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Auction Name Geometric Abstractions / Prints and Multiples Total Sales (USD) 330,717.00
Auction Date February 22, 2021 - February 22, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 217,500.00
Sale Number #26739 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 301,800.00
Total Lots 141
Sold Lots 116 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 284,400.00
% of Lots Sold 82.27% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 392,000.00
Unsold Lots 25 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 84.37%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
117 Jesús Rafael Soto

Jai-Alai (9 works)

1969 USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD 44,062.00
48 Spencer Finch

Back to Kansas

2015 USD 9,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 15,300.00
60 Ellsworth Kelly

Blue (For Leo), from The Leo Castelli 90th Birthday Portfolio

1997 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 12,112.00
71 Sol LeWitt

Wavy Lines (Gray and Color) (2 works)

1995 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,837.00
14 Ilya Bolotowsky

III (the complete portfolio of 8)

1970 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 10,200.00
82 Robert Mangold

Semi-Circle I-IV (4 works)

USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 9,562.00
90 Robert Motherwell

Untitled

1973 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,925.00
57 Carmen Herrera

Rojo y Negro (Red and Black)

1993 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,737.00
72 Sol LeWitt

Plate 1, from Lines In Color on Color From Corners Sides and Centers to Specific Points on a Grid

1978 USD 2,800.00 - 3,200.00 USD 5,737.00
85 Agnes Martin

Paintings and Drawings 1974-1990

1991 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,737.00
125 Frank Stella

Sharpesville, from Multicolored Squares I

1972 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,355.00
133 Victor Vasarely

Salgo Positive (Salgo Positif)

1967 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,355.00
52 Adolph Gottlieb

Flotsam

1967 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,100.00
81 Roy Lichtenstein

Modular Painting with Four Panels No. 1 (Poster)

1995 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,100.00
10 Jean (Hans) Arp

Presque vase et fleur

1955 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,845.00
42 Sonia Delaunay

Untitled

1972 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,845.00
53 Adolph Gottlieb

Pink Ground

1972 USD 2,200.00 - 2,800.00 USD 4,462.00
98 Louise Nevelson

Night Tree

1972 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,462.00
131 Frank Stella

Moultonville, from Eccentric Polygons series

1974 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,462.00
132 Various Artists

Four x Four x Four (4 works)

1990 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,462.00
84 Brice Marden

Untitled (image c), from Adriatics Portfolio

1973 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,080.00
65 Barry Le Va

Sculptured Activities

1987-1989 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,825.00
108 Sean Scully

Fold

2000 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,825.00
129 Frank Stella

Kay Bearman, from Purple series

1972 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,825.00
137 Victor Vasarely

Jenge

c.1980 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,825.00
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
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    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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