Bonhams 20th & 21st Century Art Evening Sale Could Realize $14.29m

3 min read · 20 May 2026

...Words Mean Nothing at All by Yoshitomo Nara estimated at $4m (low) to $6m (high). Image courtesy of Bonhams

La Muse endormie II, 1917-1922 by Constantin Brancusi estimated at $3m (low) to $5m (high). Image courtesy of Bonhams

Le miroir vivant by Rene Magritte estimated at $1m (low) to $1.5m (high). Image courtesy of Bonhams

MURMUROUS MOTO, MAESTRO by John Chamberlain estimated at $800,000 (low) to $1.2m (high). Image courtesy of Bonhams

Girl and Balloon by Banksy estimated at $700,000 (low) to $1m (high). Image courtesy of Bonhams

...Words Mean Nothing at All by Yoshitomo Nara estimated at $4m (low) to $6m (high). Image courtesy of Bonhams

Yoshitomo Nara ...Words Mean Nothing at All (2012) is the highest-value lot announced by Bonhams in its '20th & 21st Century Art Evening Sale' in New York on May 20.

Pre-sale low estimates total $14.29m.

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27 works are for sale.
Estimates total: $14.29m (low) and $21.93m (high), excluding premiums.
0 lots have undisclosed estimates.

The highest-value lot announced is: Yoshitomo Nara, ...Words Mean Nothing at All (2012), which is estimated to sell for between $4m and $6m. The work is backed by a guarantee. It has been traded once in the past.

Guaranteed lots

8 works are backed by guarantees, including: Constantin Brancusi, La Muse endormie II, 1917-1922 (2010). It is estimated to sell for between $3m and $5m. It has not been traded before.

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Guarantees: Sometimes an auction house guarantees to pay a seller for a work, regardless of whether the bidding reaches the reserve price, a figure that is typically confidential.

All figures are accurate at time of publication.

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