Lot 46 · Photographs
"Better is a dinner of herbs where love is Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith."
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- Estimate
- £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $5,050–$8,418
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Photographs , New York · 11 December 1998
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6538773
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Edmund Dulac, "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.". Christie's, 11 Dec 1998, lot 46. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6538773.
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Edmund Dulac, "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.". Christie's, 11 Dec 1998, lot 46. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6538773.
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From the same sale Photographs · Dec 1998
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balcon, 12 quai d'Orlans | EUGNE ATGET | $1,000–$1,500 | |
| No. 187 Moucharabieh, Cairo | HENRI BCHARD | $1,000–$1,500 | |
| Avenue de L'Observatoire Paris, Brouillard (1934); and Couple d'Amies… | BRASSA | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Avenue de l'Observatoire Paris (1934) | BRASSA | $2,500–$3,500 | |
| Photo Mural, New York | Berenice Abbott | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| Female impersonators' dressing room, NYC (1958) | Diane Arbus | $3,000–$4,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmund Dulac | The Masqueraders | $10,625 | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2019 | |
| Edmund Dulac | Princess Badroulboudour | Christie's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Edmund Dulac | Venise | Christie's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Edmund Dulac | Inspector James Pryde S.C. | Christie's, Nov 2024 | ||
| Edmund Dulac | "For many months he travelled without clue" | Sotheby's, Dec 2012 | ||
| Edmund Dulac | "Where the bee sucks, there suck I" | Sotheby's, Jul 2016 | ||
| Edmund Dulac | Perseus and Andromeda | Christie's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Edmund Dulac | "When Morgiana, who had remained all this time on the watch" | Sotheby's, Dec 2013 |
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.