot 127. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4866687.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Oct 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| maurizio cattelan | untitled | Maurizio Cattelan | £500,000–£700,000 | |
| cecily brown | untitled | Cecily Brown | £1,500,000–£2,000,000 | |
| yayoi kusama | dying people | Yayoi Kusama | £450,000–£650,000 | |
| albert oehlen | freeway express | Albert Oehlen | £1,400,000–£1,800,000 | |
| rudolf stingel | untitled | Rudolf Stingel | £600,000–£800,000 | |
| donald judd | untitled (86-19 ballantine) | Donald Judd | £300,000–£400,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth Kelly | Yellow Relief with White | $1,572,500 | Sotheby's, May 2024 | |
| Ellsworth Kelly | York | Christie's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Ellsworth Kelly | Untitled | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | ||
| Ellsworth Kelly | Black White | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Ellsworth Kelly | Blue Tablet | Christie's, Nov 2024 | ||
| Ellsworth Kelly | Black Diagonal Relief | Phillips, May 2025 | ||
| Ellsworth Kelly | purple panel | Sotheby's, Jun 2020 | ||
| Ellsworth Kelly | Green Curve in Relief | Christie's, Nov 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.