Provenance
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Galerie der Stadt Tuttlingen, Candida Höfer — Philadelphia, May 7–June 13, 2010, p. 25 (another example exhibited and illustrated, front cover, p. 25; titled as, Fisher Library Philadelphia I, 2007 / Law Library City Hall)

118

Candida Höfer

Law Library City Hall Philadelphia II

signed “Candida Höfer” on a label affixed to the reverse of the backing board
chromogenic print
image 49 x 47 1/8 in. (124.5 x 119.7 cm)
sheet 63 x 61 1/8 in. (160 x 155.3 cm)
Executed in 2007, this work is number 3 from an edition of 6.

Estimate
$15,000 - 20,000

Sold for $12,700

Contact Specialist

Avery Semjen
Associate Specialist, Head of New Now Sale
T +1 212 940 1207
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New Now

New York Auction 12 March 2024

1
February James
Shining on the Inside
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $21,590
2
Maja Ruznic
Visitors
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $57,150
3
Chico da Silva
Bichos e Passaros (Animals and Birds)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $76,200
4
Tabboo!
Untitled, New York Skyline
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $22,860
5
Sarah Lee
Moonrise Over the Sea
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $16,510
6
Jen Hitchings
Fuzzy Morning
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
7
Amanda Wall
Long Distance
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,985
8
Emily Furr
Huge if True
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
9
Brittney Leeanne Williams
Untitled (Sunset)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,525
10
Wynnie Mynerva
Sutra
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,940
11
Miriam Cahn
Ohne Titel
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $38,100
12
Noelia Towers
The Pain That Keeps on Giving
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,320
13
Dominique Fung
i spy
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,860
14
Emily Mae Smith
The Hermit
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $46,990
15
Christopher Hartmann
The Touch of Your Hand Speaks of Distance
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
16
John Rivas
Hijo te extraño
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
17
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
Mercy, Things are Gonna Slide
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
18
Jonathan Gardner
Going Down
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $44,450
19
Celeste Rapone
Timekeeper
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $57,150
20
Wendy Park
Lil Dickie
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $1,651
21
Shota Nakamura
Untitled (pink-still life)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,320
22
Andrea Marie Breiling
Hannah Baby
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $27,940
23
Gabriel Mills
Euphrates Butterfly Vision
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $22,860
24
Marina Perez Simão
Sem titulo
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $101,600
25
Shara Hughes
Lillypad Palace
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $234,950
26
Richard Mayhew
Briarwood
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $139,700
27
Kikuo Saito
Ringai chase
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,800
28
Sam Gilliam
New Orleans
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $190,500
29
Roy Lichtenstein
Landscape
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $63,500
30
James Rosenquist
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $63,500
31
Andy Warhol
Heaven and Hell Are Just One Breath Away (Positive)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $222,250
32
KAWS
AGREED
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $139,700
33
This lot is no longer available.
34
This lot is no longer available.
35
Peter Halley
Triple 9
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $82,550
36
Nina Chanel Abney
The Money Tree
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $101,600
37
This lot is no longer available.
38
Forrest Kirk
Fist 1
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
39
Ludovic Nkoth
Wings + Beer
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $21,590
40
Troy Lamarr Chew II
Product of the Trap, Did What I Had To When It Came To the Pack
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
41
Sam McKinniss
Ghosts (orange and green)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
42
John Baldessari
God Nose
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
43
Gina Beavers
Vagina Burger
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $11,430
44
Daisy Dodd-Noble
One Tree on an Island
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $30,480
45
Salvo
Senza titolo
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $69,850
46
William N. Copley
L'amour c'est ce qu'on fait
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
47
William N. Copley
Do You
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
48
Sterling Ruby
SP183
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $165,100
49
This lot is no longer available.
50
Wade Guyton
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $114,300
51
Wade Guyton
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $241,300
52
Rashid Johnson
North
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $114,300
53
Titus Kaphar
Both King and Accomplice
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $88,900
54
Chakaia Booker
Juxtaposed
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $20,320
55
Frank Stella
Stubb's Supper (S-1, 1X)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
56
Fred Sandback
Blue Day-Glo Corner Piece
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
57
George Rickey
Etoile X
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $63,500
58
George Rickey
Three Oblique Lines Conical Path III
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $165,100
59
Salvador Dalí
Vénus de Milo aux tiroirs
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $127,000
60
Paul Jenkins
Phenomena Alternate Trade Winds
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
61
Keith Haring and LA II (Angel Ortiz)
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $48,260
62
Peter Schuyff
Big Yellow Flush
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
63
Hugh Steers
Hose
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $44,450
64
Chloe Wise
Self-Portrait
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,620
65
Delphine Desane
Peculiar Tint
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,430
66
Jiang Cheng
e-27
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,240
67
Jess Valice
Flat Tire on Maple Ave (Downtown)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $24,130
68
Tom Anholt
City Girl
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
69
Jerome Lagarrigue
Late Afternoon
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $5,080
70
Sayre Gomez
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $88,900
71
Orion Martin
Nervous System in Traditional Swedish Bedroom
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
72
Vojtěch Kovařík
Hanged
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
73
Alec Demarco
Coa de Jima
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $31,750
74
Wes Lang
The Ritual
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $63,500
75
Eddie Martinez
Stump Study #1 (Year Yellow)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $44,450
76
Friedrich Kunath
Capri is just a name now
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
77
Rafa Macarrón
El Poder De Mi Mente
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $21,590
78
Oscar Murillo
Drawings off the wall (II)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $101,600
79
Yoan Capote
American Appeal (Bridge)
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
80
Katherine Bradford
Iceberg
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $17,780
81
Issy Wood
The hen night
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $30,480
82
Ariana Papademetropoulos
Guilty Pleasure
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
83
Jill Mulleady
Spray la vie
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $33,020
84
Rebecca Ackroyd
Hardwired
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $22,860
85
Karen Kilimnik
home of the dewdrop fairy
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,940
86
Jenna Gribbon
Room #9 (canoe)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,240
87
Hiejin Yoo
The Organic Chewing Gum Tastes Like
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $8,255
88
Jessie Makinson
Lunar Thorn
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $38,100
89
Noel W. Anderson
Dis' Uh So She A Shun
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
90
This lot is no longer available.
91
Alteronce Gumby
Zinnia
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,985
92
Alicja Kwade
Rain (0.5 hour / 0.5 meter)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,860
93
Ghada Amer
A Beautiful Day for Trini
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $120,650
94
Diana Al-Hadid
Mob Mentality
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $69,850
95
Shinique Smith
Inner Clock
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,510
96
Austin Eddy
Setting Sun and Green Sky
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $7,620
97
James Ulmer
Judge mentor
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
98
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $48,260
99
Amanda Baldwin
Zeal, Zest, Zing #3
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,350
100
John Seal
The Arms that Enfold Us Are Not Ours to Control
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $24,130
101
Ivy Haldeman
Double Hand, Indexes Up
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
102
Danielle Orchard
Blue Head with Window
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,160
103
Emma Stern
Amber 2
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,525
104
Aks Misyuta
Catcher
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,334
105
Caitlin Cherry
Kitty Talk
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,255
106
Cassi Namoda
Meat is Meat
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,160
107
Marcus Jahmal
Green Smoker
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,890
108No Reserve
Tyler Ballon
Dead Body of Christ
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000 •
Sold for $4,826
109
J.P. Munro
Arroyo Seco Cabin Site
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,350
110
James Chronister
Only Sunrises
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
111
Hunter Potter
Back on the Horse
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,890
112
Kassou Seydou
Kakatou loumou yagueyague tji bur gueye dou sopolekou nek diassite (le caméléon aura beau séjourner dans l’eau il ne se transformera jamais en caïman)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,700
113
Phumelele Tshabalala
Mabutho
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
114
Tony Toscani
From Safety to Where...?
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,620
115
Richard Prince
Untitled Joke T-shirt Painting ("What's the Difference Between Kinky and Erotic?")
Estimate $45,000 - 55,000
116
Richard Prince
The Velvet Beach
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $25,400
117
Candida Höfer
Biblioteca do Palacio Nacional da Ajuda Lisboa I
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,240
118
Candida Höfer
Law Library City Hall Philadelphia II
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,700
119
Wolfgang Tillmans
Sunset night drive, a
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,334
120
Ed Ruscha
Four works from the Rooftops series: (i) Roof Top View #2; (ii) Roof Top View #3; (iii) Roof Top View #4; (iv) Roof Top View #5
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,430
121
Chris Burden
Big Pointy #1
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
122
Christopher Williams
Model #105M - R59C, Keystone Shower Door, 57.4 X 59" / Chrome / Raindrop, SKU #109149, #96235.970 - 084 - 000 (Meiko), Vancouver, B.C. Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,970
123
Jeff Koons
Art Magazine Ads
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $13,970
124
Hank Willis Thomas
A Martyr to End Man's Inhumanity (red and gold reflection)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
125
Julian Opie
Anya with evening dress
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
126
Petra Cortright
RGB, D-Lay
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
127
Loie Hollowell
Standing in Shadow
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,795
128
Lisa Yuskavage
Untitled (Love Scene)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
129
Lisa Yuskavage
Golden Bunny
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
130
Hilary Pecis
Lighthouse Drawing
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
131
Hilary Pecis
Ghost Ranch Drawing
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
132
Amy Sillman
Four Works: (i-iv) Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,240
133
Amy Sillman
Three Works: (i-iii) Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,620
134
Radcliffe Bailey
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $16,510
135
Vaughn Spann
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
136
Louis Fratino
Self-Portrait
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $33,020
137
Louis Fratino
Sleeping Grey Figure
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $9,525
138
This lot is no longer available.
139
This lot is no longer available.
140
Dana Schutz
Dark Haired Girl
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
141
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,620
142
Alejandro Cardenas
Plant Study 3
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
143
This lot is no longer available.
144No Reserve
Tony Lewis
I Got a Hit
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $2,540
145
Robert Rauschenberg
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
146
Robert Rauschenberg
Honeysuckle Grows (Anagram)
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
147
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai)
El Morro 59M
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,480
148
Alice Baber
Jaguar Heart from the Sacred Space Series
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $24,130
149
Frank Stella
Aqua Caliente
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
150
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Sunset Nude (VAR. #2)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,510
151
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Great American Nude #54
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
152
Peter Saul
Daisy Crockett
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
153
Kenny Scharf
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
154
Kenny Scharf
Double fizzie worm
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $20,320
155
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $50,800
156
Andy Warhol
Dollar Sign
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $27,940
157
This lot is no longer available.
158
Hans Hofmann
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $17,780
159
Richard Diebenkorn
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,700
160
Romare Bearden
The Lantern
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,940
161
Ed Paschke
Prime Time
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $10,795
162
Larry Bell
CS 11.29.16 DVD
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
163
Sam Francis
untitled (SFP 85-197)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
164
George Condo
The Scream
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $19,050
165
David Smith
Still Life
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
166
Cleve Gray
Zen Gardens #22B
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,890
167
Max Cole
Ninnescah III
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $43,180
168
Richard Artschwager
Road
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $44,450
169
Loló Soldevilla
Sin título
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $19,050
170
Alighiero Boetti
Un'idea Brillante
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $50,800
171
Salvatore Scarpitta
Cow Catcher Sled and Canvas
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
172
This lot is no longer available.
173
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Asse del Movimento I (Axis of Movement)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $76,200
174
Yoan Capote
Open Mind
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
175No Reserve
Iran do Espírito Santo
Supplement
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000 •
Sold for $2,159
176
Iván Navarro
Exit (Baum)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,780
177
Jenny Holzer
Untitled from the Survival Series
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
178
This lot is no longer available.
179
Magdalena Suarez Frimkess
Bicycle Cup
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,556
180
Subodh Gupta
Jeff the Koons (1)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
181
Adam Parker Smith
Pine (gold)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
182
Alex Da Corte
A-BOXES (Winter Racks)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,480
183
Banks Violette
ghost
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
184
Rachel Harrison
Stump Speech
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $25,400
185
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Group of Ten from the series Crowd
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $22,860
186
Ibrahim Mahama
SOS BOY A
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,780
187
Jack Pierson
SEX
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $27,000
188
Henry Taylor
To Be Titled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,826
189
Amani Lewis
Etheline and Mary
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
190
Shaina McCoy
Baby Self Portrait I
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,096
191
This lot is no longer available.
192
Emmanuel Taku
Sisters in Pink
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,160
193
Isshaq Ismail
Onipa 7
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $19,050
194
Bjarne Melgaard
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,890
195
Secundino Hernández
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $40,640
196
Nigel Cooke
The Reader and the Read
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,320
197
Susumu Kamijo
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,795
198
Jaime Muñoz
Boing!
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
199
SoiL Thornton
Flagged Identity
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
200
Borna Sammak
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $10,160
201
Rob Pruitt
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
202
Jordy Kerwick
Reaper Reaper Sergent Keeper
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $19,050
203
Jordy Kerwick
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $10,795
204
Dan Colen
To be titled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,510
205
Wang Yigang
Abstract T3
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
206
Karin Davie
Untitled (Curves) #7
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,525
207
Thomas Wachholz
SCHWARZ 0/0/0/100
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,445
208
Olivier Mosset
Untitled (White Square)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
209
Maria Taniguchi
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
210
David Ostrowski
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,065
211
Jeff Elrod
El Espectro V
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,065
212
Alex Becerra
Brookstone Woman
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,985
213
Ellen Gronemeyer
Ich häng an dir
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
214
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (Pulled from the...)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
215
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (Helter Skelter guns...)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
216
Terry Winters
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
217
Qin Feng
West Wind East Water 005
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,890
218
Imi Knoebel
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
219
Gerasimos Floratos
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,794
220
Guerrilla Girls
Do Women Have to Be Naked To Get Into the Met. Museum?
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,350

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New York Auction 12 March 2024

Provenance

Exhibited

118

Candida Höfer

Law Library City Hall Philadelphia II

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