“I started to concentrate more upon how the viewer looks at photographs… I would insert my own text or my own specific reading of the image to give the viewer something they might not interpret or surmise… So I would start to interject these things that the photograph would not speak of and that I felt needed to be revealed, but that couldn’t be revealed from just looking at an image”
—Lorna Simpson

109

Lorna Simpson

C-Ration

1991
Two gelatin silver prints, on one sheet of photo paper, with full margins.
overall I. 19 x 42 1/4 in. (48.3 x 107.3 cm)
S. 25 x 48 1/4 in. (63.5 x 122.6 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered 20/50 in pencil on the reverse, framed.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 27 June 2024

1
Ugo Rondinone
Sun 5, from Sun Portfolio
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $19,050
2
Marcel Duchamp
Rotoreliefs (Optical Disks) (S. 441a)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,620
3
Donald Judd
Untitled (S. 297)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,715
4
Carmen Herrera
Verde y Negro (Green and Black)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,940
5
Imi Knoebel
Anima Mundi 9-3 II Ed.
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
6No Reserve
Jean Arp
Composition I
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $2,286
7
Jean Arp
Constellation (A. 328)
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $1,270
8
Anni Albers
TR I (G. 211, W. & D. 25)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $8,890
9
Anni Albers
TR II (G. 212, W. & D. 26)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $8,255
10
Josef Albers
DR-b (D. 181)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $7,620
11
Josef Albers
Hommage au Carré (Homage to the Square): one plate (D. 160.2)
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $3,556
12
Josef Albers
Silent, from Die Oberfläche (The Surface) (D. 167.2)
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $3,302
13
Ad Reinhardt
Ten Screenprints: plate 6
Estimate $600 - 800
Sold for $1,651
14
Barnett Newman
The Moment, from Four on Plexiglas (S. 1966.0IB, B.N.F. 227)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,160
15
Kenneth Noland
Twin Planes
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,715
16
Kenneth Noland
Shadow Line
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,096
17
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Transchromies
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,810
18No Reserve
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Induction Chromatique: one plate
Estimate $500 - 700 •
Sold for $3,302
19No Reserve
Sara Cwynar
CMYK Print Test Panel (Darkroom Manuals)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $1,207
20No Reserve
Alyson Shotz
Eccentric Orbit
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $12,065
21
Anish Kapoor
Red Shadow
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,320
22
Richard Serra
Xavier (G. 1967, B.-W. 164)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $10,795
23
Richard Serra
Venice Notebook 2001, #2 (G. 1910, B.-W. 146)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,048
24
Pat Steir
From the Boat: Constellation
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $3,048
25
Joan Mitchell
Tree I
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $40,640
26
Adolph Gottlieb
Untitled, from Flight
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,810
27
Lee Krasner
Untitled, from Peace Portfolio I (L. 536)
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $6,350
28
Louise Nevelson
Night Blossom (B. 126)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $13,970
29
Howard Hodgkin
Blood (H. 69)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
30
Sean Scully
Doric
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,096
31
Sean Scully
Doric Grey
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,302
32
James Siena
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
33
Robert Ryman
Prints 1969-1993 (the Catalogue Raisonne by Amy Baker Sandback)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
34
Tauba Auerbach
Mesh/Moire I-VI
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,255
35No Reserve
Blinky Palermo
Mappe zur Wandmalerei Hamburger Kunstverein (Portfolio for Mural at the Hamburger Kunstverein) (J. 33)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $2,540
36
Agnes Martin
Agnes Martin Painting and Drawings 1974-1990
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $8,890
37
Sol LeWitt
Twelve Forms Derived From a Cube: plate #18 (see S. 1984.02, K. 1984.05)
Estimate $300 - 500
Sold for $1,270
38
Robert Mangold
Untitled, State A (Color); and Untitled, State B (Black), from BAM II: Brooklyn Academy of Music Portfolio II (S. & S. 1988.03-1988.04)
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,524
39
Martin Puryear
Lean To
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
40
David Row
Body, from Hazards
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
41
David Row
Breath, from Hazards
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
42
Jo Baer
#2; #3; #5; #8; and #9, from Cardinations
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
43No Reserve
Dan Flavin
for one walled circular fluorescent light (to Heiner Friedrich) (S. 1974.06)
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $3,302
44No Reserve
Alexander Liberman
Untitled
Estimate $500 - 700 •
Sold for $318
45No Reserve
Alexander Liberman
Untitled
Estimate $600 - 800 •
Sold for $445
46No Reserve
Alexander Liberman
Ischia 4; and Isola 2
Estimate $700 - 1,000 •
Sold for $1,270
47No Reserve
Alexander Liberman
[Untitled (Santa Maria della Salute, Venice)]; and [Untitled (Beyond)]
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $254
48No Reserve
Alexander Liberman
Reach (R. 233)
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500 •
Sold for $2,286
49
Cy Twombly
Untitled (B. 79)
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $6,096
50
Cy Twombly
No. II, from Natural History Part I Mushrooms (B. 43)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $11,430
51
Lucy Dodd
Verona's Green Hair
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $2,413
52No Reserve
Leo Gabin
Marching Band Does It Again
Estimate $400 - 600 •
Sold for $318
53No Reserve
Manfred Pernice
Untitled
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $318
54No Reserve
Gillian Ayres
Limelight (A.C. 1)
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 •
Sold for $2,413
55
Fernand Léger
Les Deux tournesols (The Two Sunflowers) (S. 135); and After Fernand Léger, Les Bûches, from Contrastes (The Logs, from Contrasts)
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,397
56
After Georges Braque
L'Écho (The Echo)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,540
57
Georges Braque
La Danse (The Dance) (V. 25)
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $5,334
58
Man Ray
Still Life [Interior] (A. 10)
Estimate $700 - 1,000
Sold for $2,794
59
Max Pechstein
Weib vom Manne begehrt, from Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart (Woman Desired by Man, from German Printmakers of Our Time) (K. 224)
Estimate $400 - 500
Sold for $826
60No Reserve
Max Ernst
À Nouveau Loplop (Again Loplop "Bird Superior")
Estimate $400 - 600 •
Sold for $1,143
61
Joan Miró
La Bague d’aurore (The Ring of Dawn) (D. 122-125, 127-128, C. bks. 44)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
62
Joan Miró
El Rei Garrell (King Garrell) (M. 1193)
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $3,302
63
Rufino Tamayo
Protesta (Protest) (P. 309)
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $4,445
64
Salvador Dalí
Le Cabinet anthropomorphique (The Anthropomorphic Cabinet) (D. 683)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,240
65
Alexander Calder
Boomerang rouge et bleu avec oignon (Red and Blue Boomerang with Onion)
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $3,556
66No Reserve
Inka Essenhigh
Untitled
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $1,397
67
Felipe Baeza
Ahuehuete en La Noche (Ahuehuete at Night)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,286
68No Reserve
Richard McLean
R.B.; and R.A.B. Nantucket 1986
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $445
69
Pablo Picasso
Dans l'atelier II (In the Workshop II) (Bl. 1138, Ba. 1135)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,334
70
Pablo Picasso
Visage de Marie-Thérèse (Face of Marie-Thérèse) (Bl. 95, Ba. 243, M. XXIII, see C. bks 16)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,700
71
Winslow Homer
Eight Bells (G. 96)
Estimate $2,000 - 4,000
Sold for $1,905
72
Vija Celmins
Untitled (Ocean with Cross #1) (R. p. 200)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $13,970
73
Robert Longo
Untitled (Ariane)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $17,780
74
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (Hermosa Beach)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,800
75No Reserve
Raymond Pettibon
Thinking of You
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for $1,270
76No Reserve
Sandra Cinto
Untitled (After Encounter of Water)
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $572
77No Reserve
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Untitled (Thailand)
Estimate $600 - 900 •
Sold for $254
78
Jasper Johns
The Seasons (U.L.A.E. 247)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,620
79
Jasper Johns
Untitled (Blue) (U.L.A.E. 226)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
80
Jasper Johns
The Seasons (Cross) (U.L.A.E. 249)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,080
81
John Currin
The Beggars Alm (P. 65)
Estimate $700 - 1,000
Sold for $1,143
82
Mitch Dobrowner
Road (Near Guymon Oklahoma)
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
Sold for $1,905
83
Shinique Smith
Purple Pansy
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $2,032
84
Alex Katz
Yvonne, from Black Dress (S. 539)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $25,400
85
Alex Katz
Face of the Poet (S. 97-110)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $13,970
86
Jenna Gribbon
Comment Section
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $2,794
87No Reserve
Peter Doig
Fisherman
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 •
Sold for $1,651
88
Jim Hodges
Winter Speaks
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,810
89No Reserve
Lisa Yuskavage
Ukrainian Shirt
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $3,302
90No Reserve
Lisa Yuskavage
Babie
Estimate $500 - 700 •
Sold for $508
91
Lisa Yuskavage
Bad Habits Facing West
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,540
92
Lisa Yuskavage
Foodeater; and Laura and Shrink
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $2,540
93
Lisa Yuskavage
The Bad Habits
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,810
94No Reserve
Lisa Yuskavage
Kathy on a Pedestal
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $889
95
Tom Wesselmann
Rosemary Sitting Up Straight (W.P.I. P90L03)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,810
96
Tom Wesselmann
Monica Sitting Cross Legged (W.P.I. P90L02)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
97
Sarah Slappey
Tied Up II
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
98
Julie Curtiss
Escargot
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,778
99
Christina Quarles
Laid Up
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,302
100
Richard Prince
Untitled (De Kooning)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,651
101No Reserve
Rachel Feinstein
Pocket Rose
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $635
102
Brian Calvin
Bloomer
Estimate $400 - 600
Sold for $508
103No Reserve
Marc Brandenburg
Untitled (21 October 1994)
Estimate $600 - 900 •
Sold for $191
104
Betye Saar
Takin’ a chance on luv
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $635
105
Robert Gober
Untitled (G. 1816)
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,905
106
Robert Gober
Hanging Man/Sleeping Man
Estimate $6,000 - 9,000
Sold for $5,080
107
Alison Saar
Ulysses
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,556
108
Lorna Simpson
Backdrops Circa 1940s
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,445
109
Lorna Simpson
C-Ration
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
110
Glenn Ligon
Untitled (I Feel Most Colored When I Am Thrown Against A Sharp White Background), from Four Etchings
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,240
111
Glenn Ligon
Detail
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
112
Glenn Ligon
Boy on Tire (R. p. 197)
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $5,080
113
Kara Walker
Boo-hoo (P. 59)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
114No Reserve
Carrie Mae Weems
Untitled (See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil)
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $1,270
115
Hank Willis Thomas
All Lies Matter
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Sold for $1,905
116
Theaster Gates
Lead in the absence Revolt in the absence Migrate in the absence Heroic in the absence of light
Estimate $700 - 1,000
Sold for $1,080
117
Various Artists
Tantra: Exit Art Portfolio
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,810
118No Reserve
Robert Gober
Artists' Bookplates
Estimate $300 - 500 •
Sold for $445
119
Christopher Wool
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,255
120
Christopher Wool
My House I
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $17,780
121
Jenny Holzer
Purple Truisms Survival
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,080
122
Robert Longo
Arena Brains
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $1,524
123
Paul Pfeiffer
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (27)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,985
124
Ernesto Pujol
Monk (Panel 1), from Triptych of Franciscans from Body of Faith: Conversion of Manners and Hagiography
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $508
125
Jacolby Satterwhite
The Robin
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
126
Jacolby Satterwhite
Easter
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
127
Jasper Johns
Recent Still Life (U.L.A.E. 22)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,905
128
Ed Ruscha
Rain Gain
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $7,620
129No Reserve
Martin Kippenberger
Yeschen-Nochen-Vielleichtchen
Estimate $2,000 - 4,000 •
Sold for $4,826
130No Reserve
Martin Kippenberger
Untitled (Self Portrait)
Estimate $2,000 - 4,000 •
Sold for $1,270
131
Bruce Nauman
Life Mask (G. 941, C. 41)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,794
132
Do Ho Suh
My Country
Estimate $800 - 1,200
Sold for $2,032
133
Jonathan Borofsky
Workers on Planet Earth at 2941455
Estimate $600 - 800
Sold for $699
134
James Rosenquist
Star Leg (S. 1974.33, G. 78)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
135No Reserve
Marco Maggi
Blind Sides
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $635
136
Tauba Auerbach
A Flexible Fabric of Inflexible Parts
Estimate $700 - 1,000
Sold for $1,080
137
Richard Artschwager
Untitled (S. 1971.04, A. 3)
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Sold for $2,032
138
Maurizio Cattelan
The 1:6 Scale Wrong Gallery
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,524
139
Rana Begum
No. 889 Folded Grid
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $2,540
140
Gerhard Richter
Bouquet (P3)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $16,510
141
Gerhard Richter
Tulips (P17)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,350
142
Laurie Simmons and Peter Wheelwright
Kaleidoscope House
Estimate $700 - 1,000
Sold for $2,032
143
Julian Opie
Coffee, from Old Street Walkers
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $19,050
144
Michael Wolf
Transparent City #88
Estimate $800 - 1,200
Sold for $1,651
145
Larry Clark
Tulsa
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,016
146
Robert Rauschenberg
Street Sounds West
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $2,032
147
Robert Bechtle
68 Nova, from documenta: The Super Realists
Estimate $500 - 700
Sold for $1,143
148No Reserve
Mike Kelley
Bowling Ball, Bag, Shirt and Catalog
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $635
149
Ed Ruscha
Just an Average Guy (S. 1979.46, E. 104)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,255
150
Martin Puryear
Untitled (Navy Pier)
Estimate $600 - 900
Sold for $1,143
151
Ed Ruscha
Pico and Sepulveda (G. 1895)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,096
152
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Package on Handtruck, Project (S. 108)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $4,064
153
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Wrapped Monument to Vittorio Emanuele, Project for Piazza del Duomo, Milan (S. 77)
Estimate $700 - 900
Sold for $4,064
154
Roy Lichtenstein
Bicentennial Print, from America: The Third Century (C. 136)
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $19,050
155
Andy Warhol
Cow (F. & S. 11A)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $13,970
156
Andy Warhol
Marilyn (Invitation)
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $2,794
157
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Lucille Ball)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,525
158
Andy Warhol
Mao (S. 1972.07, F. & S. 98)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $44,450
159
James Rosenquist
The Kabuki Blushes, from Secrets in Carnations (G. 206)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,540
160
Roy Lichtenstein
Red Lamp (C. 279)
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $24,130
161
Roy Lichtenstein
Sunrise (C. II.7)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,890
162
Benjamin Edwards
Fast Food Conglomerate
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $635
163No Reserve
Christian Marclay
Fwshum
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $1,778
164
Robert Indiana
Spring, from Four Seasons of Hope (Silver)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,080
165
KAWS
NO REPLY
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
166No Reserve
Keith Haring
Into 84 Exhibition Poster
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $1,080
167
Jeff Koons
Puppy
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,255
168
Jeff Koons
Balloon Dog (Red)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,080
169
Joel Mesler
Chrome Love, from Chrome Love Gold Love
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $5,334
170No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
And then and then and then and then and then (Yellow); and Melting DOB A
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $4,826
171No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
And then and then and then and then and then: seven plates
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $8,255
172No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Jellyfish Eyes
Estimate $3,500 - 4,500 •
Sold for $2,032
173
Andy Warhol
Poinsettias (F. & S. IIIA.50)
Estimate $6,000 - 9,000
Sold for $24,130
174
Joel Mesler
Thank You (White Columns)
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,905
175
Damien Hirst
To Believe
Estimate $3,500 - 4,500
Sold for $4,445
176No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Homage to Director Hideaki Anno: Godzilla Resurgence & Evangelion
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $9,525
177
Erik Parker
Toxic
Estimate $700 - 1,000
Sold for $508
178
David Shrigley
Make Your Mark
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
Sold for $2,159
179
Andy Warhol
Uncle Sam, from Myths (F. & S. 259)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $40,640
180
David Shrigley
It’s All Your Fault
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Sold for $2,794