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Auction Name Fine Art - Modern and Contemporary Works of Art - Prints Total Sales (EUR) 86,561.19
Auction Date June 22, 2020 - June 23, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 48,700.00
Sale Number #13 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 73,000.00
Total Lots 81
Sold Lots 72 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 55,550.00
% of Lots Sold 88.89% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 83,050.00
Unsold Lots 9 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 104.23%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
216 DUMAS, Marlene (South African, Dutch 1953).

Billie, 1994

1994 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 13,662.00
215 DUMAS, Marlene (South African, Dutch 1953).

Before & After (diptych), 1993

1993 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,464.80
210 DUBUFFET, Jean (French 1901 - 1985).

Sténogramme, 1984

1984 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 4,471.20
298 NEWTON, Helmut (German, Australian 1920 - 2004).

SUMO, 1999

1999 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,477.60
369 ZAO Wou-Ki (Chinese, French 1920 - 2013).

Untitled, 1965

1965 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,477.60
163 ABRAMOVI?, Marina (Serbian 1946).

The Great Wall of China, 1983 - 1986

1983 - 1986 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 2,732.40
368 ZAO Wou-Ki (Chinese, French 1920 - 2013).

L/XI, 1963

1963 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 2,732.40
37 ESCHER, M.C. (Dutch 1898 - 1972).

Diploma van de Tijdelijke Academie in Eindhoven [Certificate of the Temporary Academy], 1945

1945 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 2,484.00
205 DIBBETS, Jan (Dutch 1941).

Cupolas II, Dublin, Four Courts, 1983/1999

1983/1999 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 2,111.40
287 MIRÓ, Joan (Spanish 1893 - 1983).

From: Francis Ponge. Manuscripts - Livres - Peintures, 1977

1977 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,111.40
301 OLAF, Erwin (Dutch 1959).

Grace Jones entering Club Cecil's, Zandvoort, 1985

1985 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,111.40
217 DUMAS, Marlene (South African, Dutch 1953).

Night Creature, 1990

1990 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,738.80
218 DUMAS, Marlene (South African, Dutch 1953).

The sister of Oedipus, 1990

1990 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,738.80
263 LARTIGUE, Jacques Henri (French 1894 - 1986).

Mamie, Bibi, and Jean, the Chauffeur in the Hispano-Suiza, 32 Horsepower, on the route to Houlgate, 1927

1927 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,738.80
282 MEKAS, Jonas (Lithuanian, American 1922 - 2019).

Kyoko, Yoko Ono's daughter on her 7th Birthday, c. 1969

c. 1969 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,738.80
356 WESSING, Koen (Dutch 1942 - 2011).

Chile, September 1973

1973 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,614.60
229 GIACOMETTI, Alberto (Swiss 1901 - 1966) & René CHAR (French 1907 - 1988).

Retour Amont, illustré par Giacometti

1965 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 1,490.40
319 SCHOONHOVEN, Jan (Dutch 1914 - 1994); ARMANDO; CORNEILLE; Ger LATASTER; Roger RAVEEL.

AMC editie [AMC edition], 1989

1989 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,366.20
250 HOCKNEY, David (British 1937) - after.

The Fish & Bread, 1995

1995 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,242.00
254 JUDD, Donald (American 1994).

Untitled (from The New York Collection for Stockholm), 1973

1973 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,179.90
318 SCHOONHOVEN, Jan (Dutch 1914 - 1994) & K. SCHIPPERS (Dutch 1936).

Schoonhoven aan zee [Schoonhoven by the sea], 1984

1984 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,117.80
194 CHIRICO, Giorgio de (Italian, Greek 1888 - 1978).

Il trovatore solitario [The lonely troubadour], 1970

1970 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,055.70
195 CONSTANT (Constant NIEUWENHUYS, Dutch 1920 - 2005).

Plaisir et Tristesse d’Amour nr. 2 [Pleasure and sadness of love nr. 2], 1979

1979 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,055.70
316 SAUDEK, Jan (Czech 1935).

La Nuit Nr. 374, Model print, 1990

1990 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 931.50
355 WEGMAN, William (American 1943).

Breakthrough, 2001

2001 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 931.50
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