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- Estimate
- $2,500–$3,500 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Discoveries, New York · 27 February 2026
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5357086
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Willem De Kooning, Poems. Sotheby's, 27 Feb 2026, lot 741. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5357086.
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Willem De Kooning, Poems. Sotheby's, 27 Feb 2026, lot 741. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5357086.
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| Fournez | — | $15,000–$20,000 | |
| Sphere (White) | Takashi Murakami | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Marking the Forehead | Dan Colen | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Cinzano (Two Works) | José Gurvich | $15,000–$20,000 | |
| Electric Chair: One Print (Feldman & Schellmann II.82) | Andy Warhol | $8,000–$12,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willem De Kooning | The Man and the Big Blonde | $1,625 | Heritage Auctions, Jul 2026 | |
| Willem De Kooning | Untitled, from Seventeen Lithographs for Frank O'Hara | Bonhams, Mar 2022 | ||
| Willem De Kooning | Two Figures, circa 1973 | Bonhams, Nov 2025 | ||
| Willem De Kooning | Rainbow: Thelonius Monk, Devil at the Keyboard | Wright, Jul 2021 | ||
| Willem De Kooning | Untitled (Litho #8) | Heritage Auctions, Jan 2024 | ||
| Willem De Kooning | Two Women | Heritage Auctions, Mar 2025 | ||
| Willem De Kooning | Poems by Frank O'Hara | Christie's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Willem De Kooning | Untitled (from the Seventeen Lithographs for Frank O'Hara po | Rago, Feb 2023 |
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