Mel Bochner

Blah, Blah, Blah

signed and dated 'Bochner 2016' lower left
monoprint with collage, engraving and embossment on hand-dyed Twirocker handmade paper
56.9 x 77.9 cm (22 3/8 x 30 5/8 in.)
Executed in 2016.

Estimate
£15,000 - 20,000

Sold for £32,500

Contact Specialist
Simon Tovey
Head of Sale
+44 20 7318 4084

New Now

London Auction 7 December 2017

1
Shara Hughes
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £56,250
2
Alex Da Corte
The Money Pit
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £32,500
3
Harold Ancart
Untitled (Seascape)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
4
Richard Aldrich
Spider / Bird
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £21,250
5
A.R. Penck
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
6
Imi Knoebel
Anima Mundi 3-4 Ed.
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
7
Peter Halley
Collocation
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £52,500
8
André Butzer
Ohne Titel
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £62,500
9
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
10
A.R. Penck
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
11
Jonathan Wateridge
Repainting
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
Sold for £81,250
12
Andy Warhol
Antoine Grunn
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £77,500
13
George Condo
Robot Girl
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £118,750
14
Urs Fischer
Money Bowl
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £9,375
15
Elmgreen & Dragset
Right into wrong / powerless structure
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
16
Haim Steinbach
Untitled (lamp, juicer)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
17
Sarah Lucas
Stanway John
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,500
18
Tim Noble and Sue Webster
A 'Fucking Beautiful' detail
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 Ω♠
Sold for £18,750
19
Rashid Johnson
Stay Black and Die
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
20
Angel Otero
Untitled (SK – QF)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £27,500
21
Sterling Ruby
6 Cell Quilt
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
22
Mel Bochner
Blah, Blah, Blah
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £32,500
23
Takashi Murakami
Pinyan
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £75,000
24
Imi Knoebel
Position 25
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
25
Tomory Dodge
King of Spain
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £20,000
26
Peter Zimmermann
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
27
Bernard Frize
Portable VIII
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
28
John Gerrard
Sow Farm (Near Libbey, Oklahoma)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
29
JR
28 Millimètres, Portrait d'une génération, Les Bosquets, In the Mist, Montfermeil, France
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £38,750
30
Oscar Murillo
Untitled Drawing Off the Wall
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
31
Kristin Baker
Wheedle Wherin Winnow
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
32
Jeff Wall
Diagonal Composition
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £50,000
33
John Armleder
FS 202
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £21,250
34
John Armleder
Richoux/Gordon
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
35
Ai Weiwei
Two works: (i) Fairytale - 1001 Chairs 054; (ii) Fairytale - 1001 Chairs 065
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
36
Maurizio Cattelan
Untitled (skeleton vase)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
37
Cho Sung Hee
Blue Blossom
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £68,750
38
Gavin Turk
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,000
39
Norbert Schwontkowski
Kaufhaus
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
40
Norbert Schwontkowski
Schrei
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
41
Jonathan Meese
Kampf um Pluto
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £47,500
42
Dirk Skreber
It rocks us so hard - Ho, Ho, Ho 7.0
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
43
Alex Hubbard
Untitled (RF2)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £22,500
44
Jules de Balincourt
Painting the World
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
45
Tal R
Oldg
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £4,000
46
Ida Ekblad
Stalk Gills and Caps of Goodbye
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠†
Sold for £47,500
47
Kristin Baker
Three works: (i) Minum #57; (ii) Minum #83; (iii) Minum #90
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,250
48
Lucas Blalock
555–555
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500
Sold for £2,375
49
Walead Beshty
Four Magnet
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
50
Nathan Hylden
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £11,250
51
Nathan Hylden
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £6,875
52
Kon Trubkovich
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £13,750
53
Kika Karadi
Untitled (OPM no. 15)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,250
54
Lucien Smith
Untitled (blue padding)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £4,375
55
Brendan Lynch
Three works: (i-iii) Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £3,750
56
Walead Beshty
Copper Surrogate
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
57
Sam Falls
Untitled (639 Santa Clara Avenue, 90291, Upstairs Chimney, Window/Wall)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
58
Ethan Cook
Untitled (Square, begin at one corner until complete)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
59
Ethan Cook
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £11,250
60
Nick Darmstaedter
Scam Mail (Barbara)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
61No Reserve
Louis Eisner
Box 36
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 •
Sold for £1,250
62
Nick Darmstaedter
Scattering of their semen freely
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £2,125
63
This lot is no longer available.
64
This lot is no longer available.
65
This lot is no longer available.
66
This lot is no longer available.
67
Mark Flood
Men's Club
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
68
Caio Fonseca
Pietrasanta Painting
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £11,875
69
Nikolas Gambaroff
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
70
Keith Tyson
Nature Painting (Geo)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
71
Diana Al-Hadid
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £12,500
72
Ryan McGinness
Another Forrest
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £15,000
73
Rosson Crow
Cosmic Cavern
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,250
74
Akim Monet
Temple
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £1,000
75
Abdulnasser Gharem
The Stamp (Inshallah)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
76
Romero Britto
Pastel Spring
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
77
Mustafa Hulusi
Untitled (Red Rose and Hand)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
78
Laura Lancaster
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
79
Katherine Bernhardt
Adidas Sneaker (My Adidas, LL Cool J.)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £9,375
80
Sarah Morris
Underwear and Shoe
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
81
Marianna Gartner
Girls in White
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
82
Marcin Lukasiewicz
Temple II
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
83
Gino Rubert
Action on Golden Bed
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
84
Jan Worst
A Final Afternoon
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
85
Ged Quinn
The Anxious Attempt of Art to Mourn the Silence of Melancholy Over Everything
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
86No Reserve
Whitney Bedford
Untitled (Between You and I)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £2,000
87
Anton Henning
The sudden and tragic death of modernism no. 4
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,000
88
Andy Denzler
Floating Stones
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £27,500
89
Li Luming
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
90
Jãnis Avotiņš
Tohu
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
91
Zhang Jian
Tian'anmen
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
92
Alexis Rockman
Pet Store
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £10,625
93
Inka Essenhigh
Figure Burning in Hell
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £17,500
94
Pat Steir
Soutine drawing lesson
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £16,250
95
Walter Dahn
The Jewelers II
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠†
Sold for £8,125
96
Pavel Pepperstein
Triumph of Mermaid
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 †
Sold for £21,250
97
Simon Faibisovich
Metamorphosis
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £60,000
98
Roman Minin
LOVE
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,250
99
Roman Minin
Human-Alien
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,875
100
Egor Zigura
Colossus that Rebelled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,000
101
Dmitriy Grek
Portrait II
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,250
102
Nazar Bilyk
Space Around (Anamorphosis)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,250
103
George Pusenkoff
Boat on Geneva Lake
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
104
Mikhailo Deyak
Water
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £13,750
105
Anatole Galitsky
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,875
106
Igor Tcholaria
Red Desire
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £8,750
107
Robert Combas
Composition
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
108
Erró
Eros
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
109
Shepard Fairey
Operation Oil Freedom
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £6,000
110
Shepard Fairey
Jasper Johns Red
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
Sold for £6,875
111
Rammellzee
Wild Style Dedication
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
112
Rammellzee
Wild Style Trophy
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
113
William Grob
Four works: (i) I love cigars; (ii) Another broken man; (iii) Buy more feel less; (iv) Gustav Klimt in central park
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £4,000
114
Ben Wolf Noam
Sky, Canopy, Skin, Star (Yaron)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £10,625
115
Scott Campbell
Anatomical Heart
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,625
116
Matteo Negri
Rainbow arrangement
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £13,125
117
Gianfranco Pardi
Architectura
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
118
Dario Agrimi
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
119
Emilio Tadini
L'uomo dell'organizzazione
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
120
Alighiero Boetti
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
121
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £27,500
122
Hurvin Anderson
Green umbrella
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
123
Hurvin Anderson
Blue and gold umbrella
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
124
Gilbert & George
T Shirt & Bag
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
125
Sarah Lucas
Self Portraits 1990-1998 (complete portfolio of 12 works)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
126
Kenneth Armitage
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
127No Reserve
Roger Hilton
Composition
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •♠
Sold for £3,000
128
Frank Auerbach
Mornington Crescent
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £6,000
129
Frank Auerbach
Study for Tree in Primrose Hill
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ♠
Sold for £3,750
130
Paul Noble
A sun 4 sea 6
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
131
Jakub Julian Ziółkowski
Piramida
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠†
132
Jennifer Bartlett
October Amagansett #9
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
133
This lot is no longer available.
134
Antonio Lopez
Untitled (Donna Mitchell)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £3,750
135
Antonio Lopez
The New York Times Magazine
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £2,500
136
George Shaw
The Art Teacher
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
137
Storm Tharp
Love Nothing More
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 †
Sold for £5,625
138
Rachel Feinstein
Eileen (gloves)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
139
Jannis Kounellis
Self-portrait
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
140
Andy Warhol
Untitled (Marilyn)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £11,250
141
Ross Bleckner
FSE
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £10,000
142
Jonathan Monk
Altered to Suit (Sol LeWitt Incomplete Open Cube 5/9, 1974)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
143
Dimitri Kosiré
Monochrom
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
144
Thomas Lerooy
The Kiss
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
145
Ida Ekblad
Bidden Farewell
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠†
Sold for £3,750
146
Katharina Fritsch
Pappkarton
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
147
Neil Beloufa
Show off
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
148
Peter Coffin
Sculpture Silhouette Prop (R. Serra 'One ton prop' 1969)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
149
Gregor Schneider
Wanne
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
150No Reserve
Nina Beier
Trauerspiel
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £250
151
Kristof Kintera
Talkman
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
152
Yaşam Şaşmazer
Treacherous Wolf
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £22,500
153
Stephan Balkenhol
Mann mit grauen Haaren
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
154
Don Brown
Yoko XII (Twin)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
155
Eva Aeppli
Untitled (Head with Hands)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,250
156
Will Ryman
Number 5
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 †
Sold for £11,250
157
Klara Kristalova
A little sculpture about falling in love
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
158
Gregor Schneider
Grabstein
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
159
Jonathan Monk
Second Hand Daily Exchange
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
160
Anna Betbeze
Moon
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 †
Sold for £5,000
161
Paul Vanstone
Senator
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠†
162
Oleg Pinchuk
King Elephant
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
163
Oleg Pinchuk
Rozita
Estimate £6,000 - 10,000 ‡
164
Glenn Kaino
The Siege Perilous
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
165
Lucien Smith
Untitled (Scrap Metal 4393)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
166
Gregor Schneider
Kopf, Bauch und Darm
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
167
Yves Klein
Table Monogold TM
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
168
Gonkar Gyatso
Shambala of Modern Times
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
169
Christian Eckart
Detail Painting #535
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,750
170
Raffi Kalenderian
Tran (in the Park)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £7,500
171
Alex Hubbard
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
172
Katy Moran
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
173
George-Henry Longly
TIIY
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
174
Boyle Family
Study from the Lorrypark Series
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,000
175
Wang Lei
Guidelines
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
176
Martin Maloney
"Michelle” No.2
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £875
177
Muntean/Rosenblum
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
178
Nathalie Djurberg
Once Removed on my Mothers Side
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
179
Olaf Breuning
Apes
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,250
180
Rodney Graham
City Self / Country Self
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £56,250
181
Sharon Lockhart
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
182
Antonio Lopez
Jerry Hall / New York City
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 ‡
Sold for £4,000
183
Marilyn Minter
Pink Bra (Pamela Anderson)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
184
Evgeny Antufiev
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £8,125
185
Axel Hütte
Akbota I
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
186
Doug Aitken
island
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
187
Ryan McGinley
Blue Breakdown
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £11,250
188
James Welling
Untitled (10715)
Estimate £2,000 - 4,000
189
Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler
Arsenal - Curtain Exit
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £5,625
190
Vik Muniz
Death of Loyalist Militiaman Frederico Borrell Garcia, after Robert Capa
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
191
Gerhard Richter
P15 Flow
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
192
Gerhard Richter
P16 Flow
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
193
Joseph Klibansky
On the Move
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
194
Llewellyn Xavier
Eggshell Footprints
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
195
Udomsak Krisanamis
Tonight's the Night
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
196
Stanley Casselman
Luminor-4-35
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
197
Holton Rower
Sugar Crash
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £23,750
198No Reserve
Davis Rhodes
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •†
Sold for £875
199No Reserve
Stephen G. Rhodes
Vacant Portrait
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £2,250
200No Reserve
Davis Rhodes
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •†
Sold for £875
201No Reserve
Marc Gumpinger
Alpen 37 (1:1000)
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £16,250
202No Reserve
Svetlana Vorontsova-Velyaminova
Tomorrow?
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡
Sold for £875
203No Reserve
Sergey Shekhovtsov
Lenin
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡
Sold for £1,375
204No Reserve
Natasha Struchkova
Okulus #5 True
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡
Sold for £2,250
205No Reserve
Margo Trushina
Sea
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £688
206No Reserve
Phillip Allen
The works (Single Dream Version)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £5,000
207No Reserve
Slawomir Elsner
Odra Wodzislaw
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •‡♠
Sold for £1,125
208No Reserve
Till Gerhard
Roggenmuhme
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £4,375
209No Reserve
Stuart Semple
The Birthday Suit
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £5,250
210No Reserve
Agnieszka Brzezanska
Untitled (Brown Abstract)
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •‡♠
Sold for £1,375
211No Reserve
Francesco Vezzoli
Francesco by Francesco: Before & Ever After...With Love
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
Sold for £2,125
212No Reserve
Paul Cowan
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £1,250
213No Reserve
Katy Grannan
Tim
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for £1,125
214No Reserve
Garry Fabian Miller
Night Sea
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £1,250
215No Reserve
Andrew Sutherland
Untitled
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •†
Sold for £750
216No Reserve
Matthias Weischer
Two works: (i) Untitled; (ii) Untitled
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £1,000

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Mel Bochner

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