Provenance
Courtesy the artist and John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
New Langdon Arts 18th Annual Benefit Auction, San Francisco, December 2002
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Catalogue Essay
“I have to connect to whatever I’m looking at. I could work from the same source images over and over again, but I still have to be looking at something, constantly. It triggers something in me.” - Joyce Pensato

28

Joyce Pensato

Untitled

signed and dated "Joyce Pensato 1991" lower right
charcoal on paper
30 x 21 3/4 in. (76.2 x 55.2 cm)
Executed in 1991.

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000

Sold for $20,000

Contact Specialist

Sam Mansour
Associate Specialist, Head of New Now Sale
New York
+1 212 940 1219

New Now

New York Auction 30 September 2020

1
Matthew Wong
Blue Tree
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $300,000
2
Ann Craven
Red Robin Sings, 2004
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $9,375
3
Robert Nava
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $16,250
4
Vaughn Spann
Strange Bloom #1
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $6,875
5
Firelei Báez
Megan (lugar a dudas)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $46,250
6
Arcmanoro Niles
Homegrown
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $23,750
7
Van Hanos
Wishful Thinking
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $15,000
8No Reserve
Gina Beavers
Candy Ombré Lips
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $21,250
9
Brian Calvin
Golden
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $60,000
10
Jana Euler
Headless Into Abstraction
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $10,625
11
Eliza Douglas
I Really Mean It
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,750
12
Anne Imhof
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $22,500
13
Anne Imhof
Baby, Baby
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $22,500
14
Vivian Suter
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
15
Caitlin Keogh
Punctuation
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $18,750
16
Ida Ekblad
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $37,500
17
Vivian Springford
Martinique Series
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $106,250
18
Gene Davis
2 Plus
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $30,000
19
Angel Otero
Balcony Song
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $47,500
20
Melike Kara
Tankstelle (mother)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $32,500
21
Claire Tabouret
The School Smocks
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $125,000
22
Manolo Valdés
Las señoritas de Avignon (Les Demoiselles d'Avignon)
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
23
Genieve Figgis
Boat House
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $162,500
24
Anna Glantz
Happier than Piero
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,125
25
Eddie Martinez
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $9,375
26
Tomoo Gokita
Mass Medium
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,250
27
Javier Calleja
Two works: (i-ii) Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $9,375
28
Joyce Pensato
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $20,000
29
Nina Chanel Abney
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $17,500
30
Huma Bhabha
Two works: (i-ii) Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,250
31
Henry Taylor
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
32
Sterling Ruby
Clover Dear
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $25,000
33
Cameron Jamie
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
34
Katharina Grosse
O.T.
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $100,000
35
Katherine Bernhardt
Toucan green/orange
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $43,750
36
Katherine Bradford
Swimming Pool, Long
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $40,000
37
Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe
Old Town Boy
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $137,500
38
Marcus Jahmal
Mystical forest trooper
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $33,750
39
Amoako Boafo
Lighter
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $325,000
40
Titus Kaphar
Study of the Suitor: Harper Caldwell Jr.
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $187,500
41
Michael Ray Charles
(Forever Free) The Watermelon Party
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $87,500
42
Richard Prince
Untitled (original)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $100,000
43
Sherrie Levine
Une Pipe: 1
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
44
Franz West
Passtück (Maske)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $50,000
45
Sherrie Levine
Silver Mirror: 6
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
46
Ai Weiwei
Surveillance Camera
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
47
Yayoi Kusama
New York
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $68,750
48
This lot is no longer available.
49
Nicolas Party
Untitled (Landscape)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $150,000
50
George Condo
Accumulated Head
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $62,500
51
Kenny Scharf
Jung UL
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $125,000
52
Peter Saul
Lt. Calley
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $56,250
53
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and A-One
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $93,750
54
KAWS
Untitled (MBFF7)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $125,000
55
Urs Fischer
Café
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $56,250
56
Jonas Wood
Four Majors
Estimate $45,000 - 55,000
Sold for $87,500
57
RETNA
Unitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $56,250
58
Oscar Murillo
La era de la sinceridad
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,500
59
Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu
The Infamous Product of Western Culture
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,125
60
Mel Bochner
Contempt
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $17,500
61
Ryan Sullivan
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $27,500
62
Christian Marclay
Actions: Plop Plop Plop Fwoof (No. 1)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
63
Christian Marclay
Three Framed Grooveless Records with Colored Labels
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
64No Reserve
Chris Martin
Seven Pointed Star
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000 •
Sold for $13,750
65
Alexander Calder
Flyball Governor
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $68,750
66
Alexander Calder
Blue and Yellow Spheres
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $62,500
67
Robert Motherwell
Heiliger Geist
Estimate $140,000 - 180,000
68
Robert Rauschenberg
National Symphony Ball
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
69
Allan D'Arcangelo
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
70
Louise Nevelson
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $11,250
71
Alfred Leslie
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
72
Manolo Millares
Composition
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
73
Jean Dubuffet
Figure isolée
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $21,250
74
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,000
75
Louise Fishman
Kiss Off
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,875
76
Tsuyoshi Maekawa
1967 G 80-2
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $125,000
77
Ed Moses
Red Square
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
78
Friedel Dzubas
Fallen Dream
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $40,000
79
Norman Bluhm
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,750
80
Theodoros Stamos
Infinity Field (from the Cretan Series)
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $35,000
81
Julian Stanczak
Unfolding and the Rain No. 2
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,000
82
Julian Stanczak
Chromatic Fold - White, Yellow
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $20,000
83
Andy Warhol
Piss Painting
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $32,500
84
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Sunset Nude with Red Stockings
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $16,250
85
Tom Wesselmann
Nude Banner
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $47,500
86
George Condo
Odalisque Improvisation
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $27,500
87
George Condo
Orange Couple
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,500
88
Carole A. Feuerman
Sunburn
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $35,000
89
Patrick Hughes
Panoramania
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
90
Raimonds Staprans
Naxos #7
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $137,500
91
Hernan Bas
Barthélemy Enfantin (the Monks of Menilmontant)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $40,000
92
Hernan Bas
The New Witch
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $27,500
93
Hernan Bas
Untitled, 2 from the series Twinkle Twinkle (or The Dirty Pictures)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $13,750
94
This lot is no longer available.
95
Brian Calvin
Sand Sea Sun Sky Someone
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $17,500
96
Milton Avery
The Dreamer
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $37,500
97
Ellsworth Kelly
Marianne
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
98
Celia Paul
Kate
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,625
99
Chantal Joffe
Beatrice
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $12,500
100
Adrian Ghenie
Study for Self-portrait
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
101
Adrian Ghenie
Study for 'Self-portrait as a Monkey'
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
102
Charles Gaines
Explosion #29
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $20,000
103
Mimi Lauter
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $9,375
104
Charline von Heyl
Untitled (31.02.02)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,750
105
Alex Hubbard
Blowhard
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,250
106
Charles Arnoldi
Cousin
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
107
Donald Baechler
Five Color Abstraction with Running Figure
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $12,500
108
Chris Succo
Turn the Page
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
109
Haim Steinbach
Landscape A-1
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $21,250
110
Walead Beshty
FedEx® Large Kraft Box ©2004 FEDEX 155143 REV 10/04 SSCC, International Priority, Los Angeles–Beijing trk#875468976018, September 08–14, 2011, International Priority, Beijing–Miami trk#874108926300, November 23–28, 2011, Priority Overnight, Miami–Boston trk#875575040808, January 18–19, 2012
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $22,500
111
Aaron Curry
MUFF MOUTH
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $18,750
112
Ivan Morley
A True Tale
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
113
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet
Untitled (Screen IV)
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $21,250
114
Sadie Benning
Untitled telephone drawing
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $21,250
115
Donald Moffett
Lot 012510 (50/o)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,500
116
Jim Hodges
Wa Wa Wa
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,375
117
Juan Uslé
Sueño de Brooklyn
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $52,500
118
Jackie Saccoccio
Time (Shimmer)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,875
119
Iván Navarro
Black Hole of Light
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
120
Jeffrey Gibson (Choctaw/Cherokee)
Family
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
121
Joseph Kosuth
No Number 8 (not on color/blue)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $43,750
122
Jason Rhoades
Light / Inner Light
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
123
Joris Van de Moortel
White light paint it white, the loop station (to station)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
124
Tracey Emin
I Never Wanted to Leave You
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
125
Keith Edmier
Farrah's Phalaenopsis, Version I
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
126
Jerome Kirk
Before Predawn
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
127
Claire Fontaine
Les refusés, V. I
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
128
Enoc Pérez
Nude
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $10,000
129
Lester Johnson
Three Men with Hats Walking #2
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,000
130
George Condo
Bathroom
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,250
131
Claudio Bravo
Naturaleza muerta
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
132
George Segal
Man with Fur Hat
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
133
Loló Soldevilla
Sin título
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $23,750
134
José Bedia
El Amor de Mi Bohio
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
135
Sandú Darié
Sin título
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $18,750
136
Loló Soldevilla
Sin título
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
137
Jose Dávila
Conjunto habitacional
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,250
138
Aldo Chaparro
Acero 21
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $11,250
139
Damián Ortega
Figura 1/6
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
140
Arturo Herrera
Self-Portrait
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,500
141
Los Carpinteros
Bloque Negro al lado de un Bloque Blanco
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
142
Lucy McKenzie
Lucy and Paulina in the Moscow Metro (Ploschad Revolutsii)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $47,500
143
Mark Ryden
Big Doll
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $52,500
144
Martin Eder
Gespenster
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
145
Thomas Ruff
Nudes fp02
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $20,000
146
Cindy Sherman
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,000
147
Wolfgang Tillmans
Faltenwurf (BW) I
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,125
148
Wolfgang Tillmans
paper drop (black) II
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $25,000
149
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Mathematical Form: Surface 0006
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,375
150
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Paramount, Oakland
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,750
151
Doris Salcedo
For Hans Haacke and Edward Fry
Estimate $8,000 - 10,000
Sold for $7,500
152
This lot is no longer available.
153
Vik Muniz
Mound
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $12,500
154
Rita Ackermann
MENTALIST
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
155
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Bella Mi
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,250
156
Robert Graham
Sasha
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $11,875
157
Paloma Varga Weisz
Burgfrau
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
158
Rosemarie Trockel
Kiss my aura
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,000
159
Yue Minjun
Two works: (i) Contemporary Terracotta Warriors; (ii) Contemporary Terracotta Warriors
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $106,250
160
Zhang Xiaogang
Young Man
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $75,000
161
Zhang Huan
Memory Door (Street Corner)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,500
162
Matt Connors
Chakra Chart Redress
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $35,000
163
Mark Flood
Bridge
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $12,500
164
Mark Hagen
The Sessile Lifestyle
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
165
Mr. Brainwash
Star Wars Reunion
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
166
This lot is no longer available.
167
Tony Lewis
foace
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $13,750
168
This lot is no longer available.
169
Barnaby Furnas
Maestro
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $20,000
170
Barnaby Furnas
Street Musician (Atlantic City)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,250
171
Billy Childish
umiak Alaska
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
172No Reserve
Armin Boehm
The political Ouija board
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $13,750
173
Hans Op de Beeck
Cruise Liner (4)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
174
Hugh Scott-Douglas
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,625
175
Walead Beshty and Kelley Walker
Crystal Voyager
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $12,500
176
Matt Connors
Druck
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,375
177
Garth Weiser
Monochrome #1
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
178
Ugo Rondinone
Clockwork for Oracles - Purple
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,875
179
Mauro Perucchetti
Jelly Baby Family 0.9
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $90,000
180
Michael Goldberg
Seascape #1
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
181
Saul Steinberg
The Real Table
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
182
Michael Goldberg
Kaiser Wilhelm Statue
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,250
183No Reserve
Gardar Eide Einarsson
Los Angeles (The Insurrection)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $6,000
184
Oleg Vassiliev
By a Campfire, Erik Bulatov, 1962
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
185
Oleg Vassiliev
Home II (from the White House series)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
186
Nigel Cooke
In Da Club - Shy Guy
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $20,000
187
Alexey Kallima
Untitled (from the series Chechen Woman's Team of Parachute Jumping and Its Virtual Fans)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
188
Rodney McMillian
Untitled (Twin)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,500
189
Scott Olson
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,000
190
Fritz Scholder (Luiseño)
Entity No. 1
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,625

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Provenance

Catalogue Essay

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Joyce Pensato

Untitled

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