Lot 43 · Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale
Antoine et Cleopatre
Arman · broken cello and oil on panel
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- Estimate
- £70,000–£100,000 hammer ≈ $121,901–$174,144
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, London · 8 February 2006
- Dimensions
- 79 x 63¼in. (200.5 x 160.5cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5720109
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Arman, Antoine et Cleopatre. Christie's, 8 Feb 2006, lot 43. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5720109.
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Arman, Antoine et Cleopatre. Christie's, 8 Feb 2006, lot 43. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5720109.
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From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale · Feb 2006
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A B, Tower | Gerhard Richter | £270,000–£370,000 | |
| Composition | Serge Poliakoff | £180,000–£250,000 | |
| Nature morte au verre | Nicolas De Staël | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| Study of a Head for 'Lights' | Michael Andrews | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Reclining head of E.O.W. | Frank Auerbach | £90,000–£120,000 | |
| Julia Sleeping | Frank Auerbach | £70,000–£90,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arman | Violons Eclatés | $177,712 | Sotheby's, Nov 2011 | |
| Arman | Violoncello | Sotheby's, Feb 2006 | ||
| Arman | Colère | Sotheby's, Dec 2008 | ||
| Arman | le massacre des innocents ii | Sotheby's, Mar 2019 | ||
| Arman | Hiroshima mon Amour | Sotheby's, Dec 2017 | ||
| Arman | colère de cithare (the end of the third man theme) | Sotheby's, Dec 2010 | ||
| Arman | Le Grand Violoncelle | Sotheby's, Jun 2021 | ||
| Arman | la berezina / at the berezina (diptych) | Sotheby's, Mar 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.