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Magdalena Abakanowicz, 'Gutron in Cage', Lot 227
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, 14 February
Provenance
Marlborough Gallery, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Galeri Artist, Istanbul
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Magdalena Abakanowicz: Confessions, Sculpture and Drawings, 19 October - 19 November 2005, no. 9, p. 18 (illustrated)

227

Magdalena Abakanowicz

Gutron in Cage

stamped with the title and date 'GUTRON IN CAGE 2005' on the reverse of Gutron; further stamped with the title and date 'GUTRON IN CAGE 2005' front left corner of the cage
bronze
overall 189 x 112.5 x 119 cm (74 3/8 x 44 1/4 x 46 7/8 in.)
Executed in 2005.

Estimate
£100,000 - 150,000 ♠

Contact Specialist

Tamila Kerimova
Specialist, Head of Day Sale, Director, 20th Century & Contemporary Art

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 14 February 2020

101
Genieve Figgis
Group Portrait on the Stairs
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £150,000
102
Lucas Arruda
Untitled (from the Deserto-Modelo series)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £300,000
103
Nathaniel Mary Quinn
Young Pilcher and Vietnam
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £23,750
104
Eddie Martinez
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £87,500
105
KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £81,250
106
KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £56,250
107
Eddie Martinez
Entitlement
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £375,000
108
Hernan Bas
Cannibalistic, noisy and abusive, but picturesque and popular withal
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £237,500
109
Secundino Hernández
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £125,000
110
Harold Ancart
Untitled (Seascape)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £68,750
111
Katharina Grosse
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £150,000
112
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate £125,000 - 180,000 ♠
Sold for £150,000
113
Henry Taylor
Father, Son
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £218,750
114
KAWS
UNTITLED (CHUM), PACKAGE PAINTING SERIES (SM18)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £93,750
115
KAWS
UNTITLED (CHUM), PACKAGE PAINTING SERIES (SM3)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £81,250
116
Walter Price
I think that drumline was nick cannon's best acting role
Estimate £9,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
117
Lesley Vance
Untitled (3)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £43,750
118
Tomoo Gokita
Mature #5
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £143,750
119
Nicolas Party
Five works: (i) Blakam's stone (watermelon); (ii) Blakam's stone (lemon); (iii) Blakam's stone (orange); (iv) Blakam's stone (pear); (v) Blakam's stone (apple)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £52,500
120
KAWS and Estudio Campana
KAWS Chair Black
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £118,750
121
Harland Miller
Plan-B My Story
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £175,000
122
Alex Katz
Kate Valk, as Brutus Jones in The Emperor Jones
Estimate £400,000 - 600,000
123
Duane Hanson
Surfer
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
Sold for £250,000
124
Sturtevant
Warhol Flowers
Estimate £125,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £187,500
125
Sturtevant
Warhol Flowers
Estimate £125,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £137,500
126
David Salle
How did we get there?
Estimate £125,000 - 180,000
Sold for £150,000
127
Oscar Murillo
Yuka
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ♠
Sold for £187,500
128
Joe Bradley
Frank
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £100,000
129
KAWS
PEEK
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £156,250
130
Alex Israel
Untitled (Flat)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £87,500
131
Kara Walker
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
132
Kara Walker
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £20,000
133
William Kentridge
Untitled (drawing for Refusal of Time, man and megaphone)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £112,500
134
William Kentridge
Soho Headquarters
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
135
Louise Bourgeois
Untitled
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £87,500
136
Louise Bourgeois
Spiral
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,000
137
Ghada Amer
In Red and pale-RFGA
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
138
Halim Al Karim
Untitled 1 (from the King's Harem series)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
139
Subodh Gupta
Bucket
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £50,000
140
This lot is no longer available.
141
Manolo Valdés
Romy
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
Sold for £187,500
142
Manolo Valdés
Black Tulips
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
Sold for £175,000
143
This lot is no longer available.
144
Ai Weiwei
GRAPES
Estimate £180,000 - 250,000 ‡
Sold for £275,000
145
This lot is no longer available.
146
Grayson Perry
Pope
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
147
Damien Hirst
I'm So Tired
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £106,250
148
Damien Hirst
AIDS
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £106,250
149
Julian Opie
Imagine you are driving. 4.
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
150
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Pietà
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
151
Mat Collishaw
Two works: (i) Antonius, a horse belonging to his grace the Duke of Grafton; (ii) The Marquess of Rockingham's scrub with John Singleton Up
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
152
Simon Patterson
The Great Bear
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
153
Simon Patterson
Rodrigo Borgia, Lucrezia Borgia, Cesare Borgia
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
154
Bob Law
Untitled, 7.4. 87
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
155
Ian Davenport
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £51,250
156
Michael Craig-Martin
Narrative Painting
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
157
Sarah Morris
Girls
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
158
Sarah Morris
Fuck
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
159
Gilbert & George
Hooded
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠†
Sold for £237,500
160
Damien Hirst
Saint Jude, the Apostle
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ♠
Sold for £150,000
161
Anish Kapoor
Fold
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £118,750
162
Michaël Borremans
The Crack
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £150,000
163
Luc Tuymans
Solitude
Estimate £180,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
Sold for £250,000
164
Michaël Borremans
The Shirt
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
Sold for £187,500
165
Anselm Kiefer
The Fertile Crescent
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £162,500
166
Neo Rauch
Landschaft mit Sendeturm
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ♠†
Sold for £362,500
167
Thomas Schütte
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
168
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £85,000
169
Gerhard Richter
Vermalung (Braun)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
170
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
171
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
172
A.R. Penck
Untitled (für Brigitte)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
173
A.R. Penck
Feuer, Augen, Mann
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
174
A.R. Penck
Stele
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
175
A.R. Penck
Experiment
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
176
Jef Verheyen
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
177
Marcel Broodthaers
Rue René Magritte Straat
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £93,750
178
Walter Leblanc
Archétypes
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
179
Raoul De Keyser
Krijthoekcorrectie
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £125,000
180
Yves Klein
La Victoire de Samothrace
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £162,500
181
John McCracken
Flare
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £200,000
182
Ed Ruscha
Emergency Numbers
Estimate £90,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £100,000
183
Joseph Kosuth
‘Titled (Art as Idea as Idea)’ [ephemeral] (Ety.)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £43,750
184
Urs Fischer
Friday
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
185
Alex Katz
Untitled (Leaves)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £38,750
186
Ilya Kabakov
A. B. Borisova: And Pick the Shoes from the Repair Shop Today!
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
187
Tom Wesselmann
Bedroom Face with Green Wallpaper (Variation)
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡
Sold for £237,500
188
Beatriz Milhazes
Little Tree
Estimate £75,000 - 100,000 ‡
Sold for £81,250
189
Sam Francis
Facing within
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000
Sold for £250,000
190
Jean Dubuffet
Site au Défunt
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £187,500
191
L.S. Lowry
Four Young People
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
192
Roberto Matta
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
193
Julio González
Personnage Insectiforme
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
194
Roberto Matta
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
195
Fernand Léger
Untitled Composition
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
196
Jacques Lipchitz
Study for Pastorale
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
197
Nicolas de Staël
Figure
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
198
Giacomo Balla
Linea di velocità più paesaggio
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
199
Mimmo Rotella
Suor Maria
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
200
Mimmo Rotella
Litterings
Estimate £22,000 - 28,000 ‡♠
Sold for £35,000
201
Alighiero Boetti
Attirare l' Attenzione
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,000
202
Sayed Haider Raza
Landscape and Bindu
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £56,250
203
Tony Cragg
After We Have Gone
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £82,500
204
Damien Hirst
Day by Day
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
205
Tracey Emin
Untitled (Bib)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
206
Marc Quinn
The Selfish Gene
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £100,000
207
Antony Gormley
CLUTCH 1 (MEME) II
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £110,000
208
Rachel Whiteread
Untitled (Black Books)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £75,000
209
Glenn Brown
Drawing 30 (after Gossaert)
Estimate £25,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,000
210
Glenn Brown
Drawing 29 (after Dell'Abate)
Estimate £25,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,000
211
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £40,000
212
George Condo
The Joker
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £112,500
213
Eric Fischl
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £40,000
214
Julian Schnabel
Untitled
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £75,000
215
Wolfgang Tillmans
Feathered
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
216
Wolfgang Tillmans
Victoria
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,000
217
Christopher Williams
Punta Hicacos, Varadero, Cuba, February 14, 2000
Estimate £12,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
218
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #174
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
219
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #254
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £10,000
220
Laurie Simmons
Walking Pocket Watch (color)/ The Music of Regret
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £21,250
221
Walead Beshty
FedEx® Large Box, Los Angeles - New York TRK- , Saltsjöbaden - London TRK-777236485934
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
222
Vasily Klyukin
C20.H25.N3O (TRIP)
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡
Sold for £150,000
223
Rinus Van de Velde
You seem unrelated to the world of apppearances. I told him. After a brief moment of silence he replied: "On Sundays I may not allow myself to be seen on the streets, for I have no Sunday clothes. In my steady and thrifty life I am like a field mouse
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
224
Marc Quinn
Pitons of St Lucia
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £75,000
225
Farhad Moshiri
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £56,250
226
Subodh Gupta
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £27,500
227
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Gutron in Cage
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
228
This lot is no longer available.
229
Yue Minjun
Two works: (i) Contemporary Terracotta Warriors No.5; (ii) Contemporary Terracotta Warriors No.5
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £93,750
230
This lot is no longer available.
231
Bernard Frize
Un
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
232
Gerd Leufert
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
233
Peter Halley
Yellow Prison
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
234
Bernard Aubertin
Tableau Clous
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
235
Sue Williams
Garden Shears
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £62,500
236
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Untitled (History painting)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £62,500
237
Wyatt Kahn
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
238
Ida Ekblad
Being Sinks Into Mere Stuff
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
239
Toby Ziegler
…good the doom… (2nd study)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
240
Garth Weiser
8
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
241
Jason Martin
Scion
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £97,500
242
Aboudia
Vert a levres
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £13,750
243
Mira Dancy
Statues in the Park
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £11,875
244
Richard Hambleton
Sandra
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡
245
Stanley Casselman
IR 41‐7
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £30,000
246
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
247
Gerhard Richter
Ella
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £38,750
248
The Connor Brothers
Hell Is Empty
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
249
Laurence Jenkell
Bonbon
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £56,250
250
KAWS
Three works: (i) SMALL LIE (Brown); (ii) SMALL LIE (Black); (iii) SMALL LIE (Grey)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £3,500

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 14 February 2020

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Provenance

Exhibited

227

Magdalena Abakanowicz

Gutron in Cage

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale