Lot 173 · Post-War and Contemporary Art (Morning Sale)
Drunk with Turpentine
Robert Motherwell · oil on board
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- Estimate
- $10,000–$15,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art (Morning Sale) , New York · 11 November 2004
- Dimensions
- image: 12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5872899
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Robert Motherwell, Drunk with Turpentine. Christie's, 11 Nov 2004, lot 173. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5872899.
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Robert Motherwell, Drunk with Turpentine. Christie's, 11 Nov 2004, lot 173. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5872899.
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From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Art (Morning Sale) · Nov 2004
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled | Willem De Kooning | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Untitled | Willem De Kooning | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Black, Yellow, Red | Alexander Calder | $80,000–$120,000 | |
| Untitled | Cy Twombly | $25,000–$35,000 | |
| Untitled | Robert Motherwell | $15,000–$20,000 | |
| First Stairs | Lynn Chadwick R.a. | $20,000–$30,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Motherwell | Sans titre | $28,155 | Sotheby's, Dec 2025 | |
| Robert Motherwell | Wave (E. & B. 475) | Phillips, Oct 2022 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Elegy Study I | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Black with No Way Out (Walker Art Center 313) | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Ulysses portfolio and book | Phillips, Apr 2016 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Jun 2021 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Bastos | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Robert Motherwell | Mexican Prison, 1979/1990 | Bonhams, Jul 2025 |
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.