Provenance
Private Collection
Christie's, New York, June 30, 2008, lot 85
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Karel Appel in Tokyo: 18 Works on Paper, August–September, 1989, fig. 9, n.p. (illustrated)

135

Karel Appel

The Family

signed "Appel" lower left; titled "The Family" on the reverse
acrylic and oil pastel on paper
25 1/2 x 40 3/4 in. (64.8 x 103.5 cm)
Executed in 1989.

Estimate
$12,000 - 18,000

Sold for $63,500

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Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York

23 September - 3 October 2024

1
Damien Hirst
Happiness
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $48,260
2
Vaughn Spann
Aurora
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $95,250
3
Caroline Walker
A Deed Without a Name
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,860
4
Chantal Joffe
Assia and Frieda
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $44,450
5
Jess Valice
Time Waits for Nobody
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $25,400
6
Liu Jianhua
Memory of Infatuation from the series The Painted Sculpture
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,065
7
Thilo Heinzmann
O.T.
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,700
8
Rainer Fetting
Mann und Axt (grün) I
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,480
9
Cosima von Bonin
RORSCHACHTEST #3
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
10
Peter Fischli and David Weiss
Plant
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $22,860
11
Wolfgang Laib
Milkstone
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $50,800
12
Tony Oursler
Tumble
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $22,860
13
RETNA
It Ain't Dark No More
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $17,780
14
Edgar Plans
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $30,480
15
Lauren Quin
Snafu
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
16
Louise Fishman
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,160
17
Katherina Olschbaur
Lovers
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,810
18
Catherine Mulligan
Untitled (Passaic Study 1)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
19
Eleanor Johnson
Wool Over Eyes
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,985
20
Pauline Shaw
tears on the floor
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
21
Donna Huanca
Figure Eight
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
22
Alexandre Arrechea
Chrysler
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,240
23
Gary Hume
Yellowstone National Painting
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
24
Allison Katz
Date-Palm
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
25
Lee Lozano
Untitled (tool)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $33,020
26
Richard Diebenkorn
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
27
Claes Oldenburg
Arcobaleno di tartine
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
28
Miriam Schapiro
Pinwheel of My Heart #2
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
29
Robert Mangold
Plane/Figure
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,510
30
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
31
Gladys Nilsson
The Carriers
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,890
32
Philip Pearlstein
Two Models with African Policeman and Carousel Lion
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,970
33
Amy Sillman
Oh Brother
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,620
34
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (To the confounding...)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,700
35
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (Why did I...)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $21,590
36
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (Give me an...)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,620
37
Christina Quarles
Bury Me in Cupertino (No, No, No, I Won’t Fergit to Put Roses on Yer Grave)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
38
Cristina BanBan
Dolores
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,795
39
Tracey Emin
Suffer Love 31
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,065
40
Barry McGee
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
41
Robert Nava
Devils Foreclosure
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,240
42
Genesis Tramaine
Jesus loves me: Anyway
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $21,590
43
Oscar Murillo
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $2,540
44
Oscar Murillo
Lottery Ticket 051
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,985
45
Gary Simmons
A Madhouse
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $16,510
46
Seth Price
Nothingness as a big mask
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $19,050
47
Daniel Turner
Untitled 5150 (6-20-13)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,795
48
Josh Sperling
Untitled (Orange Pyramid)
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
49
Eddie Martinez
Hanover Happening
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,525
50
Damián Ortega
Supermodernismo III
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $10,795
51
Sayre Gomez
Double Happiness
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $22,860
52
Sayre Gomez
Untitled Painting in Cerulean
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
53
John Sonsini
Jesus S.
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,890
54
Aaron Curry
Reduced to and fro a Series of Intersecting Plastic Curves (Standing Hard)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
55
Suzy Frelinghuysen
Composition
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $7,620
56
Joe Goode
Untitled from the series Vandalism
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
57
Arman
Stéle aux Dollars
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $5,334
58
Arman
Bronze musical instrument table
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $12,700
59
Charles Biederman
Untitled 3 (New York #27)
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
60
Conrad Marca-Relli
Waiting (L-10-81-2)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
61
Hilo Chen
Beach Scene
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,795
62
Friedel Dzubas
Sangre de Cristo
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,065
63
Doris Lee
Fruit and Butterfly
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
64
Annette Lemieux
MANNA
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,985
65
George Condo
Two works: (i) Abstraction (ii) Red Face
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $12,700
66
Lois Dodd
Two works: (i) Poland's House in Fog; (ii) Boulder and Tree
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,160
67
Paul Jenkins
Phenomena Seely's Visit
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,510
68
Stanley William Hayter
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,350
69
Peter Schuyff
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,430
70
Ethan Cook
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,255
71
Sam Moyer
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
72
Hunt Slonem
White Diamond Dust Winter
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,970
73
Austin Eddy
Banks of L'Ouche, Summers Dawn.
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $8,255
74
Susumu Kamijo
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $9,525
75
JJ Manford
Interior W/ Vacuum, Peruvian Tree of Life Rug, and Calder Floor Lamp
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,080
76
Molly Bounds
Singular Sensation (One More Time)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
77
Leonard Baby
Can I Stand in Your Light For A While?
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
78
Lise Stoufflet
little night bath
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,810
79No Reserve
Jim Shaw
Dream Object (I was seeing an old atomic bomb test from above the Pacific along the line of ships which seemed to grow larger. Then I was beneath the debris streaking through the water wondering if it would reach California and contaminate us. Then I was at Joyce Lightbody's looking at paintings on lumpy metal sheets of the negotiators for the Serbs, Croats and Bosnians as vampire basketball players plus these asshole vaginas and baskets...)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for $3,556
80
Aaron Johnson
Sunshine of Your Love
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $1,524
81
Alex Hubbard
Rock and Roll Animals Vs. Country Western Animals
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
82
Jessica Westhafer
Bug Catcher
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,445
83No Reserve
Stickymonger
WTF
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $2,540
84No Reserve
Rebecca Ness
Exam
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for $4,064
85
Felix Treadwell
Summer Girl
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,350
86
Jordy Kerwick
Hydra "Lieselotte"
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,350
87
Julio Anaya Cabanding
Pictorial intervention of "The Key to the Fields" from René Magritte
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,540
88
Jan-Ole Schiemann
Cat
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,065
89
Silke Otto-Knapp
Figure (Diagonal)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,302
90
Eva Beresin
Lip filler
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,064
91
This lot is no longer available.
92No Reserve
Hiroshi Sugito
Untitled
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 •
Sold for $1,524
93
Azuki Furuya
Amateras
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $4,445
94No Reserve
Amy Cutler
Bird Watchers
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $635
95
This lot is no longer available.
96
Karel Funk
Untitled #32
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $9,525
97
Patrick Alston
Three works: (i) The Blue Print; (ii) A revelation of truth; (iii) Manifested
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,334
98No Reserve
Arturo Herrera
Panino
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $254
99
Kate Pincus-Whitney
Shelter from the Storm from the series Theater of the Dinner Table
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,255
100
Jonathan Lyndon Chase
bootleg
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,096
101No Reserve
Marcus Brutus
Women of the Black Panthers (Angela Davis, Ericka Huggins and Jonina Abron)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $1,270
102
Tiffany Alfonseca
Romi
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,445
103
Devin Reynolds
Untitled, Portal Study 15
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,334
104
Ariel Dannielle
Party of Four
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
105
Shobha Broota
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
106
Jon Burgerman
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $2,794
107
Ida Badal
Unfazed
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
108
Trudy Benson
Black and White Cutout
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,080
109
Gina Beavers
North Fork Lobsters
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
110
Gina Beavers
Egypt
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
111No Reserve
Negyem Adonoo
Love, An Enigma
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $1,270
112
Katherine Bernhardt
The Royal Hawaiian
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
113
Madeleine Bialke
Outlook I
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
114No Reserve
Wang Ziwei
Hopeless
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $2,794
115
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,794
116No Reserve
Eddie Peake
Circa Feb 2002, A Small Woman With A Shaved Head Wearing Clothes Intended For Someone Far Larger Than Herself Stands Alone In The Corner Of A Room, Facing The Corner, Rocking Slightly From One Foot To The Other And Muttering To Herself, Lamenting The Lack Of A Communal Set Of Hair Clippers. In The Next Room Along A Middle Aged Man Of Jamaican Descent Who Speaks With An Exaggeratedly Posh English Accent And Who Is Not An Artist Draws Pictures Of Aliens Annotated With Made Up Words Written In A Practiced Calligraphic Flourish. Across The Hall A Young Man Who Is An Artist (And Shares A Room Non-Romantically (They Sleep In Separate Single Beds) With A Sexagenarian Man Of The Same Name Who Never Speaks) Is Drawing A Picture Using Two Colouring Pencils (One Orange And One Green) And Concluding That Orange And Green Are Difficult Colours To Use, Especially In Tandem With One Another
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $1,397
117
Israel Lund
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
118
Nathan Hylden
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
119
Ryan Sullivan
September 1, 2009–February 11, 2010
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,350
120No Reserve
Jay Heikes
Natural Bridge
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 •
Sold for $762
121No Reserve
Matthew Monahan
The Exhibition
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $127
122
Jim Hodges
The Good News (The Irish Times, Dublin)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,794
123
Beverly Pepper
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,080
124
Jacques Lipchitz
Woman Leaning on a Column: Maquette No. 1
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
125No Reserve
Byron Browne
Head of a Woman
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $1,397
126
Al Held
Two works: (i) Untitled (8 Series 6); (ii) Untitled (H Series 6)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
127
Lois Dodd
Figure Reclining (Back View)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,175
128
Malcolm Morley
Two works: (i-ii) Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
129No Reserve
Joyce Kozloff
#31 Fallen (from High Art to Kitsch) from the series Patterns of Desire: Pornament is Crime
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $953
130
William N. Copley
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,970
131
Toshio Saeki
Seven works: (i-vii) Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $25,400
132
Toshio Saeki
Seven works: (i-vii) Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $16,510
133
Lawrence Weiner
Easy Come, Easy Go
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $9,525
134
Paul Jenkins
Phenomena An Event With Rhyme
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,620
135
Karel Appel
The Family
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $63,500
136
Raoul De Keyser
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,350
137
Tomoo Gokita
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,032
138
Luc Tuymans
Two works: (i) Untitled (man with tie); (ii) Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $7,620
139
Walton Ford
Untitled (two birds)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
140
Larry Rivers
Roots
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $3,810
141
John Currin
Sno-bo
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,795
142No Reserve
Martin Eder
Two works: (i) Untitled (ME411girl04/03); (ii) Untitled (ME.I 1 November 03) from the series Memoirs of My Nervous Illness
Estimate $2,000 - 4,000 •
Sold for $1,905
143No Reserve
Carroll Dunham
Three works: (i-iii) Untitled (4/20/03)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $4,445
144
Carroll Dunham
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,985
145
Los Carpinteros
5 Bloques Sobre 1000 Papeles de Algodón
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,350
146
Johannes Kahrs
Hands
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
147
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $3,810
148
Mel Bochner
Go Away
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $12,700
149
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (All prices fixed...)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,064
150
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (It has become...)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,160
151
Ann Craven
Fake Shadow (Shadow) Guilford CT, 7-30-2010, 2010
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
152
Diana Al-Hadid
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,080
153No Reserve
Natalie Frank
Man Washing Face
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $1,016
154No Reserve
Natalie Frank
Study for One Train May Hide Another
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $1,016
155
Teresita Fernández
Foam Fall
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,270
156
William J O'Brien
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $2,540
157No Reserve
Suling Wang
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $2,032
158No Reserve
Guy Yanai
Untitled (Soldier)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $826
159No Reserve
Odinakachi Okoroafor
Sidon Dey Look
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $953
160No Reserve
Aleksandra Mir
Blackout (7 July 1999)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $2,413
161No Reserve
Fred Tomaselli
Mar. 18, 2010
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $4,826
162
Gert and Uwe Tobias
Two works: (i-ii) Untitled
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $1,778
163
Arthur Jafa
Screen Shot
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
164
Ryan McGinley
The Surf
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $7,620
165
Marina Abramović
Portrait with Falcon
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,096
166
Brian Duffy
David Bowie (Aladdin Sane - Classic)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
167
Julie Becker
Two works: (i) Whole (Screen); (ii) Whole (Going Down)
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $5,334
168
This lot is no longer available.
169No Reserve
Dan Graham
First Day Opening of Highway Restaurant, Jersey City, New Jersey
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500 •
Sold for $1,651
170
Christopher Williams
Cutaway model Nikkor zoom lens 50-300mm f/4.5. Focal length: 5-300mm. Maximum aperture: 1:4:5. Lens construction: 20 elements in 13 groups. Picture angle: 46°(f=50mm) - 8° 10'(f=300mm.) Distance scale: Graduated in meters or feet up to 2.5m (8.5 ft.) to infinity. Aperture scale: f/4.5-f/22. Aperture diaphragm: Fully automatic. Meter coupling prong: Integrated (fully open exposure metering.) Focusing: By turning the focusing ring. Zooming: By turning the zooming ring (reference markings for 50, 60, 70, 85, 105, 13, 200, 250 NS 300mm.) Attachment size: 95mm (P=1.00.) Filter: 95mm screw-in. Fabricated by Andre Benschop, Veldhoven, The Netherlands. Photography by Douglas M. Parker Studio, Glendale, California, October 13, 2007 - October 29, 2007
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,620
171No Reserve
Sam Falls
Two works: (i) Untitled Roll Fade (Light Blue); (ii) Untitled Roll Fade (Red)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $1,651
172No Reserve
Matthew Day Jackson
Matterhorn Pentagonal Kaleidoscope
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $1,016
173No Reserve
Boris Bally
Transit Chair
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 •
Sold for $254
174
Neil Jenney
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
175No Reserve
Nayland Blake
Untitled
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $1,016
176No Reserve
William Wegman
Warehouse Wally
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $5,334
177No Reserve
Mark di Suvero
Untitled (Study for Sculpture)
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $572

Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New...

23 September - 3 October 2024

Provenance

Exhibited

135

Karel Appel

The Family

Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York