Provenance
White Cube, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2013
Exhibited
London, Freud Museum, Damián Ortega - Apestraction, 6 June - 1 September 2013 (another example exhibited)
Mexico City, Museo Jumex, To Do, Damián Ortega, 14 November 2013, pp. 346-347 (another example exhibited and illustrated)

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

238

Damián Ortega

Continuous Fragment

each consecutively stamped with a letter 'A-Z' lower edge
26 bronze bas-reliefs
smallest 15.8 x 10.1 cm (6 1/4 x 3 7/8 in.)
largest 23.5 x 9.3 cm (9 1/4 x 3 5/8 in.)
overall installation dimensions variable
Executed in 2013, this work is artist's proof 1 from an edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs.

Estimate
£40,000 - 60,000

Sold for £52,500

Contact Specialist

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Director, Specialist
Head of Day Sale
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 28 June 2019

101
Nicolas Party
Panorama
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £162,500
102
Nina Chanel Abney
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £75,000
103
Dana Schutz
Crapping, Braiding and Whistling
Estimate £170,000 - 200,000 ‡
Sold for £275,000
104
Harold Ancart
Untitled (Full Moon in the Deep Forest)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £143,750
105
Eddie Martinez
Inside Thought
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £131,250
106
KAWS
UNTITLED (HTLD5)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £162,500
107
KAWS
KIMPSONS
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £125,000
108
KAWS
KIMPSONS
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £106,250
109
Nicolas Party
Untitled (Decorative Panel)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £193,750
110
Mernet Larsen
Cardplayers
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
111
Shara Hughes
Three's a Crowd
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £70,000
112
KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate £350,000 - 450,000 ‡
Sold for £495,000
113
Henry Taylor
Untitled (Self Portrait)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £40,000
114
Henry Taylor
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £23,750
115
Shio Kusaka
(pattern 3)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £11,250
116
This lot is no longer available.
117
Marlene Dumas
Strobe Lights + Flash Lights
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £68,750
118
Michaël Borremans
The Gap
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
119
William Kentridge
Anti-Entropy
Estimate £320,000 - 500,000 ‡
Sold for £375,000
120
Sir Frank Bowling, R.A.
Tiger Falls
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,000
121
Gerhard Richter
MV. 157
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £83,750
122
Yayoi Kusama
Autumn
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £60,000
123
Alexander Calder
Le Melon
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £112,500
124
Alexander Calder
Sephora
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £93,750
125
Alexander Calder
Modele T (maquette)
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
Sold for £187,500
126
Niki de Saint Phalle
Dawn (bleue)
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £187,500
127
Christo
Store Front (Mandarin Yellow)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
128
John Hoyland
11.10.68
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £43,750
129
Joan Miró
Personnage
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £175,000
130
Joan Miró
Femme
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,000
131
Joan Miró
Personnage et oiseau
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡♠
Sold for £62,500
132
Claes Oldenburg
Fagend Study
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
133
Agenore Fabbri
Forma IV
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
134
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £93,750
135
Alberto Biasi
Politipo
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
136
Agostino Bonalumi
Blue
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
137
Jorge Eielson
Quipus
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £37,500
138
Shozo Shimamoto
Palazzo Ducale 11
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £62,500
139
Massimo Campigli
Labirinto/Labirinto di vetro
Estimate £60,000 - 100,000 ♠
Sold for £75,000
140
Henry Moore
Seventeen Reclining Figures
Estimate £25,000 - 40,000 ♠
141
Allen Jones
Parable of Our Time II
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
142
Henri Matisse
Nu aux bras levés
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡♠
Sold for £237,500
143
Fernand Léger
Les deux profils couleurs en dehors
Estimate £25,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
144
Fernand Léger
Figure de femme
Estimate £25,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
145
Bernard Aubertin
Tableau Clous
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
146
Bernar Venet
Related to: "Maximum Relative Error, Actual Relative Error"
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
147
Georges Mathieu
Valse Bleue
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,000
148
Hans Hartung
T1971-E45
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £52,500
149
Victor Vasarely
Lille-A
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,500
150
Sayed Haider Raza
Village au ciel orange
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £60,000
151
This lot is no longer available.
152
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Temple of Red with Yellow
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
153
Daniel Buren
PVC giallo − Quatre éléments. travail situé
Estimate On Request
154
Imi Knoebel
Tiger Woods
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £125,000
155
Jesús Rafael Soto
Gran Marrón
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
Sold for £175,000
156
Victor Vasarely
Andromeda-NEG
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
157
John Baldessari
Word Chain: Faucet (Ilene's story)
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 †
158
Kenneth Noland
American Black
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £75,000
159
Ed Ruscha
Zero
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
160
John Baldessari
Nose & Ears, Etc., Part III: Two Altered Persons (One with Yellow Nose)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £181,250
161
Matt Connors
Fifth Thirds
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
162
Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
163
Glenn Ligon
Negro Sunshine #54
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £40,000
164
Henry Taylor
Eight works: Untitled (Painted Cardboard Boxes)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £42,500
165
Claire Tabouret
La combinaison noire
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
166
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
167
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £62,500
168
Secundino Hernández
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £58,750
169
KAWS
GONE AND BEYOND A-3
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £275,000
170
KAWS
M8
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
Sold for £325,000
171
David Salle
C.C.Q.L.
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £137,500
172
David Salle
Templeton
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
173
Christopher Wool
Three Women (Image I)
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £87,500
174
Sherrie Levine
Loulou
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £41,250
175
Lorna Simpson
Twosomes
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £50,000
176
Anne Imhof
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
177
Jana Euler
gossip rain, private and public painting
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
178
KAWS
CHUM (RUNNING)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £31,250
179
KAWS
FINAL DAYS
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £106,250
180
Dana Schutz
Paris
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £15,000
181
Yoshitomo Nara
On the Peace Sign
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
182
Yoshitomo Nara
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
183
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Untitled (History Painting)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
184
Ibrahim Mahama
BK X
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
185
Danh Vo
We the People (detail)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £150,000
186
Oscar Murillo
Candi
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
Sold for £212,500
187
Dan Colen
I Hate Work
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £125,000
188
Nate Lowman
Beach Bums
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
189
Damien Hirst
Love Sweetness
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £150,000
190
Oscar Murillo
26 Postures and 4 Savasanas Between London and Paris
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ♠
Sold for £287,500
191
Georg Baselitz
Straße
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £26,250
192
Sigmar Polke
Ohne Titel
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
193
Karin Kneffel
Ohne Titel
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ♠
Sold for £125,000
194
A.R. Penck
Ohne Titel
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
195
Norbert Bisky
Usedom
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
196
David Ostrowski
F (A thing is a thing in a whole which it's not)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
197
Friedrich Kunath
Wish You Were Here
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £68,750
198
Shilpa Gupta
01:14.9
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
199
Jitish Kallat
Afterword (versions of a disappearing act)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
200
Atul Dodiya
Krishna Swallowing Forest Fire
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ‡
201
Jagannath Panda
The Migrant
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
202
Thukral & Tagra
Kingdom Come I (Couple)
Estimate £14,000 - 18,000 ‡
203
Nalini Malani
Two works: (i) Time; (ii) Warriors & Green Worm
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
204
Yudi Noor
Breaking the Water Picture
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
205
Zhang Huan
Memory Door (Miss)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
206
Xu Zhen
Buddha's Warrior Attendant (Kepi)
Estimate £18,000 - 24,000 ‡
207
Yang Fudong
Yejiang/ The Nightman Cometh 1
Estimate £17,000 - 22,000 ‡
Sold for £21,250
208
Yan Pei-Ming
Red Buddha
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
209
Yan Pei-Ming
Oncle aveugle
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
210
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £43,750
211
Alex Katz
Ariel
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £47,500
212
Robert Longo
Untitled (James)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £81,250
213
Tony Lewis
Darn, darn...
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £10,000
214
Pavel Pepperstein
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
215
Gilbert & George
Coronation
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £23,750
216
Dexter Dalwood
The Liberace Museum
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
217
Bernard Frize
Riana
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
218
Tamuna Sirbiladze
Map 2 - Drug Picnic
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
219
Gary Hume
Bracelet
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
220
Chris Ofili
Actaeon Stag (Study for Diana & Actaeon)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,500
221
Raffi Kalenderian
Rachel
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 †
Sold for £16,250
222
Toby Ziegler
Study for Vitalis
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
223
Nam Tchun Mo
Spring 18-66
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £26,250
224
Bernard Frize
Verte
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £81,250
225
Xavier Veilhan
Untitled (Naked Woman)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
226
Tony Cragg
Over the Earth
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
227
Christopher Williams
Super Quadra Sul 308 - Bloco 'D' - Asa Sul (south wing) - 70.355 - BRASILIA-DF - Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, 1960 - January 31, 1997 (No.1 - 2)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
228
Wolfgang Tillmans
Shanghai Night, a
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £62,500
229
Andreas Gursky
Bangkok IX
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £150,000
230
This lot is no longer available.
231
Louise Lawler
Not Lizard
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
232
This lot is no longer available.
233
Douglas Gordon
Self Portrait of You + Me (Large Jackie White Splatter)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠†
234
Vik Muniz
Untitled Blue, after Yves Klein (Pictures of Pigment)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
235
Vik Muniz
The Scream, after Edvard Munch (Pictures of Pigment)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £50,000
236
Vik Muniz
Man and Puppet, after Edgar Degas
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £31,250
237
Os Gêmeos
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £77,500
238
Damián Ortega
Continuous Fragment
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £52,500
239
Olafur Eliasson
Glass eye #C
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £23,750
240
Olafur Eliasson
Holo lamp
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,000
241
Jon Rafman
New Age Demanded (Futurismo Silver)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £30,000
242
Jeppe Hein
This Artwork is Extremely Fragile...
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠†
Sold for £15,000
243
Ichwan Noor
Beetle Sphere
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £100,000
244
Pravdoliub Ivanov
Loaded
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ♠
245
Christian Boltanski
Shadows from the Lessons of Darkness
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
246
Allan McCollum
Collection of 8 Plaster Surrogates
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £32,500
247
John Armleder
Arzou 1
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £47,500
248
Callum Innes
Exposed Painting Intense Black Red Violet
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
249
Hermann Nitsch
Schüttbild from the 60th Painting Action
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,000
250
Gerhard Richter
Waldhaus (P18)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
251
Asli Özok
Two seconds
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £57,500
252
Julian Opie
Monique, businesswoman-housewife 11
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠†
Sold for £40,000
253
Jeff Koons
Ballerinas (Wood)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
254
Vasily Klyukin
Dancing Fairy (Beatrice Gold)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £75,000
255
Toyo Ito
Golden Section
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 †
Sold for £40,000
256
Rafael Moneo
Golden Section
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠†
Sold for £37,500
257
KAWS
BLAME GAME
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £103,750
258
KAWS
PIRANHAS WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
259
Kelley Walker
Marantz Model 6300 with Yellow Stripe
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
260No Reserve
KAWS
Three works: (i) SMALL LIE (Brown); (ii) SMALL LIE (Black); (iii) SMALL LIE (Grey)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •
Sold for £5,625

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 28 June 2019

Provenance

Exhibited

238

Damián Ortega

Continuous Fragment

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale