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- Estimate
- £180,000–£250,000 hammer ≈ $235,687–$327,343
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — The Mind's Eye / Surrealist Sale, London, New Bond Street · 8 March 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-541417
- Record
- first seen 21 Jul 2026 · updated 21 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Max Ernst, But in Color. Bonhams, 8 Mar 2022, lot 17. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-541417.
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Max Ernst, But in Color. Bonhams, 8 Mar 2022, lot 17. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-541417.
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From the same sale The Mind's Eye / Surrealist Sale · Mar 2022
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| On the Promenade | John Armstrong | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Pinecone | Reuben Mednikoff | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Onanistic Typewriter II | Conroy Maddox | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Le Saut dans le vide | Yves Klein, Harry Shunk And János Kender | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Giraffe | Grace Pailthorpe | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Une machine volante oubliée | Jules Perahim | £6,000–£8,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Ernst | Coquillage mer verte | $293,952 | Sotheby's, Sep 2025 | |
| Max Ernst | Jeune femme en forme de fleur or Femme fleur or Figure print | Sotheby's, Sep 2025 | ||
| Max Ernst | Euklid | Phillips, Oct 2021 | ||
| Max Ernst | eh bin l'vla l'petit chien | Christie's, Feb 2023 | ||
| Max Ernst | Fin des circonstances | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Max Ernst | Les antipodes du paysage (Die Antipoden der Landschaft) | Lempertz, Jun 2024 | ||
| Max Ernst | Méduse circonflexe | Bonhams, Mar 2022 | ||
| Max Ernst | deux hirondelles traversant l'océan dans une valise | Sotheby's, Oct 2017 |
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.