Alighiero Boetti

Una parola al vento, due parole al vento, tre parole al vento, 100 parole al vento

1989
embroidery
87.4 x 22 cm (34 3/8 x 8 5/8 in.)
Signed 'Alighiero Boetti' on the overlap. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity stamped and signed by the Archivio Alighiero Boetti archive.

Estimate
£50,000 - 60,000 ♠

Sold for £68,500

Contact Specialist
Henry Highley
Head of Sale
+ 44 20 7318 4061

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 10 February 2016 2pm

101
Michael Williams
Bargain of Eden
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £35,000
102
Alex Ruthner
Wiesenstück
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
103
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet
Untitled (Fugue XXXVII)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
104
Max Ruf
Drive
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
105
Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £52,500
106
Danh Vo
We the People (detail), Element #05.13
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £60,000
107
KAWS
Four Foot Dissected Companion
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
108
KAWS
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
109
Scott Lyall
nude 16
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £10,625
110
Carol Bove
Anamnesis
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £98,500
111
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Untitled 3
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
112
Analia Saban
Decant (White) / From Ceiling No. 2
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
113
David Noonan
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
114
Mark Grotjahn
Untitled
Estimate £65,000 - 85,000 ‡
Sold for £74,500
115
Robert Longo
Untitled (Mars)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
116
Oscar Murillo
Let Me Be
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
117
This lot is no longer available.
118
Tracey Emin
Her Soft Lips Touched Mine and Every Thing Became Hard
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
119
Damien Hirst
Psalm 23: Dominus regit me
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £82,900
120
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ♠
Sold for £386,500
121
Richard Prince
Untitled
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 †
122
George Condo
Writer
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡
Sold for £182,500
123
This lot is no longer available.
124
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £62,500
125
Chen Zhen
L’Autel-Le Dépôt/Le Repos
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £158,500
126
Ai Weiwei
Untitled (Divina Proportione)
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000
Sold for £194,500
127
Zhang Xiaogang
Amnesia and Memory: Sleep
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000
Sold for £206,500
128
Fang Lijun
Nature Group
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
129
Yang Maoyuan
Look Inside
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
130
Ai Weiwei
Coloured Pots
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
131
Yayoi Kusama
Self Obliteration
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡
Sold for £134,500
132
Allen Jones
Float
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £122,500
133
Andy Warhol
Valentine's Hearts Ads (Heart Fund)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £56,250
134
Andy Warhol
Diamond Dust Candy Box
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £50,000
135
Andy Warhol
Flowers (Four Yellow)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
Sold for £110,500
136
Andy Warhol
Diana Vreeland Rampant (after Jacques-Louis David, "Napoleon at St. Bernard")
Estimate £18,000 - 24,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
137
Andy Warhol
Isabelle Adjani
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £23,750
138
David Salle
Angel
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £56,250
139
Mel Ramos
Mädchen
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
140
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £110,500
141
Georg Baselitz
Big Night (Remix)
Estimate £180,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
142
Franz West
Three works: Ohnkel Stuhl (Uncle Chair)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
143
Franz West
Privat-Lampe des Künstlers II
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
144
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
145
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £60,000
146
Imi Knoebel
Kinderstern
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
147
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
148
André Butzer
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
149
Imi Knoebel
Kinderstern
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
150
Dirk Skreber
It Rocks Us So Hard Ho Ho Ho 3
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠†
Sold for £10,000
151
Thomas Scheibitz
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
152
Thomas Scheibitz
Berg
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,000
153
Lucio Fontana
Battaglia
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠
Sold for £45,000
154
Alighiero Boetti
Una parola al vento, due parole al vento, tre parole al vento, 100 parole al vento
Estimate £50,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £68,500
155
Keith Coventry
Ontological Picture
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠†
Sold for £8,750
156
Tony Cragg
Different Points of View
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £68,500
157
Gilbert & George
Fifteen Haunts
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £104,500
158
Gavin Turk
Pablos Melon
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,000
159
Tim Noble and Sue Webster
Walk on Water
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠†
160
Tracey Emin
And I Love You
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 Ω♠
Sold for £55,000
161
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Cockroach Kid
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,000
162
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA
Man on Flying Machine
Estimate £50,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £62,500
163
Gilbert & George
Man
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
164
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Grammy
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠†
Sold for £30,000
165
Erwin Wurm
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,000
166
Elliott Hundley
O Dika
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
167
Mirosław Bałka
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,500
168
Jacob Kassay
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £40,000
169
Sterling Ruby
Alabaster SR08-3
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 †
Sold for £134,500
170
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled #04
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
171
Oscar Tuazon
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £23,750
172
Oscar Tuazon
Two works: I Can't See (Papercrete Edition)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £13,750
173
Sterling Ruby
EXHM/DS13
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
174
Matias Faldbakken
Two Works: (i) Flat Box 9; (ii) Flat Box 2
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,875
175
Kaz Oshiro
Tailgate (YO TO YO)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £12,500
176
Adam McEwen
Bomber Harris
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,000
177
Joe Bradley
Six Works: Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
178
Seth Price
Eight Photographs
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £40,000
179
Sam Falls
Untitled (Twin 1, Topanga, CA)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
180
This lot is no longer available.
181
Erik Lindman
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £6,250
182
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled (Garden Painting)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,500
183
Ned Vena
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
184
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
185
Klara Lidén
Bierbank
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
186
Justin Matherly
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 †
187
Walead Beshty
Transparency (Positive)... May 7-9, 2010
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
188
Hugh Scott-Douglas
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £13,750
189
Mark Hagen
Two works: (i) Untitled (H); (ii) Untitled (G)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
190
Robert Longo
Study for Barbara in a Burka
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £36,250
191
Theaster Gates
Four Square
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £35,000
192
Gregor Hildebrandt
Ich suchte dein Aug, als du's aufschlugst und niemand dich ansah, (Paul Celan: Zahle die Mandeln nach Ute Aurand)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,000
193
Philippe Decrauzat
Peripheral Vision
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £11,250
194
Michael Wilkinson
Black Seditionaries No. 4
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
195
Jason Martin
Evangelist
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,000
196
Ned Vena
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
197
Iván Navarro
Sendero Luminoso
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £37,500
198
Ethan Cook
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
199
Callum Innes
Exposed Painting, Cobalt Violet
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
200
Grear Patterson
The Turtle and the Hare
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £9,375
201
Joe Reihsen
Slow Burn
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
202
R.H. Quaytman and Thomas Eggerer
Michelangeli III
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £60,000
203
Valerie Snobeck
Grand Beauty Salon
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
204
Dana Schutz
Tan
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
205
Chantal Joffe
Brunette in a Gold Bikini
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
206
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
207
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
208
Julian Hoeber
Execution Changes #49 (DS, Q1, LRJ, DC, Q2, LRJ, LC)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
209
Nathan Hylden
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
210
Lara Favaretto
295
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,625
211
Liam Everett
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
212
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £8,125
213
Matthew Chambers
Whether Below or Above Appearance
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
214
Sterling Ruby
ASHTRAY 243
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
215
Michiel Ceulers
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
216
Dan Rees
Gravelmaster
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠†
217
Matt Sheridan Smith
Pattern portrait (widow)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
218
Parker Ito
Inkjet painting #46 (8 color ink)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 †
Sold for £5,250
219
Mika Tajima
Negative Entropy (Langhorne Carpet Mill, Double)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,875
220
Michael Manning
Undertow
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £4,750
221
Petra Cortright
:swat 2 walkthru +home! +”for sale”
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
222
Josephine Meckseper
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
223
Matthew Day Jackson
Return to Heaven
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £8,750
224
Carol Bove
Nureyev Mandala
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
225
Matthew Day Jackson
Dymaxion Map Monument
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £18,750
226
Walead Beshty
20-inch Copper (FedEx© Large Kraft Box ©2005 FEDEX 330508) International Priority, Los Angeles-London trk#8685 8772 8061, date October 2-6, 2009 International Priority, London-Zurich trk#863822956490, date November 26-December 2, 2009
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
227
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
228
Wilhelm Sasnal
Untitled (Kielce)
Estimate £45,000 - 65,000 ‡♠
229
Wilhelm Sasnal
Untitled (Synai)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
230
Terence Koh
The Camel was God, the Camel was Shot
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £18,750
231
Y. Z. Kami
Nane and Kami in front of Picasso's Parade
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
232
Gabriel Orozco
Long Yellow Hose
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £22,500
233
Thomas Demand
Vault
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £62,500
234
David Benjamin Sherry
Xibalba
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £4,063
235
David Benjamin Sherry
Holy Holy
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £4,063
236
Andreas Gursky
La Défense, Panorama
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
237
Candida Höfer
Festspielhausen Recklinghausen VII
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
238
Candida Höfer
Museo Archeologico Nazionale Venezia II
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
239
Andreas Gursky
Untitled XII (Musil I)
Estimate £45,000 - 65,000 ‡♠
240
David Claerbout
The Piano Player
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠†
Sold for £23,750
241
Thomas Ruff
Maschinen 0923
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
242
James Casebere
Two Tunnels from the Right (V)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
243
Maurizio Cattelan
Errotin le vrai lapin
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £1,250
244
David LaChapelle
Amanda as Andy Warhol's Marilyn (blue)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
245
Marilyn Minter
Goldi
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
246
Paul McCarthy
Popeye
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £15,000
247
This lot is no longer available.
248
Mike Kelley
Meditation on a Can of Vernors
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £16,250
249
Bruce Nauman
Untitled (Cross Beams)
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
250
Toby Ziegler
Equivalents for Megaliths 7
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £3,250
251
Richard Artschwager
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
252
Sol LeWitt
R682
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,750
253
Lawrence Weiner
Two works: (i) Untitled (On Top of the World Rhumb Lines); (ii) Untitled (On Top of the World)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £20,000
254
Andy Warhol
Two works: (i) Reclining Figure with Legs to Chest; (ii) Standing Figure
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £18,750
255
Cecily Brown
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
256
Cecily Brown
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
257
Raymond Pettibon
The Beams of the Searchlights
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £13,750
258
Jeff Koons
Three works: (i) Easy Fun Donkey; (ii) Elephant; (iii) Kangaroo
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £25,000
259
Nicole Eisenman
Night of the cheer with a spray of Bullets
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
260
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
261
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
262
Salvatore Emblema
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
263
José Damasceno
Projeto Objeto
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
264
Ai Weiwei
Hanging Man in Porcelain
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
265
Adel Abdessemed
Foot On
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
266
Shirin Neshat
Careless
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £10,625
267
Shirin Neshat
Speechless
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £32,500
268
Tony Oursler
Blue Transmission
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 Ω
Sold for £11,250
269
Nathan Mabry
A Very Touching Moment (Pitching a Tent)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £10,000
270
Andy Denzler
The Painting After Lunch
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £31,250
271
Michael Raedecker
Close
Estimate £9,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £21,250
272
Marco Palmieri
Postcard
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
273
Borden Capalino
Judy in Disguise
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
274
Bernard Aubertin
Tableau Clous
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
275
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Frattali (Red)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
276
Yves Klein
Table Bleue
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
277
Bosco Sodi
Two works: Organic Work
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £32,500
278
Philippe Pastor
Les Oiseaux du Malheur (14 074 LOM)
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
279
Stanley Casselman
IR-45-4
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £35,000
280
This lot is no longer available.
281
Damien Hirst
Spinning Chair
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
282
Yves Klein
Table Or
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
283
Jeff Koons
Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £40,000

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 10 February 2016 2pm

Provenance

154

Alighiero Boetti

Una parola al vento, due parole al vento, tre parole al vento, 100 parole al vento

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale