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- Estimate
- €150,000–€200,000 hammer ≈ $175,020–$233,360
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern and Contemporary Art, Paris · 3 December 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5340895
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Robert Motherwell, Elegy (for Salvador Allende). Sotheby's, 3 Dec 2025, lot 121. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5340895.
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Robert Motherwell, Elegy (for Salvador Allende). Sotheby's, 3 Dec 2025, lot 121. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5340895.
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From the same sale Modern and Contemporary Art · Dec 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Les Nymphes | Anto Carte | €40,000–€60,000 | |
| Autoportrait | Lluís Lleó | €10,000–€15,000 | |
| Raichle Nr. 1 | Jean Tinguely | €24,000–€35,000 | |
| Composition | André Lanskoy | €50,000–€70,000 | |
| Sans titre | Amelia Peláez | €40,000–€60,000 | |
| TOTALSTBALLETTBABY "SAINT JUST"'s BEFREIUNGSSCHLAG der SAALKUNST, tol… | Jonathan Meese | €20,000–€30,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Motherwell | Untitled | $204,000 | Sotheby's, Nov 2024 | |
| Robert Motherwell | The Irish Troubles | Phillips, Jul 2025 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Blood and Sand | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Open Study No. 22 | Sotheby's, May 2021 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Blue Figure | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Open No. 128: Charcoal with Blue on Raw Canvas | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | in plato's cave no. 7 | Sotheby's, Mar 2020 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Summertime in Italy No. 3 | Christie's, May 2019 |
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.