Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Tree of Life #22, 2021
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Phillips · Dec 2, 2025$77,400 ≈ £58,619 ≈ €66,644Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Hands Holding Ball
David Salle (American, b. 1952) · 2004
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $70,000 – $90,000 (≈ £46,296 – £59,524) (≈ €65,353 – €84,026)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil and acrylic on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed · David Salle signature
- Category
- Design (named designers)
- Dimensions
- 96 x 66 in. (243.8 x 167.6 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale (NY010815)
- Date
- November 10, 2015
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 266
- Estimate
- $70,000 – $90,000 (≈ £46,296 – £59,524) (≈ €65,353 – €84,026)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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