Lucio Fontana

Battaglia

signed, dated and inscribed 'L. Fontana 50 CE. AS.' on the reverse
enamelled ceramic
48.5 x 59 x 8 cm (19 1/8 x 23 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Executed in 1950. This work is registered at the Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milan, under n. 1160/3.

Estimate
£35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠

Contact Specialist
Tamila Kerimova
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 6 October 2016

101
Wolfgang Tillmans
Paper Drop-Haze
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £21,250
102
Sascha Braunig
Reef
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £23,750
103
KAWS
Companion Black
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £35,000
104
Katherine Bernhardt
Work
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £15,000
105
Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £15,000
106
Margo Wolowiec
Time and Time, Again
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £13,750
107
Adrian Ghenie
Study for Pie Fight Interior
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £125,000
108
Kadar Brock
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £12,500
109
Hugh Scott-Douglas
Chopped Bill
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
110
Oliver Laric
Discobolus Guilloche
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
111
Jacob Kassay
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 †
112
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled (Terrazzo)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,000
113
Jessica Jackson Hutchins
Couch For A Long Time
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 †
Sold for £18,750
114
Mark Bradford
Soccer Ball Bag 1
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
115
Nate Lowman
H8RS GONNA H8
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
116
Adam McEwen
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
117
Yoshitomo Nara
I Think, Therefore I Am...A Dog
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £137,000
118
Yayoi Kusama
Infinity Nets (OHWNT)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £197,000
119
Yayoi Kusama
The Ripple
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £93,750
120
Joseph Kosuth
Self-Reflective
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £60,000
121
Mike Kelley
Rewrite
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
122
Keith Haring
It's Not a Laptop
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
123
Keith Haring
Totem
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
124
Andy Warhol
Jackie
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £93,750
125
Marlene Dumas
Couple
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £131,000
126
Marlene Dumas
Older Woman
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,000
127
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
128
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Running Fence
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £35,000
129
Anish Kapoor
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
130
Anish Kapoor
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
131
Turi Simeti
Un Ovale Nero (A Black Oval)
Estimate £45,000 - 55,000 ♠
132
Agostino Bonalumi
Bianco
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
133
Francesco Vezzoli
La Regina di Rio (Dancin' Days vs Amália Traïda)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
134
Luca Pignatelli
Afrodite
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
135
Giosetta Fioroni
Gli Occhiali (The Glasses)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £62,500
136
Lucio Fontana
Battaglia
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠
137
Valerio Adami
Invito al Crash!
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £35,000
138
David Altmejd
Untitled 3 (The Watchers)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £56,250
139
Wim Delvoye
Bin Laden
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
140
Tracey Emin
I Loved You More Than I Can Love
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £75,000
141
Tim Noble and Sue Webster
Vicious
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
142
Gary Hume
The Pendulum
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
143
Damien Hirst
17 Sausages
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £100,000
144
Damien Hirst
Second Series Biopsy: M122/105-Breast_cancer_cells,_immunofluorescent_light_micrograph-SPL.jpg
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
145
Harland Miller
Blonde But Not Forgotten
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
146
Julian Opie
This Is Shahnoza 37
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
147
Elisabeth Frink
Small Bird II
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
148
Barry Flanagan RA
Horse on Anvil
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
149
Antony Gormley
Man Rock
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
150
Antony Gormley
A Mask for Feeling the Earth
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
151
Yayoi Kusama
Silver Shoe
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £16,250
152
Subodh Gupta
Black Thing
Estimate £130,000 - 200,000
153
Ai Weiwei
Fairytale - 1001 Chairs
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £15,000
154
Isa Genzken
Schwules Baby
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
155
Franz West
Large Lamp
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
156
Franz West
Two works: Onkel Stuhl (Uncle Chair)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
157
Albert Oehlen
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
158
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £100,000
159
Georg Baselitz
Eintausend Nachtigallen (One Thousand Nightingales)
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £151,400
160
Julian Schnabel
Misericordia Painting
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £93,750
161
Imi Knoebel
Sunday Ed.
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
162
Bernard Frize
Juillet 15
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
163
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £77,500
164
Paloma Varga Weisz
Dreigesichtfrau
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
165
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £47,500
166
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
167
Hermann Nitsch
Makulatur
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
168
André Butzer
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £52,500
169
Gottfried Helnwein
Danae Waiting for the Rain II
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
170
Albert Oehlen
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
171
Günther Förg
14 works: Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
172
Hans Hartung
Composition
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £43,750
173
Hans Hartung
T 1981 K3
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
174
Karel Appel
Black Figures Against White
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
175
Bram van Velde
Composition
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
176
Manolo Valdés
A Menage a Picasso
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £106,250
177
Federico Herrero
Ghost
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
178
Federico Herrero
Blue Landscape with 15 Circles
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
179
Joana Vasconcelos
La Monegasque
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £36,250
180
David Salle
Freighter
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £40,000
181
Peter Halley
Blue Prison
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £30,000
182
Kenny Scharf
Staticspace
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
183
Malcolm Morley
Buzkashi
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
184
Marcin Maciejowski
Pijaco Piwo (Girl Drinking Beer)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
185
Norbert Bisky
Alibuster
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
186
Mariko Mori
Link
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £50,000
187
T.V. Santhosh
Accounts Payable II
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 †
188
Félix Anaut
Blue Line Harmony
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
189
Samuel Havadtoy
God
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
190
Stanley Casselman
Luminor - 6-52
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000
Sold for £47,500
191
Marcello Lo Giudice
Eden Blu
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
192
Jason Martin
Untitled Aerolam #7
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
193
The Connor Brothers
Saints & Sinners
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £12,500
194
Charles Avery
Three works: Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
195
Tacita Dean
Four works: Heaven and Earth; A Cloud
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
196
Zao Wou-Ki
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
197
Yayoi Kusama
Where the Illusion Hides
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £16,250
198
Pablo Bronstein
Monument In The Style Of Michael Graves On The Debris Of The Bastille
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠†
Sold for £2,500
199
Andy Warhol
Flower Drawing
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 †
Sold for £18,750
200
Erin Shirreff
Monograph
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £22,500
201
Emilio Prini
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000 ♠
202
Idris Khan
Hearing Voices Violin Concerto
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
203
Andres Serrano
Ejaculation in Trajectory XIV
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
204
Vik Muniz
Maiakowskij, after Rodchenko (Pictures of Caviar)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
205
Ryan McGinley
Blue Breakdown
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 †
Sold for £6,250
206
Richard Long
Snow Line (A Six Day Walk in the Swiss Alps)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
207
Matthew Barney
Cremaster 4: Triple Option (Triptych)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £68,750
208
Rashid Rana
This Picture is Not A Rest
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
209
David LaChapelle
Rape of Africa
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
210
Andres Serrano
Milk Cross
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
211
Robert Silvers
Diana
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
212
David LaChapelle
Amanda - Warhol's Marilyn
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
213
Marilyn Minter
Sun Spots
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £47,500
214
Elad Lassry
Man, Two Woman (Puzzle)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
215
Elad Lassry
Collie (Silver 44)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
216
Josh Smith
Two works: Untitled (Palette Painting)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
217
Thilo Heinzmann
Too tough too cry
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
218
This lot is no longer available.
219
Ryan Sullivan
June 2, 2012 - June 11, 2012
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 †
220
Scott Lyall
nude 30
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £6,000
221
Joe Reihsen
I Would For You
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
222
Brendan Lynch
Love Your Work
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
223
Petra Cortright
Fromage Frais
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
224
Eddie Peake
Holding her Hand in the Air in the Shape of a Gun 17
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
225
Grear Patterson
Lightning Bottle Rockets With Cigarettes
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £7,500
226
Jeff Koons
Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus (Magenta)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £58,750
227
Sam Falls
Untitled (Topanga 14)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
228
Kyle Thurman
Untitled (120 West 28th Street, New York NY 10001)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £13,750
229
Chris Succo
Human Desire (NYP)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
230
Chantal Joffe
Six works: Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠†
Sold for £17,500
231
Daniel Silver
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
232
David Noonan
Untitled (figure)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
233
Dash Snow
The New York Times
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £4,750
234
Dash Snow
Show No Mercy
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £17,500
235
Simon Denny
Corporate Video Decisions Double Canvas (Trade Show Overkill)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
236
Michael Rey
ZAM
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,000
237
Sayre Gomez
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
238
Armen Eloyan
Comic Figures (099)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £5,000
239
JR
Adama, Montfermeil, Portrait d'une Generation
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
240
JPW3
BLC
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
241
Daniel Turner
Untitled 5150 (5/29/12)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
242
Ned Vena
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £15,000
243
David Ostrowski
F (The Receptionist)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
Sold for £18,750
244
Oscar Tuazon
Las Vegas
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 †
Sold for £9,375
245
Andy Warhol
You're In
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
246
Walead Beshty
FedEx Large Kraft Box 2004 FEDEX 155143, #875468976073
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
247
Walead Beshty
FedEx Large Kraft Box 2004 FEDEX 155143, #875468976062; Delray Beach FL-London (Tracking No. 7981 8859 0045)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £35,000
248
Allora & Calzadilla
Petrified Petrol Pump
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000
Sold for £37,500
249
Gelitin
Guernica
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
250
Marianne Vitale
Shingle Painting 4
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
251
Ethan Cook
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
252
Christian Rosa
Ruff Neck
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
253
Gerhard Richter
P16 Flow
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
254
Tauba Auerbach
Static 7
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,750
255
Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild (P1)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
256
Terence Koh
Zhang zyi Buddha fly earth (Anedote/Penedote)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
257
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Frattali
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
258
Franz West
Privat-Lampe des Künstlers II
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £11,875

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 6 October 2016

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Lucio Fontana

Battaglia

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale