Elger Esser

Buonconvento, Italy

signed 'E Esser' on a gallery label affixed to the reverse
c-print on Diasec
136.2 x 174.5 cm (53 5/8 x 68 3/4 in.)
Executed in 2002, this work is number 3 from an edition of 5.

Estimate
£12,000 - 18,000 ♠

Sold for £13,750

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Tamila Kerimova
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 30 June 2017

101
Shara Hughes
Basement
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £52,500
102
Harold Ancart
Untitled (Full Moon in the Deep Forest)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £112,500
103
Ella Kruglyanskaya
Untitled (Study for Blue Scribble)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
104
Jonathan Horowitz
Group Self-portrait in "Mirror #3 (Six Panels)" (Mary, Mike, Gil, Jan, Ryan, Emet)
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £68,750
105
Latifa Echakhch
Tambour 124'
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,000
106
Jeff Elrod
Vapor Drawing
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £125,000
107
Yoshitomo Nara
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £57,500
108
Yayoi Kusama
Pumpkin
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000
Sold for £37,500
109
Jiro Takamatsu
Shadow No. 1451
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £81,250
110
William Kentridge
Scribble Cat
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £106,250
111
Lucy McKenzie
Door 2
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
112
Richard Aldrich
Past Present and Future
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠†
Sold for £25,000
113
Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Dan
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £16,250
114
Sterling Ruby
Alabaster SR11-37
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £87,500
115
Sebastian Black
Untitled
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡
Sold for £16,250
116
Dan Colen and Joe Bradley
Shitface
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 †
117
Matias Faldbakken
Untitled (canvas 28)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
118
Oscar Murillo
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
119
Lucien Smith
Boys Don't Cry
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £27,500
120
SoiL Thornton
Thornberry View Wild and Distorted But Clearer In Some Respects
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
121
Tauba Auerbach
Embossment Painting #14
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
122
Jonas Wood
B-ball 9
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
123
Wade Guyton
Two works (i-ii): Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £106,250
124
Wade Guyton
Untitled (Action Sculpture)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £118,750
125
Kelley Walker
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £56,250
126
Mark Bradford
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £40,000
127
Gal Weinstein
Petra
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
128
Carol Bove
Ars Moriendo
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 †
Sold for £20,000
129
This lot is no longer available.
130
Xavier Veilhan
Debora
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £40,000
131
George Condo
Dreaming Woman
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £106,250
132
George Condo
Voyage of Sisyphus
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £75,000
133
This lot is no longer available.
134
Victor Vasarely
Sakk
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,000
135
Victor Vasarely
Dell-Piros
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £56,250
136
Victor Vasarely
Tridim-Kek
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
137
Marcel Broodthaers
Lampe Bleu et Chaise
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 Ω♠
Sold for £118,750
138
Joseph Beuys
Die Leute sind ganz prima in Foggia
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
139
Martin Kippenberger
Mechthild
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
Sold for £93,125
140
Martin Kippenberger
I Had A Vision – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
141
Martin Kippenberger
Untitled (Rubber Painting II)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
142
Martin Kippenberger
Das Ende des Alphabets (Prototype for the Edition)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
143
Sigmar Polke
l'enfant à la colombe
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £137,000
144
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £43,750
145
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,500
146
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠†
Sold for £11,875
147
Anselm Kiefer
Die Ungeborenen
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £118,750
148
Jorinde Voigt
8-er Deklination (Rhythmusmaschine / Raumabtastung)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
149
Katharina Grosse
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £36,250
150
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
Sold for £37,500
151
A.R. Penck
Landung auf einem Planeten
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £281,000
152
This lot is no longer available.
153
André Butzer
Untitled (Mädchen)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £40,000
154
Friedrich Kunath
What Is Not But Could Have Been (Somehow The Wonder Of Life Prevails)
Estimate £50,000 - 65,000 ‡♠
Sold for £62,500
155
Norbert Schwontkowski
Clockwork
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
156
Norbert Schwontkowski
Eingang
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
157
Gerhard Richter
Vorhang
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
158
Gerhard Richter
MV. 45
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
159
Gerhard Richter
MV. 97
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
160
Gerhard Richter
Cage Grid (Single Part O)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £68,750
161
Gerhard Richter
Babette
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
162
Robert Longo
Men in the Cities
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £11,250
163
Robert Longo
Study of Brooke 81
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £37,500
164
Robert Longo
Untitled (Joe Flying Jacket) (from Men in the Cities)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £62,500
165
Robert Longo
Untitled (James)
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
166
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Film Still #51)
Estimate £55,000 - 75,000
167
Christopher Williams
Clockwise from Manufacturer Name (Outer Ring)...
Estimate £14,000 - 16,000
Sold for £27,500
168
Idris Khan
Struggling to Hear ... After Ludwig van Beethoven Sonatas
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
169
Tony Cragg
Black Diabas
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £311,000
170
Tracey Emin
When I Think About Sex
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,000
171
Tim Noble and Sue Webster
$
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £62,500
172
Sarah Lucas
New Religion (Red)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠†
173
Damien Hirst
St. Elmo's Fire
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £93,750
174
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Famine
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
175
Jake and Dinos Chapman
The tragiK Konsequences of driving Karelessly
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
176
Jake and Dinos Chapman
I Can See
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
177
Damien Hirst
Holocaust
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £149,000
178
Tracey Emin
Almost Wide
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
179
Julian Opie
Bathers
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £36,250
180
Michael Craig-Martin
Common History: Vanitas
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
181
Michael Craig-Martin
All/Ball
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
182
Sarah Morris
The Monocle (Capital)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
183
Gilbert & George
It Shall Be Written
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £60,000
184
Gilbert & George
Three Ways
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £125,000
185
Ged Quinn
The Emigrant Moon
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
186
Nigel Cooke
In Da Club - Volume One
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
187
Victor Pasmore
Composition, blue image
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
188
Sir Terry Frost
Newlyn Rhythms
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £4,000
189
Arman
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
190
Pierre Alechinsky
Bouquet Persique
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £56,250
191
André Lanskoy
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
192
Diego Giacometti
Le Couple
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
Sold for £81,250
193
Lawrence Holofcener
Maquette for Allies
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
194
Jean Tinguely
Char Nr. 8
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
195
Cy Twombly
Untitled
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
196
Otto Piene
Rauchzeichnung
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
197
This lot is no longer available.
198
This lot is no longer available.
199
Alexander Calder
The Five Red Circles, Filled Variously
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £48,750
200
Gabriel Orozco
Ticket - British Airways
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
201
Gabriel Orozco
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £28,750
202
Wifredo Lam
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
203
Luis Gordillo
Two works: (i) Adam y Eva con Fundo Negro (ii) Adam y Eva con Parentesis Rojos
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
204
Luis Gordillo
!Idiota, eres tu mismo¡
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
205
Manolo Valdés
Conde Duque De Olivares
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
206
This lot is no longer available.
207
Mario Sironi
Mountain and Trees
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
208
Emilio Scanavino
Il Sesso Morto
Estimate £12,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
209
Giorgio Griffa
Tre linee con arabesco n.159
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
210
Marcello Lo Giudice
Eden Blu
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
211
Josh Smith
Untitled (JSP10173)
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £52,500
212
Josh Smith
Untitled (JSP10174)
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
213
David Ostrowski
F (Don't Honk)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
214
Grear Patterson
Third Base
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
215
Ethan Cook
Untitled 34
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £11,250
216
Eddie Peake
Grrrl
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,500
217
Sterling Ruby
Soft Vortex
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £45,000
218
Nick Darmstaedter
Multiplicity
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £16,250
219
Leo Gabin
Spoon Fed Free
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
220
Dash Snow
4 Keneth Anger
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £10,625
221
John Wesley
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £20,000
222
Tomma Abts
Untitled #14
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
223
Pavel Pepperstein
In the period 3033-3104 the system “Black Square” was used as a portal for the contact with extra-terrestrial civilisations
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
224
Andy Warhol
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £16,250
225
Shepard Fairey
St. Marks Campanile
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
Sold for £3,750
226
Cyprien Gaillard
Queen City
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
227
Ed Ruscha
What Say - Say What
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £13,750
228
This lot is no longer available.
229
Richard Pettibone
Frank Stella 'River of Ponds'
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £22,500
230
Richard Pettibone
Train Wreck and Love, Stella #6
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
231
Ed Ruscha
Thus
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £40,000
232
This lot is no longer available.
233
Kon Trubkovich
Roads (KT.4124)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
234
This lot is no longer available.
235
Sterling Ruby
Skull Drum I
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
236
Kelley Walker
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
237
Matthew Monahan
Throne I
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £13,750
238
Sam Gilliam
Yellow Tower and Square
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
239
Neil Beloufa
Vintage Series: Lighters
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
240
Paul Chan
Black Republican 2
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
241
Bernard Frize
Disloqué
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
242
Invader
R. Houndstooth
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,500
243
Julian Opie
Modern tower. 10
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
244
Shezad Dawood
Al Alim
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
245
Dan Attoe
Eat Shit and Die
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £7,500
246
Iván Navarro
Abandon (Agbar)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 Ω
Sold for £52,500
247
Liza Lou
Stairway to Heaven I
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £56,250
248
Elmgreen & Dragset
Boy Scout
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
249
Elmgreen & Dragset
Top and Bottom
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
250
Sean Henry
88
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
251
Aleksandra Mir
Fabergé Egg
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
252
Bertozzi and Casoni
Vassoio
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
253
Paloma Varga Weisz
Schwarzer Haariger
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
254
Maurizio Cattelan
Untitled (skeleton vase)
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
255
Carsten Höller
Red Baby Whale
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
256
Wim Botha
Untitled (Witness Series V)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
257
Barry X Ball
Laura Mattioli Rossi
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £43,750
258
Liza Lou
Tiara
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
259
Renato Nicolodi
Circo II
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
260
Hale Tenger
Turkish Delight
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
261
Li Zhanyang
The Tiger and the Beauty
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
262
This lot is no longer available.
263No Reserve
Zeng Chuanxing
Song for the Departed
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 •
Sold for £31,250
264
Qi Zhilong
'Chinese Girl' Nr. 8
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
265
Chen Fei
Scavenger
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £81,250
266
Asli Özok
Garden of Armina V
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £27,500
267
Monika Baer
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
268
Terry Rodgers
Shades of Olympus
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £23,750
269
Katy Moran
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
270
Toby Ziegler
D.I.V.O.R.C.E
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
271
Thomas Zipp
The code of les mats
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
272
Rafal Bujnowski
Clouds (1-12)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
273
Ross Bleckner
Banding Patterns
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £12,500
274
Donald Baechler
Family Planning #1
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £13,750
275
Johannes Kahrs
OT (Man with hat)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
276
Jason Brooks
Wych Cross
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
277
Afshin Pirhashemi
Femme à la cigarette
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
278
Neal Tait
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £3,500
279
Alex Katz
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £23,750
280
Anton Henning
Des Assistenten gestohlene Venus
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
281
John Armleder
Untitled (curtain)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £40,000
282
Guyton\Walker
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
283
Kristin Baker
Modernist Broadcast System
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
284
Kristin Baker
New Dawn Fades
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
285No Reserve
Brendan Fowler
Spring 2011, Summer 2011, 2012 (Printer Box)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for £875
286
Andres Serrano
Hercules punishing Diomedes (part I and II)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £45,000
287
Wolfgang Tillmans
Rylan & Paula Shooting
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
288
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Sustaining the Crisis
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
289
Charles Ray
Before & After
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
290
Vik Muniz
Reversal Black Marilyn
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
291
Markus Schinwald
Dictio pii
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
292
This lot is no longer available.
293
Shirana Shahbazi
Two works: (i) [Monochrome-01-2007]; (ii) [Stillleben-15-2007]
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
294
James Welling
Two works: (i) X; (ii) VIII
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £13,750
295
Elger Esser
Buonconvento, Italy
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
296
Gerhard Richter
Haggadah (P2)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
297
Gerhard Richter
CR 724-4 (P1)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,000
298
Llewellyn Xavier
Eggshell Footprints
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
299
Bernard Andreoletti
Blue No. 4
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £60,000
300
Stanley Casselman
IR-33-3
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £22,500
301
Bernard Aubertin
Tableau Clous
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
302
Franz West
Privat-Lampe des Künstlers II
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 30 June 2017

Provenance

295

Elger Esser

Buonconvento, Italy

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale