Donald Sultan

Gladiolas in a Chinese Vase Nov 9 1989

signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated "gladiolas in a chinese vase nov 9 1989 DS" left edge; each panel further titled and dated "GLADIOLAS IN CHINESE VASE NOV 9, 1989" on the reverse; each panel further signed "D. SULTAN" on the stretcher
tar, spackle and oil on tile over Masonite, in 4 parts
overall 96 x 96 in. (243.8 x 243.8 cm.)
Executed in 1989.

Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000

Sold for $30,000

Contact Specialist

Sam Mansour
Associate Specialist, Head of New Now Sale
New York
+1 212 940 1219

tests 3

New Now

New York Auction 4 March 2020

1
Jonathan Gardner
Daisy
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $125,000
2
Katherine Bradford
Couple on Purple
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $12,500
3
Leonhard Hurzlmeier
Frauen im Bade
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,250
4
Derrick Adams
Floater 20 from the series Floaters
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $65,000
5
Jonathan Lyndon Chase
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $23,750
6
Ebony G. Patterson
Untitled Species I
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $30,000
7
Tomoo Gokita
Dear Madam Barnum
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $75,000
8
Javier Calleja
No Cartoons Tonight
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $47,500
9
Tomoo Gokita
Fixation of Memory
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $33,750
10
Hernan Bas
The variety theatre
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,625
11
Genieve Figgis
Family with Dogs (after Gainsborough)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $72,500
12
Walter Price
Afro blue 7
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $17,500
13
Henry Taylor
Milwaukee Brothas
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $17,500
14
Noah Davis
In Search of Gallerius Maximumianus
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $400,000
15
Jeff Sonhouse
Inauguration of the Solicitor
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $162,500
16
Nina Chanel Abney
Untitled (89)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $80,000
17
Angel Otero
Ornamental Winds
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $75,000
18
Ryan Sullivan
May 8, 2013 - May 29, 2013
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $52,500
19
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet
Untitled (Fugue 2016 - XIII)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $22,500
20
Keltie Ferris
Greater Than > or Equal to =
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
21
Ida Ekblad
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $40,000
22
Sadie Benning
Black River
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,500
23
Sarah Cain
Triangle for R.J.M.
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,000
24
Katharina Grosse
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $52,500
25
Ed Clark
Untitled (Acrylic #1) from the series Louisiana
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $462,500
26
Ed Clark
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $180,000
27
Sam Gilliam
Color Flag
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $112,500
28
Sam Middleton
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,750
29
Max Bill
Zerstrahlung von Blau (Blasting of Blue)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
30
Peter Halley
Nowhere
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $400,000
31
Doug Aitken
Fountain (earth fountain)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
32
Sarah Lucas
Get Hold of This (Black)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $81,250
33
Sterling Ruby
Cobra
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $47,500
34
Shio Kusaka
untitled (triangle 11)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,750
35
Rebecca Warren
Noir, comme mon âme
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $40,000
36
Josephine Meckseper
Shelf #16
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
37
Sarah Lucas
Rose Bush
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
38
KAWS
UNTITLED (KIMPSONS), PACKAGE PAINTING SERIES
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $350,000
39
KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $93,750
40
KAWS
UNTITLED (PAPER MAGAZINE)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $37,500
41
Eddie Martinez
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $18,750
42
Jonas Wood
TMH4
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,750
43
Nicolas Party
Untitled (Landscape)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $237,500
44
Alex Katz
Untitled (Still Life)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $87,500
45
Pat Steir
The Wave (after Courbet, as though painted by an Italian Baroque Painter)
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $275,000
46
This lot is no longer available.
47
Christian Marclay
Dictators
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $106,250
48
Andy Warhol
Diamond Candy Box
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $81,250
49
Julian Schnabel
Angela
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $81,250
50
Kara Walker
Forging Freedoms
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $65,000
51
Willem de Kooning
Reclining Woman
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
52
John Currin
Worker
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,875
53
Kehinde Wiley
Passing/Posing: Lady Innes Study
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $60,000
54
Alice Neel
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,250
55
Hernan Bas
You secretly despise me
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $16,250
56
George Condo
Couple Study
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $30,000
57
Kerry James Marshall
Preliminary Sketch for Black Painting
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $43,750
58
Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
59
Wangechi Mutu
Mellow Yellow
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $52,500
60
Tschabalala Self
Trees
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $87,500
61
Richard Prince
Untitled (Original)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $300,000
62
Martin Kippenberger
Mirror for Hang-Over Bud
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $106,250
63
Paul McCarthy
Captain Dick Hat
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $187,500
64
Antony Gormley
BARE 8 (MEME) II
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $156,250
65
Hans Josephsohn
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
66
Manuel Neri
Untitled III
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $32,500
67
Nick Cave
Boo
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $75,000
68
Pamela Rosenkranz
Bow Human
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $17,500
69
Yoan Capote
Racional
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $68,750
70
Paul McCarthy
Fake Shit
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
71
Marc Quinn
Fear of Fear
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $22,500
72
Nicole Cherubini
Ceramic Vase
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
73
Moira Dryer
The Perpetual Painting
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $15,000
74
Ed Moses
Blakerman #1
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $27,500
75
Milton Resnick
Pulse
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $52,500
76
Norman Bluhm
Arondite
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,000
77
Paul Jenkins
Phenomena Saint Paul Guardians
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $50,000
78
Alfred Leslie
Untitled (Seated Figure)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $50,000
79
Caio Fonseca
Pietrasanta Painting C99.37
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $32,500
80
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Complementary Radiance
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,750
81
Keith Edmier
Cycas orogeny maquette #2
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
82
Francisco Sobrino
Permutationelle M
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $47,500
83No Reserve
Giò Pomodoro
Radiale
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $6,250
84
Luis Feito
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $56,250
85No Reserve
Walter Leblanc
Torsions B.V. 18
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for $40,000
86
Lee Ufan
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $50,000
87
James Siena
Non-Slice
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $15,000
88
Chris Martin
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,375
89
Tony Lewis
Hajoning
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
90
David Ostrowski
F (Jung, Brutal, Gutaussehend)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $23,750
91
Sam Moyer
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $31,250
92
Lucien Smith
Working Girl
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,500
93
Chris Succo
Drink Mojito and Feel Like Sunshine
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,375
94
Monika Baer
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $27,500
95
Andrew Dadson
XOX
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $11,250
96
Jennifer Steinkamp
Dervish 15
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $37,500
97
Tony Oursler
Rock
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,500
98
Austin Lee
Face
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,250
99
Robert Pruitt
Brother Going to Gleise
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $17,500
100
John Bankston
Red Turtle
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $20,000
101
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA
Diary of a Victorian Dandy: 03.00 hours
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $31,250
102
Chéri Samba
Le Grand-Marche
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
103
Rashid Johnson
Let Sleeping Dogs Lye
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,000
104
Rashid Johnson
The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club (Harold)
Estimate $5,000 - 8,000
Sold for $12,500
105
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
No title (Correspondence material sent by Felix Gonzalez-Torres to an unknown recipient)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,625
106
Nan Goldin
Gina at Bruce’s dinner party, NYC
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,625
107
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
New York
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
108
Vito Acconci
Performance situation sending / sending out
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,000
109
Paul Graham
End of an Age #1
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,625
110
Paul Graham
End of an Age #18
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,750
111
Nigel Cooke
Desolate Freestyle 4
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $3,000
112
Ewan Gibbs
Trafalgar Square
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
113
Fernando Botero
Nicaragua Banana
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
114
Lee Ufan
Dialogue
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $43,750
115
Jean Hélion
Figure abstraite
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $30,000
116
Mark Tobey
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $7,500
117
Phyllida Barlow
untitled: paintsticks
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,750
118
Callum Innes
Untitled from the series Cento
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $15,000
119
John Hoyland
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,875
120
Raymond Pettibon
No title (The silver mist...)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,375
121
Raymond Pettibon
No title (Candles gleamed upon...)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $15,000
122
Richard Prince
Jokes
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $9,375
123
Amy Sillman
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $17,500
124
Richard Tuttle
Section I, Extension A
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $11,250
125
Richard Tuttle
Section I, Extension E
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
126
Math Bass
Cowhide/Fried Egg
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,500
127
Rob Pruitt
Hayyel Diptych II
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $35,000
128
Elizabeth Neel
Shell Game with Lobster
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $27,500
129
Julian Schnabel
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
130
Jonathan Meese
STÜLP' DEIN LEBEN HERVOR, SPIEL DEINE NATÜRLICHEN SKULPTUREN AUS, EI-EI-EI, ES BRINGT'S, SEI RUMLUMPUPSIE...
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
131
Markus Lüpertz
Untitled (Alice's Head) from the series Alice in Wonderland
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $6,250
132
Jane Hammond
Long Black German Heels and Back Areas
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,875
133
Radcliffe Bailey
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $30,000
134
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Untitled History Painting (Time Piece A)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
135
Leonardo Drew
Number 23
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $105,000
136
Davide Balula
River Painting (La Seine)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
137
Heimo Zobernig
Untitled
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $37,500
138
Ethan Cook
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $25,000
139
Josh Smith
New Museum Multiple
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
140
Michiel Ceulers
If you bow at all, bow low (to know the road ahead ask those coming back)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,000
141
Matias Faldbakken
Untitled (Canvas #83, NYT WED AUG 27 2014)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,500
142
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $20,000
143
Angela Dufresne
Hannah Shgullyah as Maria Braun in the Drunken Dorothy Mallon's Daddy Death Scene From "Written on the Wind"
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,750
144
Zilia Sánchez
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $23,750
145
Wifredo Arcay
Untitled
Estimate $22,000 - 28,000
Sold for $22,500
146
Salvador Corratgé
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,000
147
Pedro de Oraá
Untitled #2
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,000
148
Tomás Sánchez
Orilla de La Manana (Morning Shore)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $47,500
149
Antonio Seguí
Not Knowing What to Do
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000
150
Matta
Creative Net-work
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $40,000
151
Raymond Pettibon
Where are their palms?
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,750
152
Donald Sultan
Gladiolas in a Chinese Vase Nov 9 1989
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $30,000
153
Jessica Jackson Hutchins
Red Wicker
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
154
Subodh Gupta
Oman to Madras
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,000
155
Toby Ziegler
The Cripples (1)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
156
Matias Faldbakken
Jerry Can Cut
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,375
157
Leandro Erlich
Nigatas House
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $16,250
158
Tom Sachs
Ashtray Lion
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
159
Takashi Murakami
DOB. Melt. BLUE
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $30,000
160
Cosima von Bonin
Erik D. Clark
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $17,500
161
Juan Roberto Diago
Yo Nací Libre (I was Born Free)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,750
162
Reena Spaulings
Later Seascape 13
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
163
Brenna Youngblood
Off + No
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,250
164
Rashaad Newsome
Grand Duke of Harlem
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $11,875
165
Hugh Scott-Douglas
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,375
166No Reserve
Daniel Lefcourt
Ersatz Coherence
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for $1,000
167
Elmgreen & Dragset
Ball and Chain
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,875
168
Don Brown
Yoko II
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $4,000
169
Matt Johnson
Readymade
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $2,000
170
Secundino Hernández
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,000
171
Thomas Scheibitz
Pete
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $18,750
172
Wyatt Kahn
Cause and Effect
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
173
Mark Flood
Forbidden Desire
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,750
174
Jayson Musson
Fritzi's Painting I
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,375
175
Mike Kelley
Black Out (Detroit River)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $11,875
176
Sterling Ruby
CARVINGS 1-5
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
177
Bae Bien-U
SNM1A-006H from the series SONAMU
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
178
Roe Ethridge
Sunset
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $21,250
179
Paul McCarthy
Fancy Tomato Ketchup from the series PROPO
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $52,500
180
Douglas Gordon
Hand with Spot M
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
181
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Oscar Wilde
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $15,000
182
Vik Muniz
The Best of LIFE (Portfolio)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $50,000
183
Vik Muniz
Mass II from the series Pictures of Chocolate
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
184
Alfredo Jaar
One Hundred Times Nguyen
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
185
Robin Rhode
Marongrong
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,250
186
Allen Ginsberg
William Seward Burroughs at Kitchen Table New York
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,500
187
Zhang Huan
Twin
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $25,000
188
Nathalie Djurberg
Dumstrut
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $13,750
189
Paul Pfeiffer
Burial at Sea
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $15,000
190
Robert Wilson
Salma Hayek from the series VOOM
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
191
Karen Kilimnik
The Bolshoi Theater, dreamland, at night 9 pm, 3am, Moscow
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $25,000
192
Nathan Hylden
Some Other Way of Counting III
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,250
193
Ethan Cook
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,000
194
Slater Bradley
Down the Gully
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,000
195No Reserve
Igor Makarevich
USSR: Stronghold of the World
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $5,000
196
Richard Phillips
Lindsey Wixon
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
Sold for $7,500

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Donald Sultan

Gladiolas in a Chinese Vase Nov 9 1989

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