Provenance
Courtesy of the artist
Phillips, New York, 15 November 2007, lot 11
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Patrick Pardo and Robert Dean, John Baldessari, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume Four: 1994-2004, New Haven, 2017, no. 2003.12, p. 524 (illustrated p. 319)
Gea Politi, '#137 JUL–SEP 2004, INTERVIEWS John Baldessari. BEFORE DAY FALLS', Flash Art, 7 January 2020, online

Property of a Distinguished Private Collection

56

John Baldessari

Vertical Series: Escape

archival digital print mounted on Sintra, in artist's frame
198.7 x 61.6 cm (78 1/4 x 24 1/4 in.)
Executed in 2003.

Estimate
£40,000 - 60,000 ‡

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

Literature

56

John Baldessari

Vertical Series: Escape

Modern & Contemporary Art: Evening & Day Sale