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- Estimate
- $50,000–$70,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Day Auction, New York · 19 May 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5125825
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Louise Bourgeois, Father and Son. Sotheby's, 19 May 2023, lot 709. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5125825.
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Louise Bourgeois, Father and Son. Sotheby's, 19 May 2023, lot 709. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5125825.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Souvenir | Gerhard Richter | $40,000–$60,000 | |
| Untitled | Keith Haring | $250,000–$350,000 | |
| Picnic With Coins | — | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Inkonjane 2 | Cinga Samson | $70,000–$100,000 | |
| Red Lipstick | Amoako Boafo | $100,000–$150,000 | |
| The Treatment 28 | Toyin Ojih Odutola | $30,000–$40,000 |
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| Louise Bourgeois | Untitled | $60,164 | Christie's, Oct 2021 | |
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