Provenance
Martin Lawrence Galleries, USA
Michael Kohn, Los Angeles
Matsart Auctioneers and Appraisers, Israeli and International Art, 25 November 2007, lot 81
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

235

Kenny Scharf

Space Snake

1987-88
acrylic and oil on canvas
81 x 101 cm (31 7/8 x 39 3/4 in)
Signed, titled and dated 'Kenny Scharf 87-88 Space Snake' on the reverse.

Estimate
£15,000 - 20,000 ‡

Sold for £16,250

Contemporary Art Day Sale

15 February 2013
London

101
Dan Rees
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £43,250
102
Oliver Laric
Wu Tang Guilloche Rodin
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
103
Xylor Jane
VC III A (First Fall)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £13,750
104
Ned Vena
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £34,850
105
Cory Arcangel
Photoshop CS: 84 by 66 inches. 300 DPI, RGB, square pixels, default gradient "Blue, Red, Yellow", mousedown y=7600 x=8600, mouseup y=7850 x=8600
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
106
Nathan Hylden
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £25,000
107
Tauba Auerbach
Blahs II
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
Sold for £44,450
108
Thomas Houseago
Untitled
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ♠
Sold for £33,650
109
David Noonan
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £15,000
110
Adel Abdessemed
Sphère II
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £44,450
111
Matias Faldbakken
Untitled (Garbage Bag #06)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,750
112
Matthew Day Jackson
And Babies? And Babies
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £51,650
113
Allora & Calzadilla
Intermission (Halloween Iraq): Portrait VI
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £52,850
114
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
115
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £46,850
116
Kelley Walker
Stop the Clock
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
Sold for £32,450
117
Kelley Walker
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £55,250
118
Keith Coventry
Junk A
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠†
119
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £34,850
120
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
121
Richard Aldrich
Parts Painted and Taken Away
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £27,500
122
Henry Taylor
I think he’s just sleep’n
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
123
Sean Landers
Fool Failure
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £32,450
124
George Condo
Three Women
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £25,000
125
George Condo
Bedroom Scene
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £27,500
126
Wangechi Mutu
Hooked worm
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
127
KAWS
Christy Turlington Ad Disruption
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £17,500
128
Os Gêmeos
The House of Maria
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 Ω
Sold for £79,250
129
Walead Beshty
FedEx Large Box, Priority Overnight, Los Angeles–New York (Tracking No. 799801787460), New York–Berlin (Tracking No. 865264191816), Berlin–London (Tracking No. 871691449968)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
130
Lori Hersberger
INSTANT KARMA No. 2
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £49,250
131
Christopher Wool
Incident on 9th Street
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
132
Mike Kelley
Black Out (Detroit River)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
133
Piotr Uklański
Untitled (Twilight)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
134
Andro Wekua
White Tree
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £15,000
135
Patrick Hill
Magnolia Blvd.
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 †
136
Zhang Huan
Xiao Lu
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £51,650
137
Ugo Rondinone
DRITTERFEBRUARNEUNZEHNHUNDERTACHTUNDNEUNZIG
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
138
Andy Warhol
Isabelle Adjani
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £11,875
139
Alex Katz
Vincent, Grey Sweater
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £23,750
140
Robert Indiana
Why O Why Has Peace Fled
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £115,250
141
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Bedroom Painting #48
Estimate £80,000 - 100,000 ‡
Sold for £79,250
142
Julian Schnabel
Winnie
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £133,250
143
Juan Muñoz
Untitled (false pride-carried on the back of shame)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
144
George Condo
The Rock Thrower
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
145
Thomas Demand
Ghost
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £49,250
146
Karin Kneffel
Untitled (Egg)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £66,050
147
Gerhard Richter
Rot-Blau-Gelb (Red-Blue-Yellow)
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ♠
Sold for £241,250
148
Callum Innes
Exposed Painting, Olive Green
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £39,650
149
Yayoi Kusama
River dawn
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
150
Cecily Brown
Lured
Estimate £180,000 - 220,000 ‡♠
Sold for £199,250
151
Hernan Bas
Countess eavesdropping
Estimate £10,000 - 12,000
Sold for £16,250
152
Hernan Bas
Saint Ambrose and the Bees
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £23,750
153
Jim Shaw
Untitled (Octopus)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
154
Jim Shaw
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
155
Wangechi Mutu
Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine Tumors
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 †
Sold for £6,875
156
Mark Grotjahn
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £13,750
157
Raqib Shaw
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
158
Franz West
Nudismo
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
159
Ugo Rondinone
Saturday, November 21
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £21,250
160
Marc Quinn
Separation of Body and Soul (RYBRGY)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £115,250
161
Fred Tomaselli
Fade into You
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡
162
Cindy Sherman
Untitled – Metropolis Series (239)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 †
Sold for £39,650
163
Tom Friedman
Untitled (String Figure)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 †
164
Wilhelm Sasnal
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
165
Wilhelm Sasnal
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
166
Aaron Young
Untitled (Single)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £21,250
167
Banks Violette
Not Yet Titled (Two Chairs)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
168
Gardar Eide Einarsson
Rammellzee (Pay the Rent)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
169
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (There was a last vague space...)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
170
Os Gêmeos
Untitled
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
171
RETNA
EX VANDALS
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £13,750
172
Shepard Fairey
Sunsets To Die For
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £13,750
173
Robin Rhode
Street Gym
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 †
174
Robin Rhode
Automatic Drowning
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
175
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
W, September 1997, no.3
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £30,000
176
John Baldessari
Ass: Maquette for the Elbow Series (A2)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
177
John Baldessari
Fox: Maquette for the Elbow Series (B1)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
178
Vik Muniz
Untitled Film Still #7, after Cindy Sherman (from Pictures of Paper)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
179
Vik Muniz
Individuals (from Pictures of Chocolate)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
180
Richard Prince
Upstate
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 †
Sold for £17,500
181
Richard Prince
Untitled (Publicity)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 †
182
Richard Prince
Upstate
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £11,875
183
Olafur Eliasson
Untitled (Iceland Series)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
184
Rashid Johnson
Crosshair Brand
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,125
185
Allora & Calzadilla
Forecast
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £11,250
186
Mike Kelley
Pre and Post (diptych)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
187
Christopher Williams
Two works: (i) Tokuyo Yamada, Hair Designer, Shinbiyo Shuppan Co., Ltd, Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo, April 14 (A); (ii) Tokuyo Yamada, Hair Designer, Shinbiyo Shuppan Co., Ltd, Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo, April 14 (B)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
188
Glen Luchford and Jenny Saville
Closed Contact #14
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
189
Vanessa Beecroft
Top 20: Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
190
Valie Export
Action Pants: Genital Panic
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
191
David Noonan
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £17,500
192
Juan Muñoz
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
193
Christo
Etching Maquette for Wrapped Venus, project for Villa Borghese, Rome
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
194
Thomas Schütte
Christene
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
195
Kiki Smith
Woman with Bear
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
196
Dan Graham
Swimming Pool/Fish Pond
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
197
Anselm Reyle
Black Earth
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £46,850
198
Jim Lambie
Blacktronic
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
199
Liam Gillick
Resolution Platform
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
200
Anselm Reyle
29 Palms
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £73,250
201
Imi Knoebel
Two works: Kinderstern
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £37,250
202
Jason Martin
Villain
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
203
Anselm Reyle
Harmony
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £115,250
204
Jeppe Hein
Mirror Wall
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ♠†
Sold for £46,850
205
Katja Strunz
Memory Wall (7)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠†
Sold for £11,250
206
Fiona Rae
Predator
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
207
Jin Meyerson
Untitled (14b)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
208
Vitaliy and Elena Vasilieva
Neo (two works)
Estimate £20,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £39,650
209
David LaChapelle
Amanda as Andy Warhol's Marilyn (blue)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
210
David LaChapelle
Pamela Anderson as Saint
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
211
Wim Delvoye
Pipe 2
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
212
Wim Delvoye
4 Shovels
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £73,250
213
This lot is no longer available.
214
Rebecca Horn
Painting Ilias
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
215
Mimmo Paladino
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
216
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ♠
Sold for £43,250
217
Carla Accardi
Untitled
Estimate £75,000 - 115,000 ♠
218
José-María Cano
The Important Bidders
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £55,250
219
Salvatore Scarpitta
Baya di Pizzaco
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
220
A.R. Penck
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,250
221
Karel Appel
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
222
A.R. Penck
TX
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
223
A.R. Penck
Socrates
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
224
Raymond Hains
Palissade
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
225
Joseph Beuys
Two works: (i) besser heute aktiv; (ii) ohne Titel
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
226
Andy Warhol
Watches, Clocks and Mirror
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
227
Andy Warhol
Beauty is shoe, shoe beauty
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
228
Niki de Saint Phalle
Serpent et déesses
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,000
229
Michel Majerus
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠†
230
Tal R
23, 54
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
231
Tal R
Over Bridge under Bridge
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £46,850
232
Donald Baechler
Dollar Painting #2
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £11,250
233
Katy Moran
Grandma lamp
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
234
Ryan McGinness
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
235
Kenny Scharf
Space Snake
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £16,250
236
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Picasso Noma (from the Exquisite Corpse series)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,000
237
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Milking Boobs (from the Exquisite Corpse series)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
238
Ben Turnbull
All The Pez’s Men (Nixon)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
239
Miranda Donovan
Back Water Beauty
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
240
Ian Monroe
Core
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
241
Damien Hirst
Four Works: The Souls I-IV
Estimate £14,000 - 18,000 ♠†
242
Damien Hirst
The Twist
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠†
Sold for £31,250
243
Muntean/Rosenblum
Untitled (We look at each other...)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
244
Philippe Pasqua
Nathalie
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
245
Mark Evans
Study for the Year of Jubilee
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £39,650
246
Mykola Matsenko
Power of Knowledge
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
247
Pavlo Makov
Tablecloth VI (from the Tablecloths series)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,750
248
Max Vityk
Sleep
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
249
Tetsuya Yamada
Three works: Morice
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
250
Pavel Tchelitchew
Leaves Children from Hide & Seek
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
251
David Nash
Red and Black: Egg and Space
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
252
James Brown
Two works: Interior Study (2); Interior Study (3)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
253
Steven Gontarski
Three Hypoxic
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
254
Alastair Mackie
Matchstick Tree
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
255
James Hopkins
Reclining Figure
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
256
T.V. Santhosh
How far is the freedom?
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
257
Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra
Somnium Genero -Self
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
258
Tom Wesselmann
Bedroom Face with Orange Wallpaper
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £12,500
259
Damien Hirst
Unique Orange Butterfly
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠†
260
Damien Hirst
In A Spin, The Action of the World on Things
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠†
261
Marcello Lo Giudice
Rouge/Red
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750

Contemporary Art Day Sale

15 February 2013 London

Provenance

235

Kenny Scharf

Space Snake

Contemporary Art Day Sale

15 February 2013
London