Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, New York
Literature
O-P. Castillo, ed., José Bedia: Works, 1978-2006, Ramis Barquet Gallery/ Turner: New York, 2007, p. 77, cover (illustrated)

78

José Bedia

Nkili, Fiongo, Mbele, Chamba, Malafo, Mbua (Anvil, Knife, Drink, Fire, Water, Dog)

1999
acrylic on canvas
94 x 159 in. (238.8 x 403.9 cm.)

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000

Sold for $47,500

Contact Specialist
Laura González
Head of Latin America Sale
lgonzalez@phillips.com
+1 212 940 1216

Latin America

New York Auction 29 May 2014 4pm

1
Alexandre da Cunha
Savier (Fan)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
2
Abraham Cruzvillegas
Volador
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $37,500
3
Emilio Chapela
Calendario
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
4
Iran do Espírito Santo
Par Bulb
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
5
Carlos Garaicoa
Untitled (UFO's)
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $30,000
6
Tania Bruguera
Untitled (Sunflowers 5)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
7
Hélio Oiticica
Seja marginal seja herói (Be an Outlaw Be a Hero)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
8
Francis Alÿs
Sin título (Paisaje con plástico y burro)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
9
Gabriel Orozco
Secuencia de tréboles (Clover Sequence)
Estimate $350,000 - 550,000
Sold for $425,000
10
Antonio Dias
The Image
Estimate $350,000 - 550,000
11
Sergio Camargo
Relief Rayonant No. 2/21
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $581,000
12
Sergio Camargo
Untitled (Relief No. 273)
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
13
Lygia Pape
Twelve Elements from The Night and Day Book (Book of Light)
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $461,000
14
Lygia Clark
Bicho parafuso sem fim
Estimate $1,500,000 - 2,500,000
Sold for $1,685,000
15
Lygia Clark
Unidade I
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $461,000
16
Hélio Oiticica
Metaesquema
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $125,000
17
Hélio Oiticica
Metaesquema
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
18
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Physichromie No. 651
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $281,000
19
Gego
Untitled (Retícula)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
20
This lot is no longer available.
21
Mira Schendel
Azul com flecha
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
22
Ivan Serpa
Two works: Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $32,500
23
Matta
Dharmasutra
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
24
Os Gêmeos
Untitled
Estimate $90,000 - 120,000
Sold for $97,500
25
Fernando Botero
Couple Dancing
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $161,000
26
Rufino Tamayo
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $125,000
27
Rafael Coronel
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
28
Rafael Coronel
Five works: Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
29
Diego Rivera
Turkey Market
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $106,250
30
Cícero Dias
Cabra cega
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $81,250
31
Emiliano di Cavalcanti
Músicos
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
32
Fernando Botero
Bodegón con uvas
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
33
Alfredo Ramos Martínez
La Pareja en azul
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
34
Francisco Corzas
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
35
Francisco Corzas
Personaje trágico
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
36
Ángel Acosta León
Máquina
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
37
Eduardo Kingman
La Helada
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
38
Marisol Escobar
Acrobats
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,500
39
Olga de Amaral
Vestigio No. 7
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $30,000
40
Carlos Rojas
Sin título (de la serie Horizontes)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,500
41
Omar Rayo
Agares II
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,000
42
Alejandro Puente
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,000
43
Miguel Ángel Ríos
Estudio para Río Magdalena
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,125
44
Santiago Cárdenas
Espacio No. 8
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,500
45
Jesús Rafael Soto
Óvalo en el rojo (de la serie Síntesis)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $15,000
46
Jesús Rafael Soto
Tés azules y negras (de la serie Síntesis)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $17,500
47
Wifredo Lam
Two works: Untitled (Studies for Paintings)
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $27,500
48
Carlos Enríquez
Torso de mujer desnuda
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
49
René Portocarrero
Catedral en amarillo
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $10,000
50
Francisco Toledo
Jaguar
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
51
Manuel Mendive
Las Aguas de oro
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,500
52
Mira Schendel
Two works: Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $20,000
53
Mira Schendel
Banderinha azul
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,000
54
Lygia Clark
Caranguejo
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $23,750
55
Ione Saldanha
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
56
Ernesto Neto
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $62,500
57
Gyula Kosice
Televisor hidrolizado
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $27,500
58
Daniel Senise
Untitled (DSI P87)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
59
Angel Otero
Fortitude
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
60
Roberto Obregón
Disección
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $93,750
61
Francis Alÿs
Balderas
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
62
Carlos Amorales
Bird Face
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $37,500
63
Gabriel Kuri
Diario
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
64
José Antonio Hernández-Díez
Mao
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,250
65
Rubén Torres Llorca
The Space Between
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,500
66
Julio Galán
Patrick
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $18,750
67
Bosco Sodi
Untitled- 0089
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $75,000
68
Nelson Leirner
Sem Titulo (Assim É... Se Lhe Parece)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
69
Rubens Gerchman
Ronaldinho
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
70
Francis Alÿs
Six works: Studies for Song for Lupita (from Le Temps du Sommeil)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $35,000
71
Marco Arce
26 Variations on Piero Manzoni
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
72
Silvia Gruner
Botiquin
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
73
Cinthia Marcelle
4 AZ E 4AZPB
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
74
Vik Muniz
The Beautiful Earth (from Pictures of Pigment)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $47,500
75
Carlos Garaicoa
Towers
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $40,000
76
Los Carpinteros
Se vende tierra de Cuba
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
77
Los Carpinteros
Escape energético
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
78
José Bedia
Nkili, Fiongo, Mbele, Chamba, Malafo, Mbua (Anvil, Knife, Drink, Fire, Water, Dog)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $47,500
79
Flavio Garciandía
Dos poses cómodas
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
80No Reserve
René Francisco
Con las manos en la masa
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $6,250
81
Douglas Pérez Castro
Evidencia
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,750
82
Kcho
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,125
83
Tomás Esson
Mi otra mitad
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
84
Tomás Esson
Colonial (de la serie Aniversarios, No. 12)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,750
85
Fernanda Brunet
Lobo
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,500
86
Segundo Planes
Changó llen con el cielo en la mano
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $9,375
87
Lilian García-Roig
Palmetto Brush
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,750
88
Miguel Florido
El Abrazo
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $17,500
89
Carlos Betancourt
Castro in Triumphant Advance to Havana
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
90
Jose Dávila
Paisaje topográfico
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $13,750
91
Silvia Gruner
Europa
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
92
Jose Dávila
Paisaje topográfico (Tríptico)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $20,000
93
Gonzalo Lebrija
Estampida
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,000
94
Thomas Glassford
The Privilege to Contemplate Black Holes
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
95
Rubén Méndez
Four works: Sin título (de la serie Marca registrada)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
96
Fernando Palomar
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
97
Regina José Galindo
¿Quién puede borrar las huellas?
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,625
98
Miguel Calderón
Tiempos oscuros I
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
99
Dr. Lakra
Sin título (Mundo Gráfico)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,125
100
Antonio Berni
Ramona en la calle
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,500
101
Antonio Caro
Colombia
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $10,000
102
Cildo Meireles
Two works: Zero Dollar
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
103
Cildo Meireles
Two works: Zero Cruzeiro
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000

Latin America

New York Auction 29 May 2014 4pm

Provenance

Literature

78

José Bedia

Nkili, Fiongo, Mbele, Chamba, Malafo, Mbua (Anvil, Knife, Drink, Fire, Water, Dog)

Latin America