Provenance
Skarstedt, New York and London
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund
Stockholms Auktionsverk, 12 November 2013, lot 40
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Catalogue Essay
We are most grateful to Mr. Michael Neff from the Estate of Günther Förg for the information he has kindly provided.

145

Günther Förg

Untitled

signed and dated 'Förg 91' upper left; further signed and dated 'Förg 91' and stamped '910144' on the reverse
acrylic on panel, in artist's frame
59.7 x 59.7 cm (23.5 x 23.5 in.)
Painted in 1991, this work is recorded in the archive of Günther Förg as No. WVF.91.B.0177.

Estimate
£10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠

Sold for £12,500

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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

Catalogue Essay

145

Günther Förg

Untitled

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale