Hughie Lee-Smith

Little Girl

signed "Lee-Smith" lower left
oil on canvas
9 1/4 x 12 in. (23.5 x 30.5 cm)
Painted in 1984.

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000

Sold for $30,480

Contact Specialist

Annie Dolan
NY Head of Auctions and Specialist, Head of Sale, Morning Session
+1 212 940 1288
adolan@phillips.com

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 20 November 2024

101
Emmi Whitehorse (Diné)
Standing Water
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $165,100
102
This lot is no longer available.
103
Yayoi Kusama
New York
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $228,600
104
Hedda Sterne
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
105
Hedda Sterne
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
106
Carmen Herrera
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $63,500
107
Sonia Gechtoff
In the Red
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $17,780
108
Maija Peeples-Bright
Goose Grand with Geraniums
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $30,480
109
Lawrence Calcagno
Untitled Landscape
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,970
110
Judith Rothschild
Io
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $50,800
111
Alice Baber
Red Song of the Ladder
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $55,000
112
Wolf Kahn
Green and Gray on the Connecticut River
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $228,600
113
Wolf Kahn
Long Connecticut River Painting
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,800
114
Elaine de Kooning
The Animal Powers Cave #67
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $330,200
115
Sir Frank Bowling, R.A.
For JJ... New Life
Estimate $280,000 - 380,000
Sold for $279,400
116
Helen Frankenthaler
Figure in a Landscape
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $482,600
117
Alfred Leslie
Ornette Coleman
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $127,000
118
Alfred Leslie
Santurce
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $254,000
119
Norman Lewis
Night Vision
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
120
Ernie Barnes
My First Dunk
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $444,500
121
Dorothea Tanning
Status Quo
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $266,700
122
Kurt Seligmann
Sur les Barricades
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $177,800
123
Herbert Bayer
Messages Through Atmosphere
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $63,500
124
Alfonso Ossorio
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $44,450
125
Alfonso Ossorio
Split
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $120,650
126
Alexander Archipenko
Concave within Concave
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
127
Agustín Cárdenas
Tótem
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $114,300
128
Joseph Cornell
Cassiopeia #2
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $177,800
129
Mary Bauermeister
Needless, Needles
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $101,600
130
Magdalena Abakanowicz
21 Backs
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $304,800
131
Marcel Broodthaers
Figures
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $127,000
132
Robert Ryman
Sign
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
133
John McCracken
Fling
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $190,500
134
Agnes Martin
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $69,850
135
Agnes Martin
Snow
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
136
Isamu Noguchi
To Split and Carve
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
137
Yayoi Kusama
Original Infinity Nets
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $368,300
138
Philip Guston
Roman Sky
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $368,300
139
James Rosenquist
The Kabuki Blushes
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
140
Peter Saul
White Boy Learns a Lesson
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
141
Kenny Scharf
Shoowangshu
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $127,000
142
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $355,600
143
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Arteries of the Left Arm
Estimate $800,000 - 1,200,000
Sold for $889,000
144
Ed Ruscha
Howl
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $1,481,750
145
Martin Wong
El Caribe
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $400,050
146
Hughie Lee-Smith
Little Girl
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,480
147
Romare Bearden
October Morning
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
148
Milton Avery
Red Rocker
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $66,040
149
Milton Avery
Friendly Bovines
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $53,340
150
Milton Avery
Bird and the Southern Sea
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
151
Charles Demuth
Zinnias
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $158,750
152
Oscar Bluemner
Colors of May
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $304,800
153
Oscar Bluemner
Black by Gold
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $495,300
154
Mary Cassatt
Buste d'enfant (Head of Jules)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
155
Henri Matisse
Visage de jeune fille
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $53,340
156
Henri Matisse
Etude de femme
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $95,250
157
Pablo Picasso
Homme à la coupe assis
Estimate $350,000 - 550,000
Sold for $381,000
158
Jean Dubuffet
Tête pensive
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
159
Joaquín Torres-García
Construcción (boceto para el mural de Saint Bois)
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $279,400
160
Joaquín Torres-García
Livorno
Estimate $90,000 - 120,000
Sold for $101,600
161
This lot is no longer available.
162
José Clemente Orozco
¿Quién sigue? (Who is Next?)
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $406,400
163
Claudio Bravo
Red and White Paper
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
164
This lot is no longer available.
165
Manolo Valdés
Mariposas Plateadas III
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $228,600
166
Manolo Valdés
Flores azules
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $139,700
167
Manolo Valdés
Arielle
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $254,000
168
Alexander Calder
Cornucopia
Estimate $280,000 - 350,000
Sold for $520,700
169
Richard Lindner
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $88,900
170
Christo
Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $114,300
171
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Great American Nude
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $228,600
172
Andy Warhol
Hamburger
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $139,700
173
Andy Warhol
Cats and Dogs (Cecil)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $101,600
174
Andy Warhol
One Dollar Bills (Backs)
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
175
Robert Indiana
LOVE (Blue Faces Red Sides)
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
176
Ken Price
Zozomo
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
177
Kikuo Saito
Untitled (March 1979)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $48,260
178
Louise Fishman
Kaddish
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $38,100
179
John McLaughlin
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $88,900
180
Robert Mangold
Column/Figure 21 A
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $158,750
181
Robert Mangold
Column Painting 16, Version 2
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $114,300
182
John Baldessari
Prima Facie (Third State): Treacherous/Genuine
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $124,460
183
Vito Acconci
Photographs: Traffic Light Piece (November 23, 1969)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,700
184
Robert Bechtle
Covered Car – De Haro Street
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,700
185
Ellsworth Kelly
Leaf
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
186
Robert Motherwell
Beside the Sea No. 36
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,850
187
Yun Hyong-Keun
Untitled 95-#78
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $50,800
188
Anne Truitt
Sable XX
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $19,050
189
David Smith
8-4-58
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,970
190
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $63,500
191
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $190,500
192
Alexander Calder
Ten Triangles of Color
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $95,250
193
Alexander Calder
Line of Seven
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $53,340
194
David Wojnarowicz
Tomato Sauce
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $48,260
195
Bob Thompson
Study for Four Bathers
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $49,530
196
Robert Colescott
Baselitz Man
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $30,480
197
Robert Colescott
Who do you think you're kidding?
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
198
Robert Colescott
Dreaming of her Shadow Lover
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
199
Paul Thek
Untitled (Potato)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $69,850
200No Reserve
Peter Saul
Study for Prune Head
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $699
201
Gerhard Richter
Nach abstraktem Bild (After Abstract Picture)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
202No Reserve
John Armleder
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $6,985
203
Sol LeWitt
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $24,130
204
Fred Sandback
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
205
Willem de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,240
206
Willem de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
207
Willem de Kooning
Two Women
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
208
Willem de Kooning
Two Women
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
209
Henry Moore
Two Female Reclining Figures
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $22,860
210
Diego Rivera
Niña en cuclillas
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $34,290
211No Reserve
Ingeborg ten Haeff
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $508
212
Ludwig Bemelmans
Pont-Neuf, Barge and Statue of "Le Vert-Galant," Paris
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $53,340
213
Willi Baumeister
Composition
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
214
Herbert Bayer
Moon and Structure
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,940
215
Xanti Schawinsky
Untitled (Sp-158)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,350
216No Reserve
Jacques Lipchitz
Reclining Woman: Maquette No. 2
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000 •
Sold for $3,810
217
Alexander Calder
I W Earrings
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $12,700
218
René Portocarrero
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,255
219
Chico da Silva and the Pirambu School
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $19,050
220
Grace Hartigan
The Hunt
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $82,550
221
Elaine de Kooning
Kaldis
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $27,940
222
Larry Rivers
Blue Hue
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
223
Marjorie Strider
Venetian Blinds
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
224
Vivian Springford
Untitled (VSF328)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
225
This lot is no longer available.
226
Ralph Humphrey
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
227
Joseph Glasco
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $9,525
228No Reserve
Conrad Marca-Relli
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $2,540
229No Reserve
Esteban Vicente
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $10,795

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning...

New York Auction 20 November 2024

Provenance

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Hughie Lee-Smith

Little Girl

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session