Provenance
Canada, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Canada, Katherine Bradford: Fear of Waves, January 9–February 14, 2016
Literature
Hearne Pardee, “Katherine Bradford: Fear of Waves”, The Brooklyn Rail, February 2016, online
Samuel Jablon, “Katherine Bradford”, BOMB Magazine, October 12, 2016, online (illustrated)
Dan Nadel, ed., Paintings: Katherine Bradford, New York, 2018, p. 12 (illustrated, p. 13)

25

Katherine Bradford

Couples Swim

signed "K. Bradford" on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
20 x 17 in. (50.8 x 43.2 cm)
Painted in 2015.

Estimate
$40,000 - 45,000

Sold for $50,400

Contact Specialist

Patrizia Koenig
Associate Specialist, Head of New Now Sale
20th Century & Contemporary Art pkoenig@phillips.com

New Now

New York Auction 3 March 2021

1
Matthew Wong
Horizon Light
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $126,000
2
Stanley Whitney
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $60,480
3
Vaughn Spann
Dalmatian (No. 3)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $138,600
4
Firelei Báez
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $37,800
5
Joy Labinjo
Two Women in Conversation
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $11,340
6
Godwin Champs Namuyimba
The One That Got Away
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $22,680
7
Jammie Holmes
Toy Soldier
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $85,680
8
Jenna Gribbon
Julie Sleeping On The Floor (In Sarah Bowen Gallery)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $37,800
9
Brandon Landers
Baby Broodie in His Bunny Onesie with His Brown Cap Gun
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $44,100
10
Cheyenne Julien
Red Girl
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $32,760
11
Allison Zuckerman
Tavern Song
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $93,240
12
Nikki Maloof
Moonflowers Close
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $35,280
13
Jan-Ole Schiemann
MYS/MOS #3
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $40,320
14
Wonder Buhle Mbambo
Umnqobi II
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $23,940
15
Awol Erizku
Dreams and Nostalgia I
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,820
16
Alex Da Corte
Hood
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,120
17
Genieve Figgis
Friends
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $103,320
18
Walter Price
Forward Progress
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $35,280
19
Mary Heilmann
Deco
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $88,200
20
McArthur Binion
Looking for White: One
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $84,420
21
Lucas Arruda
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $289,800
22
Hernan Bas
Downhill at Dusk (The Runaway)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $352,800
23
Matthew Wong
Lotus
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $1,663,500
24
Kenneth Noland
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $78,120
25
Katherine Bradford
Couples Swim
Estimate $40,000 - 45,000
Sold for $50,400
26
Katherine Bernhardt
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $60,480
27
Katherine Bernhardt
SIX
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $32,760
28
Jonathan Chapline
Virtual Characters, Domestic Landscape
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $126,000
29
Peter Saul
Lawd
Estimate $125,000 - 150,000
Sold for $239,400
30
Erik Parker
Think Twice
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $100,800
31
Van Hanos
Another New Years Painting
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $21,420
32
Mickalene Thomas
Untitled #10
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $889,100
33
Austin Lee
Collusion
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $52,920
34
Brian Calvin
Twilight
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $22,680
35No Reserve
Caitlin Keogh
Untitled (Leaves)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $21,420
36
Rebecca Warren
Yes, Olga
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $50,400
37
Melike Kara
Like a Promise (Two)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,240
38
Gareth Nyandoro
Chilling in the Black Jack
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $30,240
39
Angel Otero
Regata
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $107,100
40
Eddie Martinez
Stump Study #3 (White Out)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,400
41
Eddie Martinez
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $69,300
42
John Madu
John in the Bedroom in Arles
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $27,720
43
Fernando Botero
Paul Cézanne Jr.
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $214,200
44
Henry Taylor
Peter Eleey
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $63,000
45
Chiharu Shiota
State of Being (Children's Dress)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $119,700
46
Jonas Burgert
Zartbleib
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $151,200
47
Pamela Rosenkranz
Drinking Water (Grip)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $35,280
48
Titus Kaphar
Fowl
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $27,720
49
Per Kirkeby
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $23,940
50
Adam Pendleton
System of Display, F (FITS/ Man Ray, Ady Fidelin in front of Giacometti's "Albatross," 1937)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $107,100
51
Jenny Holzer
Selections from the Inflammatory Essays
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $37,800
52
Nam June Paik
Gotherbot
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $138,600
53
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Untitled (THE DAYS OF THIS SOCIETY IS NUMBERED)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $98,280
54
Tracey Emin
Just Love Me
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $88,200
55
Sarah Morris
The Kodak Theatre [Los Angeles]
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $75,600
56
Jim Lambie
Secret Affair (Gold)
Estimate $25,000 - 45,000
Sold for $30,240
57
Jim Lambie
Secret Affair (Silver)
Estimate $25,000 - 45,000
Sold for $47,880
58
Jeff Elrod
Get Off the Internet
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,800
59
Sam Moyer
White Water I
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,040
60
Larry Bell
SF 8.7.11B
Estimate $20,000 - 25,000
Sold for $25,200
61
Jaume Plensa
Song of Songs (Curtain U: Come my beloved...)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $138,600
62
George Rickey
Space Churn with Cams VI
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $37,800
63
Ai Weiwei
Forever Duo (Stainless Steel Bicycles in Gliding)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $94,500
64
John Chamberlain
Pasâdé Paar-Buckle
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $138,600
65
John Chamberlain
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $13,860
66
Igshaan Adams
For Those Who Know
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $88,200
67
Lucy Dodd
Palisades Cave
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,710
68
Chakaia Booker
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $59,220
69
Hannah Wilke
Untitled (Single Gum Sculpture)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,040
70
Judy Chicago
Growing Pains from the series Six Views from the Womantree
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $81,900
71No Reserve
Lesley Vance
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $6,930
72
Martin Puryear
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $20,160
73
Melvin Edwards
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $25,200
74
Sonia Gomes
Sem título from the series Torção
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $138,600
75
Raúl de Nieves
Recuerda ponte el casco
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $8,190
76
Maria Nepomuceno
Sem título
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
77
Gabriel Kuri
Waiting Spent (07)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
78
Adriano Costa
Banhista - Das G.O.D Captivator
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
79
Thiago Rocha Pitta
Tres Nuvens De Lama (Three Mud Clouds)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,120
80
Mariana Telleria
Estás en todos lados
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,048
81
Paulo Nazareth
Vicious Circle
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,340
82
Pedro Reyes
Guitarra
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $20,160
83
Eduardo Basualdo
Maitre et Esclave II
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,560
84
Carlito Carvalhosa
Untitled (P31/11)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,900
85
Artur Lescher
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,240
86
Iran do Espírito Santo
Black Restless 01
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,200
87
Iran do Espírito Santo
Sem título (Buraco de Fechadura)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
88
Ernesto Neto
Six Works: Sem Título
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $13,860
89
Salvador Corratgé
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
90
Armando Morales
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,080
91
Belkis Ayón
Limbo
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $18,900
92
Antonio Seguí
Caer Parado
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $25,200
93
David Smith
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,788
94
Louise Nevelson
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $9,450
95
Ralph Humphrey
For Norman
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $27,720
96
Callum Innes
Exposed Painting, Olive Green
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $35,280
97
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Temple of Green Light
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $27,720
98
Dan Walsh
Placebo
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
99
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $40,320
100
Kumi Sugaï
Petit Bleu
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $20,160
101
Larry Rivers
Crotch
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $20,160
102
Tom Wesselmann
Maquette for Bedroom Painting #32
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $69,300
103
Joan Snyder
To Transcend/The Moon
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $47,880
104
Frank Holliday
Water Tower
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
105
David Salle
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,120
106
Richard Prince
Untitled (T-Shirt)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $31,500
107
Barbara Kruger
Untitled (WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU LAUGHED?)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $37,800
108
Adam Pendleton
It Cold
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
Sold for $3,276
109
Kenny Scharf
Slapee
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $75,600
110
Aboudia
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $23,940
111
Devin Troy Strother
96 Niggas on That Assorted Colours
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $25,200
112
Joe Bradley
Venus
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
113
Christian Rosa
seasalt in heaven
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $18,900
114
Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,120
115
Ethan Cook
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $27,720
116
Sterling Ruby
Soft Vortex Diptych 1
Estimate $45,000 - 55,000
117
Liam Everett
Untitled (Verfeil)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,600
118
Liam Everett
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $10,080
119
Mark Flood
Lady with a Sponge
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,600
120
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,080
121
Alex Hubbard
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $25,200
122
Rob Pruitt
Suicide Painting XXI
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $18,900
123
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet
Untitled (Fugue XXIV)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,420
124
Lucien Smith
7th Heaven 2
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,860
125
Jon Pestoni
Cornered
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $21,420
126
Klara Lidén
Untitled (Poster Painting)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $27,720
127
Dan Colen
Oy Vey (3)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $25,200
128
Kathryn Andrews
Gift
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
129
Haim Steinbach
Untitled (2 toothpick holders, lamp)
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $18,900
130
Takuro Kuwata
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $16,380
131
Grant Levy-Lucero
F & R Discount Store Animal Crackers
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,080
132
Nicolas Party
Blakam's Stone (Apple)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $22,680
133
Jon Rafman
New Age Demanded (Cyberswirl Chrome)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $20,160
134
Will Ryman
Big Man with Cell Phone
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,900
135
Jonas Wood
Basketball
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $44,100
136
Josh Smith
Untitled (VIII)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $46,620
137
Josh Smith
Two Works: (i) Untitled; (ii) Jumping Fish (VII)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
138
Joyce Pensato
Untitled (Duck)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $18,900
139
Ida Ekblad
Eye of Providence (i-vi)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,380
140
Karel Appel
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,080
141
Fred Tomaselli
Long Pond
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,670
142
Sol LeWitt
Vertical Lines Not Straight Not Touching
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,380
143
Alexander Calder
Little Miss Pocket
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,200
144
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (He Was As)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $16,380
145
Andy Warhol
Rolling Stones - Love you Live Bill Wyman
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,900
146
Rosemarie Trockel
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $11,970
147
Eric Fischl
Untitled (Man on Beach with Daughter)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $12,600
148No Reserve
Pope.L
Greek
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $5,040
149No Reserve
Pope.L
Failure Drawing No. 1001: Boat Scene
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $1,386
150
Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu
Untitled (THE TYRANNY OF COMMON SENSE HAS REACHED ITS FINAL STAGE)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,860
151No Reserve
Aleksandra Mir
Two works: (i) Airplanes #21 (Ethiopian); (ii) Airplanes #1 (Xiamen Airlines)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $2,268
152
Javier Calleja
Untitled from the series El Fin del Mundo
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
153
Robert Longo
Johnny and Jane Run from Drome Bar (SC #50)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
154
Sterling Ruby
Mapping
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $18,900
155
Jordan Wolfson
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,900
156
Allison Katz
Stehli's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,820
157
Arturo Herrera
Stay (Permanence)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,200
158
Orion Martin
Nombreflad Glycerin Bloom
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,120
159No Reserve
Pieter Schoolwerth
Live Free or Die
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $22,680
160
Louisa Gagliardi
Yannick
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,080
161No Reserve
Morgan Blair
I Don’t Know Man, I’m Just Telling You What Ken Purdy the Cruise Director Told Me, So If I Were You I’d Be Throwing All My Books in the Incinerator Right Now Because the Earth Is Flat, My Friend
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000 •
162
Todd Bienvenu
Toddy as Sisyphus
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $23,940
163
Thomas Eggerer
Aquarium
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,710
164
Carole A. Feuerman
Kiss
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
165
Zhang Huan
Ash Head No. 28
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
166
Zhang Huan
To Raise the Water Level in a Fishpond (Water Child)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $10,710
167
Alec Soth
Falls 34
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,300
168
Ugo Rondinone
No. 182 SECHSTERAPRILZWEITAUSENDUNDNULL
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,680
169
Paul Mpagi Sepuya
Mirror Study (OX5A7431)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,600
170
Nan Goldin
Bruce in his car, NYC
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,820
171
Jordan Wolfson
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
172
David LaChapelle
Amanda as Andy Warhol's Marilyn
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,450
173
Mirosław Bałka
The Fall
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
174
Roni Horn
Untitled (Kitty Cat)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $11,970
175
Katja Novitskova
Approximation VI
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $12,600
176
Tim Noble and Sue Webster
Metal Fucking Rats with Heart Shaped Tail
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
177
Djordje Ozbolt
Star of Bethlehem
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,560
178
Sudarshan Shetty
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
179
Juan Uslé
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,600
180
Elizabeth Neel
Arms Were Legs
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $10,080
181
Matthew Chambers
Providing Superbly Articulate Answers While Not Raising Questions
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,269
182No Reserve
Rebecca Purdum
Blue Edge
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $5,292
183
Kcho
Illuminados
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,860
184
Adam Henry
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,780
185
Emil Lukas
Square Bouquet
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $30,240
186
Angelo Filomeno
Abyss
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,190
187
Mauro Perucchetti
Untitled 1 - Heart Attack
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $32,760
188
Josh Sperling
Squiggle #5
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $40,320

New Now

New York Auction 3 March 2021

Provenance

Exhibited

Literature

25

Katherine Bradford

Couples Swim

New Now