Provenance
Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Antwerp, Middelheim Museum, Erwin Wurm: Wear Me Out, 29 May–25 September 2011 p. 317 (another example exhibited and illustrated, pp. 258-259)
Literature
Uta Grosenick and Erwin Wurm, Erwin Wurm, Bonn, 2009, p. 317 (another example mentioned and illustrated, pp. 258-259)

126

Erwin Wurm

Fountain for Arthur Rimbaud

concrete and pump
6.5 x 123 x 40 cm (22 1/4 x 48 3/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
Executed in 2007, this work is number 3 from an edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs.

Estimate
£20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠

Sold for £25,400

Contact Specialist

Louise Simpson
Associate Specialist
+44 7887 473 568
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Modern & Contemporary Art: Evening & Day Sale

London Auction 27 June 2024

1
Michaela Yearwood-Dan
That your lovin’ makes it better
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡♠
Sold for £241,300
2
Marina Perez Simão
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £120,650
3
Lubaina Himid
The Bird Seller: Are You Listening
Estimate £300,000 - 500,000 ♠
Sold for £381,000
4
Huma Bhabha
Baalbek
Estimate £120,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £133,350
5
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Minotaur To Matador
Estimate £900,000 - 1,500,000 ‡♠
Sold for £952,500
6
Chris Ofili
Triple Eye Vision
Estimate £500,000 - 700,000 ‡♠
7
David Hockney
The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 2 June
Estimate £280,000 - 350,000 ♠
Sold for £406,400
8
George Condo
Green and Purple Head Composition
Estimate £700,000 - 900,000
Sold for £1,016,000
9
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £300,000 - 500,000 ‡♠
Sold for £381,000
10
William Kentridge
2nd Hand Reading
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £203,200
11
Cindy Sherman
Untitled Film Still #21
Estimate £300,000 - 500,000 ‡
Sold for £406,400
12
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Winding Towers, 1963–1982
Estimate £120,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £190,500
13
Andreas Gursky
Los Angeles
Estimate £400,000 - 600,000 ‡♠
Sold for £546,100
14
Yayoi Kusama
Infinity Nets (OQ5)
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
Sold for £355,600
15
Camille Pissarro
La Sieste aux champs
Estimate £180,000 - 250,000
Sold for £203,200
16
Keith Haring
The Garden of Radio Delight/The Beach (double-sided)
Estimate £400,000 - 600,000 ‡
Sold for £317,500
17
Andy Warhol
Campbell's Soup
Estimate £450,000 - 650,000
Sold for £850,900
18
Damien Hirst
Creed
Estimate £500,000 - 700,000 ♠
Sold for £685,800
19
Alfie Caine
Pots and Wildflowers
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £101,600
20
George Condo
Seated Bather
Estimate £400,000 - 600,000 ‡
Sold for £508,000
21
Martin Kippenberger
Untitled (from the Dear Painter, Paint For Me series)
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡♠
22
Vojtěch Kovařík
In the Baths
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £196,850
23
Robert Nava
T-LC1
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £139,700
24
Lina Iris Viktor
Constellations II
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,800
25
Wynnie Mynerva
Fire
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £35,560
26
This lot is no longer available.
27
Sarah Ball
Marie
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
28
Flora Yukhnovich
Study
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £38,100
29
Chico da Silva
Fish and Sea Snake
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
30
Salvo
La Valle
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £215,900
31
Salvo
La Valle
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £33,020
32
Andy Warhol
Panda Drummer (Toy Series)
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £184,150
33
Andy Warhol
Dollar Sign
Estimate £300,000 - 500,000 ‡
Sold for £317,500
34
Kenny Scharf
Energala
Estimate £120,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £114,300
35
Andy Warhol
Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn)
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £152,400
36
Cindy Sherman
Untitled Film Still #32
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £177,800
37
Robert Longo
Study of Shark with Scar
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £48,260
38
William Kentridge
Ubu drawing (Drawing Man)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £152,400
39
Ugo Rondinone
No. 254 - EINUNDDREISSIGSTEROKTOBERZWEITAUSENDUNDEINS
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £101,600
40
Yayoi Kusama
A Nest of Human (A)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
41
Paolo Scheggi
Intersuperficie curva
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,900
42
This lot is no longer available.
43
Alighiero Boetti
Tracce del racconto
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
44
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale Ovale
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 Ω♠
Sold for £19,050
45
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale Ovale
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 Ω♠
Sold for £21,590
46
Francis Alÿs
Déjà-vu (Clock)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £165,100
47
Marcel Broodthaers
Musée d'art moderne Dt. des aigles - Section publicité
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠
Sold for £57,150
48
Marcel Broodthaers
Bonne Année 1967
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
49
Marcel Broodthaers
La méduse de Millet
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
50
Manolo Valdés
Desnudo sobre fonda rosa
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
Sold for £165,100
51
William N. Copley
Le Grand Bouffe
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £76,200
52
Tom Wesselmann
Monica Sitting in Robe (Black)
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
53
Richard Pettibone
Frank Stella Tahkt-I-Sulayman III 1967
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £38,100
54
Keith Haring
Untitled (Drawing for "Popeye")
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £50,800
55
John Wesley
Nine female inmates of the Cincinnati workhouse participating in a patriotic tableau
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡
Sold for £190,500
56
John Baldessari
Vertical Series: Escape
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
57
Richard Prince
Untitled (Protest Painting)
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
58
Sol LeWitt
Irregular Loops
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £57,150
59
John Chamberlain
Heidi (A Birthday Card)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
60
John Chamberlain
Untitled (Happy Birthday Love The Coconuts)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
61
Salvo
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £63,500
62
Stanley Whitney
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £40,640
63
KAWS
Untitled
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
Sold for £304,800
64
Jana Euler
Universe 2
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
65
Caroline Walker
14th Floor
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £83,820
66
Ayako Rokkaku
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £101,600
67
This lot is no longer available.
68
Lesley Vance
Ginger Flower with Leaf
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
69
Andy Warhol
Untitled (Marilyn)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
70
Andy Warhol
Shoes
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £40,640
71
Ed Ruscha
Dot (#4)
Estimate £45,000 - 65,000 ‡
72
Elizabeth Peyton
Prince Charles in his garden
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
73
Julie Mehretu
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
74
Ken Price
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £21,590
75
Jonas Burgert
Leis
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £57,150
76
Franz West
Ohne Titel
Estimate £45,000 - 65,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,800
77
Bernard Frize
Alcantara
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £35,560
78
Ugo Rondinone
No. 90 ZEHNTERAPRILNEUNZEHNHUNDERTSILBENUNDNEUNZIG
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £152,400
79
Peter Halley
BLACK PRISON
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £48,260
80
George Condo
Weather vane
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £13,970
81
Christo
Wrapped Statues, Sleeping Fawn, Project for the Glyptothek, Munich
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
82
Christo
Wrapped Volkswagen, Project for 1961 Volkswagen Beetle Saloon
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £38,100
83
Nam June Paik
TV Tower
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
84
Nam June Paik
TV Tower
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
85
Man Ray
Composition
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £19,050
86
Serge Poliakoff
Composition
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
87
Maurice de Vlaminck
Nature morte
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
88
André Derain
Village d’Espagne
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
89
Bernard Buffet
Les bottes de radis
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,860
90
Jean Fautrier
Petit nu
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,940
91
Jacques Lipchitz
Encounter
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,320
92
Wolfe von Lenkiewicz
Garden of Earthly Delights
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,900
93
Henry Hudson
20:16:50 - 20:16:51PM
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
94No Reserve
Jadé Fadojutimi
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 •♠
Sold for £27,940
95
George Shaw
The Lych Gate
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
96
Julian Opie
At Home with Maria 3
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ‡♠
97
Michael Craig-Martin
Belt
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
98
Cerith Wyn Evans
And if I don't meet you no more in this world Then I'll meet you in the next one And don't be late, don't be late
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
99
Billy Childish
girl in swimming, yuga river
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £44,450
100
Anish Kapoor
Untitled (Void Cube)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
101
This lot is no longer available.
102
Invader
RUBIK BEST OF THE DOORS
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
103
Os Gêmeos
Irie Voice
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡
104
Elman Mansimov
A person skiing on snow clad vast mountain (from the alignDRAW series)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £13,970
105
Nice Aunties
Ballet Body
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £15,240
106
Sougwen Chung
Wave Study 17
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £22,860
107
Latifa Echakhch
Tambour 9
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
108
Ghada Amer
Another Grey Iman
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £53,340
109
Yan Pei-Ming
Invisible Buddha
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡♠
110
Ayako Rokkaku
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,780
111
Ayako Rokkaku
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,430
112
Sergej Jensen
Untitled
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,860
113
Ugo Rondinone
Still Life (Cardboard leaning on the wall)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £16,510
114
Angel Otero
Untitled (SK-IB)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £30,480
115
Wilhelm Sasnal
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £48,260
116
Gottfried Helnwein
American Madonna (Epiphany IV)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £69,850
117
Alex Da Corte
Siren (After E.K. Charter)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £49,530
118
Richard Phillips
Kathy McKee
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
119
Gillian Wearing
Self-portrait
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £24,130
120
Richard Prince
Untitled (Paisley Hat)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
121
Wolfgang Tillmans
Ceremony
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,800
122
Wolfgang Tillmans
Paper Drop (light)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £120,650
123
Thomas Schütte
Reborn as a Stone
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £33,020
124
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Black Balls V
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
125
Cosima von Bonin
Ich lüge auch und ich bin dein
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,510
126
Erwin Wurm
Fountain for Arthur Rimbaud
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,400
127
Hermann Nitsch
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £21,590
128
Joana Vasconcelos
Love Affair
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £33,020
129No Reserve
Emmanuel Taku
Pool of beauty
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡
Sold for £10,795
130
Melike Kara
reflecting a fragrance of white nails / a festival of elapsing memories / coming home
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
131
Zhao Zhao
Constellations
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £21,590
132
Invader
INVADEROMA
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
133
Thierry Noir
An incredible burst of energy spreads around the market square
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £25,400
134
Federico Herrero
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £20,320
135
Wang Yuyang
Moon 201811
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £38,100
136
The Connor Brothers
Past Mistakes
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160

Modern & Contemporary Art: Evening & Day Sale

London Auction 27 June 2024

Provenance

Exhibited

Literature

126

Erwin Wurm

Fountain for Arthur Rimbaud

Modern & Contemporary Art: Evening & Day Sale