Catalogue Essay
Loplop, known more formally as Loplop, Bird Superior, is a birdlike character that functioned as Max Ernst's alter ego. Now an iconic image of Surrealism, Loplop was highly variable in appearance and seldom depicted the same way twice.

60

Lot offered with No Reserve

Max Ernst

À Nouveau Loplop (Again Loplop "Bird Superior")

1975
Etching and aquatint in colors, on Arches paper, with full margins.
I. 18 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (47 x 31.1 cm)
S. 26 x 19 5/8 in. (66 x 49.8 cm)
Signed and numbered 54/100 in pencil (there were also 20 in Roman numerals), unframed.

Estimate
$400 - 600 •

Sold for $1,143

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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

Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 27 June 2024

Catalogue Essay

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Max Ernst

À Nouveau Loplop (Again Loplop "Bird Superior")

Editions & Works on Paper