Provenance
Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles
Private Collection
Christie's, Los Angeles, 5 December 2000, lot 133
Private Collection
Phillips, London, 12 December 2019, lot 176
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
G. Roger Denson, 'How Andres Serrano's Piss Christ Reconciles Nature and Civilization', Huff Post, 6 December 2017 (another example illustrated)

89

Lot offered with No Reserve

Andres Serrano

Thinker

signed, titled, numbered and dated 'THINKER 1988 3/10 Andres Serrano' on the reverse
Cibachrome print face-mounted to Plexiglas, in artist’s frame
114.8 x 83.1 cm (45 1/4 x 32 3/4 in.)
Executed in 1988, this work is number 3 from an edition of 10.

Estimate
£3,000 - 5,000 •

Sold for £12,065

Contact Specialist

Louise Simpson
Associate Specialist, Head of Online Sale
+44 7887 473 568
lsimpson@phillips.com

Wired: Online Auction

15 - 24 April 2024

1
Caroline Walker
Lottie
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £44,450
2
Caroline Walker
Study for 'Lottie'
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £10,795
3
George Condo
Droopy Dog
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £9,525
4
Katherine Bernhardt
Hamburgers French Fries and Cigarettes
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £25,400
5
Theodore Ereira-Guyer
Somewhere in Africa (mountains)
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ♠
Sold for £88,900
6
Wynnie Mynerva
Pene entrando
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,620
7
Stik
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,795
8
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £38,100
9
Banksy
Napalm
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £9,525
10
Salvo
Untitled
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160
11
Brian Calvin
Untited
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ‡
Sold for £3,556
12
Studio Lenca
Omar
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £4,064
13
Thierry Noir
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £4,445
14
Paul P.
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £9,525
15
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £21,590
16
Caroline Walker
Rehearsal 15
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,794
17
Caroline Walker
Arrangements
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,540
18
Karyn Lyons
Untitled Still Life
Estimate £700 - 1,000
19
Damien Hirst
Untitled Paper Spin Gift for Simon
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £2,413
20
Fiona Rae
Untitled (white)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
21No Reserve
Ian Davenport
Untitled, Dark Grey II
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £1,270
22
Gary Hume
Lara I
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
23
Gary Hume
Lara II
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,350
24No Reserve
Sir Peter Blake, R.A.
Three works: (i-iii) Life Studies
Estimate £1,200 - 1,800 •♠
Sold for £953
25
Sir Peter Blake, R.A.
M.M. Blue & Yellow
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £2,540
26
Gilbert & George
HUMAN
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £4,826
27
Martin Kippenberger
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,810
28
A.R. Penck
Big Operator
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
29
Mr Doodle
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
30
Jonathan Edelhuber
Quarantine Skull
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £1,397
31
Dale Lewis
Truffle Butter
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,080
32
Miaz Brothers
Old Masters N. 5
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,715
33
Conor Harrington
Every Day I Wake Up And Think Of My Building
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ♠
34
Mr Doodle
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160
35
David Kim Whittaker
Say Goodbye
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
36
Fabrice Hyber
Power
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
37
Jiri Hauschka
Forget Me
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
38
Billy Childish
Cherry Trees
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
39
Albert Willem
Coming Home After Work
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
40
Edgar Plans
UFO
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £9,525
41
Barry McGee
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £13,970
42No Reserve
Lucien Smith
LS-494
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for £1,651
43
Cerith Wyn Evans
TIX3
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,890
44
This lot is no longer available.
45
Kelley Walker and Wade Guyton
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £6,350
46
John Armleder
Furniture Sculpture #201 with Kent Senator
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,700
47
Sylvie Fleury
Crash Test 3-50 (Pearl White)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,350
48
Jacob Kassay
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
49
Matias Faldbakken
Untitled (Sack #7)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
50
Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,715
51No Reserve
Leo Gabin
Pow Clip Flavors
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •♠
Sold for £2,794
52
Philippe Pastor
Untitled (Blue Monochrome)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £57,150
53No Reserve
Parker Ito
Untitled #20
Estimate £700 - 1,000 •‡
Sold for £508
54
László Mulasics
Kepzeletbeli Ejszaka
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
55No Reserve
Zhang Zhenyu
Dust 151210
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡
Sold for £699
56
This lot is no longer available.
57No Reserve
Evan Holloway
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 •
Sold for £1,778
58
This lot is no longer available.
59No Reserve
Gabriele de Santis
Bubka
Estimate £700 - 1,000 •♠
Sold for £381
60No Reserve
Steven Claydon
Dastard in substrate
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £318
61
Klara Kristalova
A little sculpture about falling in love
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £1,524
62
Terence Koh
My Path to Heaven. Are You Blind Bastard GOD
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £9,525
63
Bill Woodrow
Source Pot II
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡♠
64
Romuald Hazoumè
Frappé
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £5,080
65
Elisabeth Frink
Untitled
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ♠
Sold for £4,064
66No Reserve
Roger Hilton
Six works: (i-xi) Untitled
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £635
67No Reserve
Silvia Bächli
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 •
Sold for £1,651
68No Reserve
Klaus Mosettig
Pradovit RA 150
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡♠
Sold for £2,540
69
Richard Tuttle
Representation 4
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
70
Robert Moskowitz
Flat Iron
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £2,540
71No Reserve
Tsuyoshi Maekawa
Untitled
Estimate £800 - 1,200 •
Sold for £381
72No Reserve
Jim Shaw
Untitled (Building with stairs)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •
Sold for £3,810
73No Reserve
Jim Shaw
Study for 'Identity Crisis'
Estimate £1,200 - 1,800 •
Sold for £1,397
74No Reserve
Erró
Four works: (i-iv) Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡♠
Sold for £699
75
Arnulf Rainer
Ohne Titel
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,255
76
Arnulf Rainer
Taenzer Paar
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,255
77
Charline von Heyl
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,080
78
Jonas Wood
Yellow and Orange Orchid Clipping
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,890
79
Peter Doig
Zermatt (D1) (1-6)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
80
Damien Hirst
The Empresses (H-10)
The complete set of five works: (i) Wu Zetian (H10-1); (ii) Nūr Jahān (H10-2); (iii) Theodora (H10-3); (iv) Suiko (H10-4); (v) Taytu Betul (H10-5)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
81
Grayson Perry
Piggy Bank
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,080
82
Donald Baechler
Three works: (i) Blue Pitcher; (ii) Yellow House; (iii) Beachball, from Some of My Subjects
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £3,048
83
Mr.
Three works: (i) Noah - Pink Breeze; (ii) Ren - Tokyo; (iii) Elise - White Flower
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
84
Takashi Murakami
Ten works: (i-x) We Are the Jocular Clan
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £5,715
85
Takashi Murakami
Flower Smile
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £1,080
86
Takashi Murakami
Flowers From The Village of Ponkotan
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ‡
Sold for £1,524
87
Takashi Murakami
Making a U-Turn, the Lost Child Finds His Way Home
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,286
88
Candida Höfer
Kaiserliches Hofmobiliendepot Wien II
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,413
89No Reserve
Andres Serrano
Thinker
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for £12,065
90No Reserve
Slater Bradley
Yellow doppelganger
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for £191
91
David Yarrow
Open Water
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,350
92No Reserve
Ruth Bernhard
Two Leaves
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •‡♠
Sold for £254
93No Reserve
Stephane Graff
Nude with Sphere
Estimate £1,800 - 2,500 •♠
Sold for £254
94No Reserve
Stephane Graff
Nude with Sphere #2
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £445
95No Reserve
Nobuyoshi Araki
Untitled
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for £826
96
Edmund de Waal
Bowl
Estimate £800 - 1,200 ‡♠
Sold for £889
97
Edmund de Waal
Three Bottles
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,810
98No Reserve
Carl-Harry Stålhane
Fourteen works: (i-xiv) Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡♠
Sold for £7,620
99No Reserve
Jean Besnard
Blue Covered Ball Vase
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •‡♠
Sold for £635
100No Reserve
Barovier & Toso (Co.)
Vase
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 •‡
Sold for £191
101No Reserve
Ritsue Mishima
Seme Di Stella
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡
Sold for £635
102
Franz West
Große Lampe (Large Lamp)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 Ω♠
Sold for £21,590
103
Konstantin Grcic
Monroe Table
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 Ω
Sold for £8,890
104
Ron Arad
Rover 2-Seater
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 Ω♠
Sold for £5,334
105
Alvar Aalto
Low-back cantilevered armchair, model #42
Estimate £800 - 1,200 Ω
Sold for £1,778
106
Marc Newson
'Wicker' chair
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ‡♠
Sold for £4,826
107No Reserve
Shiro Kuramata
‘Panacée’ rug
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡♠
Sold for £699
108No Reserve
Sage Vaughn
Barcelona
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £381
109No Reserve
Allen Ruppersberg
Poem No.1 Flashback Startover
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •‡
Sold for £191
110No Reserve
Zhou Tiehai
RICHARD PRINCE III
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡
Sold for £4,826
111
Blek le Rat
Last Tango (The Big Issue)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £5,715
112No Reserve
Pejac
Silencio
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £3,556
113
Brandon Lipchik
Untitled 9
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
114No Reserve
Sojourner Truth Parsons
The Amber Sunset has died
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡
Sold for £889
115No Reserve
Felix Treadwell
Frog Hearts
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £1,524
116
Evgen Čopi Gorišek
Men of Good Fortune
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £2,032
117No Reserve
Elad Lassry
Man, Two Woman (Puzzle)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 •‡
Sold for £1,778
118No Reserve
Courage K. Hunke
As I Am (I)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •
Sold for £635
119
Amoako Boafo
Dipo Girls
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £19,050
120
Whitney Bedford
Four works: (i) Sunset Sinking; (ii) L’Olonais; (iii) Crush; (iv) The Fancy
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,286
121No Reserve
William Daniels
Untitled
Estimate £500 - 700 •
Sold for £318
122No Reserve
Anna Bjerger
Balloons
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £508
123No Reserve
Jesse Chapman
The Play
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for £889
124No Reserve
Steven Claydon
Hunting Climate
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £699
125No Reserve
Pascal Möhlmann
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡♠
Sold for £889

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Provenance

Literature

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Andres Serrano

Thinker

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