Jean Hélion

Untitled

signed and dated 'Hélion 37' lower left
watercolour, gouache and ink on paper
27.3 x 35.3 cm (10 3/4 x 13 7/8 in.)
Executed in 1937, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Jacqueline Hélion and Mark Vail have confirmed the authenticity of the work.

Estimate
£8,000 - 12,000 ♠

Sold for £8,255

Contact Specialist

Charlotte Gibbs
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New Now

London Auction 13 July 2023

1
Sarah Miska
For Sale
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £20,320
2
Francesca Mollett
G.H.
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,620
3
Vojtěch Kovařík
Adam
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,800
4
George Rouy
Vanity
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160
5
Anastasia Bay
Le Fifre
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,480
6
Katherine Bradford
A Walk to the Sea
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £25,400
7
Caroline Walker
SLIDE
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £40,640
8
Heidi Hahn
The Ending Marks the Start 2
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,255
9
Camilla Engström
Contemplating into the Night
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
10
Brice Guilbert
Fournez
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,890
11
Emma Cousin
The Saint
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £12,700
12
Olivia Sterling
SHOVE
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £3,810
13
Ben Sledsens
Two Girls in the Forest
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £101,600
14
Rashid Johnson
The Funky Funktioneer
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £88,900
15
Arthur Jafa
Bloods
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £48,260
16
Hugh Steers
Clipboard and Heels
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £21,590
17
Nana Wolke
Hard to Hold
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ♠
Sold for £10,795
18
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £69,850
19
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
20
Rafa Macarrón
Un día en la playa
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £57,785
21
Shara Hughes
Fits Just Right
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £27,940
22
Benjamin Spiers
4am
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
23
Molly Greene
Facticity Blues and Other Songs
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £3,810
24
Guy Yanai
Gilboa Balcony Plant
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £38,100
25
Amani Lewis
Black Sheep: DZ (NITT edition)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £15,240
26
Banksy
CCCP Love Is In The Air
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £53,340
27
Banksy
Rude Copper
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £60,960
28
Tracey Emin
Always Always Always
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ♠
Sold for £55,880
29
Bridget Riley
Untitled [towards 'Fleeting Moment']
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £53,340
30
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
31
Antoni Tàpies
Crani de vernís
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
32
Daniel Richter
Winterreise 6
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
33
This lot is no longer available.
34
George Condo
Visitation
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £105,410
35
Walter Price
Sun ra
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £19,050
36
Oscar Murillo
Movement and rhythm between one place and another #8
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £57,150
37
Peter Halley
Cell Over Horizontal Prison
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
38
Stanley Whitney
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £43,180
39
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
40
Sterling Ruby
BC (4013)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £15,240
41
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £15,240
42
Rashid Johnson
Love in Outer Space 4
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £17,780
43
Laura Owens
Untitled
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡
44
Minjung Kim
Story
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,640
45
Yun Hyong-Keun
Burnt Umber & Ultramarine Blue
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £35,560
46
Flora Yukhnovich
Study
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £19,050
47
Jadé Fadojutimi
The Electric Blue
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
48
Eleanor Johnson
Her World; The Land Beneath the Waves
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,430
49
Sojourner Truth Parsons
The Amber Sunset has died
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
50
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
Figure Study 1
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £8,890
51
Cristina BanBan
Mother and Son
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,255
52
Sally J. Han
Bird and Flowers
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £8,255
53
Zoé Blue M.
Midori Method
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
54
Hiejin Yoo
It’s Been a Long Day But I Have You
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,890
55
Devan Shimoyama
Walk-ins Welcome
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £12,700
56
Georgia Dymock
Tangled Red Figures
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,700
57
Roberto Miniati
The dancer on the grass
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
58
Karyn Lyons
The Love Letter
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,255
59
Gideon Rubin
Harlequin
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
60
Andrew Cranston
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £9,525
61
James White
Relationships VII
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £11,430
62
Sayre Gomez
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £17,780
63
Laurens Legiers
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £11,430
64
Daisy Dodd-Noble
Large Tree and Distant Forest
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £13,970
65
Fátima de Juan
Banana Baywatch
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,890
66
Jordy Kerwick
Two Cobras
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
67
Rafa Macarrón
Bonita Noche
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
68
Edu Carrillo
Painter Smoking
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,890
69
Soimadou Ali Ibrahim
Two works: (i) Koko Mouniyati; (ii) Coco’s Garden
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
70
Aboudia
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £40,640
71No Reserve
Isshaq Ismail
Consolidation 2
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 •‡
Sold for £20,320
72
Godwin Champs Namuyimba
Planet of Hope
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £10,160
73
Foster Sakyiamah
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
74
Ngoye
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £6,985
75
Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri
Tingari at Tumurunga
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £6,350
76
Allan McCollum
Collection of One Hundred and Forty-four Shapes Monoprints (Group 1, Collection 3-292)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £33,020
77
Joseph Kosuth
‘W.F.T. #1E’ [Ruby Red], 2008
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £30,480
78
Allan McCollum
Four works: (i-ii-iii-iv) The Dog from Pompei
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
79
Jenny Holzer
Untitled (from the Living Series)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £25,400
80
Richard Prince
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,620
81
Tim Rollins and K.O.S.
The Nature Theatre of Oklahoma: For Thoreau I
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
82
Lawrence Weiner
California Dreaming
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,160
83
Dan Graham
Two works: (i) Atrium of Park Avenue Atrium, New York, 1988; (ii) 5th Ave Atrium, New York 1988
Estimate £4,500 - 6,500 ‡
84
Andy Warhol
Drinking Coca Cola myself in the factory
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £8,890
85
Mike Kelley
Painting Study 7
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
86
Tunga
Braids
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £88,900
87
Ernesto Neto
Barrabola
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
88
Carl Andre
Two Blocks and Stones (from 144 Blocks and Stones for Robert Smithson)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
89
Sergio Camargo
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
90
Mira Schendel
Toquinhos
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
91
Cristina Iglesias
Untitled
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,780
92
Carl Andre
2-Part Copper Mongo
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
93
Juan Muñoz
Cabeza de Enano
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,890
94
Luis Tomasello
Atmosphère Chromoplastique No. 939
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
95
This lot is no longer available.
96
Rebecca Horn
Oracle
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,890
97
James Turrell
White Crater Top
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £12,065
98
Heimo Zobernig
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
99
Christian Boltanksi
Tiroir
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,795
100
Francesco Clemente
Yes
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,970
101
Salomé
Reigen II
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
102
Jean Hélion
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,255
103
Turi Simeti
4 ovali bianchi
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,700
104
Maxim Kantor
The Cedar and Man
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £139,700
105
Jörg Immendorff
Gruppenbild
Estimate £25,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £33,020
106
Isa Genzken
Basic Research
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,400
107
Daniel Richter
Kathe und Rolf
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
108
Hermann Nitsch
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £20,320
109
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
110
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
111
Wolfgang Tillmans
Paper drop (star) III
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
112
Erwin Wurm
Hypnosis
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £33,020
113
Tomás Saraceno
Galactic Cumulus
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £35,560
114
Sol LeWitt
From the midpoint of the left side to a point halfway toward the midpoint of the bottom side
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,985
115
Thomas Houseago
Abstract Head I
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £44,450
116
Richard Prince
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £20,320
117
Helen Frankenthaler
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £48,260
118
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
Sold for £40,640
119
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £35,560
120
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £6,096
121
León Ferrari
Sin título
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
122
Cildo Meireles
Mètres (Sources)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £17,780
123
Angel Otero
Untitled (SK-SU)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £38,100
124No Reserve
Carissa Rodriguez
The Beatrix 11
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡
Sold for £826
125No Reserve
Gabriel Orozco
Hemisphere Leaves
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 •‡
Sold for £15,240
126
Secundino Hernández
Untitled #4
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £24,130
127
Sterling Ruby
ASHTRAY 231
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £7,620
128
Sterling Ruby
ASHTRAY 353
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
129
Tony Matelli
Double Pickled
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡
Sold for £6,350
130
Seth Price
Autumn
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
131
Paul McCarthy
Black and White Heidi
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,160
132
David Diao
Melnikov Studio (photo image)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £22,860
133
Petra Cortright
3 american heritage Angels Crying Lyrics By E:Type
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £9,525
134
Heimo Zobernig
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160
135
François Morellet
10 lignes au hasard hybrides rouge et blanc A
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
136
Haegue Yang
Series of vulnerable arrangements, a pair of halves
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,480
137
AYA TAKANO
Present: we had a natural disaster, survived by drifting on a refrigerator
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £6,350
138
AYA TAKANO
Future: living side by side with animals
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £9,525
139
Tsuruko Yamazaki
Work
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £16,510
140
Hyung Koo Kang
Pele
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
141
Jitish Kallat
Untitled (Stations of a Pause)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £57,150
142No Reserve
Vibha Galhotra
+ & - (from the series Utopia of Difference)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 •‡
Sold for £1,524
143No Reserve
Anant Kumar Mishra
When The Gods Were Born 2
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •‡
Sold for £191
144
Ai Weiwei
Finger (from Ex-Votos)
Estimate £5,500 - 6,500 ‡
Sold for £6,985
145
Marc Quinn
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £22,860
146
Tracey Emin
You came to me
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,430
147
Gilbert & George
BEARDGLASS
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,800
148
Harland Miller
Narcissist Seeks Similar
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ♠
Sold for £38,100
149
Harland Miller
Confessions of a Crap Artist
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £15,240
150
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Two works: (i) My Giant Colouring Book I (no. 2); (ii) My Giant Colouring Book I (no. 19)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
151
Gary Hume
Paradise Painting Five
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £19,050
152
Jason Martin
Origin
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £114,300
153
Gavin Turk
Tip
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £33,020
154
Rachel Howard
Ely
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,700
155
Piotr Uklański
Untitled (Twilight)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,080
156
Gerhard Richter
Flow (P16)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,985
157
Piotr Uklański
Untitled (Boats)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,715
158
Piotr Uklański
Untitled (Cross-Eyed)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £24,130
159
David Ostrowski
F (Jet Grill)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,700
160
Marcello Lo Giudice
Yellow Sole
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
161No Reserve
Dan Colen
Zombies on Broadway
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 •
Sold for £8,890
162
Neil Beloufa
Vintage Series (Pliers, green)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,350
163No Reserve
Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel
Nudes V
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡♠
Sold for £10,795
164
Eliot Greenwald
Night Car (Calcification)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £3,556
165
Katherine Bradford
Shelf Men with Rainbow
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £15,240
166
Olivia Sterling
CHUCK IT
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,334
167
Genesis the Greykid
The Beholder
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
168
Duncan McCormick
Past Muddy Lane
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £50,800
169
Thierry Noir
I've Got The Beat Under My Skin; You Can See It Straight Away
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,795
170
Thierry Noir
Two works: (i) Jochen Will Heute Etwas Anders Essen. Er Koch Deswegen Selbst; (ii) Maria Hat Heute Frei. Sie Geht Direkt Zum Strand
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
171
Robert Nava
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,080
172
Joyce Pensato
Mickey
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡
173
Emma Stern
April (Miss You)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £4,445
174
Jordy Kerwick
Toc
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
175
Katherine Bernhardt
Kate Moss Silver Swimsuit
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £16,510
176
Igor Moritz
September
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £2,540
177
María Berrío
Knitting the Wind
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,048
178No Reserve
Joani Tremblay
Study
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 •
Sold for £318
179
Jordy Kerwick
Untitled 2
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £2,540
180
Roby Dwi Antono
Zhi Yao Wei Ni Huo Yi Tian
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
181
Jordi Ribes
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,780
182
Arghavan Khosravi
Moonlight
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
183
Caroline Absher
Nasa
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
184No Reserve
Robin F. Williams
Earth Prayer
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 •
Sold for £318
185
Ella Kruglyanskaya
Painter, Blue Stripes
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ‡♠
Sold for £5,334
186No Reserve
Roxy Paine
S2-P2-M19
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 •‡
Sold for £1,651
187
Vladimir Dubossarsky and Alexandre Vinogradov
La Ronde de Nuit: dans l’atelier de l’artiste
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
188
Masoud Akhavanjam
Natura
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £33,020
189
Aboudia
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £24,130
190
Ibrahim Mahama
LV RAFIA
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £22,860
191
Zanele Muholi
Sibonelo
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000
Sold for £6,985
192
Igshaan Adams
In Fields of Gold and Green
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £35,560
193No Reserve
Marius Bercea
Speed Sterility
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •♠
Sold for £5,334
194
Chris Succo
I DON'T BULLSHIT WHEN I'M WHISPERING [NYP]
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,970
195
Lucy Dodd
Luminous Limicolous
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £13,335
196
Arman
La Escondida
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠

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