Alberto Giacometti

Tête (Head)

ballpoint pen on invitation card
8.9 x 6.4 cm (3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Executed circa 1950-1955, this work is recorded in the Alberto Giacometti Database under number 3897.

The Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Estimate
£4,000 - 6,000 ‡

Sold for £16,250

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 9 March 2018

101
Henry Moore
Three standing figures
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡♠
Sold for £212,500
102
Henry Moore
Helmet Head No. 4: Interior-Exterior
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
103
Henry Moore
Leaf Figure No. 3
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £62,500
104
Henry Moore
Bird
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
105
Alberto Giacometti
Tête (Head)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £16,250
106
This lot is no longer available.
107
Giacomo Balla
Mercurio che passa davanti al sole (Mercury passing in front of the sun)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
108
Max Ernst
Portrait de ma mère - souvenir de jeunesse (Portrait of my mother - remembrance of youth)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
109
Man Ray
Idole du pêcheur (Fisherman's Idol)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £40,000
110
Germaine Richier
Untitled
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £118,750
111
Henri Laurens
Femme à l'eventail (Woman with Fan)
Estimate £60,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,000
112
This lot is no longer available.
113
Yayoi Kusama
Spring Mars Studay
Estimate £90,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £106,250
114
Howard Hodgkin
Study for the Birthday Party
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,500
115
This lot is no longer available.
116
Sir Anthony Caro, O.M, R.A.
Writing Piece "Say"
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ‡♠
117
Bridget Riley
Red, Green, Blue and Yellow, Five Whites
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
118
Bridget Riley
First Study for Fleeting Moment
Estimate £50,000 - 80,000 ♠†
119
Victor Vasarely
TSENGUE
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
120
Victor Vasarely
BISTALT
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £143,750
121
Yves Klein
La Victoire de Samothrace (S 9)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
122
Jef Verheyen
De eeuwige beweging (The eternal movement)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £87,500
123
Heinz Mack
Licht-Regen-Relief (Light rain relief)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £68,750
124
Agostino Bonalumi
Bianco
Estimate £80,000 - 100,000 ♠
Sold for £81,250
125
Piero Manzoni
Linea (frammento)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £33,750
126
Piero Dorazio
Reticolo
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
127
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Gabriella
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡♠
Sold for £237,000
128
Mimmo Rotella
Lichtenstein
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
129
Giuseppe Penone
26 Unghiate
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
130
Tano Festa
Finestra (Window)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
131
Mario Schifano
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
132
Domenico Bianchi
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
133
Ettore Spalletti
Sorriso, Colore
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
134
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠†
Sold for £162,500
135
Alighiero Boetti
Senza titolo (Alighiero e Boetti)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
136
Bernard Aubertin
Tableau Clous
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
137
Alexander Calder
Le Lézard et le Tétard (The Lizard and the Tadpole)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £68,750
138
Bruce Nauman
Untitled
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
139
Sol LeWitt
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,375
140
James Lee Byars
TSOL
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
141
Laura Owens
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £168,750
142
Lesley Vance
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £75,000
143
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 †
Sold for £43,750
144
Stanley Whitney
Slow Walk No. #2
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £87,500
145
Jonas Wood
Studio Still Life
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £143,750
146
Wolfgang Tillmans
Freischwimmer 63
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
147
Wolfgang Tillmans
Urgency XXVI
Estimate £90,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £137,500
148
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
The Separate
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £237,000
149
George Condo
French Maid Variation
Estimate £400,000 - 600,000
Sold for £753,000
150
Jonas Wood
Untitled (Gray Dots)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
Sold for £168,750
151
Jonas Wood
Downstairs Bathroom 2
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
152
Shara Hughes
AFTER PROM
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £47,500
153
Ilya Kabakov
In the Park 1972
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡
Sold for £168,750
154
Yue Minjun
Backyard Garden
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡
Sold for £273,000
155
KAWS
Accomplice
Estimate £300,000 - 500,000 ‡
Sold for £669,000
156
KAWS
Untitled (Color)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £137,500
157
KAWS
Keep Moving
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000
Sold for £909,000
158
Zeng Fanzhi
Mao
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £87,500
159
Yayoi Kusama
Fallen Blossoms
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £162,500
160
Kim Tschang-Yeul
Waterdrops SH 83003
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £175,000
161
Arakawa
Four Combs
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £47,500
162
Jeff Elrod
Fantasy Island
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
Sold for £106,250
163
Dan Colen
Spill the Blood
Estimate £90,000 - 150,000
Sold for £112,500
164
Damien Hirst
Underworld
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £137,500
165
Antony Gormley
Sprawl Model II
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £43,750
166
Damien Hirst
Beautiful Ataguju Abreaction Painting for Mark (with Diamonds)
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
Sold for £187,500
167
Barbara Kruger
Shame It Blame It
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £143,750
168
Sherrie Levine
L’Enfant Juif
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £81,250
169
Louise Lawler
Claudio's
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £15,000
170
Louise Lawler
Three
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £15,000
171
Francis Alÿs
24 works: Sunpath, Mexico City i) 06.11.98 11.05am; ii) 06.11.98 11.15am; iii) 14.12.98 11.05am; iv) 14.12.98 12.15pm; v) 24.03.99 4.00pm; vi) 24.03.99 4.20pm; vii) 24.03.99 17.00pm; viii) 21.04.99 11.45am; ix) 21.04.99 12.00pm; x) 21.04.99 2.45pm; xi) 27.04.99 6.13pm; xii) 27.04.99 6.15pm; xiii) 20.05.99 2.15pm; xiv) 20.05.99 2.30pm; xv) 20.05.99 3.05pm; xvi) 20.05.99 15.30pm; xvii) 20.05.99 4.15pm; xviii) 20.05.99 4.30pm; xix) 20.05.99 4.45 pm; xx) 20.05.99 4.45 pm; xxi) 20.05.99 5.45pm; xxii) Sunpath, Mexico City 20.05.99 18.30pm; xxiii) Sunpath, Mexico City 21.05.99 1.15pm; xxiv) Sunpath, Mexico City 21.05.99 1.15pm
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,000
172
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £68,750
173
Manolo Valdés
Abanico Azul
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £175,000
174
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡♠
175
Thomas Schütte
United Enemies (A Play in Ten Scenes)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £102,500
176
Norbert Schwontkowski
Wenn ich schon lange tot bin
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,500
177
Daniel Richter
The Decorative Immigrant
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £81,250
178
Jonathan Meese
Revolte, 1000 x Keuschheit goldene Diamantin die Totalvölkische
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
179
A.R. Penck
Horse Racing
Estimate £90,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £137,500
180
Gerhard Richter
Rot - Blau - Gelb [338-35]
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £112,500
181
Gerhard Richter
Rot - Blau - Gelb [338-100]
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £93,750
182
Günther Förg
Anders, Lund
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £87,500
183
Imi Knoebel
Schief und Schräg
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠†
Sold for £23,750
184
Gert and Uwe Tobias
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
185
Georg Baselitz
Untitled (Lovers)
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £81,250
186
Rémy Zaugg
Schau, Ich Bin Blind, Schau.
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £37,500
187
John Armleder
Untitled U 19
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 †
188
Ross Bleckner
Untitled (Chandelier painting)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £21,250
189
George Shaw
The Bank Holiday
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
190
Peter Halley
Here and There
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £93,750
191
Peter Halley
Red Cell Over Two Horizontal Prisons
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £75,000
192
Sam Gilliam
All Colors Stacks
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
193
Theaster Gates
Black Box II
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £21,250
194
Mike Kelley
Circular Progression
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £16,250
195
Jim Hodges
A Diary of Flowers – Just Black
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £21,250
196
Lorna Simpson
Ultra Blue
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £15,000
197
Robert Longo
Study for Dragon
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £30,000
198
Andy Warhol
Jackie
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £40,000
199
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (Any Key will Fit Priscilla's Lock)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
200
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (It Would Appear Inevitable to ask Whether such a Mistake on such a Scale can Prove Effectively Reparable - Whether Ground so Lost can be Effectively Recovered)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,125
201
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (Above all, for the sense of exteriority and control that lie latent there; and for the feeling of freedom that comes from paying the rent)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
202
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (It Took Him a Minute to Recover from the Sense of Being Pierced)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £9,375
203
Herbert Zangs
Verweißung
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
204
Ophélie Asch
Bataille aux cratères
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
205
Bernar Venet
Lignes droites / Obliques
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
206
William Kentridge
Drawing for Other Faces
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £81,250
207
Kara Walker
Forging Freedoms
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
208
Koen Vanmechelen
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
209
Berlinde De Bruyckere
Detail Quan, 2010
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
210
Tal R
Apple and Apple
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
211
Richard Deacon and Thomas Schütte
Them and Us (X)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
212
Igor Mitoraj
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £43,750
213
Ron Mueck
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
214
Jedd Novatt
CXXII
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £56,250
215
Elmgreen & Dragset
The Private Museum
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £60,000
216No Reserve
Iván Navarro
Lamp Table (Blue-Red-White)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 •
Sold for £6,875
217
Iván Navarro
Wall Hole
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £41,250
218
Elad Lassry
Untitled (SP Yellow Cabinet)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
219
Tomás Saraceno
M102/W+W
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £52,500
220
Sylvie Fleury
Color Lab - Free study with white peacock
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
221
Cyprien Gaillard
Untitled (Tooth)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
Sold for £22,500
222
Sterling Ruby
Ceramic/Brass Facial with Red Bowl
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
223
Pamela Rosenkranz
Bow Human
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £13,750
224
Petra Cortright
MSExcel Password msexchange msgre32.dll msgsrv32 devcon32 mshearts.exe msi reports ms.jennifer brooks
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £35,000
225
Matt Connors
Blue Bleed
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
226
Mark Flood
Diamond Mirror
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
227
Michael Williams
Koyaanissmudgey
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
228
Wyatt Kahn
Hermano
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
229
Camille Henrot
Study for Bad Dad
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
230
Camille Henrot
Leaking Trash Bag from the series Minor Concerns
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
231
Richard Aldrich
One Page, Two Pages, Two Paintings
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
232
Walead Beshty
Black Curl (CMY/Five Magnet: Irvine, California, January 2nd, 2010, Fujicolor Crystal Archive Super Type C, Em. No. 165-021, 09710)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
233
Kaari Upson
Charcoal Panel 7 (Position 1)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
234
Jason Martin
Zero
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
235
Angel Otero
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £16,250
236
Bosco Sodi
Untitled - 0087
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
237
Gelitin
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
238
Neil Beloufa
Untitled from Secure Wall Series
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,875
239
Ugo Rondinone
Small Orange Yellow Mountain
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £26,250
240
Hugh Scott-Douglas
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,125
241
Lucien Smith
What’s Mines is Yours is Ours
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £26,250
242
David Ostrowski
F (Jet Grill)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
243
Stefan Brüggemann
Headlines and Last Lines in the Movies (Fluorescent)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £52,500
244
Sterling Ruby
DRFTRS (4283)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
245
Nate Lowman
Untitled (Red Bullet Holes)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 †
246
Barbara Kruger
Untitled (How Can I be a Better Person)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £42,500
247
Cory Arcangel
Timeless Standards
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £16,250
248
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Fachwerkhäuser des Siegener Industriegebiets
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
249
Gerhard Richter
Woman with Child (Frau mit Kind)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,000
250
Wolfgang Tillmans
State
Estimate £50,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
251
Thomas Ruff
Cassini 33
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,500
252
Thomas Ruff
ma.r.s. 05_1
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £43,750
253
Jeff Wall
Night
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £100,000
254
Hiroshi Sugimoto
English Channel, Weston Cliff
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £58,750
255
Yang Fudong
No Snow on the Broken Bridge
Estimate £22,000 - 28,000
256
Douglas Gordon
Monster Reborn
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
257
Paul McCarthy
Untitled (from Propo-Series) (Ken Doll No Head)
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000
Sold for £21,250
258
Sam Taylor-Johnson
(Untitled) Kate
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
259
David LaChapelle
Amanda as Liz (Orange)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
260
David LaChapelle
Amanda as Marilyn (Red)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £26,250
261
This lot is no longer available.
262
David LaChapelle
Last Supper
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
263
Massimo Vitali
Spiagge Olandesi "Bloemendaal"
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
264
Rineke Dijkstra
Peter Svenson
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
265
James Welling
Two works: (i) Dégradé INDV; (ii) Dégradé ICYV
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £8,750
266
David Kim Whittaker
Self Portrait Four, Jewel Box (The Broads, Thunder Showers, Late Afternoon, A Young Girl in Reflection, Poetics of the Past Never Forgotten)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠†
Sold for £81,250
267
Matt MacDowel
Brown Town
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
268
Jack Lavender
Now and Then It Comes Back 9
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
269
Kristin Baker
Cheras to Dunc Gray
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
270
Kristin Baker
Two Hides
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
271
Gerhard Richter
P16
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
272
Gerhard Richter
Four works: (i) Aladin (P11); (ii) Bagdad (P9); (iii) Bagdad (P10); (iv) IFRIT (P8)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
273
Tom Wesselmann
Monica Sitting with Legs Spread
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £21,250
274
This lot is no longer available.
275
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Four works: (i) Fop haired monopod I; (ii) Monster T-shirt I; (iii) Young girl with the spinal column I; (iv) Fuck face I
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
276
Chris Ofili
Nude Study in Blue
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
277
Gilbert & George
Dragon
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
278
Julian Opie
This is Shahnoza horizontal. 06.
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £47,500
279
Julian Opie
This is Shahnoza. 29.
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
280
Stuart Semple
Jump for my Love
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
281
The Connor Brothers
I Drink to Make Other People More Interesting
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 9 March 2018

Provenance

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Alberto Giacometti

Tête (Head)

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale