Josh Smith

Untitled (Encyclopedia)

2006
28 hand-made books, wooden box
25.9 x 61.4 x 15.1 cm (10 1/4 x 24 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Signed and dated 'JOSH SMITH 2006' on the inside of the wooden box. Numbered '#22' on the outside of the box. Several book covers and pages signed by the artist. This work is number 22 from an edition of 50 unique works.

Estimate
£10,000 - 15,000 ‡

Contact Specialist
Henry Highley
Head of Day Sale

+44 207 318 4061

Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 16 October 2014 2pm

101
Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Circuit
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £20,000
102
Ryan Estep
No. 4 from the series Silica Sand
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
103
Israel Lund
Untitled 17
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £47,500
104
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet
Untitled (Fugue II)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,000
105
Nick Darmstaedter
The Grid Contains the Liquid
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £80,500
106
Analia Saban
Erosion (Kitchen)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £27,500
107
Christian Rosa
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £50,000
108
Michael Staniak
IMG_814 (Internet Blue)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £16,250
109
Kaari Upson
Horizon
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £37,500
110
Ethan Cook
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
111
Mark Hagen
To Be Titled (Additive Painting #53)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £23,750
112
Ryan Sullivan
January 10
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £43,750
113
Dan Rees
Artex Painting
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,000
114
This lot is no longer available.
115
Jonas Wood
Untitled (Ultimate Warrior)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £30,000
116
Mark Flood
Park Bench
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £40,000
117
Nathan Hylden
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £25,000
118
Richard Aldrich
Untitled (X painting on surface showing three distinct levels)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £43,750
119
Michael Riedel
Untitled (16)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
120
David Ostrowski
F (Between Two Ferns)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠†
Sold for £74,500
121
Rashid Johnson
Good Vibrations
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £68,500
122
Lucien Smith
Rally against apathy draws small crowd
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £23,750
123
Hugh Scott-Douglas
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
124
Sam Falls
Untitled (Hose Dye, 17)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
125
Michael Manning
Little Lies
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
126
Mark Flood
Charon’s Landing
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £25,000
127
Parker Ito
Inkjet Painting #32 (8 color ink)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £25,000
128
Lucien Smith
Every great love begins with a kiss
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
129
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled (Toro #9)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
130
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet
Untitled (Retour)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,000
131
Michiel Ceulers
In Search of Image Nation: A Promise of the Status Quo
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
132
Parker Ito
The Agony and the Ecstacy
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £18,750
133
Oliver Laric
Schengen Visa Hologram
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
134
Wade Guyton
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 90,000
Sold for £74,500
135
Rob Pruitt
Sottsass Bear
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £92,500
136
Tauba Auerbach
Uppercase Insides
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
Sold for £122,500
137
Tracey Emin
For You
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 Ω♠
Sold for £98,500
138
Mark Bradford
Double Speak
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £146,500
139
Adam McEwen
New York, New York
Estimate £60,000 - 90,000 ♠
140
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Grammy
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠†
141
Chris Ofili
Pramnian Odyssey I
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £98,500
142
Rashid Johnson
Sechs Consciousness
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
143
Allora & Calzadilla
Solar Catastrophe
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
144
Thomas Houseago
Untitled (Undulating Mask)
Estimate £45,000 - 55,000 ‡♠
Sold for £56,250
145
David Noonan
Untitled (Figure)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠†
146
George Condo
Late Night in St. Moritz
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £68,500
147
Julian Schnabel
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £146,500
148
George Condo
Grey Portrait (The End of Vietnam)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
149
Richard Prince
My Funny Valentine
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡
150
Ashley Bickerton
The Big Screwed Up
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £50,000
151
Zhang Huan
3 AM
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £122,500
152
Hans-Peter Feldmann
Untitled
Estimate £55,000 - 65,000 ♠
153
Ed Ruscha
Crown
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £74,500
154
John Baldessari
Prima Facie (Fifth State): Gentle Butterfly / Grassy Fields
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
155
Andy Warhol
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £74,500
156
Andy Warhol
Dollar Sign
Estimate £175,000 - 220,000 ‡
Sold for £206,500
157
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
Sold for £116,500
158
Andy Warhol
Berkeley Reinhold
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
159
Keith Haring
Untitled (Subway Drawing)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
160
Mark Tansey
Study for Arrest
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000
161
Manolo Valdés
Anforas
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £146,500
162
Antonio Saura
El Narigudo
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
163
Agostino Bonalumi
Azzurro
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
Sold for £110,500
164
Dadamaino
Volume Nero
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £74,500
165
Agostino Bonalumi
Rosso
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ♠
Sold for £68,500
166
Alighiero Boetti
Pensato e Quadrato
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
167
Mimmo Paladino
Caduto a Ragione (Fall for a Reason)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £80,500
168
César Baldaccini
Mickey
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
169
Mimmo Paladino
Suonno
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
170
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £47,500
171
William N. Copley
Lest We Forget
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
172
Adrian Ghenie
Cruising Area
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
173
Martin Kippenberger
Copa
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
174
Sigmar Polke
Two Works: (i) Untitled (Face with Bamboo); (ii) Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,000
175
Sigmar Polke
Two Works: (i) Inhibitions?, 1964 ; (ii) Untitled (Floating Nail), 1965
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
176
Albert Oehlen
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £40,000
177
Albert Oehlen
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
178
William N. Copley
Swan Lake
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
179
Sue Williams
Sticky Beak
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £37,500
180
Hans Hartung
T1989-E3
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
181
Jack Goldstein
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
182
Karel Appel
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
183
Juan Uslé
Beirão
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
184
Friedrich Kunath
Ragazzo dell'Europa (Helmut Berger)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £40,000
185
Wim Delvoye
Maria-Jose
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
186
Erwin Wurm
Fat House Moller / Adolf Loos
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
187
Wim Delvoye
Delft Shovel (A)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
188
Erwin Wurm
Wittgenstein's Space Warp
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
189
Wim Delvoye
Quark
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £62,500
190
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
191
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £47,500
192
Wade Guyton
Two works: (i) Untitled (The New York Times – Breaking News, World New and Multimedia 4/25/12 4:26 PM. Quit Race and Endorse Romney); (ii) Untitled (The New York Times – Breaking News, World New and Multimedia 4/25/12 4:26 PM. Pho with Spinach and Tofu)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
193
Os Gêmeos
La casa que llovia dentro
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
194
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
195
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
196
John Armleder
Alchemilla vulgaris
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £50,000
197
Jules Olitski
Her Walk
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
198
Dirk Skreber
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
199
Barbara Kruger
Face It! (Green)
Estimate £20,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
200
Gilbert & George
Women
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £40,000
201
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #171
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
202
Paola Pivi
Fffffffffffffffffff one
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
203
Richard Prince
Untitled (Publicity)
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £43,750
204
Richard Prince
Misty Two
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
205
Vera Lutter
Frankfurt Airport XV: Hangar 5: May 7-12
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
206
Andreas Gursky
Untitled XII, No. 4
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
207
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Sam Eric P.A.
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £18,750
208
Piotr Uklański
Untitled (Monsieur Francois Pinault, Président du groupe Artemis)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
209
Douglas Gordon
Self-Portrait of You + Me (Jane Birkin)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,000
210
David Claerbout
Dancing Couples (after: Couples at square dance, McIntosh County, Oaklahoma, 1939 or 1940)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
211
Vanessa Beecroft
Rivoli Sister Project
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
212
Thomas Demand
Shed
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
213
Vanessa Beecroft
VB 51, Schloss Vinsebeck
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
214
Andreas Gursky
Hühner, Krefeld
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,500
215
Josephine Meckseper
Two works: (i) Untitled (Berlin Demonstration, Fire, Cops), 2002; (ii) Untitled (Berlin Demonstration, Police Brigade), 2002
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠†
Sold for £8,750
216
Vik Muniz
Cloud Cloud, Manhattan (From Pictures of Clouds)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
217
Vik Muniz
Night Fly (from Pictures of Soil)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
218
Andres Serrano
Ecce Homo
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £20,000
219
Vik Muniz
Creature from the Black Lagoon (From Caviar Monsters)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
220
Douglas Gordon
Self-Portrait of You + Me (Bo Derek)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
221
Andres Serrano
Piss Satan
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
222
Julian Opie
Woman Taking Off Man's Shirt #2
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £74,500
223
Marc Quinn
Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠†
Sold for £62,500
224
John Kørner
The Bird Man
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠†
Sold for £18,750
225
Ryan Trecartin
Mango Lady
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £18,750
226
Valentin Carron
Piston
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
227
Gavin Turk
Box
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
228
Theaster Gates
NGGRWR0012 from the series Whyte Paintings
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £21,250
229
Adam McEwen
Two works: (i) One Concept (Body), 2007; (ii) One Concept (Leather)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
230
Mark Bradford
Ahab's Revenge
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
231
Adam McEwen
Three works: (i) Jerrycan (Diesel), 2007; (ii) Jerrycan (Holy Water), 2010; Jerrycan (Gasoline)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
232
Stephan Balkenhol
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,500
233
Richard Deacon
Mother’s Milk
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
234
Raymond Pettibon
Four Works: (i) Untitled (Between the promise), 2002; (ii) Untitled (All useful morality), 1992; (iii) Untitled (How many wars), 1990; (iv) Untitled (Mayor Bradley)
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000
235
Dash Snow
Pentacle (photo-collage)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 †
236
Dash Snow
Two Works: (i) Rolling the Dice; (ii) We Regret 2 Deform You
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £16,875
237
This lot is no longer available.
238
Jason Martin
Belle
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
239
Jim Shaw
Untitled (Keane Eyes)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
240
Tal R
Heavy Hair
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £30,000
241
André Butzer
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠†
Sold for £27,500
242
Jonathan Meese
Inner Circle
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
243
Jonathan Meese
Kostüm: 1
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
244
Lucy McKenzie
Depeche Mode Night
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠†
Sold for £8,125
245
Inka Essenhigh
Pup Tent
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £6,250
246
Kristin Baker
3G's Gone
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £15,000
247
Dexter Dalwood
The Queen's Bedroom
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,500
248
Os Gêmeos
O Homem que pescon a Sereia de Labelos de ouro
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £80,500
249
Atul Dodiya
Woman from Kabul
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 †
Sold for £20,000
250
Jitish Kallat
Suffix (Herbaceous Perennial)-6
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
251
Yayoi Kusama
Pumpkin Chess Set
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £98,500
252
Ai Weiwei
Dust to Dust
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
253
Ai Weiwei
Stool
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
254
Qiu Zhijie
Five Works: (i) Tattoo 1; (ii) Tattoo 2; (iii) Tattoo 3; (v) Tattoo 5; (vi) Tattoo 6
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡
255
Shezad Dawood
The Judge
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠†
256
Wang Du
Femme, femmme, femm, fem, fe... (in 3 parts)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
257
Ugo Rondinone
1999
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡
Sold for £76,900
258
Ugo Rondinone
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Estimate £6,000 - 10,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
259
Ugo Rondinone
Sunday, January 7, 2007
Estimate £6,000 - 10,000 ‡
Sold for £14,375
260
Rachel Feinstein
Crucifixion
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
261
Peter Zimmermann
Waldo II
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
262
Michael Sailstorfer
Schlagzeug
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
263
Wim Delvoye
Two works: (i) Rose des Vents (II), 1993-4; (ii) Compas
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
264
Alighiero Boetti
Senza titolo (Secondo mese del giorno quattordicesimo millenovecentonovantadue)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
265
Marc Quinn
Sunspots
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
266
Philippe Pasqua
Composition
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
267
Billy Childish
Billy & Sheila
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
268
Marcello Lo Giudice
Blu Eden
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
269
Philippe Pastor
Untitled (Blue Monochrome)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
270
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Frattali
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
271
Don Brown
Yoko IX (Endless)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
272
Valery Koshlyakov
High-rise on Raushskaya Embankment
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠†
Sold for £20,000
273
Chinatsu Ban
Twin Mt. Fuji
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
274
Lita Cabellut
Fiona
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
275
Tim Rollins and K.O.S.
Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (after Rev. Dr. M.L.K, Jr,)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
276
Josh Smith
Untitled (Encyclopedia)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
277
David Noonan
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
278
Sam Moyer
Bench
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
279
Nathan Hylden
Not Working III (pentaptych)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
280
Ned Vena
Untitled (Light Box)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
281
Gregor Hildebrandt
In Between Days (Cure)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
282
Aaron Young
Untitled (Triptych)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £35,000
283
Oscar Tuazon
Papercrete
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
284
Gardar Eide Einarsson
Greetings to Thieves, Male and Female
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,500
285
Walead Beshty
Transparency (Negative) [Kodak Portra 400NC Em. No. 3161: October 5-13, 2009, LAX/LHR LHR/LAX]
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
286
Aaron Bobrow
B.I.G.
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £12,500
287
Keltie Ferris
((!!!!!))
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 †
Sold for £27,500
288
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
289
Harland Miller
I'm So Fuckin Hard
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
Sold for £50,000
290
Walead Beshty
Six color Curl (CMMYYC: Irvine, California, July 17th 2008, Fuji Crystal Archive Type C)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
291
Elad Lassry
Basketballs
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £11,250
292
Ethan Cook
Two works: (i) Untitled, 2013; (ii) Untitled, 2013
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 †
Sold for £18,750
293
Oscar Murillo
Untitled (synthetic trash paintings)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
294
Israel Lund
Untitled (Rob e rt s&T ilt on 18)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £23,750

Contemporary Art Day Sale

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Josh Smith

Untitled (Encyclopedia)

Contemporary Art Day Sale