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Provenance
Michael Werner, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2013

259

Michael Williams

A Reasoned Case for Why You Should do an Inconvenient Thing

signed, titled and dated "A REASONED CASE FOR WHY YOU SHOULD DO AN INCONVENIENT THING 2012 Michael Williams" on the reverse
oil and airbrush on canvas
70 x 54 in. (177.8 x 137.2 cm)
Executed in 2012.

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000

Contact Specialist

Avery Semjen
Specialist, Head of New Now Sale
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New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art

New York Auction 25 September 2024

1
Sara Anstis
Only the Beach, the Sea, and the Two of Us
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
2
Nadia Waheed
Gender Reveal
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
3
Clayton Schiff
Bask
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
4
Daisy Parris
I'd Rather Get No Sleep Next To You Than Sleep Alone
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
5
Yuan Fang
Expanse (Three Figures)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
6
Loie Hollowell
Squirt
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
7
Violeta Maya
De donde vengo I y II
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
8
Emily Mason
Winter Kept us Warm
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
9
Liliane Tomasko
Vestige
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
10
Stefanie Heinze
Cephalopod (Silken Touch)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
11
Maysha Mohamedi
Sex in Zion National Park in 2021
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
12
Etel Adnan
Forêt
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
13
Robin F. Williams
Joggers
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
14
Derek Fordjour
Windfall
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
15
Genesis Tramaine
Saint. Mother. Mary
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
16
Vaughn Spann
A promise of sunshine after the rain
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
17
Alvaro Barrington
Untitled (Banana 2)
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
18
Theaster Gates
Creamy Rich Sky, Asphalt Horizon Roll
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
19
Sean Scully
Untitled
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
20
Mary Heilmann
Go Ask Alice
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
21
Carroll Dunham
Down (Mound E)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
22
Richard Prince
Untitled (de Kooning)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
23
Joan Snyder
House I
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
24
Jessie Homer French
Rensslaerville, Winter with Sled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
25
Tabboo!
Snowfall over the east village
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
26
Milton Avery
Rocky Coast
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
27
Barry Flanagan
Small Nijinsky on Anvil
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
28
Deborah Butterfield
Horse #9
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
29
Manolo Valdés
Daphne I
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
30
Yoshitomo Nara
Untitled (Stormy Angry Grey Slay)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
31
George Condo
Stepmonk's Diary
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
32
Bill Traylor
Black Goat
Estimate $20,000 - 25,000
33
Bill Traylor
Untitled (Woman, Green Blouse, Black Bag)
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
34
Anna Weyant
Drawing for Uh Huh Honey
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
35
Claire Tabouret
The Wanderer (Orange)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
36
Caroline Walker
Study for Housekeeping II
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
37
Lawrence Calcagno
Dark Sunbands
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
38
Stanley Whitney
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
39
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai)
Camas Series #56M
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
40
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai)
Wallowa Waterhole 97M
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
41
Robert Rauschenberg
Wagon Wheel from the Galvanic Suite
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
42
Andy Warhol
Untitled (Camille series)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
43
Mike Kelley
Lenticular 1
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
44
Ana Mendieta
Encantación a Olokún-Yemayá (Incantation to Olokun-Yemaya)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
45
Louise Lawler
Untitled, 1950-51
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000 ‡
46
Cindy Sherman
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
47
Marilyn Minter
Cuntrol
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
48
Kon Trubkovich
Dance before my mirror 2
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
49
Justin Williams
Walking scorpion, John played guitar to no one
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
50
Umar Rashid (Frohawk Two Feathers)
The Fire Witch
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
51
Alejandra Moros
Abrazo
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
52
Francesca DiMattio
Sevres Mint Bench
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
53
Stephanie Temma Hier
On Those Blue Remembered Hills
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
54
Kennedy Yanko
SK1
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
55
Raven Halfmoon
Two Sides To Every Story and Historic Glory
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
56
Kiki Smith
Meat Arm
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
57
Tschabalala Self
Bodega Cat with Stripes
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
58
Javier Calleja
Heads
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
59
Jenny Holzer
Selection from Survival: Die fast and quiet...
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
60
Peter Linde Busk
Though this be madness
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
61
Daniel Gibson
Vase
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
62
Jennifer Guidi
Untitled (Red Sand #1, Dash and Dot)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
63
Frank Walter
Untitled (Two Trees, Red Flowers)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
64
Brook Hsu
satyr family
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
65
Joani Tremblay
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
66
Shara Hughes
Morocco
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
67
Alicia Adamerovich
Asthma
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
68
Claire Colette
Awareness is the sky
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
69
Bernadette Despujols
Ella y Laura
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
70
Mikey Yates
Tekken
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
71
Dominic Chambers
Untitled (Kevin in Green)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
72
Leonard Baby
Party of One
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
73
Shannon Cartier Lucy
New Home (oven)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
74
Roberto Gil de Montes
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
75
Alex Foxton
Peter Curry
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
76
Sofia Mitsola
Balona
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
77
Jules de Balincourt
Wondering and Wandering Islanders
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
78
Margery Thomas-Mueller
Paradise Walking 8
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
79
Wardell Milan
The Age of Blossoms
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
80
Nicolas Party
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
81
Roger Brown
Jonestown
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
82
John Wesley
Black Nipples
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
83
Chico da Silva and the Pirambu School
Two Horses
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
84
Lois Dodd
Salvia Argentea II
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
85
Lynne Drexler
Sheets
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
86
Deborah Remington
Sceadu
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
87
Robert Mangold
Column/Figure 23 A
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
88
Ron Gorchov
Dione
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000 ‡
89
Helen Frankenthaler
Untitled
Estimate $45,000 - 65,000
90
Alfred Leslie
Kurtz's Station
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
91
Robert Motherwell
Gauloises with Green
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
92
Peter Bradley
Site at Hardon
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
93
Milton Resnick
Truth B
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
94
Larry Poons
Retrieval
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
95
Thomas Downing
Untitled (13234)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
96
Friedel Dzubas
Encounter
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
97
Vivian Springford
Untitled
Estimate $35,000 - 50,000
98
Albert Oehlen
Antiques
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
99
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
100
Yayoi Kusama
Someone in a Memory
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
101
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Nude Aquatint
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
102
Andy Warhol
Dollar Sign
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
103
Max Cole
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
104
Ed Clark
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
105
Francesco Clemente
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
106
Michael Goldberg
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000 ‡
107
James Brown
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
108
Robert Colescott
Untitled #9 (Dark Face)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
109
Roy Lichtenstein
St. Macarius Before His Monastery
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
110
Willi Baumeister
Komposition
Estimate $35,000 - 50,000
111No Reserve
Louise Nevelson
Volcanic Magic XIV
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000 •
112
Richard Nonas
Eight Piece Wall Sculpture
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000 ‡
113
Ken Price
Untitled (Two Parts)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
114
Mimi Herbert
Quasar
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
115
George Rickey
Divided Square Oblique IV
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
116
George Rickey
Column of Six Lines with Gimbals
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
117
Alexander Calder
Bow Tie
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
118
Anthony Caro
Mint
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
119
Mary Heilmann and Steve Keister
Green Tile Table and 4 Clubchairs
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
120
Guy Yanai
Plant on Toast
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
121
Henni Alftan
Flies
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
122
Josh Smith
Still in the Garden
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
123
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
124
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
125
Katherine Bradford
Olympiad
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
126
Cassi Namoda
Bar Mundo at 12AM
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
127
Walter Price
"The leaves are turning brown now."
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
128
Brian Calvin
Subduction
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
129
Chase Hall
Walrus
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
130
Scout Zabinski
A Pain in the Grass
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
131
Mickey Lee
Apprehension
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
132
Katherina Olschbaur
Grapes
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
133
Emily Ludwig Shaffer
New Fence Finials
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
134
Nikki Maloof
Bed
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
135
Drew Dodge
Trail
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
136
Sophie Larrimore
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
137
Austin Harris
What Is It You’re Chasing?
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
138
Eliot Greenwald
Night Car (expansive taste)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
139
Peter Cain
500 SL #3
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
140
Sanya Kantarovsky
Accents
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000 ‡
141
Amy Sillman
Three works: (i-iii) Letters from Texas (11, 12, 13)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000 ‡
142
Susumu Kamijo
The Gathering
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
143
Jordy Kerwick
Bloody Valentine
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
144
Ivy Haldeman
Full Figure, Head Leans on Bun Edge, Leg Akimbo, Bottom Enfolded
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
145
Gabriel Mills
LCLF:8122508
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
146No Reserve
Jeff Sonhouse
2 4 You and 1, 2 FOR ME
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000 •‡
147No Reserve
Jeff Sonhouse
No Stones in My Path
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000 •‡
148No Reserve
Summer Wheat
Royal Jelly
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000 •
149
Os Gêmeos
Very close to be far
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
150
Jörg Immendorff
Gelbe und braune Babies (Yellow and Brown Babies)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
151
Tomoo Gokita
The Thrill is Gone
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
152
Jansson Stegner
Cedar Lake
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
153
Jess Valice
God 1
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
154
Jamian Juliano-Villani
Interns
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
155
Ambera Wellmann
Simper II
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
156
Jenna Gribbon
Hallway with bird mobile
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
157
Austyn Weiner
I Miss You I Kiss You I Didn't Mean to Dismiss You
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
158
Donna Huanca
Sky Testes
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
159
Ryan Cosbert
Nostalgia
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
160
Yukimasa Ida
End of Today — 3/5/2021 Portrait of u
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
161
Sarah Morris
Bonaventure [Los Angeles]
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
162
RETNA
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
163
Lari Pittman
Untitled #16
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
164
Luc Tuymans
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
165
Rashid Johnson
Cosmic Slop "Laugh Out Loud"
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
166
Hank Willis Thomas
Uprising
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
167
Ugo Rondinone
long GONE sole
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
168
Tom Sachs
Alpine
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
169
Sterling Ruby
BC (3603)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
170
Vaughn Spann
Deep Six (Night Blue)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
171
Mika Tajima
Negative Entropy (Kim Reddick, Jacquard Card Cutter, Pink, quad)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
172
Avery Singer
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
173
Georg Baselitz
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
174
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
175
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
176
Mike Kelley
Garbage Drawing #43
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
177
Mike Kelley
Garbage Drawing #46
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
178
Carroll Dunham
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
179
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (While hers had)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
180
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (I was very young)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
181
Glenn Ligon
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
182
Jim Shaw
Four works: (i) Clean Slate (from 3-D My Mirage); (ii) Four Assassinations; (iii) 3-D / My Mirage / Rome Version; (iv) Nine Cute Statues
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
183
Louis Fratino
The Devil
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
184
Antonio Tarsis
Linha do Horizonte
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
185
Brice Guilbert
Fournez
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
186
Marina Perez Simão
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
187
Thomas Scheibitz
Untitled (Nr. 70)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
188
Huma Bhabha
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
189
Khari Turner
Entering Hope Adjacent
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
190
Ifeyinwa Joy Chiamonwu
Son of the Soil 1 from the OLD TESTAMENT Series
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
191
Ai Weiwei
Hanging Man (Gold)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
192
Vanessa German
Untitled (Paddle)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
193
Paola Pivi
Are you interested?
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
194
Tom Sachs
The Cabinet
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
195
Rachel Harrison
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
196
Theaster Gates
Ebony Vitrine
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
197
Alex Da Corte
A Lily Livered Pitted Pot
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
198
Walton Ford
1.September. 1914: 1:00 PM
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
199
Olafur Eliasson
Holo lamp
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
200
Max Hooper Schneider
Plasm(o)void 6
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
201
Christian Boltanski
Monument
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
202
John Gerrard
Smoke Tree IV
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
203
Martin Creed
Work No. 379; LOVE
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
204
Huma Bhabha
Magic Carpet
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
205
Rebecca Warren
Grand Cru
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
206
Cosima von Bonin
UNTITLED (THE GREEN DONKEY WITH HAT AND BOX & APRONS)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
207
Ernesto Neto
Copula de Pes Duplos
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
208
Takashi Murakami
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
209
Subodh Gupta
Jeff the Koons (1)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
210
Louise Lawler
I-O (Brillo)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000 ‡
211
Chris Burden
747
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
212
Valie Export
Caceri
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
213
Arthur Jafa
Bloods III
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
214
Richard Prince
Carole, from the Entertainer series
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
215
Vik Muniz
20th Century Fox after Ed Ruscha, from the series Pictures of Cars
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
216
Vik Muniz
Siesta, after Pierre Bonnard (Pictures of Magazines 2)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
217
Vik Muniz
Beautiful life, after Agnes Martin
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
218
Deana Lawson
Portal
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
219
Dennis Oppenheim
Rocked Hand
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
220
R. H. Quaytman
"ד", Chapter 24
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
221
Allison Katz
IQ
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
222
Devin B. Johnson
Hush Now...
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
223
Jonathan Lyndon Chase
Sad forecast
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
224
Paulina Olowska
Sweterek-Blazeaka (Sweater - blouse)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
225
Heidi Hahn
Burn Out in Shredded Heaven 7
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
226
Veronika Pausova
i drew the curtains
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
227
Julien Ceccaldi
Shopping Mantis (Bleu Noir Iridescent)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
228
Veronica Fernandez
In Flight
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
229
Yirui Jia
A Girl Cut in Five
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
230
Marcus Jahmal
Thief in the Night
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
231
Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe
Joseph Cubo
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
232
Sergej Jensen
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
233
Cyprien Gaillard
Not yet titled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
234
Karl Horst Hödicke
Säulen des Herkules
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
235
Gottfried Helnwein
The Disasters of War 50
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
236
Chris Martin
Amy Winehouse (Gold)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
237
Kwesi Botchway
Solid Bond
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
238
Tyler Ballon
Apple of My Eye
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
239
Titus Kaphar
My failure, not hers
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
240
Orion Martin
The Stylist
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
241No Reserve
Nate Lowman
Bullet Hole
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000 •
242
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Untitled (History Painting)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
243
Miya Ando
Blue Color
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
244
Thilo Heinzmann
O.T.
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
245
Moira Dryer
Damage & Desire, Damage & Desire
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
246
Tomory Dodge
Levitate
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
247
Tom Burr
white out one (reprise/reprise)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
248
Elliott Hundley
Lantern
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
249
Troy Montes-Michie
Figure/Ground
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
250
Seth Price
Pshop IRL
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
251
Lucien Smith
Star (7738, 355, 342)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
252
Simphiwe Ndzube
Tangled, Untangle
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
253
Barry McGee
Untitled (15 panel installation)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
254
Gerasimos Floratos
Complex Min
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
255
Olivia Sterling
Piebald
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
256
Ryan Travis Christian
Big Hand Travelin' Man
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
257
Friedrich Kunath
It's Over, It's Ended, It's Finished...Good Morning
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
258
Willa Wasserman
Still life, daffodil, lilac, sharps, painting
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
259
Michael Williams
A Reasoned Case for Why You Should do an Inconvenient Thing
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000

New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art

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Michael Williams

A Reasoned Case for Why You Should do an Inconvenient Thing

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