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- Estimate
- £200,000–£300,000 hammer ≈ $248,959–$373,439
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Curated, London · 18 April 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5117914
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Robert Longo, Untitled (Black Sky). Sotheby's, 18 Apr 2023, lot 22. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5117914.
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Robert Longo, Untitled (Black Sky). Sotheby's, 18 Apr 2023, lot 22. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5117914.
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From the same sale Contemporary Curated · Apr 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing | Andreas Gursky | £80,000–£120,000 | |
| Vuitton Herald (with Arab Straps) | Alex Da Corte | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| Alice | Hermann Nitsch | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| Oh, Sad, I See | Urs Fischer | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Rosaire | Bram Bogart | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| Twisted Strings | Walter Leblanc | £18,000–£25,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Longo | Study for Men in the Cities (Final 7 AKG 10/81) | $302,400 | Sotheby's, May 2022 | |
| Robert Longo | Bird's Head (Kanagawa) | Sotheby's, Sep 2016 | ||
| Robert Longo | Untitled (Gretchen) | Christie's, Nov 2018 | ||
| Robert Longo | Untitled (Adam) | Christie's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Robert Longo | Study of Eric | Christie's, May 2023 | ||
| Robert Longo | angel's wings | Sotheby's, Mar 2019 | ||
| Robert Longo | Untitled (Backdoor-Pipeline, Hawaii-spring '99) | Phillips, Jun 2018 | ||
| Robert Longo | Untitled (Horse Head Nebula) | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 |
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.