Joan Miró

for Bagatelles végétales: one plate

1955-6
Etching with aquatint in colours, on cream laid paper, the full sheet,
S. 23.7 x 18.6 cm (9 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
signed, dated '13/5/55' and annotated 'bon a tirer' in pencil (a 'good to print' proof, aside from the total edition of 311), published by Jean Aubier, Paris, the colours fresh, in very good condition, unframed

Estimate
£1,500 - 2,000 ‡♠

Sold for £4,750

Contact Specialist
Robert Kennan
Editions, London
rkennan@phillips.com
+44 207 318 4075

Evening & Day Editions

London 12 December 2013 2pm & 6pm

1
James Ensor
Masques intrigues
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
2
Paul Klee
Hoffmanneske Szene
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
3
Pablo Picasso
Visage de Marie-Thérèse
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
4
Salvador Dalí
Le cabinet anthropomorphique
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
5
Man Ray
L'Étoile de verre (Glass Star)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
6
This lot is no longer available.
7
Andy Warhol
In the Bottom of my Garden
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
8
David Hockney
Illustrations for Fourteen Poems by C.P. Cavafy
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
9
Sir Peter Blake, R.A.
Alphabet
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
10
Various Artists
Edition Original 1, das grosze buch
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
11
Richard Hamilton
Fashion-Plate (Cosmetic Study IX)
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £314,500
12
Andy Warhol
Electric Chair
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
13
Robert Indiana
Stainless Steel Numbers: Two
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £50,000
14
Robert Indiana
Book of Love
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £31,250
15
Andy Warhol
Self-Portrait
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
16
Andy Warhol
Jacqueline Kennedy I (Jackie I), from 11 Pop Artists, Volume I
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £10,625
17
Andy Warhol
Flowers
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £35,000
18
Andy Warhol
Castelli Gallery Marilyn Invitation
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £7,500
19
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Autoritratto (Self-Portrait)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,500
20
Ed Ruscha
News, Mews, Pews, Brews, Stews & Dues
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000
Sold for £18,750
21
Wayne Thiebaud
Gumball Machine
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
22
Roy Lichtenstein
Tel Aviv Museum Print
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £47,500
23
Roy Lichtenstein
Imperfect 67" x 79 7/8", from Imperfect series
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
24
Roy Lichtenstein
Two Paintings: Beach Ball, from Paintings series
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £15,000
25
Robert Motherwell
Ulysses (additional suite of etchings)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
26
David Hockney
Van Gogh Chair (White)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,500
27
Richard Hamilton
Picasso's Meninas from Hommage à Picasso
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £21,875
28
Gerhard Richter
Frau mit Kind
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £98,500
29
Francis Bacon
Miroir de la tauromachie: centre panel
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
30
Lynn Chadwick, R.A.
Three Standing Figures: One Figure
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,750
31
Lynn Chadwick, R.A.
Three Standing Figures: One Figure
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,500
32
Lynn Chadwick, R.A.
Three Standing Figures: One Figure
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,625
33
Julian Opie
This is Shahnoza in 3 Parts (1)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
34
Andy Warhol
Letter to the World (The Kick), from Martha Graham
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £15,000
35
Keith Haring
Stones
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £30,000
36
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (from Leonardo)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £30,000
37
Richard Prince
Good Nurse
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
38
Damien Hirst
The Souls on Jacob’s Ladder take their Flight
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
39
Damien Hirst
Happy
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
40
Gary Hume
The Sister Troop
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
41
Damien Hirst
In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things volume II
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
42
Marcel Broodthaers
A Voyage on the North Sea
Estimate £6,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
43
Christian Marclay
Telephones
Estimate £6,000 - 9,000 ‡
44
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Doctor and Nurse)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
45
Sarah Lucas
Self Portraits 1990 – 1998
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,000
46
Damien Hirst
Pharmaceuticals
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,000
47
Naum Gabo
Opus 8; Opus 8; Opus 10; and Opus 10
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
48
Henry Moore
Reclining Nude
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡♠
Sold for £3,750
49
Dame Barbara Hepworth
Sea Forms; Squares and Circles; Sun and Moon
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,750
50
Various Artists
Douze lithographies
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ♠
Sold for £3,125
51
Alberto Giacometti
Buste II
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
52
Alberto Giacometti
Nu assis
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £4,000
53
Alberto Giacometti
Stampa
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
54
Alberto Giacometti
L'Homme qui marche
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £1,875
55
After René Magritte
Le 16 Septembre
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £1,250
56
Henri Matisse
Odalisque, brasero et coupe de fruits
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
57
Louise Bourgeois
Le Lit Gros Edredon (With Lips)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £3,250
58
Howard Hodgkin
Welcome, from Art and Sports portfolio (Winter Sports)
Estimate £700 - 1,000 ♠
Sold for £688
59
Niki de Saint Phalle
L’Arbre de Vie
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
60
Ben Shahn
All that is Beautiful
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £1,750
61
Joan Miró
for Bagatelles végétales: one plate
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ‡♠
Sold for £4,750
62
After Pablo Picasso
Three plates, from Verve Nos. 29-30
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
63
Joan Miró
Le lézard aux plumes d’or: plate 9
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £1,875
64
Gerhard Richter
Victoria I; and II
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
65
Hans Hartung
Héraclite. Mieux vaut cacher sa deraison
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
66
Victor Vasarely
Gaia
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £4,750
67
Anni Albers
Connections 1925/1983
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Sold for £1,875
68No Reserve
Victor Pasmore
Images of the World
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •♠
Sold for £438
69
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
70
Richard Paul Lohse
Serigrafien
Estimate £700 - 1,000
Sold for £1,625
71
Josef Albers
I-S LXX a; and I-S LXX b
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ‡
Sold for £4,000
72
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale (rosso)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
73
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale (bianco)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
74
Enrico Castellani
Estroflessione
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
75
Frank Stella
Empress of India II, from V series
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £3,125
76
Fred Sandback
22 Photostaten: six plates
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
77
Fred Sandback
Lithographie; and Lithographie
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
78
Fred Sandback
Six Lithographs
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £2,000
79
Cy Twombly
Roman Notes: plate I
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,125
80
Cy Twombly
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £6,250
81
Sol LeWitt
Straight Lines in Four Directions & All Their Possible Combinations
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 †
82
Sol LeWitt
Stars
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 †
83
Gerhard Richter
Seestück (Gegenlicht)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
84
Gerhard Richter
Schweizer Alpen I: A2
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
85
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Time Exposed
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,625
86
Marc Quinn
Crystal World
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
87
Marc Quinn
Sleeping Beauty
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
88
Antony Gormley
Sublimate
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,500
89
Antony Gormley
Standing Matter
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,250
90
Antony Gormley
Horizon Field
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,250
91
Robert Longo
Jules
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £20,000
92
Robert Longo
Barbara
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £8,125
93
Martin Kippenberger
Yeschen-Nochen-Vielleichtchen
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,125
94
Ahmed Alsoudani
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
95
Francis Bacon
Second version of triptych 1944: left panel
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £4,750
96
Francis Bacon
Second version of the Triptych 1944: centre panel
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
97
Francis Bacon
Triptych 1986 – 1987: right panel
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £5,625
98
Francis Bacon
Figure Writing Reflected in Mirror
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
99
George Segal
Girl on a Chair
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
100
David Hockney
Celia Observing
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡♠
Sold for £3,250
101
Ed Ruscha
Three Daughters
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 †
Sold for £2,500
102
Ed Ruscha
Man Walking Away From it All
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 †
103
Rufino Tamayo
Desnudo en Naranja (Nude in Orange)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,375
104No Reserve
Brett Whiteley
Buddha
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 •
Sold for £313
105
Richard Hamilton
A Little Bit of Roy Lichtenstein
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
106
This lot is no longer available.
107
Tom Wesselmann
Bedroom Blonde
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £8,125
108
Tom Wesselmann
Still-Life with Blowing Curtain (Yellow)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £5,625
109
Andy Warhol
Electric Chair
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,375
110
Andy Warhol
Electric Chair
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £8,125
111
This lot is no longer available.
112
Jean Dubuffet
Banque de l'hourloupe
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £5,625
113
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Cartella A
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £2,750
114
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Cartella B
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £3,000
115
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi
Moonstrip Empire News; and General Dynamic F.U.N.
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
116
Alex Katz
Brisk Day I; II; and III
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
117
Patrick Caulfield
Large Jug; Vessel; and White Ware Prints: seven prints
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,250
118
Patrick Hughes
Retroperspective; and Steps and Ladders
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
119
Patrick Hughes
Indoors
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ‡♠
Sold for £1,625
120
JR
Tree and Moon from Women Are Heroes, Action dans la Favela Morro da Providência
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £2,250
121
JR
Stairs from Women are Heroes, Action dans la Favela Morro da Providência
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £1,500
122
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
The Mall near 5th Avenue (Full moon February 24)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
123
Robert Longo
Men in the Cities
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £1,375
124
Keith Haring
Apocalypse 7, from Apocalypse series
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
Sold for £3,250
125
Keith Haring
The King
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £3,500
126
Banksy
Choose Your Weapon (Dark Orange)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
127
Banksy
Donut (Strawberry)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £6,000
128
Jeff Koons
Balloon Dog (Blue)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £11,250
129
Jeff Koons
Split Rocker Vase
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
130
Jeff Koons
Girl with Lobster, from Re-Object Mythos
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
131
Mario Testino
Kate Moss, London, 2006
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £5,625
132
Marlene Dumas
Barbie (with pearl necklace)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
133
Glenn Brown
Sympathy for the Poor
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
134
Maurizio Cattelan
Permanent Food
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £5,625
135
Russell Young
Marilyn Goddess
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
136
Robert Indiana
Love, from Book of Love
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ‡
Sold for £2,500
137
Martin Creed
CHICAGO (Work #1370)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £1,625
138
Damien Hirst
Untitled, from Re-Object Mythos
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
139
Joseph Kosuth
Wittgenstein's Colour
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £8,125
140No Reserve
Katharina Fritsch
St. Katharina
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •†♠
Sold for £5,250
141
Tauba Auerbach
Plate Distortion I; II; and III
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000
142
Christopher Wool
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £8,750
143
Gary Hume
Spring Angels
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠†
Sold for £2,500
144
Damien Hirst
Aurous Iodide
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
145
Damien Hirst
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
146
Robert Gober
Untitled; Fresh Pig; and Whole Pig
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £3,750
147
Banksy
Gold Flag
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
148
John Armleder
Untitled
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
149
John Armleder
Untitled
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
150No Reserve
Vanessa Beecroft
Untitled (for Parkett 56)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £1,063
151
Vik Muniz
Memory Rendering of John Lennon
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
152
Vik Muniz
Memory Rendering of Trang Bang
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
153
On Kawara
Thanatophanies
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £1,500
154
David Hammons
Money Tree (for Parkett 31)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £2,500
155
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
"Untitled" (Oscar Wilde)
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Sold for £1,000
156
Mike Kelley
Goethe Quote (for Parkett 31)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ‡
Sold for £1,250
157
Darren Almond
Norilsk
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
158
Not Vital
Dirigerer Sibelius, Grieg, Carl Nielsen
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ‡
159
Julian Opie
View from my Bedroom Window
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 Ω♠
Sold for £1,750
160No Reserve
Various Artists
Zoo
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £375
161
Thomas Struth
Making Time
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £2,000
162No Reserve
Maurizio Cattelan
The 1:6 Scale Wrong Gallery
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •†♠
Sold for £2,000
163
Yoshitomo Nara
Mori Girl
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
164
Takashi Murakami
Project Ko2 Perfect Edition
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £16,250
165
Yoshitomo Nara
Doggy Radio X Rimowa
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
166
Yayoi Kusama
The Me That I Adore (The Grand Set)
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 Ω
167No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Time Bokan (ten prints)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡
Sold for £3,500
168
Takashi Murakami
Puka Puka
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
169
Takashi Murakami and Mikakuto Collaborative Goods
Making a U-turn, the Lost Child Finds His Way Home
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
170No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Flower Ball (3-D) (ten prints)
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 •‡
Sold for £18,750
171No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Jellyfish Eyes - White 1; Jellyfish Eyes - White 2; Jellyfish Eyes - White 3; Jellyfish Eyes - White 4; Jellyfish Eyes - Black 1; Jellyfish Eyes - Black 2; Jellyfish Eyes - Black 3; and Jellyfish Eyes - Black 5
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡
Sold for £7,500
172No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Even The Digital Realm Has Flowers To Offer; Warhol/Silver; Purple Flowers In A Bouquet; and Flowers for Algernon
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡
Sold for £3,125
173No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Kansei Korin Gold; Kansei; Kansei Korin Red Stream; and Kansei: Skulls
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡
Sold for £2,750
174No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Cosmos; CUBE; CUBE 2; Flower; and Flower 2
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡
Sold for £2,125
175No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
DOB Totem Pole; !N CHA!; Flowers Have Bloomed; Jellyfish Eyes Cream; and Jellyfish Eyes
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 •‡
Sold for £1,500
176No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
With Reverence, I Lay Myself Before you - Korin - Chrysanthemum; I Recall the Time When My Feet Lifted Off The Ground, Ever So Slightly - Korin - Chrystanthemum; Kansei: Like The River's Flow; Kansei: Abstraction; and Kansei: Architect Of The Heart
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 •‡
Sold for £2,500
177No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Me and Mr. DOB; Kaikai Kiki And Me - The Shocking Truth Revealed; Kaikai Kiki And Me - For Better Or Worse, In Good Times And Bad. The Weather is Fine
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •‡
Sold for £1,625
178No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
And then and then and then and then and then (five prints)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡
Sold for £5,625
179No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Acupuncture/Flowers (Checkers); Acupuncture/Flowers; Open Your Hands Wide, Embrace Happiness!; and Field of Smiling Flowers
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 •‡
Sold for £1,125
180No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
An Homage to IKB, 1957 B; An Homage to Monogold, 1960 B, An Homage to Monopink, 1960 B; and An Homage to Yves Klein, multicolor B
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 •‡
Sold for £2,750
181No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Such Cute Flowers; Flower Smile; and Flowers From The Village of Ponkotan
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •‡
Sold for £1,250
182No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Maiden in the Yellow Straw Hat; If I Could Reach that Field of Flowers, I would Die Happy; Poporoke Forest; and Open Your Hands Wide
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •‡
Sold for £3,750
183No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
And Then, When That's Done… I Change. What I Was Yesterday Is Cast Aside, Like An Insect Shedding Its Skin; I know Not. I Know; Genome No. 10^7x2^122; A Picture Of The Blessed Lion Who Stares At Death
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •‡
Sold for £1,250
184
Takashi Murakami
Jellyfish Eyes
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
185
Takashi Murakami
Plush Flowerball
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ‡
Sold for £4,375
186No Reserve
Mark Grotjahn and Takashi Murakami
Untitled (Scarlet Lake and Indigo Blue Butterfly 826); and Untitled (Canary Yellow and Black Butterfly 830)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 •
Sold for £4,625
187
Yoshitomo Nara
Cosmic Girls
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £3,000

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Joan Miró

for Bagatelles végétales: one plate

Evening & Day Editions