Bruce Nauman

Untitled (Cross Beams)

1987
iron
217.2 x 217.8 x 26 cm (85 1/2 x 85 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Artist signature inscribed 'Bruce Nauman' and edition number stamped. This work is number 17 from an edition of 25.

Estimate
£35,000 - 45,000 ‡

Sold for £37,500

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

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Bruce Nauman

Untitled (Cross Beams)

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale