Provenance
Retrospective Gallery, Hudson
Sorry We're Closed, Brussels
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Hudson, Retrospective Gallery, Josh Sperling: Strong Silent Type, April 16–August 30, 2016

334

Josh Sperling

Lonesome Town

signed and dated "Sperling '16" on the reverse
acrylic on canvas mounted to panel
84 x 68 in. (213.4 x 172.7 cm)
Executed in 2016.

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000

Sold for $94,500

Contact Specialist

Rebekah Bowling
Head of Day Sale, Afternoon Session
New York

1 212 940 1250
rbowling@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 24 June 2021

301
Felipe Baeza
Xipe Tótec Rojo
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $40,320
302
Claire Tabouret
Les feuilles mortes
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $176,400
303
Wonder Buhle Mbambo
Siphokazi
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $32,760
304
Deborah Roberts
Serenade
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $119,700
305
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
Policeman
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $21,420
306
Rebecca Ness
Drawing in Köln
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $89,460
307
Ivy Haldeman
Two Suits, Wrist Bent, Cuff to Pocket (Mauve, Peach)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $138,600
308
Allison Zuckerman
The First Royal Portrait
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $252,000
309
Susumu Kamijo
Chasing
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $94,500
310
Jammie Holmes
Bus Stop at the White House
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $107,100
311
Alex Gardner
Chair #2
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $214,200
312
Jennifer & Kevin McCoy
Quantum Leap (Primordial Star 1)
Estimate On Request
Sold for $201,600
313
Patrick Alston
Native Sun
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $23,940
314
Stanley Whitney
Stay Song 40
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $214,200
315
Vaughn Spann
Dalmatian (Denim)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $151,200
316
Angel Otero
Acis and Galatea
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $277,200
317
Igor Moritz
In bed
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $32,760
318
Rewind Collective
Remember Us XV (Women Throughout History)
Estimate On Request
Sold for $201,600
319
Robert Wilson
GAGA/MARAT
Estimate On Request
Sold for $15,120
320
Flora Yukhnovich
Pretty Little Thing
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $1,179,500
321
Mickalene Thomas
I've Got it Bad and that Ain't Good from the She Works Hard For the Money Pin-Up series
Estimate $180,000 - 220,000
Sold for $491,400
322
This lot is no longer available.
323
Jeff Sonhouse
Project Science
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $151,200
324
Titus Kaphar
Jerome XIV
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $151,200
325
Katherine Bradford
Pleasure Boat
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $47,880
326
Emily Mae Smith
Is it Liquid
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $170,100
327
Genieve Figgis
Lady on a Horse
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $302,400
328
Genieve Figgis
Kissing by the Window
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $239,400
329
Katherine Bernhardt
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $233,100
330
Katherine Bernhardt
Fifteen Flowers
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $176,400
331
Firelei Báez
Cibyl from the series Geographic Delay
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $100,800
332
Joel Mesler
Untitled (f)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $107,100
333
Alex Da Corte
Paradise Lost
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
334
Josh Sperling
Lonesome Town
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $94,500
335
Shio Kusaka
(fruits 7)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $22,680
336
Jennifer Guidi
Orion (Blue Painted Sand SF #1F Mandala)
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $441,000
337
Walter Price
Double Encounter
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $40,320
338
Walter Price
Moon lady Vacay
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $50,400
339
Spencer Lewis
The Bully Part/Untitled (The Bully Part Verso)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $52,920
340
Daniel Crews-Chubb
Yasigi
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $88,200
341
Godwin Champs Namuyimba
Destiny
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $107,100
342
Soimadou Ali Ibrahim
Potemkine
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $47,880
343
Ann Craven
Yello Man, 2002
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $75,600
344
Sam McKinniss
Killer Pussy (Gabi)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $47,880
345
Ramiro Gomez (now Jay Lynn Gomez)
The Beverly Hills Hotel, entrance, Monday, January 30th 2017
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $37,800
346
Devon Rodriguez
Girl on Subway
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $22,680
347
Mickalene Thomas
Two works: (i-ii) A-E-I-O-U (and Sometimes Y)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $52,920
348
Kehinde Wiley
Rumors of War
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $403,200
349
Rashid Johnson
I Remember Bird
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $151,200
350
Banksy
Gangsta Rat Peace
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $529,200
351
Kehinde Wiley
Passing/Posing (Mercury After Raphael)
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $226,800
352
Kehinde Wiley
Passing/Posing (Decoration of the Chapel of the Sacrament in the Cathedral of Udine, Resurrection)
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $226,800
353
Chakaia Booker
Yearnings Unchecked
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $94,500
354
McArthur Binion
DNA:Sepia:VI
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $63,000
355
Titus Kaphar
The Jerome Project (Asphalt and Chalk) XIV
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $78,120
356
Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $81,900
357
George Condo
Untitled (Banker)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $138,600
358
John Currin
Amanda
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
359
Anna Weyant
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $27,720
360
Julie Mehretu
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
361
Adriana Varejão
Extirpação do mal por punção
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
362
Lucas Arruda
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $107,100
363
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
"Untitled" (For White Columns)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $138,600
364
Richard Prince
Just Asking
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
365
Richard Prince
Untitled (de Kooning)
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
366
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate $350,000 - 500,000
Sold for $693,000
367
This lot is no longer available.
368
Sterling Ruby
BC (3603)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
369
Mike Kelley
One Was Fat, One Was Lean
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $113,400
370
Sherrie Levine
The Three Furies
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $60,480
371
Gabriel Orozco
Samurai Tree 20W
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $302,400
372
Tauba Auerbach
Corrugation III
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
373
Gabriel Orozco
Blackboard Drawing (#2)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $31,500
374
Heimo Zobernig
Untitled (HZ2014-051)
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $40,320
375
Ugo Rondinone
No. 138 VIERZEHNTERJUNINEUNZEHNHUNDERTNEUNUNDNEUNZIG
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $138,600
376
Takashi Murakami
Hollow
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $170,100
377
KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate $450,000 - 700,000
Sold for $604,800
378
Yoshitomo Nara
Absolut Vodka Bottle (Fuck bout everything! But I try to go...)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $201,600
379
Zhang Xiaogang
Untitled
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $277,200
380
Francesco Vezzoli
Olga Forever (Olga Picasso, ca. 1930 I)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $25,200
381
Maurizio Cattelan
Rulo
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $75,600
382
Urs Fischer
4:15pm & 4:15pm
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
383
Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Unpainted FK2 Mask M8.a)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $50,400
384
Joe Bradley
Bust
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $81,900
385
Jeff Elrod
Air-Step (Blue)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,800
386
Petra Cortright
15_independentBUICKS.$$$
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $35,280
387
Jordan Wolfson
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $195,300
388
Cory Arcangel
Photoshop CS: 84 by 66 inches. 300 DPI, RGB, square pixels, default gradient "Blue, Red, Yellow", mousedown y=2300 x=8600, mouseup y=2600 x=8600
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
389
John Baldessari
Noses & Ears, etc. (part two): (yellow) face with (blue) nose and drums
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $176,400
390
John Baldessari
Horizontal Series: Blind
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
391
Richard Prince
Untitled (Publicity)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
392
Louise Lawler
Fragment/Frame/Text; "Served the Needs of Northern European Grand Tourists"
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
393
Laurie Simmons
Tourism: St. Basil (2nd View)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,120
394
Anne Collier
Album (For Whom The Bell Tolls)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,160
395
Wolfgang Tillmans
Weathering
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,720
396
Walead Beshty
Fold (70 degree directional light source), December 21st, 2006
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
397
Thomas Struth
The Richter Family 2 Köln
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $30,240
398
Andreas Gursky
Pyongyang II
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $339,000
399
This lot is no longer available.
400
Vik Muniz
Guernica, after Pablo Picasso from the series Gordian Puzzles
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $52,920
401
Steve McQueen
Portrait as an Escapologist
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,930
402
Carrie Mae Weems
The Broken, See Duchamp
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,900
403
Mark Seliger
President Barack Obama, Washington, DC, 2010
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
404
Ryan McGinley
Dash Bombing
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $18,900
405No Reserve
Lucas Blalock
Shadow Boxing
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000 •
Sold for $5,040
406
This lot is no longer available.
407
Piotr Uklański
Untitled (Brooklyn Bridge; Tail Lights)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,820
408
Olafur Eliasson
Blue double kaleidoscope
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $113,400
409
This lot is no longer available.
410
Teresita Fernández
Shot (pink)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $151,200
411
Iván Navarro
Untitled (Twin Towers)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,320
412
Ross Bleckner
Half is for the Moon
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $56,700
413
Lari Pittman
Untitled #1
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $88,200
414
Aboudia
Street Kids Series 001
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $88,200
415
Chéri Samba
Le Patron
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,160
416
Robert Longo
Heretic (After Goya's Procession of the Flagellants)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
417
Stephan Balkenhol
Small Pair (man with red shirt and woman with black skirt)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $75,600
418
Brian Calvin
California Freeform
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $151,200
419
Ella Kruglyanskaya
Untitled (Big Hand)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $75,600
420
Cheyenne Julien
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $32,760
421
Henry Taylor
Noah
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
422
Michael Krebber
Carter Ratcliff
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $18,900
423
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $44,100
424
Barnaby Furnas
Deserter
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,320
425
KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $138,600
426
KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $151,200
427
Michael Williams
Ikea Be Here Now
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $56,700
428
Barry McGee
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $81,900
429
Richard Prince
Untitled (check painting) #17
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $119,700
430
George Condo
Untitled (Surreal Landscape with Teeth)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $100,800
431
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $88,200
432
Raymond Pettibon
Ten works: (i-x): Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $88,200
433
Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Three-tiered perspective)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $214,200
434
Hernan Bas
Underwater World
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $81,900
435
Robert Longo
Untitled (Lover's Eye)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,600
436
John Stezaker
Dark Star XVI
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
437
Hilary Harkness
Big Chicken Dinner
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,380
438
Nicole Eisenman
Captured Pirates on the Island of Lesbos
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $40,320
439
Rose Wylie
Plastic Footballers
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,820
440
Ella Kruglyanskaya
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,772
441
Antony Gormley
Breathing Room XIII
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,900
442
Damien Hirst
Leviathan
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $27,720
443
Tracey Emin
Just Love Me
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $98,280
444
Adam McEwen
Energy Saving Bulb
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
445
Ai Weiwei
Hanger
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,380
446
Michel François
Contigu
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
447
Jason Mason
Guilded Scratch
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $23,940
448
Josephine Halvorson
Barrier
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,560
449
Mary Weatherford
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $18,900
450
Ida Ekblad
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,720
451
Tala Madani
Flood
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,240
452
Mira Dancy
Black Butterfly
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $12,600
453
Matt Connors
Third Pitch Shifter (Second State)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $44,100
454
Friedrich Kunath
a chord that can not resolve (lexapro)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,680
455
Rodney McMillian
comet
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $23,940
456
Pamela Rosenkranz
Avoid Contact (Discharge Shadow)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $20,160
457
Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,200
458
Kelley Walker
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $18,900
459
Walead Beshty
Copper (FedEx® Golf-Bag Box_2010 FedEx 163166 REV 10/10) Standard Overnight, Los Angeles–Miami trk#8009837117935/ 800983717924, February 21–22, 2013, Priority Overnight, Miami–Long Island City trk#772759456481, January 29–February 4, 2021
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $18,900
460
Rob Pruitt
Untitled (panda #2)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $56,700
461
Wilhelm Sasnal
Untitled (Group of Monkeys)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $22,680
462
Calvin Marcus
Fish in Dish
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,300
463
Hugo McCloud
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $61,740
464No Reserve
Travis Fish
Kenny's Pants
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for $4,032
465
Spencer Sweeney
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,450
466
David Reed
#294-2
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $63,000
467
Izumi Kato
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $113,400
468
Anne Kagioka Rigoulet
Figure k-h-7
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $63,000
469
Vasily Klyukin
36.06.121.37.07 (Big Sur)
Estimate $70,000 - 80,000
Sold for $94,500
470
This lot is no longer available.
471
Christian Rosa
seasalt in heaven
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $32,760
472
Ryan Sullivan
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $21,420
473
Matt Saunders
Borneo Fold (Rose Hobart) #10, Version 1
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $7,560
474
Andrew Salgado
Blue Portrait of Jake
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $21,420
475
RISK
Face Your Fears
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $214,200
476
The Connor Brothers
Normal is the Cruelest of All Insult
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $13,860
477
The Connor Brothers
Those Who Say It Cannot Be Done
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $13,860
478
This lot is no longer available.
479
This lot is no longer available.

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale,...

New York Auction 24 June 2021

Provenance

Exhibited

334

Josh Sperling

Lonesome Town

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session