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- Estimate
- $20,000–$30,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Four Decades: In Celebration of AIPAD, New York · 21 December 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4894877
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Imogen Cunningham, The Unmade Bed. Sotheby's, 21 Dec 2020, lot 87. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4894877.
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Imogen Cunningham, The Unmade Bed. Sotheby's, 21 Dec 2020, lot 87. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4894877.
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From the same sale Four Decades: In Celebration of AIPAD · Dec 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aoshima, Miyazaki Prefecture | — | $500–$700 | |
| Nude on Sand, Oceano | Edward Weston | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Full Moon (Mosaic) | Jeffrey Becom And Corey Allen | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| Miss Harlem Contest in Harlem, N. Y. | Leonard Freed | $1,500–$2,500 | |
| 'Man at a Parade on Fifth Avenue, N. Y. C.' | Diane Arbus | $6,000–$9,000 | |
| Newspaper Vendor | Dorothea Lange | $7,000–$10,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imogen Cunningham | Sunbath (Alta on the Beach) | $25,400 | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | |
| Imogen Cunningham | The Unmade Bed, 1957 | Christie's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Imogen Cunningham | Flax | Phillips, Apr 2017 | ||
| Imogen Cunningham | Amaryllis | Phillips, Oct 2023 | ||
| Imogen Cunningham | Magnolia Blossom, 1925 | Christie's, Apr 2017 | ||
| Imogen Cunningham | 'Cotyledon' | Sotheby's, Oct 2017 | ||
| Imogen Cunningham | The Unmade Bed | Phillips, Jun 2019 | ||
| Imogen Cunningham | Sunbath (Alta Hoover on the beach) | Phillips, Apr 2026 |
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.