Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1973
Exhibited
New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Lester Johnson: Paintings 1967-68, February 1 - 22, 1969
Madrid, Palacios del Retiro, II Bienal Internacional del Deporte en las Bellas Artes, May - June 1969
Literature
Natalie Edgar, “The Passing Crowd”, Artnews, January 1969, p. 53 (illustrated; titled as Three Men With Hats Walking)

129

Lester Johnson

Three Men with Hats Walking #2

signed and dated "Lester Johnson 1968" on the reverse
oil on canvas
80 x 68 1/2 in. (203.2 x 174 cm)
Painted in 1968.

Estimate
$4,000 - 6,000

Sold for $4,000

Contact Specialist

Sam Mansour
Associate Specialist, Head of New Now Sale
New York
+1 212 940 1219

New Now

New York Auction 30 September 2020

1
Matthew Wong
Blue Tree
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $300,000
2
Ann Craven
Red Robin Sings, 2004
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $9,375
3
Robert Nava
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $16,250
4
Vaughn Spann
Strange Bloom #1
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $6,875
5
Firelei Báez
Megan (lugar a dudas)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $46,250
6
Arcmanoro Niles
Homegrown
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $23,750
7
Van Hanos
Wishful Thinking
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $15,000
8No Reserve
Gina Beavers
Candy Ombré Lips
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $21,250
9
Brian Calvin
Golden
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $60,000
10
Jana Euler
Headless Into Abstraction
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $10,625
11
Eliza Douglas
I Really Mean It
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,750
12
Anne Imhof
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $22,500
13
Anne Imhof
Baby, Baby
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $22,500
14
Vivian Suter
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
15
Caitlin Keogh
Punctuation
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $18,750
16
Ida Ekblad
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $37,500
17
Vivian Springford
Martinique Series
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $106,250
18
Gene Davis
2 Plus
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $30,000
19
Angel Otero
Balcony Song
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $47,500
20
Melike Kara
Tankstelle (mother)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $32,500
21
Claire Tabouret
The School Smocks
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $125,000
22
Manolo Valdés
Las señoritas de Avignon (Les Demoiselles d'Avignon)
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
23
Genieve Figgis
Boat House
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $162,500
24
Anna Glantz
Happier than Piero
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,125
25
Eddie Martinez
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $9,375
26
Tomoo Gokita
Mass Medium
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,250
27
Javier Calleja
Two works: (i-ii) Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $9,375
28
Joyce Pensato
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $20,000
29
Nina Chanel Abney
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $17,500
30
Huma Bhabha
Two works: (i-ii) Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,250
31
Henry Taylor
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
32
Sterling Ruby
Clover Dear
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $25,000
33
Cameron Jamie
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
34
Katharina Grosse
O.T.
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $100,000
35
Katherine Bernhardt
Toucan green/orange
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $43,750
36
Katherine Bradford
Swimming Pool, Long
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $40,000
37
Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe
Old Town Boy
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $137,500
38
Marcus Jahmal
Mystical forest trooper
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $33,750
39
Amoako Boafo
Lighter
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $325,000
40
Titus Kaphar
Study of the Suitor: Harper Caldwell Jr.
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $187,500
41
Michael Ray Charles
(Forever Free) The Watermelon Party
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $87,500
42
Richard Prince
Untitled (original)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $100,000
43
Sherrie Levine
Une Pipe: 1
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
44
Franz West
Passtück (Maske)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $50,000
45
Sherrie Levine
Silver Mirror: 6
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
46
Ai Weiwei
Surveillance Camera
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
47
Yayoi Kusama
New York
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $68,750
48
This lot is no longer available.
49
Nicolas Party
Untitled (Landscape)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $150,000
50
George Condo
Accumulated Head
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $62,500
51
Kenny Scharf
Jung UL
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $125,000
52
Peter Saul
Lt. Calley
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $56,250
53
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and A-One
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $93,750
54
KAWS
Untitled (MBFF7)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $125,000
55
Urs Fischer
Café
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $56,250
56
Jonas Wood
Four Majors
Estimate $45,000 - 55,000
Sold for $87,500
57
RETNA
Unitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $56,250
58
Oscar Murillo
La era de la sinceridad
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,500
59
Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu
The Infamous Product of Western Culture
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,125
60
Mel Bochner
Contempt
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $17,500
61
Ryan Sullivan
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $27,500
62
Christian Marclay
Actions: Plop Plop Plop Fwoof (No. 1)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
63
Christian Marclay
Three Framed Grooveless Records with Colored Labels
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
64No Reserve
Chris Martin
Seven Pointed Star
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000 •
Sold for $13,750
65
Alexander Calder
Flyball Governor
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $68,750
66
Alexander Calder
Blue and Yellow Spheres
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $62,500
67
Robert Motherwell
Heiliger Geist
Estimate $140,000 - 180,000
68
Robert Rauschenberg
National Symphony Ball
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
69
Allan D'Arcangelo
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
70
Louise Nevelson
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $11,250
71
Alfred Leslie
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
72
Manolo Millares
Composition
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
73
Jean Dubuffet
Figure isolée
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $21,250
74
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,000
75
Louise Fishman
Kiss Off
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,875
76
Tsuyoshi Maekawa
1967 G 80-2
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $125,000
77
Ed Moses
Red Square
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
78
Friedel Dzubas
Fallen Dream
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $40,000
79
Norman Bluhm
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,750
80
Theodoros Stamos
Infinity Field (from the Cretan Series)
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $35,000
81
Julian Stanczak
Unfolding and the Rain No. 2
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,000
82
Julian Stanczak
Chromatic Fold - White, Yellow
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $20,000
83
Andy Warhol
Piss Painting
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $32,500
84
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Sunset Nude with Red Stockings
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $16,250
85
Tom Wesselmann
Nude Banner
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $47,500
86
George Condo
Odalisque Improvisation
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $27,500
87
George Condo
Orange Couple
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,500
88
Carole A. Feuerman
Sunburn
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $35,000
89
Patrick Hughes
Panoramania
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
90
Raimonds Staprans
Naxos #7
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $137,500
91
Hernan Bas
Barthélemy Enfantin (the Monks of Menilmontant)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $40,000
92
Hernan Bas
The New Witch
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $27,500
93
Hernan Bas
Untitled, 2 from the series Twinkle Twinkle (or The Dirty Pictures)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $13,750
94
This lot is no longer available.
95
Brian Calvin
Sand Sea Sun Sky Someone
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $17,500
96
Milton Avery
The Dreamer
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $37,500
97
Ellsworth Kelly
Marianne
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
98
Celia Paul
Kate
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,625
99
Chantal Joffe
Beatrice
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $12,500
100
Adrian Ghenie
Study for Self-portrait
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
101
Adrian Ghenie
Study for 'Self-portrait as a Monkey'
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
102
Charles Gaines
Explosion #29
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $20,000
103
Mimi Lauter
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $9,375
104
Charline von Heyl
Untitled (31.02.02)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,750
105
Alex Hubbard
Blowhard
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,250
106
Charles Arnoldi
Cousin
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
107
Donald Baechler
Five Color Abstraction with Running Figure
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $12,500
108
Chris Succo
Turn the Page
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
109
Haim Steinbach
Landscape A-1
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $21,250
110
Walead Beshty
FedEx® Large Kraft Box ©2004 FEDEX 155143 REV 10/04 SSCC, International Priority, Los Angeles–Beijing trk#875468976018, September 08–14, 2011, International Priority, Beijing–Miami trk#874108926300, November 23–28, 2011, Priority Overnight, Miami–Boston trk#875575040808, January 18–19, 2012
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $22,500
111
Aaron Curry
MUFF MOUTH
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $18,750
112
Ivan Morley
A True Tale
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
113
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet
Untitled (Screen IV)
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $21,250
114
Sadie Benning
Untitled telephone drawing
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $21,250
115
Donald Moffett
Lot 012510 (50/o)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,500
116
Jim Hodges
Wa Wa Wa
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,375
117
Juan Uslé
Sueño de Brooklyn
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $52,500
118
Jackie Saccoccio
Time (Shimmer)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,875
119
Iván Navarro
Black Hole of Light
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
120
Jeffrey Gibson (Choctaw/Cherokee)
Family
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
121
Joseph Kosuth
No Number 8 (not on color/blue)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $43,750
122
Jason Rhoades
Light / Inner Light
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
123
Joris Van de Moortel
White light paint it white, the loop station (to station)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
124
Tracey Emin
I Never Wanted to Leave You
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
125
Keith Edmier
Farrah's Phalaenopsis, Version I
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
126
Jerome Kirk
Before Predawn
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
127
Claire Fontaine
Les refusés, V. I
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
128
Enoc Pérez
Nude
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $10,000
129
Lester Johnson
Three Men with Hats Walking #2
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,000
130
George Condo
Bathroom
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,250
131
Claudio Bravo
Naturaleza muerta
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
132
George Segal
Man with Fur Hat
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
133
Loló Soldevilla
Sin título
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $23,750
134
José Bedia
El Amor de Mi Bohio
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
135
Sandú Darié
Sin título
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $18,750
136
Loló Soldevilla
Sin título
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
137
Jose Dávila
Conjunto habitacional
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,250
138
Aldo Chaparro
Acero 21
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $11,250
139
Damián Ortega
Figura 1/6
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
140
Arturo Herrera
Self-Portrait
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,500
141
Los Carpinteros
Bloque Negro al lado de un Bloque Blanco
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
142
Lucy McKenzie
Lucy and Paulina in the Moscow Metro (Ploschad Revolutsii)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $47,500
143
Mark Ryden
Big Doll
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $52,500
144
Martin Eder
Gespenster
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
145
Thomas Ruff
Nudes fp02
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $20,000
146
Cindy Sherman
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,000
147
Wolfgang Tillmans
Faltenwurf (BW) I
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,125
148
Wolfgang Tillmans
paper drop (black) II
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $25,000
149
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Mathematical Form: Surface 0006
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,375
150
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Paramount, Oakland
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,750
151
Doris Salcedo
For Hans Haacke and Edward Fry
Estimate $8,000 - 10,000
Sold for $7,500
152
This lot is no longer available.
153
Vik Muniz
Mound
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $12,500
154
Rita Ackermann
MENTALIST
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
155
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Bella Mi
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,250
156
Robert Graham
Sasha
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $11,875
157
Paloma Varga Weisz
Burgfrau
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
158
Rosemarie Trockel
Kiss my aura
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,000
159
Yue Minjun
Two works: (i) Contemporary Terracotta Warriors; (ii) Contemporary Terracotta Warriors
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $106,250
160
Zhang Xiaogang
Young Man
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $75,000
161
Zhang Huan
Memory Door (Street Corner)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,500
162
Matt Connors
Chakra Chart Redress
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $35,000
163
Mark Flood
Bridge
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $12,500
164
Mark Hagen
The Sessile Lifestyle
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
165
Mr. Brainwash
Star Wars Reunion
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
166
This lot is no longer available.
167
Tony Lewis
foace
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $13,750
168
This lot is no longer available.
169
Barnaby Furnas
Maestro
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $20,000
170
Barnaby Furnas
Street Musician (Atlantic City)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,250
171
Billy Childish
umiak Alaska
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
172No Reserve
Armin Boehm
The political Ouija board
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $13,750
173
Hans Op de Beeck
Cruise Liner (4)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
174
Hugh Scott-Douglas
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,625
175
Walead Beshty and Kelley Walker
Crystal Voyager
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $12,500
176
Matt Connors
Druck
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,375
177
Garth Weiser
Monochrome #1
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
178
Ugo Rondinone
Clockwork for Oracles - Purple
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,875
179
Mauro Perucchetti
Jelly Baby Family 0.9
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $90,000
180
Michael Goldberg
Seascape #1
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
181
Saul Steinberg
The Real Table
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
182
Michael Goldberg
Kaiser Wilhelm Statue
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,250
183No Reserve
Gardar Eide Einarsson
Los Angeles (The Insurrection)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $6,000
184
Oleg Vassiliev
By a Campfire, Erik Bulatov, 1962
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
185
Oleg Vassiliev
Home II (from the White House series)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
186
Nigel Cooke
In Da Club - Shy Guy
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $20,000
187
Alexey Kallima
Untitled (from the series Chechen Woman's Team of Parachute Jumping and Its Virtual Fans)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
188
Rodney McMillian
Untitled (Twin)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,500
189
Scott Olson
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,000
190
Fritz Scholder (Luiseño)
Entity No. 1
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,625

New Now

New York Auction 30 September 2020

Provenance

Exhibited

Literature

129

Lester Johnson

Three Men with Hats Walking #2

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