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- Estimate
- $70,000–$90,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Morning Session, New York · 4 June 1999
- Dimensions
- 29 x 23 in. (73.6 x 58.4 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4933115
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Robert Motherwell, Anchor #3. Christie's, 4 Jun 1999, lot 263. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4933115.
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Robert Motherwell, Anchor #3. Christie's, 4 Jun 1999, lot 263. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4933115.
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From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Morning Session · Jun 1999
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1779, Orafo Monogramma G. C. | Base di ostensorio in argento, Messina | $1,500,000–$2,000,000 | |
| Lotto comprendente: | Lotto comprendente: | $900,000–$1,200,000 | |
| A Fine Ceramic Group that Represents Asia, Africa and Latin America U… | A Fine Ceramic Group that Represents Asia, Africa and Latin America United depicting a Japanese protestor holding a copy of Mao Zedong's Selected Works and wearing a sash "Down with Imperialism", with an African worker and a Vietcong soldier poiseed on a rock. Althogether representing world unity of the proletarian people | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| Lotto comprendente: | Lotto comprendente: | $600,000–$800,000 | |
| Lotto comprendente: | Lotto comprendente: | $600,000–$800,000 | |
| Sec. XIX | Torciera in ottone argentato | $500,000–$700,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Motherwell | Open No. 137: In Ultramarine on Beige | $114,300 | Phillips, Jul 2023 | |
| Robert Motherwell | German Line #2 | Phillips, May 2018 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | The Star of David | Sotheby's, Mar 2024 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Blue Figure | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Figure in Pink and Green | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Yeats' Tower | Phillips, Nov 2018 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Anchor No. 3 | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Samurai No. 13 | Sotheby's, Feb 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.