Koen van den Broek

Hummer

signed with the artist's initials and titled 'KvdB "Hummer"' lower edge
acrylic and graphite on paper
50 x 35 cm (19 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
Executed in 2010.

Estimate
£2,000 - 3,000 ♠

Sold for £5,000

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 26 June 2018

101
Jean Dubuffet
Personnage IV
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
102
Lucio Fontana
Concetto spaziale, l Quanta
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £168,750
103
Alighiero Boetti
Le cose nascono dalla necessità e dal caso
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
104
Alighiero Boetti
Segno e Disegno
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £100,000
105
Lucio Fontana
Crocifissione
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £97,500
106
Dame Barbara Hepworth
Oval with Two Forms
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
Sold for £112,500
107
Henry Moore
Ideas for Sculpture
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
108
Ben Nicholson
1978 June (group in movement)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,875
109
Franz West
Passstück
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £75,000
110
David Hockney
Peter having a wash
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
111
David Hockney
The Emperor's Search for the Nightingale
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
112
Allen Jones
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
113
Allen Jones
Please Don’t Forget To
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
114
Peter Doig
Abstract Composition #1
Estimate £130,000 - 200,000 ♠
115
Barry Flanagan RA
Leaping Hare on Crescent and Bell
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £137,500
116
Juan Muñoz
One Laughing at the Red Ball
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ♠
117
Antonio Saura
Grand Nu
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £187,500
118
Manolo Valdés
Hommage à Matisse
Estimate £100,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £125,000
119
Hans Hartung
T 1983-E45
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ♠
Sold for £212,500
120
Takis (Panayiotis Vassilakis)
Signal
Estimate £20,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
121
César
Les Roberts d'Evelyne
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £87,500
122
Raymond Hains
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
123
This lot is no longer available.
124
Bernard Aubertin
Tableau Clous
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
125
Victor Vasarely
Verseit
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £87,500
126
Le Corbusier
Le Canapé II
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £97,500
127
Sol LeWitt
Squiggly Brushstrokes
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £40,000
128
Donald Judd
Untitled (90-2 1990 SFA)
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000
Sold for £43,750
129
Carl Andre
Manet Post and Threshold
Estimate £45,000 - 55,000 ‡
Sold for £50,000
130
Sol LeWitt
Wall Drawing #1185 Scribbles: Inverted Curve (Horizontal)
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡
Sold for £118,750
131
Hanne Darboven
Tagesrechnung Monat Dezember, 1989
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
132
Larry Bell
ELBK 10 (Ellipse on Black 10)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £50,000
133
Lawrence Weiner
Helix
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £11,250
134
Andy Warhol
Turquoise and Yellow Monkey
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
135
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Alchemy
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000
Sold for £162,500
136
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £81,250
137
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Venus
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £150,000
138
Andy Warhol
Sam (seated with long hair)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £16,250
139
John Wesley
Sleeveless Sweater
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £12,500
140
William N. Copley
The Conformist
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £75,000
141
Tom Wesselmann
Sketch from "Big Brown Nude"
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £37,500
142
Sam Francis
Untitled (SF63-050)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £30,000
143
Sam Francis
Untitled (SF88-403)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
144
Sam Francis
Los Angeles
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £93,750
145
Jackson Pollock
Calligraph
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
146
James Lee Byars
Penis Letter to Jon Thompson
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
147
Paul Jenkins
Phenomena for my Liege
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £28,750
148
Otto Piene
Ohne Titel
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
149
Agostino Bonalumi
Progetto
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
150
Jannis Kounellis
Remo
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £62,500
151
Sandro Chia
Volti
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
152
Valerio Adami
Foto di Ben Shahn
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
153
Piero Dorazio
Jeu Flamand II
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £52,500
154
Marino Marini
Cavallo e Cavaliere
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
155
Mario Schifano
Paesaggio nudo
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
156
Agostino Bonalumi
Blu
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £62,500
157
Jan Schoonhoven
Modulated ridges
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £106,250
158
Mario Schifano
Boccioli
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
159No Reserve
Tano Festa
Finestra
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 •♠
160
Piero Pizzi Cannella
Nottambulo
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
161
This lot is no longer available.
162
Pietro Consagra
Ferro trasparente bianco V
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £152,500
163
Yayoi Kusama
Where to, Silver Clouds
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £47,500
164
Yayoi Kusama
Rain in Broad Day Light
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £43,750
165
Kim Tschang-Yeul
PA 19-80
Estimate £180,000 - 280,000 ‡
Sold for £212,500
166
Jiro Takamatsu
Andromeda A Series
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
167
Lee Ufan
Correspondance
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
168
Jiro Takamatsu
Shadow (No. 1430)
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £125,000
169
Walasse Ting
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
170
Kazumi Nakamura
A Bird in its Existence 113
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
171
Takashi Murakami
Dokuro pink
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £68,750
172
KAWS
Running Chum - Bus Stop
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000
Sold for £537,000
172A
Banksy
Angel
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡♠
Sold for £393,000
173
George Condo
Multicoloured Man
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £60,000
174
Henry Taylor
Fighting Irish
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £46,250
175
Josh Smith
Untitled (JS07451)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
176
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £35,000
177
Katharina Grosse
Untitled
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £112,500
178
Ali Banisadr
It Happened and It Never Did
Estimate £220,000 - 280,000 ‡
Sold for £345,000
179
Lesley Vance
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £97,500
180
This lot is no longer available.
181
Robert Longo
Untitled (Backdoor-Pipeline, Hawaii-spring '99)
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000
Sold for £369,000
182
Barbara Kruger
Stay/Go
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £162,500
183
Richard Prince
Untitled (check painting) #18
Estimate £55,000 - 75,000 ‡
Sold for £93,750
184
Sterling Ruby
BC (4186)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £62,500
185
Wade Guyton
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £56,250
186
Rob Pruitt
Safe
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
187
Sterling Ruby
Alabaster SR09-8
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £81,250
188
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡♠
Sold for £267,000
189
Ugo Rondinone
VIERTERAPRILZWEITAUSENDUNDZWÖLF
Estimate £140,000 - 180,000
Sold for £162,500
190
Latifa Echakhch
Tambour 23
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £43,750
191
Valentin Carron
Her mud is made of ground coal, honey and water
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
192
Ugo Rondinone
moonrise.west.february
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £37,500
193
Robert Longo
Study of Polar Bear (Bresson's au hasard Balthazar) #1; Study of Tiger (Bresson's au hasard Balthazar) #2; Study of Monkey (Bresson's au hasard Balthazar) #3
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £60,000
194
Matthew Day Jackson
Urknall #2
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £35,000
195
Rashid Johnson
Cosmic Slop
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £62,500
196
Glenn Ligon
The Future #1
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £143,750
197
Kara Walker
O! The Pathos of Black Womanhood
Estimate £45,000 - 65,000 ‡
Sold for £93,750
198
Mickalene Thomas
America the Beautiful
Estimate £45,000 - 65,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
199
Julie Mehretu
Untitled
Estimate £28,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £81,250
200
Wangechi Mutu
Mellow Yellow
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £23,750
201
Henry Taylor
Armani
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £23,750
202
Gary Simmons
Midnight Marauders
Estimate £22,000 - 28,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
203
Glenn Ligon
Untitled (I remember the very day)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £143,750
204
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
205
Günther Förg
Bus Garages, Moscow
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £87,500
206
Thomas Struth
Acropolis Museum Athens
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
207
Sigmar Polke
Ohne Titel (Fenster)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £87,500
208
Julian Schnabel
DES + Gina
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £75,000
209
Anton Henning
Blumenstilleben No. 131
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
210
Jonathan Meese
Fräulein Blöwinnnn im Milch der Strasse
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
211
André Butzer
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
212
Matthias Weischer
Bühne
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £75,000
213No Reserve
Martin Eder
There is no moment to sit
Estimate £20,000 - 40,000 •♠
Sold for £8,750
214
Marcin Maciejowski
Tadeusz Kantor przy Powstającym Obrazie Informel
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
215
Norbert Schwontkowski
Studio nachts
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
216
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £60,000
217
Erwin Wurm
Deleuze kneeling down
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
218
Daniel Richter
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
219
Markus Lüpertz
Gitterbild
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
220
A.R. Penck
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £68,750
221
A.R. Penck
Lava Mann Skorpion Auge Pentagon
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
222
Imi Knoebel
Anima Mundi 23-5
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠†
Sold for £15,000
223
Imi Knoebel
Fishing Red E I
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
224
Bernard Frize
Insulaire W
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £43,750
225
Peter Halley
Dominator X
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £131,250
226
Joe Bradley
Standing Figure (Robot)
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £181,250
227
Bernard Frize
Blanc
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
228
Richard Deacon
Alphabet T
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,000
229
Sarah Morris
Novotel (Nice)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
230
Gary Hume
Bracelet
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
231
Damien Hirst
Untitled
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
Sold for £125,000
232
Antony Gormley
Feeling Material XXXIX
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
233
Antony Gormley
Body I
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
234
Raqib Shaw
After the Garden of Earthly Delights - Hieronymus Bosch
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000
Sold for £162,500
235
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Two Faced Cunt
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
236
This lot is no longer available.
237
Tracey Emin
I Followed You to The Sun
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £81,250
238
Tony Cragg
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
239
Jedd Novatt
Susse 3
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £50,000
240
Joana Vasconcelos
Psyche
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
241
Tomás Saraceno
Air-Port-City/Cloud-City/12 Cloud Modules
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
242
Thomas Houseago
Carved Head (Base)
Estimate £22,000 - 28,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
243
Jan Fabre
Self-portrait as Joker in the Ommeganck Street
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
244
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (When all have looked, some will cast their eyes downward...)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,625
245
William Kentridge
Puppet Drawing
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £35,000
246No Reserve
Jim Shaw
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 •
Sold for £2,125
247No Reserve
Jim Shaw
Pencil Mustach
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for £2,000
248
John Currin
Woman with child
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £30,000
249
John Currin
Big breasted woman
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
250
Chris Ofili
Four works: (i-iv) Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
251
Oscar Muñoz
Intervalos
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £18,750
252
Paul Noble
Quarry N
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
253
Yehudit Sasportas
Sagiterious Ghost
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
254
Jan Fabre
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
255
David Shrigley
Three works: (i-iii) Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
256
Jack Pierson
Truth
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £97,500
257
Barbara Kruger
Who Will Write The History of Tears?
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £27,500
258
Cory Arcangel
Timeless Standard
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £15,000
259
Jeff Elrod
Backspace
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £30,000
260
David Ostrowski
F (Capture the dream)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
261
Tom Burr
The Night Before Last
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £27,500
262
Sergej Jensen
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
263
Oscar Murillo
Untitled (There's Nothing Left Series)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £27,500
264
Angel Otero
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £31,250
265
Chantal Joffe
Woman in Front of a Fire
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
266
This lot is no longer available.
267
Os Gêmeos
It is Supposed to be Raining But.....
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £100,000
268
George Condo
Soft Green Abstraction
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £35,000
269
Tal R
Haute Couture
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £60,000
270
Wim Delvoye
Untitled (Jean Olivier)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
271
Rashid Johnson
Two Rugs
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
272
Lucien Smith
Close your Eyes & What do you See
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £20,000
273
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
274
Christian Rosa
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
275
Jean Boghossian
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £32,500
276
Ethan Cook
Untitled (Square, begin at one corner until complete)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
277
Sam Moyer
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £11,875
278
Wolfgang Tillmans
Silver 165
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
279
Wolfgang Tillmans
On the verge of visibility
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
280
Louise Lawler
Les Coordonnes
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £15,000
281
Sophie Calle
Twenty years later
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
282
Gordon Matta-Clark
First Approach
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £27,500
283
Gordon Matta-Clark
2nd Stage Proposals for Antwerp (with Final Plans)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £11,250
284No Reserve
John Stezaker
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •♠
Sold for £3,750
285
Cindy Sherman
Untitled # 390 (The Detective)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £11,250
286
Gerhard Richter
Ella
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £40,000
287
Vik Muniz
After Gerhard Richter (from Pictures of Colour)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £27,500
288
Roman Opałka
Four works: (i) OPALKA 1965 / 1-∞ Detail 5345992; (ii) OPALKA 1965 / 1-∞ Detail 5349357; (iii) OPALKA 1965 / 1-∞ Detail 5359224; (iv) OPALKA 1965 / 1-∞ Detail 5359987
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
289
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Mountain Lion (#109)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £11,250
290
This lot is no longer available.
291
Rodney Graham
A Little Thought
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
292
Shepard Fairey
Power & Glory Flag 1
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £23,750
293
Shepard Fairey
Station to Station 3
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
294
Stuart Semple
Remain
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
295
Asli Özok
Miami
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £37,500
296
Katy Moran
Tall and Proud
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
297
Konstantino Dregos
Lapsus 43
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
298
Haluk Akakçe
The Affair
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
299
Ahmet Güneştekin
Gunessiz Uyuyanlar
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
300
Wang Yigang
Abstract H5
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £27,500
301
Gerhard Richter
Haggadah (P2)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠†
Sold for £16,250
302
Marc Quinn
Arctic Nervous Breakdown
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
303
Luc Tuymans
Fireplace
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
304
Rinus Van de Velde
Robert always resisted giving any kind of explanation
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
305
Hans Op de Beeck
Snowscape (8)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £26,250
306
Jan Fabre
Het Denken van het Verbodene (La Pensee de l`interdit// Thinking the Forbidden)
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
307
Pieter Vermeersch
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
308
Berlinde De Bruyckere
Spreken
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
309
Koen van den Broek
Hummer
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
310
Sofie Muller
AL/LIV/17 sculpture
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
311
Peter Buggenhout
Keine Ahnung #7
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
312
Dirk Braeckman
R.H.-V.B.-16
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
313
Sven 't Jolle
Claire & Nette
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £938
314
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
Cependant, les problemes posees...
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 26 June 2018

Provenance

309

Koen van den Broek

Hummer

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale