Provenance
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, African-American Art: 20th Century Masterworks, VI, January 14 - March 6, 1999

192

Bob Thompson

The Beg

signed and dated "62 B. Thompson" lower left; further signed and dated "B. Thompson, '62-'63" lower right; further signed, titled, inscribed and dated "B. Thompson '62 Paris "The Beg"" on the reverse
gouache on paper
sheet 21 3/8 x 17 7/8 in. (54.3 x 45.4 cm)
image 20 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. (53 x 43 cm)
framed 31 1/2 x 27 7/8 in. (80 x 71 cm)
Executed in 1962-1963.

Estimate
$30,000 - 50,000

Sold for $75,600

Contact Specialist

John McCord
Head of Day Sale, Morning Session
New York
+1 212 940 1261

jmccord@phillips.com

20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session

New York 8 December 2020

101
Bill Traylor
Untitled (Black and Brown Horse)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $55,440
102
Jacob Lawrence
Street Scene
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $69,300
103
Milton Avery
Landscape
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $81,900
104
Hans Hofmann
Provincetown Blue Sea
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $105,840
105
Vivian Springford
Untitled (VSF327)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $81,900
106
Helen Frankenthaler
Thanksgiving Day Series (#13)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,720
107
Beauford Delaney
Street Scene
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $478,800
108
Matthew Wong
A Dream
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $864,900
109
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $302,400
110
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $176,400
111
Alexander Calder
Light Fixture
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,800
112
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $350,000 - 500,000
Sold for $315,000
113
Alexander Calder
Fly choker
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
114
Alexander Calder
Tray
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
115
Alexander Calder
Lion Cage
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $45,360
116
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $52,920
117
Alexander Calder
Aerialist
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
118
Alexander Calder
The Crooked Stick and the Straight Stick
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $28,980
119
Joan Miró
Tête
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $60,480
120
Joan Miró
Figures
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
121
Robert Rauschenberg
Untitled
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
122
Robert Rauschenberg
Untitled (de Gaulle)
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
123
Robert Rauschenberg
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $37,800
124
Conrad Marca-Relli
The Expendible
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $277,200
125
Andy Warhol
Puma Invader
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $138,600
126
Andy Warhol
Map of Eastern U.S.S.R. Missile Bases (positive)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $88,200
127
Andy Warhol
Map of Eastern U.S.S.R. Missile Bases (negative)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $85,680
128
Arthur Segal
Stillleben mit Flasche
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $163,800
129
Marc Chagall
La danse au village
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $15,120
130
Käthe Kollwitz
Mutter, zwei Kinder an sich pressend
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $56,700
131
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol, "Liz," 1963
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $55,440
132
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol, "Marilyn Monroe," 1962 (brown)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $32,760
133
Richard Pettibone
Jasper Johns "Grey Rectangles," 1957
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,800
134
Richard Pettibone
Marcel Duchamp "Bicycle Wheel," 1913
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $63,000
135
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $365,400
136
Saul Steinberg
Two Worlds
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,080
137
Jean Dubuffet
Site aux trois arbres
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $541,800
138
Jack Tworkov
Marsh
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $75,600
139
Philip Guston
Slope
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $365,400
140
Willem de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $630,000
141
Mary Heilmann
Glide
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $126,000
142
Richard Pousette-Dart
Pool of Contemplation
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $214,200
143
Ralph Humphrey
Armanda
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $107,100
144
Hans Hofmann
Untitled
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
145
This lot is no longer available.
146
Theodoros Stamos
Navarone
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
147
Betty Parsons
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $138,600
148
Robert Motherwell
Basque Suite #50
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
149
David Smith
Classic Figure III
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $201,600
150
Elaine de Kooning
Bull
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $75,600
151
Larry Poons
Panamar
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $100,800
152
Friedel Dzubas
Key Largo
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $63,000
153
Roger Brown
Two works: (i-ii) Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $35,280
154
Roger Brown
Looking for a Leveraged Buyout
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $132,300
155
Roger Brown
The Big Bang
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $42,840
156
John Wesley
Flight
Estimate $90,000 - 120,000
Sold for $81,900
157
Kenneth Noland
Dawn-Dusk
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $195,300
158
Fred Sandback
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,300
159
Nam June Paik
Music is Not Sound
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
160
Carl Andre
Steel Parallels
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $176,400
161
John Chamberlain
Los Ang Us
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $365,400
162
Frank Stella
k.161b
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $75,600
163
This lot is no longer available.
164
Roy Lichtenstein
Suspended Mobile
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
165
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (Geese+)
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $302,400
166
Martin Wong
Untitled (Antonio Home)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $138,600
167
Keith Haring
For Herb
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
168
Andy Warhol
Marilyn
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $113,400
169
Andy Warhol
Flowers
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $277,200
170
Andy Warhol
Portrait of Bronka Weintraub
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $126,000
171
Robert Rauschenberg
Pewter Drawer
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
172
Robert Rauschenberg
Quarters from the series Anagrams (A Pun)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $126,000
173
Ed Ruscha
Chick Unit
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $214,200
174
Ed Ruscha
Three works: (i-iii) Periods
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
175
Alex Katz
Zihuatenejo Bay
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $50,400
176
Neil Jenney
Lines and Track
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $245,700
177
Ralph Goings
Hot Fudge Sundae
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $403,200
178
Fernando Botero
Venus
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $529,200
179
Manolo Valdés
Regina
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $55,440
180
Fernando Botero
Reclining Woman with Mirror
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $403,200
181
Bowl of Fruits
Estimate $180,000 - 220,000
182
Pablo Picasso
Personnage endormi et femme accroupie (VIII)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $151,200
183
Henri Matisse
Jeune fille assise
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $56,700
184
This lot is no longer available.
185
Francis Picabia
Sans titre
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $42,840
186
Francis Picabia
Sans titre
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $226,800
187
Joan Miró
Sans titre
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
188
Wassily Kandinsky
Untitled
Estimate $140,000 - 180,000
189
Jean Dubuffet
Texte Logologique VI
Estimate $40,000 - 50,000
Sold for $52,920
190
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $69,300
191
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $75,600
192
Bob Thompson
The Beg
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $75,600
193
Beauford Delaney
Self-portrait
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $315,000
194
Andy Warhol
Rolling Stones - Love you Live Bill Wyman
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
195
Andy Warhol
The Annunciation (after Leonardo da Vinci)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,320
196
Andy Warhol
Head (After Picasso)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $71,820
197
Marisa Merz
Untitled (Gold and Silver)
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
198
Gordon Matta-Clark
Bing-Go Gone
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
199
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $75,600
200
Georg Baselitz
Untitled (Beach Picture)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,600
201
Anselm Kiefer
Gilgamesch im Zedernwald
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,800
202
Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern
Pussy, Die mondmoralische Märchenwundersau com Kurfürstendamm
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,780
203
Francis Bacon
Untitled (Figure upside down on sofa)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $157,500
204
William Turnbull
Untitled (Walking Figures)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $50,400
205
Yayoi Kusama
Grass-Igniting Coruscation
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $75,600
206
Yayoi Kusama
Village with Mountain Views
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $23,940
207
Mark Tobey
Untitled (Raissance of a Flower)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $44,100
208
Paul Jenkins
Phenomena Entrance to Peking
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $22,680
209
Al Held
Cygnus I
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $52,920
210
David Novros
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $32,760
211
Alfred Jensen
Gothic
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $25,200
212
Lee Mullican
Isis Appearing (Guardian Figure)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $44,100
213
Larry Bell
Small Mirage Study #162
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
214
Harvey Quaytman
Walnut, Slate and Clay
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $47,880
215
Sol LeWitt
Black and Gray Diagonal Bands in Three Directions with a Black Border
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
216
Richard Tuttle
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
217
George Rickey
Inverted Column
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
218
George Rickey
Two Fixed Two Moving Lines III
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,760
219
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $11,970
220
Luis Tomasello
Atmosphère Chromoplastique No. 259
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $39,060
221
Edgar Negret
Árbol
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $21,420
222
This lot is no longer available.
223
Carlos Alfonzo
Thought Forms
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $138,600
224
This lot is no longer available.
225
Ana Mercedes Hoyos
Inverapuestas el Perro
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
226
LeRoy Neiman
Le rendez-vous
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,320
227
Bernard Buffet
La montagne Sainte-Victoire
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $52,920
228
Bernard Buffet
Princesse Espagnole
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $252,000
229
Christian Zervos
The complete set of Pablo Picasso, Catalogue Raisonné 1875-1973
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $37,800
230
Georges Rouault
Jeune clown pensif
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
231
Auguste Herbin
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,820
232
Carl Paul Jennewein
Iris
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,800
233
Jim Dine
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $16,380
234
Claes Oldenburg
Two Small Ray Guns
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
235
Larry Rivers
Dreyfus
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,820
236
Kenny Scharf
Coconut Donut in Space
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $41,580
237
Kenny Scharf
Turkone
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $126,000
238
Kenny Scharf
Spacecase
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $81,900

20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning...

New York 8 December 2020

Provenance

Exhibited

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Bob Thompson

The Beg

20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session