Provenance
Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich
Thomas B. Lemann, New Orleans (acquired from the above in 1976)
Thence by descent to the present owners
Exhibited
London, Gimpel Fils; New York, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer; Zurich, Gimpel & Hanover, Alan Davie: paintings 1973, 5 March - 6 July 1974, no. 3, n.p. (illustrated)

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THOMAS B. LEMANN

83

Lot offered with No Reserve

Alan Davie

Mama Idol No. 3

signed, titled and dated 'Alan Davie MAMA IDOL NO 3 NOV 73' on the reverse; titled 'MAMA IDOL NO 3' on the stretcher
oil on canvas
76.2 x 101.5 cm (30 x 39 7/8 in.)
Painted in November 1973.

Estimate
£8,000 - 12,000 •‡♠

Sold for £1,651

Contact Specialist

Leonor de Osma
Head of Sale, 20th Century to Now
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20th Century to Now

London Auction 30 June 2023

1
Sahara Longe
Three Graces
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,640
2
Guglielmo Castelli
Café Müller
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £38,100
3
Caroline Walker
Reception
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £177,800
4
Sarah Ball
George
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £69,850
5
Antonia Showering
Don't Make a Ripple
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £114,300
6
Miriam Cahn
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £114,300
7
Chloe Wise
I Have Bad Taste In People But Good Taste In Myself
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £16,510
8
Cinga Samson
Ubuhle Beenkanyezi I
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £114,300
9
Anna Weyant
Cloud Hill
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡
Sold for £285,750
10
Ellen Berkenblit
Nite Vibe
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £40,640
11
Elizabeth Peyton
Prince Harry, September 1998
Estimate £400,000 - 600,000 ‡
Sold for £488,950
12
Sarah Lucas
SOMEONE DROPPED A BOMB ON ME
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £190,500
13
Albert Oehlen and Martin Kippenberger
Untitled
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ♠
Sold for £152,400
14
Duncan McCormick
Trevor’s Dream
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £177,800
15
Emily Mae Smith
Raft on Siren Sea
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000
16
Shara Hughes
Making Connections
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
17
Gerhard Richter
13.3.08
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £48,260
18
This lot is no longer available.
19
Georg Baselitz
Wel lam ruch nichtet mihr (Frebl aill lew)
Estimate £450,000 - 650,000 ‡♠
Sold for £571,500
20
This lot is no longer available.
21
Sean Scully
Wall Yellow Pale
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡♠
Sold for £304,800
22
Yayoi Kusama
Nets 52
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡
Sold for £177,800
23
Lucio Fontana
Concetto spaziale
Estimate £550,000 - 750,000 ‡♠
Sold for £571,500
24
Ali Banisadr
Black 4
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £124,460
25
Niniko Morbedadze
Stone Histories
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £16,510
26
Niki de Saint Phalle
Baigneurs ou Danseuse
Estimate £20,000 - 25,000 Ω♠
Sold for £38,100
27
Jean Dubuffet
Lieu de ressouvenance
Estimate £350,000 - 450,000 ‡♠
Sold for £438,150
28
Luc Tuymans
Illegitimate VII
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡♠
Sold for £279,400
29
George Condo
Jesus
Estimate £500,000 - 700,000 ‡
30
Tschabalala Self
Daydream
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000
Sold for £127,000
31
Oscar Murillo
Money Maker!
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £95,250
32
Antony Gormley
MEME CCCXXII
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £158,750
33
Damien Hirst
Eshara
Estimate £400,000 - 600,000 †
Sold for £406,400
34
Damien Hirst
Toddler's Cloud
Estimate £400,000 - 600,000 †
Sold for £285,750
35
Damien Hirst
Decahydronaphthalene
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 †
Sold for £215,900
36
Banksy
Precision Bombing
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
37
Bridget Riley
Untitled [towards 'Fleeting Moment']
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £45,720
38
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Sex I
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £63,500
39
Gilbert & George
DUSTY CORNERS NO. 17
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
40
Rebecca Warren
Model for a Degenerate Building, 2009 - 1999
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠
41
Yayoi Kusama
Pacific Ocean
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £39,370
42
Stanley Whitney
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
Sold for £38,100
43
Peter Halley
Yellow Cell With Conduit
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £82,550
44
Maurizio Cattelan
Spermini
Estimate £300,000 - 400,000 ‡♠
Sold for £342,900
45
John Baldessari
Prima Facie (Third State): From Adorable to Winning
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
46
This lot is no longer available.
47
Richard Prince
Untitled (original)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
48
Peter Halley
Night Watch
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £70,000
49
Andy Warhol
Vincente Minnelli
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
50
Andy Warhol
Jack Nicklaus
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
51
Alex Katz
Shopping Crowd 1
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £69,850
52
Christo
Running Fence (Project for Sonoma County and Marin County, State of California)
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000
Sold for £50,800
53
This lot is no longer available.
54
Wim Delvoye
Chapelle
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £114,300
55
Günther Förg
Ohne Titel
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
56
Anselm Kiefer
Star Book
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £184,150
57
Stephan Balkenhol
Woman with a Green Dress against a Gold and Silver Relief
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,640
58
Jörg Immendorff
Kampfbiene
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £63,500
59
This lot is no longer available.
60
Wolfgang Tillmans
Indian Corn & Pomme Granate
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £76,200
61
Wolfgang Tillmans
Ten Works: (i) Blautopf, landscape; (ii) Fire Island; (iii) Fische; (iv) Freischwimmer 13; (v) Lightning I; (vi) Mental Picture#105; (vii) paper drop (white) c; (viii) Pfingstrosen; (ix) Venus Drop; (x) Venus Transit, Clouds
Estimate £75,000 - 95,000 ‡♠
Sold for £95,250
62
Michael Krebber
DEP-MK-0038
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
63
Jonathan Meese
Totalmaschinist "Kubri"
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
64
Louise Nevelson
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
65
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Disco
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £33,020
66
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Porte dell'Edipo
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 Ω♠
Sold for £88,900
67No Reserve
Enrico Baj
The General
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡♠
Sold for £5,588
68
Tancredi Parmeggiani
Quando Il Sole E’ Colorato
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £120,650
69
Martín Chirino
Cabeza Reclinada. El Grito I
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £76,200
70
Niki de Saint Phalle
Half and Half
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,860
71
Niki de Saint Phalle
Chameau
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,780
72
Niki de Saint Phalle
L'Ange Vase
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 Ω♠
Sold for £35,560
73
Philippe Hiquily
Girouettes (Marabella - Shanghai)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
74No Reserve
Omar El-Nagdi
Cat
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 •‡
Sold for £69,850
75No Reserve
George Zongolopoulos
Olivier
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 •‡♠
Sold for £21,590
76
Anthony Caro
Stainless Piece C-C-2
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,955
77
Lynn Chadwick, R.A.
Sitting Couple
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 Ω♠
Sold for £35,560
78No Reserve
Bernard Meadows
Seated Armed Figure
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 •‡♠
Sold for £2,159
79No Reserve
Bernard Meadows
Two works: (i) Drawing for Sculpture (Fat Seated Figure); (ii) Drawing for Sculpture (Armed Bust Version 2)
Estimate £700 - 1,000 •‡♠
Sold for £127
80No Reserve
Gillian Ayres
Untitled (Rome Series)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡♠
Sold for £12,700
81No Reserve
Gillian Ayres
The Nut Brown Maid
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡♠
Sold for £11,430
82No Reserve
Robert Adams
Screen Form
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 •‡♠
Sold for £19,050
83No Reserve
Alan Davie
Mama Idol No. 3
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 •‡♠
Sold for £1,651
84No Reserve
Alan Davie
Guessing Game
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 •‡♠
Sold for £5,080
85No Reserve
Alekos Fassianos
Man with Kite
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡♠
Sold for £15,240
86No Reserve
Robert Jacobsen
Man with Key
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •‡♠
Sold for £3,810
87No Reserve
Karl Prantl
Meditation Stone
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡♠
Sold for £6,985
88
Ludovic Nkoth
Identity of the Moment
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £63,500
89
Stanley Whitney
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £40,640
90
George Rouy
Basking
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,255
91
Caroline Walker
Study for Coat Makers
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £44,450
92
Caroline Walker
Study for Desayuno I
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £44,450
93
Emma Cousin
Still Waters
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £13,970
94
Kennedy Yanko
P2
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £33,020
95
Sayre Gomez
Precious Moments
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £40,640
96
Susumu Kamijo
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £17,780
97
Brian Calvin
Pale Magnolia
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £60,960
98
Moffat Takadiwa
Judging by Language
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
99
Jaime Muñoz
Madre
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £13,970
100
Os Gêmeos
Untitled
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡
101
Secundino Hernández
My Friends
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,800
102
Julião Sarmento
Ingrid
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,640
103
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
104
Todd Bienvenu
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £6,350
105
Benjamin Spiers
Whip
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
106
Jason Martin
Django (Alizarin violet)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £69,850
107
Ayako Rokkaku
Untitled (AR 18-13)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £30,480
108
Vaughn Spann
Marked Man
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £152,400
109
Doron Langberg
Dad
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £40,640
110
Aboudia
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £76,200
111
Cheyney Thompson
Chronochrome IV
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £17,780
112
Zandile Tshabalala
Paradise 7
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,065
113
Joyce Pensato
Clowney
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £13,970
114
Harland Miller
Narcissist Seeks Similar
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
115
Thierry Noir
My New Hairstyle Makes Me Feel More Comfortable
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £40,640
116
Albert Willem
All In All Not Bad For His First Attempt
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £228,600

20th Century to Now

London Auction 30 June 2023

Provenance

Exhibited

83

Alan Davie

Mama Idol No. 3

20th Century to Now