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- Estimate
- $500,000–$700,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern Day Auction, New York · 14 May 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5291949
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Roberto Matta, On the Edge of a Dream (Aux franges du rêve). Sotheby's, 14 May 2025, lot 153. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5291949.
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Roberto Matta, On the Edge of a Dream (Aux franges du rêve). Sotheby's, 14 May 2025, lot 153. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5291949.
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