Lot 37 · Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction featuring The Now
Schwarz Gesteigert (Black Increasing)
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- Estimate
- £1,500,000–£2,000,000 hammer ≈ $1,907,764–$2,543,685
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction featuring The Now, London · 6 March 2024
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5196741
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-5196741 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-5196741
Wassily Kandinsky, Schwarz Gesteigert (Black Increasing). Sotheby's, 6 Mar 2024, lot 37. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5196741.
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Wassily Kandinsky, Schwarz Gesteigert (Black Increasing). Sotheby's, 6 Mar 2024, lot 37. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5196741.
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From the same sale Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction featuring The Now · Mar 2024
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mann im Matsch mit Fahne | Thomas Schütte | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| Abstrakte Bilder 581-(1-5) [Five works] | Gerhard Richter | £2,500,000–£3,500,000 | |
| The Twenty First Very New Painting | David Hockney | £1,200,000–£1,800,000 | |
| Senza titolo | Salvo | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Infinity-Nets (T.OWQ) | Yayoi Kusama | £600,000–£800,000 | |
| Fleurs dans un vase | Pierre-auguste Renoir | £2,000,000–£3,000,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wassily Kandinsky | Ins violett (Into Violet) | $2,368,000 | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | |
| Wassily Kandinsky | Anfang (Beginning) | Sotheby's, May 2025 | ||
| Wassily Kandinsky | Schwarze Begleitung | Christie's, Mar 2025 | ||
| Wassily Kandinsky | Winter bei Urfeld (Winter near Urfeld) | Sotheby's, Jun 2023 | ||
| Wassily Kandinsky | grün (green) | Sotheby's, Jun 2015 | ||
| Wassily Kandinsky | wassily kandinsky | ohne titel (komposition) (untitled (comp | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | ||
| Wassily Kandinsky | Schweigsam (Taciturn) | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | ||
| Wassily Kandinsky | Weissgebunden | Christie'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.