Kenny Scharf

Controlopuss II

signed, titled and dated "Controlopuss II Kenny Scharf '18" on the reverse
oil, acrylic and spray paint on linen, in artist's powder-coated aluminum frame
70 5/8 x 90 3/4 in. (179.4 x 230.5 cm)
Executed in 2018.

Estimate
$250,000 - 350,000

Sold for $279,400

Contact Specialist

Annie Dolan
Specialist, Head of Sale, Morning Session
+1 212 940 1288
adolan@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 15 November 2023

101
Alma Woodsey Thomas
Untitled
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $120,650
102
Anne Truitt
6 Sept '87 No.3
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
103
Alice Baber
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $95,250
104
Joan Brown
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $33,020
105
Lynne Drexler
Untitled (Dark)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,800
106
Lynne Drexler
Sporadic Spring
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $228,600
107
Gerhard Richter
Studie für ein abstraktes Bild
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $304,800
108
Gerhard Richter
Untitled (20 OKT. 92)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $215,900
109
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
110
Sam Francis
Sky Forms
Estimate $120,000 - 220,000
Sold for $114,300
111
Jane Piper
Study II
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,940
112
Vivian Springford
Untitled (VSF 533)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,850
113
Helen Frankenthaler
Watch
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $304,800
114
Ed Clark
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $76,200
115
Vivian Springford
Untitled (VSF 733)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $88,900
116
Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild
Estimate $350,000 - 550,000
117
Milton Avery
Flower
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $69,850
118
Marc Chagall
Bouc rouge lisant au-dessus des amoureux au repos
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $381,000
119
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Nature morte aux raisins, figues et grenades
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $279,400
122
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Study St. Malo
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
123
Max Pechstein
Alte Fischerhütten
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $82,550
124
Horace Pippin
Man Seated Near Stove
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $171,450
125
Ernie Barnes
The Vanishing Breed
Estimate $350,000 - 500,000
Sold for $406,400
126
This lot is no longer available.
127
Keith Haring
Red-Yellow-Blue #16 (Portrait of Adolpho)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $88,900
128
James Rosenquist
First Place
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $184,150
129
James Rosenquist
Dog Descending a Staircase
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $736,600
130
Andy Warhol
Kimiko Powers
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $952,500
131
Robert Indiana
LOVE (Blue and Red)
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
132
Carmen Herrera
Untitled Estructura (Blue)
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $457,200
133
Chung Sang-Hwa
Untitled 80-4-8
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $190,500
134
Robert Mangold
Curved Plane/Figure VIII, Study
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $381,000
135
Kenneth Noland
Blind Passage
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $241,300
136
Dan Flavin
untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $177,800
137
This lot is no longer available.
138
Jim Dine
Hope & Eyes
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,850
139
Neil Jenney
Window #6
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $91,440
140
Lois Dodd
View through Broken Tree
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $27,940
141
Tom Wesselmann
Smoker Study #41
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $330,200
142
Tom Wesselmann
Double Study for Bedroom Painting #2
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $139,700
143
Kenny Scharf
Drivedala
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
144
Kenny Scharf
Controlopuss II
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $279,400
145
This lot is no longer available.
146
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $190,500
147
Ernie Barnes
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $215,900
148
Ernie Barnes
Pool Hall Scene
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $53,340
149
Ernie Barnes
Study Sketch for Tennis
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $76,200
150
Wayne Thiebaud
Untitled (Study for "City Police Car")
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
151
Richard Diebenkorn
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
152
Milton Avery
Autumn Hills
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $57,150
153
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai)
El Morro #66M
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $19,050
154
Willem de Kooning
Woman – Lipstick
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $73,660
155
Edgar Degas
Trois danseuses
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $279,400
156
Auguste Rodin
Frère et Soeur
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $63,500
157
Maurice de Vlaminck
Fleurs dans un pichet blanc
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $30,480
158
Henri Matisse
Le Turban
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,640
159
Fernand Léger
Visage à la main
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $63,500
160
Alexander Calder
Four Creatures
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $88,900
161
Alexander Calder
Brothers, right
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $88,900
162
Ed Ruscha
IS
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $69,850
163
Ed Ruscha
3/4
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $40,640
164
Brice Marden
Untitled (For Mary Happy Birthday 1985)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
165
Alighiero Boetti
Segno e Disegno
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $114,300
166
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
167
Gerhard Richter
Untitled (1.8.89)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $57,150
168
Gerhard Richter
Untitled (13.4.08)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $63,500
169
Friedel Dzubas
Aurora
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
170
Paul Jenkins
Phenomena Natchez Trace
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $48,260
171
Beauford Delaney
Wine
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,640
172
Robert Motherwell
Souvenir de Californie
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
173
Toshimitsu Imai
Victoire
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
174
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $44,450
175
Alexander Calder
Cobblestones
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $40,640
176
Tom Wesselmann
Two works: (i) Study for Reclining Nude; (ii) Study for Nude Lying Back
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $60,960
177
Alex Katz
Nude
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $53,340
178
Susan Weil
Bathers
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $24,130
179
Arshile Gorky
Portrait of Helen Austin
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $25,000
180
David Park
Boy in Colored Cap
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $107,950
181
Hector Poleo
Mujer con pañuelo
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $22,860
182
Sandú Darié
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $35,560
183
Ilya Bolotowsky
Yellow Tondo
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $20,320
184
Ilya Bolotowsky
Relief
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $88,900
185
Ilya Bolotowsky
Vertical Diamond in Black
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $48,260
186
Thomas Downing
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $19,050
187
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Trans Gray
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $38,100
188
De Wain Valentine
Concave Circle Blue Green
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $69,850
189
John McLaughlin
#7
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
190
Robert Morris
Vetti V
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
191
Sorel Etrog
War Remembrance
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $69,850
192
Louise Bourgeois
Germinal
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $152,400
193
Georgia O'Keeffe
Untitled (Clay Pot and Stand)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,860
194
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Asse del movimento I
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,800
195
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Colonna
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $152,400
196
Mathias Goeritz
Clouage
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
197
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $38,100
198
Tony Smith
Light Box
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
199
Sir Anthony Caro, O.M, R.A.
Open Secret
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
200
Carl Andre
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $30,480
201
Carl Andre
arc bin bur cam
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $11,430
202
Carl Andre
ESSAY ON PAINTING FOR F P STELLA 1965
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $13,970
203
Lee Lozano
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $48,260
204
Andy Warhol
Three works: (i-iii) Seismograph
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
205
Andy Warhol
Plate of Food with Man's Chest
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $40,640
206
Gottfried Helnwein
Untitled (Red Gun II)
Estimate $50,000 - 80,000
Sold for $63,500
207
Gottfried Helnwein
Untitled (The Disasters of War 24)
Estimate $50,000 - 80,000
Sold for $63,500
208
George Condo
Religions of its Time
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $190,500
209
George Condo
The King
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $63,500
210
George Condo
Still Life
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $50,800
211
George Condo
Torro
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $82,550
212
Leon Kelly
Bird on an Asian Pinnacle
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $6,350
213
César
La Mouche
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $48,260
214
Claude Lalanne
Pomme Bouche
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $104,140
215
Niki de Saint Phalle
Serpent sur ressort
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,065
216
Niki de Saint Phalle
Small Bull Totem
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $69,850
217
Niki de Saint Phalle
Petit Dragon
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $15,000
218
Louise Nevelson
Maquette for Monumental Sculpture VII
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $38,100
219
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Sfera
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $95,250
220
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Disco
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $31,750
221
Clement Meadmore
Elaboration
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $22,860
222No Reserve
Ibram Lassaw
Labyrinth VII
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $1,270

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

New York Auction 15 November 2023

Provenance

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Kenny Scharf

Controlopuss II

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session