Provenance
Galleria del Naviglio, Milan
Private Collection, New York
Private Collection, Italy
Dorotheum, Vienna, 29 November 2012, lot 1557
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Tommaso Trini, Rotella, Milan, 1974, n. p. (illustrated, incorrect dimensions cited)

128

Mimmo Rotella

Lichtenstein

signed and dated 'Rotella '68' lower right; further titled '"Lichtenstein"' on the reverse
Artypo on canvas
63 x 48.2 cm (24 3/4 x 18 7/8 in.)
Executed in 1968.

Estimate
£6,000 - 8,000 ♠

Sold for £6,250

Contact Specialist
Tamila Kerimova
Specialist, Head of Day Sale
+ 44 20 7318 4065
tkerimova@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 9 March 2018

101
Henry Moore
Three standing figures
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡♠
Sold for £212,500
102
Henry Moore
Helmet Head No. 4: Interior-Exterior
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
103
Henry Moore
Leaf Figure No. 3
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £62,500
104
Henry Moore
Bird
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
105
Alberto Giacometti
Tête (Head)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £16,250
106
This lot is no longer available.
107
Giacomo Balla
Mercurio che passa davanti al sole (Mercury passing in front of the sun)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
108
Max Ernst
Portrait de ma mère - souvenir de jeunesse (Portrait of my mother - remembrance of youth)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
109
Man Ray
Idole du pêcheur (Fisherman's Idol)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £40,000
110
Germaine Richier
Untitled
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £118,750
111
Henri Laurens
Femme à l'eventail (Woman with Fan)
Estimate £60,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,000
112
This lot is no longer available.
113
Yayoi Kusama
Spring Mars Studay
Estimate £90,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £106,250
114
Howard Hodgkin
Study for the Birthday Party
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,500
115
This lot is no longer available.
116
Sir Anthony Caro, O.M, R.A.
Writing Piece "Say"
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ‡♠
117
Bridget Riley
Red, Green, Blue and Yellow, Five Whites
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
118
Bridget Riley
First Study for Fleeting Moment
Estimate £50,000 - 80,000 ♠†
119
Victor Vasarely
TSENGUE
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
120
Victor Vasarely
BISTALT
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £143,750
121
Yves Klein
La Victoire de Samothrace (S 9)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
122
Jef Verheyen
De eeuwige beweging (The eternal movement)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £87,500
123
Heinz Mack
Licht-Regen-Relief (Light rain relief)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £68,750
124
Agostino Bonalumi
Bianco
Estimate £80,000 - 100,000 ♠
Sold for £81,250
125
Piero Manzoni
Linea (frammento)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £33,750
126
Piero Dorazio
Reticolo
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
127
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Gabriella
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡♠
Sold for £237,000
128
Mimmo Rotella
Lichtenstein
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
129
Giuseppe Penone
26 Unghiate
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
130
Tano Festa
Finestra (Window)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
131
Mario Schifano
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
132
Domenico Bianchi
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
133
Ettore Spalletti
Sorriso, Colore
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
134
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠†
Sold for £162,500
135
Alighiero Boetti
Senza titolo (Alighiero e Boetti)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
136
Bernard Aubertin
Tableau Clous
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
137
Alexander Calder
Le Lézard et le Tétard (The Lizard and the Tadpole)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £68,750
138
Bruce Nauman
Untitled
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
139
Sol LeWitt
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,375
140
James Lee Byars
TSOL
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
141
Laura Owens
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £168,750
142
Lesley Vance
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £75,000
143
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 †
Sold for £43,750
144
Stanley Whitney
Slow Walk No. #2
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £87,500
145
Jonas Wood
Studio Still Life
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £143,750
146
Wolfgang Tillmans
Freischwimmer 63
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
147
Wolfgang Tillmans
Urgency XXVI
Estimate £90,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £137,500
148
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
The Separate
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £237,000
149
George Condo
French Maid Variation
Estimate £400,000 - 600,000
Sold for £753,000
150
Jonas Wood
Untitled (Gray Dots)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
Sold for £168,750
151
Jonas Wood
Downstairs Bathroom 2
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
152
Shara Hughes
AFTER PROM
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £47,500
153
Ilya Kabakov
In the Park 1972
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡
Sold for £168,750
154
Yue Minjun
Backyard Garden
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡
Sold for £273,000
155
KAWS
Accomplice
Estimate £300,000 - 500,000 ‡
Sold for £669,000
156
KAWS
Untitled (Color)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £137,500
157
KAWS
Keep Moving
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000
Sold for £909,000
158
Zeng Fanzhi
Mao
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £87,500
159
Yayoi Kusama
Fallen Blossoms
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £162,500
160
Kim Tschang-Yeul
Waterdrops SH 83003
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £175,000
161
Arakawa
Four Combs
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £47,500
162
Jeff Elrod
Fantasy Island
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
Sold for £106,250
163
Dan Colen
Spill the Blood
Estimate £90,000 - 150,000
Sold for £112,500
164
Damien Hirst
Underworld
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £137,500
165
Antony Gormley
Sprawl Model II
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £43,750
166
Damien Hirst
Beautiful Ataguju Abreaction Painting for Mark (with Diamonds)
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
Sold for £187,500
167
Barbara Kruger
Shame It Blame It
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £143,750
168
Sherrie Levine
L’Enfant Juif
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £81,250
169
Louise Lawler
Claudio's
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £15,000
170
Louise Lawler
Three
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £15,000
171
Francis Alÿs
24 works: Sunpath, Mexico City i) 06.11.98 11.05am; ii) 06.11.98 11.15am; iii) 14.12.98 11.05am; iv) 14.12.98 12.15pm; v) 24.03.99 4.00pm; vi) 24.03.99 4.20pm; vii) 24.03.99 17.00pm; viii) 21.04.99 11.45am; ix) 21.04.99 12.00pm; x) 21.04.99 2.45pm; xi) 27.04.99 6.13pm; xii) 27.04.99 6.15pm; xiii) 20.05.99 2.15pm; xiv) 20.05.99 2.30pm; xv) 20.05.99 3.05pm; xvi) 20.05.99 15.30pm; xvii) 20.05.99 4.15pm; xviii) 20.05.99 4.30pm; xix) 20.05.99 4.45 pm; xx) 20.05.99 4.45 pm; xxi) 20.05.99 5.45pm; xxii) Sunpath, Mexico City 20.05.99 18.30pm; xxiii) Sunpath, Mexico City 21.05.99 1.15pm; xxiv) Sunpath, Mexico City 21.05.99 1.15pm
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,000
172
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £68,750
173
Manolo Valdés
Abanico Azul
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £175,000
174
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡♠
175
Thomas Schütte
United Enemies (A Play in Ten Scenes)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £102,500
176
Norbert Schwontkowski
Wenn ich schon lange tot bin
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,500
177
Daniel Richter
The Decorative Immigrant
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £81,250
178
Jonathan Meese
Revolte, 1000 x Keuschheit goldene Diamantin die Totalvölkische
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
179
A.R. Penck
Horse Racing
Estimate £90,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £137,500
180
Gerhard Richter
Rot - Blau - Gelb [338-35]
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £112,500
181
Gerhard Richter
Rot - Blau - Gelb [338-100]
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £93,750
182
Günther Förg
Anders, Lund
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £87,500
183
Imi Knoebel
Schief und Schräg
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠†
Sold for £23,750
184
Gert and Uwe Tobias
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
185
Georg Baselitz
Untitled (Lovers)
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £81,250
186
Rémy Zaugg
Schau, Ich Bin Blind, Schau.
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £37,500
187
John Armleder
Untitled U 19
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 †
188
Ross Bleckner
Untitled (Chandelier painting)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £21,250
189
George Shaw
The Bank Holiday
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
190
Peter Halley
Here and There
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £93,750
191
Peter Halley
Red Cell Over Two Horizontal Prisons
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £75,000
192
Sam Gilliam
All Colors Stacks
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
193
Theaster Gates
Black Box II
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £21,250
194
Mike Kelley
Circular Progression
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £16,250
195
Jim Hodges
A Diary of Flowers – Just Black
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £21,250
196
Lorna Simpson
Ultra Blue
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £15,000
197
Robert Longo
Study for Dragon
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £30,000
198
Andy Warhol
Jackie
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £40,000
199
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (Any Key will Fit Priscilla's Lock)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
200
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (It Would Appear Inevitable to ask Whether such a Mistake on such a Scale can Prove Effectively Reparable - Whether Ground so Lost can be Effectively Recovered)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,125
201
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (Above all, for the sense of exteriority and control that lie latent there; and for the feeling of freedom that comes from paying the rent)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
202
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (It Took Him a Minute to Recover from the Sense of Being Pierced)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £9,375
203
Herbert Zangs
Verweißung
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
204
Ophélie Asch
Bataille aux cratères
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
205
Bernar Venet
Lignes droites / Obliques
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
206
William Kentridge
Drawing for Other Faces
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £81,250
207
Kara Walker
Forging Freedoms
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
208
Koen Vanmechelen
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
209
Berlinde De Bruyckere
Detail Quan, 2010
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
210
Tal R
Apple and Apple
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
211
Richard Deacon and Thomas Schütte
Them and Us (X)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
212
Igor Mitoraj
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £43,750
213
Ron Mueck
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
214
Jedd Novatt
CXXII
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £56,250
215
Elmgreen & Dragset
The Private Museum
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £60,000
216No Reserve
Iván Navarro
Lamp Table (Blue-Red-White)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 •
Sold for £6,875
217
Iván Navarro
Wall Hole
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £41,250
218
Elad Lassry
Untitled (SP Yellow Cabinet)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
219
Tomás Saraceno
M102/W+W
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £52,500
220
Sylvie Fleury
Color Lab - Free study with white peacock
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
221
Cyprien Gaillard
Untitled (Tooth)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
Sold for £22,500
222
Sterling Ruby
Ceramic/Brass Facial with Red Bowl
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
223
Pamela Rosenkranz
Bow Human
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £13,750
224
Petra Cortright
MSExcel Password msexchange msgre32.dll msgsrv32 devcon32 mshearts.exe msi reports ms.jennifer brooks
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £35,000
225
Matt Connors
Blue Bleed
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
226
Mark Flood
Diamond Mirror
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
227
Michael Williams
Koyaanissmudgey
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
228
Wyatt Kahn
Hermano
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
229
Camille Henrot
Study for Bad Dad
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
230
Camille Henrot
Leaking Trash Bag from the series Minor Concerns
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
231
Richard Aldrich
One Page, Two Pages, Two Paintings
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
232
Walead Beshty
Black Curl (CMY/Five Magnet: Irvine, California, January 2nd, 2010, Fujicolor Crystal Archive Super Type C, Em. No. 165-021, 09710)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
233
Kaari Upson
Charcoal Panel 7 (Position 1)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
234
Jason Martin
Zero
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
235
Angel Otero
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £16,250
236
Bosco Sodi
Untitled - 0087
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
237
Gelitin
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
238
Neil Beloufa
Untitled from Secure Wall Series
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,875
239
Ugo Rondinone
Small Orange Yellow Mountain
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £26,250
240
Hugh Scott-Douglas
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,125
241
Lucien Smith
What’s Mines is Yours is Ours
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £26,250
242
David Ostrowski
F (Jet Grill)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
243
Stefan Brüggemann
Headlines and Last Lines in the Movies (Fluorescent)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £52,500
244
Sterling Ruby
DRFTRS (4283)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
245
Nate Lowman
Untitled (Red Bullet Holes)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 †
246
Barbara Kruger
Untitled (How Can I be a Better Person)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £42,500
247
Cory Arcangel
Timeless Standards
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £16,250
248
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Fachwerkhäuser des Siegener Industriegebiets
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
249
Gerhard Richter
Woman with Child (Frau mit Kind)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,000
250
Wolfgang Tillmans
State
Estimate £50,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
251
Thomas Ruff
Cassini 33
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,500
252
Thomas Ruff
ma.r.s. 05_1
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £43,750
253
Jeff Wall
Night
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £100,000
254
Hiroshi Sugimoto
English Channel, Weston Cliff
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £58,750
255
Yang Fudong
No Snow on the Broken Bridge
Estimate £22,000 - 28,000
256
Douglas Gordon
Monster Reborn
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
257
Paul McCarthy
Untitled (from Propo-Series) (Ken Doll No Head)
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000
Sold for £21,250
258
Sam Taylor-Johnson
(Untitled) Kate
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
259
David LaChapelle
Amanda as Liz (Orange)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
260
David LaChapelle
Amanda as Marilyn (Red)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £26,250
261
This lot is no longer available.
262
David LaChapelle
Last Supper
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
263
Massimo Vitali
Spiagge Olandesi "Bloemendaal"
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
264
Rineke Dijkstra
Peter Svenson
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
265
James Welling
Two works: (i) Dégradé INDV; (ii) Dégradé ICYV
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £8,750
266
David Kim Whittaker
Self Portrait Four, Jewel Box (The Broads, Thunder Showers, Late Afternoon, A Young Girl in Reflection, Poetics of the Past Never Forgotten)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠†
Sold for £81,250
267
Matt MacDowel
Brown Town
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
268
Jack Lavender
Now and Then It Comes Back 9
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
269
Kristin Baker
Cheras to Dunc Gray
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
270
Kristin Baker
Two Hides
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
271
Gerhard Richter
P16
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
272
Gerhard Richter
Four works: (i) Aladin (P11); (ii) Bagdad (P9); (iii) Bagdad (P10); (iv) IFRIT (P8)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
273
Tom Wesselmann
Monica Sitting with Legs Spread
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £21,250
274
This lot is no longer available.
275
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Four works: (i) Fop haired monopod I; (ii) Monster T-shirt I; (iii) Young girl with the spinal column I; (iv) Fuck face I
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
276
Chris Ofili
Nude Study in Blue
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
277
Gilbert & George
Dragon
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
278
Julian Opie
This is Shahnoza horizontal. 06.
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £47,500
279
Julian Opie
This is Shahnoza. 29.
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
280
Stuart Semple
Jump for my Love
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
281
The Connor Brothers
I Drink to Make Other People More Interesting
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 9 March 2018

Provenance

Literature

128

Mimmo Rotella

Lichtenstein

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale