Provenance
Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
San Francisco, Fraenkel Gallery, Mel Bochner: Photographs and Not Photographs 1966-2010, September 9 - October 30, 2010, pp. 52, 78 (illustrated, p. 53; installation view illustrated, p. 70)

237

Mel Bochner

Blah, Blah, Blah

signed, titled, inscribed and dated "MB 3-116 BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, MEL BOCHNER 2010" on the reverse
oil on canvas
70 x 48 in. (177.8 x 121.9 cm)
Painted in 2010.

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000

Sold for $187,500

Contact Specialist

Rebekah Bowling
Head of Day Sale, Afternoon Session
New York

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20th c. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 2 July 2020

201
Jonathan Lyndon Chase
Clothes Shopping
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $50,000
202
Matthew Wong
Landscape with Young Bather
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $187,500
203
Nina Chanel Abney
Mr. Baker
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $175,000
204
Amoako Boafo
After the nail color
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $225,000
205
Lucas Arruda
Untitled from the series Deserto-Modelo
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $100,000
206
Vivian Springford
Untitled (Tanzania Series)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $106,250
207
Ann Craven
Orange Dream, Pink Bird on Pink and Orange Fade, 2006
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
208
Nicolas Party
Landscape
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,500
209
Genieve Figgis
Sunday ladies
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $125,000
210
Shara Hughes
Home Theater
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $150,000
211
Brian Calvin
Noon
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
212
Jeff Sonhouse
Study for Secretary of State
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,500
213
Noah Davis
100 Years of Entertainment 1-5
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $137,500
214
Nicole Eisenman
Hunnenschlacht
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $212,500
215
Robert Colescott
The Monkey Wrench
Estimate $35,000 - 50,000
Sold for $50,000
216
Rose Wylie
Red Belt, Red Lipstick
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $100,000
217
Michael Ray Charles
(Forever Free) Icarus
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $67,500
218
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $68,750
219
Walter Price
Aset! Go Tell it on the Mountain
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $43,750
220
Toyin Ojih Odutola
This is Not An Invitation
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,000
221
Tomoo Gokita
Shoplifting
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
222
Eddie Martinez
You Know Who You Are
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $162,500
223
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $52,500
224
KAWS
SMALL KM LANDSCAPE
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $250,000
225
Petra Cortright
marathon training programs map + 50 grey states
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $35,000
226
Yue Minjun
Two works: Contemporary Terracotta Warriors No. 5
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $150,000
227
Takashi Murakami
Flower of Joy - Wintermint
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $93,750
228
Ai Weiwei
Dress with Flowers
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $106,250
229
Grayson Perry
Between Kitsch and Shit
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $87,500
230
Damien Hirst
Beautiful, Flaming Lips Day, Form of a Shell Painting
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $399,000
231
Tracey Emin
I could have loved my innocence
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $68,750
232
Sarah Morris
The Kodak Theatre [Los Angeles]
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
233
Gilbert & George
Banker
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
234
Gilbert & George
Two
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
235
Paulina Olowska
Klaun
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
236
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $106,250
237
Mel Bochner
Blah, Blah, Blah
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $187,500
238
Peter Dreher
Two works: (i) Seascape #1; (ii) Seascape #4
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $40,000
239
George Condo
The Jimi Hendrix Experience from the series Jazz Paintings
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $106,250
240
Paul McCarthy
Dick Eye
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $75,000
241
Sterling Ruby
SP188
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $237,500
242
Seth Price
Sexy Dancer
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $81,250
243
Christian Marclay
Untitled from the series Imaginary Records
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $6,250
244
Tom Sachs
Model Three (Model 3 White Boombox)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $40,000
245
Richard Prince
Untitled (original)
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
246
Matt Mullican
Two works: (i) Untitled (Diderot, Lettres Capitales); (ii) Untitled (Diderot, Alphabets des Lettres BÃ¢tardes)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $43,750
247
Richard Prince
Untitled (Check Painting)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
248
John Baldessari
Double Bill (Part 2): …and Ernst
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $237,500
249
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #97
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $143,750
250
Ana Mendieta
El laberinto de la vida (The Labyrinth of Life) from the series Labyrinth of Venus
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $56,250
251
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #155
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,500
252
Mike Kelley
Nostalgic Depiction of the Innocence of Childhood
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $20,000
253
Mike Kelley
The Start of the Slave Trade in the English Colonies from the series Reconstructed History
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,250
254
Mike Kelley
Bedknobbed and Broom Struck
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
255
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Lucille Ball)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,625
256
Mike Kelley
Three Valleys
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
257
Peter Fischli and David Weiss
The Maid from the series Equilibres
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
258
Roni Horn
Piece (2)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $7,500
259
Anne Collier
Guilt
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
260
Hank Willis Thomas and Sanford Biggers
Eshu at the Crossroad
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
261
Carrie Mae Weems
Untitled from the series Sea Islands
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $37,500
262
Rodney Graham
Oak, Mellaar from the series Flanders Trees
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,000
263
Thomas Ruff
Nudes ry08
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
264
Thomas Ruff
Nudes pant11
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
265
Günther Förg
Aller Retour
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $56,250
266
This lot is no longer available.
267
Jim Shaw
Study for A Taste of Honey (Portrait of Bob Flanagan)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
268
Robert Longo
Untitled (After Delacroix, A Young Tiger Playing with Its Mother, 1830)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
269
Peter Halley
Untitled (6/24/99.2)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,750
270
Kehinde Wiley
Check II
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $100,000
271
Lorna Simpson
Gold Head W
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $20,000
272
Lorna Simpson
Gold Head Q
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
273
Oscar Murillo
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,750
274
Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu
Untitled (The days of this society is numbered)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,250
275
Chéri Samba
Nelson Mandela
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $32,500
276
Fred Wilson
Drip Droop
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,750
277
Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
278
Barry McGee
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $112,500
279
Ida Ekblad
Kons
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
280
André Butzer
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $20,000
281
Friedrich Kunath
Finis
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $60,000
282
Franz Ackermann
evasion XVIII (a building with one window lifted)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $27,500
283
Heimo Zobernig
Untitled (HZ2014-028)
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $68,750
284
Heimo Zobernig
Untitled (HZ2013-109)
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $60,000
285
Shinique Smith
Monochrome
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $17,500
286
Elliott Hundley
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
287
Keltie Ferris
++++****)))
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
288
Camille Henrot
Sans Titre from the series Desktop
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $20,000
289
Claudia Comte
White Russian
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $45,000
290
Sadie Benning
Untitled telephone drawing
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,000
291
Katherine Bernhardt
5 Cigarettes on Black
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $26,250
292
Will Boone
Death Wish
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,625
293
Korakrit Arunanondchai
My trip to the White Temple 10
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $32,500
294
Tomoo Gokita
Sitcom
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
295
Mike Bouchet
Dark Up
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
296
Ethan Cook
Untitled (Begin in one corner)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $37,500
297
Harold Ancart
Perfect Idea (1) (After You Have No Idea)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $30,000
298
Angel Otero
Untitled (SK-GQ)
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $30,000
299
Sterling Ruby
The Martyr
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $22,500
300
Bosco Sodi
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
301
Juan Muñoz
Three Figure Balcony
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $56,250
302
Ernesto Neto
Anatomia Do Aconchego - Casa Nave
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $40,000
303
Subodh Gupta
Untitled
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $52,500
304
Dan Colen
Oy Vey (3)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $23,750
305
Dan Colen
I'm Gonna Be Sick
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $92,500
306
RETNA
Yo Soy La Corazone Del la Linea Blanca
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $68,750
307
Harmony Korine
Pajama Reststops
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $18,750
308
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled (Terrazzo Painting)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,500
309
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,375
310
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,000
311
Mauro Perucchetti
Luxury Therapy
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $33,750

20th c. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon...

New York Auction 2 July 2020

Provenance

Exhibited

237

Mel Bochner

Blah, Blah, Blah

20th c. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session