Paul Lee

Messanger

signed, titled and dated "PAUL LEE 'MESSANGER' 06" on the reverse
soda cans, string, spray paint, washcloth, rock, print and marker
11 3/4 x 11 x 6 in. (29.8 x 27.9 x 15.2 cm)
Executed in 2006.

Estimate
$1,000 - 1,500 •

Sold for $1,143

Contact Specialist

Katerina Blackwood
Specialist, Head of Online Sales
Modern & Contemporary Art
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+1 212 940 1248

Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York

17 - 26 June 2024

1
Jamie Nares
It's Bin Did
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $48,260
2
Lari Pittman
Like You, Declarative but Contrite but Wanting to be Kissed
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
3
Alex Israel
Self Portrait
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $101,600
4
Hayal Pozanti
The curfew concrete bunker
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $21,590
5
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Forest Green
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $22,860
6
Donna Huanca
catalyst (WET)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $21,590
7
Elliott Hundley
Let the Whole House Crash, Season I
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $13,970
8
Leonard Baby
No More Tears To Lean On
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,350
9
Sean Landers
Cerberus Today
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
10
Sean Landers
Hang in There, Baby
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
11
Pedro Pedro
Figures Around A Table
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,160
12
Melike Kara
To be titled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,510
13
Caio Fonseca
Fifth Street Painting CO1.44
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
14
Ross Bleckner
Blue Star
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $40,640
15
Bosco Sodi
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $35,560
16
Bosco Sodi
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $13,970
17
Sadie Benning
Blood Dots
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
18
Dorian Gaudin
I Am an Arctic Mirage
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,620
19
Cristina BanBan
Mariana
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $19,050
20
Matthew Brandt
Woodblock BL, BR, GN, OR, YL, GY, BK 5
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,810
21
Huma Bhabha
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,940
22
Emma Stern
Naomi 1
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $4,064
23No Reserve
Simphiwe Ndzube
Msobomvu
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000 •
Sold for $5,334
24
Naudline Pierre
Shadowy Figure
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,540
25
Wes Lang
Standing in the Garden
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,590
26
Nicole Eisenman
Totemic
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $19,050
27
Paul Jenkins
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $21,590
28
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $11,430
29
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (The flower of...)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,510
30
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (I have crossed...)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,860
31
Alexandre Arrechea
Hand
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $9,525
32No Reserve
Federico Uribe
Adam (Eye Enlargement)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $1,270
33
Antonio Berni
Ramona en la calle
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,794
34No Reserve
Roberto Matta
Untitled
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500 •
Sold for $1,651
35
Cundo Bermúdez
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,510
36
Loló Soldevilla
Sin título
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,080
37
Maurício Nogueira Lima
Geométrico
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,795
38
Ivan Serpa
Untitled from Série Geomântica
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $24,130
39
Angel Botello
Girl with Flowers
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $50,800
40
René Portocarrero
Payaso con parasol
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
41
This lot is no longer available.
42
Bernard Cathelin
Roses d' Inde au Fond Gris
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,334
43
Sir Anthony Caro, O.M, R.A.
Writing Piece "M"
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $11,430
44
Mark di Suvero
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $22,860
45
Tony Delap
Presto's Garden
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,430
46
Sam Gilliam
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,700
47
Milton Resnick
Straw
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,826
48No Reserve
Purvis Young
Untitled (Free at Last)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $6,096
49
This lot is no longer available.
50
Jessie Homer French
The Episcopal Men’s Dinner
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,970
51
Karen Kilimnik
Red Square at night, dreamland, 9 pm, 3 am, Moscow Time
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $21,590
52
Johannes Kahrs
Ohne Titel (Mädchen mit Licht)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
53
Rita Ackermann
Dance of the Wild Hunt
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,350
54
Cletus Johnson
Two works: (i) Oasis; (ii) Oasis with an Urn
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,080
55
Claudette Schreuders
The Lover
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $44,450
56
Mark Manders
Suitcase with Dog and Pillows (Fragment from a Self-Portrait as a Building)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $21,590
57
Richard Phillips
Sissel
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
58
Richard Phillips
Sharon
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,985
59
Michael Gregory
White Line
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,810
60
Norbert Schwontkowski
Cargo Cult
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $22,860
61
Sayre Gomez
Thief Painting (Blue Over Red)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,970
62
Sayre Gomez
Untitled Painting in Cerulean
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,255
63
Lucien Smith
Wouldn't it be nice
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $10,795
64
Nir Hod
The Night You Left
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
65
Alex Da Corte
Shampoo Painting
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
66
Alex Da Corte
Buff Tusk
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,445
67
Paul McCarthy
Santa Sac, Black, Double Head, 2 Butt Plugs, Sac Butt Plug no stick
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,160
68
Tom Sachs
Brillo Box
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,890
69
Kelley Walker
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $6,350
70
Donald Moffett
Painting with a Hole
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $19,050
71
Josh Sperling
Untitled (Donut Prussian Blue)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,715
72
Banks Violette
Black noise (Ampeg BA - 115) for S.P.
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,810
73
Nicolas Party
Blakam's stone (lime)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,826
74
Katharina Fritsch
Bettlerhand (Beggar's Hand)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,240
75
Ugo Rondinone
Small Yellow Mountain
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $13,970
76
Grant Levy-Lucero
Pops Soda Shop A&W Root Beer
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,794
77
Ibrahim Mahama
H GOY
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $22,860
78
Wonder Buhle Mbambo
No longer scared
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,556
79
Emmanuel Taku
Golden Steps
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
80
Awol Erizku
Guap On Me - Future
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
81No Reserve
Joseph Baraka Munyao Mutuku
Relaxed
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $4,064
82
Victor Ubah
Behind the Floater
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,540
83
Annan Affotey
Bond
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,715
84No Reserve
Odinakachi Okoroafor
Spinster III
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $5,080
85
This lot is no longer available.
86
Hiejin Yoo
Silent Night
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
87
Yu Nishimura
a man's work
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $40,640
88
Hideaki Kawashima
vicious
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,985
89
Camilla Engström
Milk River
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $7,620
90
Natalia Gonzalez Martin
Susana
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $7,620
91
Fátima de Juan
Sunday
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
92
Brian Calvin
Something Under
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,715
93
Maja Djordjević
More Than Party
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,302
94
Katherine Bernhardt
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,985
95
Canyon Castator
Butting heads with strays
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,350
96No Reserve
Matthew Day Jackson
Sunset
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $3,048
97
Gina Beavers
Picasso Underwear
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,080
98No Reserve
Gina Beavers
Self-portrait with 'Burger Eye 2015'
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $2,794
99
Ginny Casey
Upward Leaning
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
100
Nigel Cooke
Painter's Head 1 (Master)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,080
101No Reserve
Bjarne Melgaard
Untitled (Big Fat Black Cock, Inc.)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $2,540
102
Ian Davis
Facility
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $8,890
103
Nick Gentry
2000
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,096
104
Pedro Pedro
Thoughtful
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,540
105
Despina Stokou
(right) Emojis iphone
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
106
Adam McEwen
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,715
107No Reserve
Nathan Hylden
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $1,524
108No Reserve
Israel Lund
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $4,826
109
Sergej Jensen
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,302
110
Patrick Alston
The Spook Who Sat By the Door
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $8,255
111
Ryan Sullivan
January 19, 2011
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,080
112
Ryan Sullivan
Lunes a Viernes
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,810
113
Julian Hoeber
Execution Changes #6 (HS Q1 LMJ DC Q2 ULJ DC)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,096
114
Mark Flood
Riviére Noire
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,810
115
Arman
Tools of Persuasion / Guns Controlled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $12,065
116No Reserve
Arman
Color Strokes, variation "D"
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $1,905
117
Robert Longo
Untitled (New York Athletic Club)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $13,970
118No Reserve
Tom Friedman
There
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $1,524
119
Leo Villareal
Devil's Playground (White)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
120
Jennifer Steinkamp
Ronnie Reagan, 1
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $13,970
121
Cindy Sherman
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
122
Tracey Emin
Sometimes I Feel Beautiful
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,510
123
Catherine Opie
Lawrence (Black Shirt)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,255
124
Ryan McGinley
Morrissey 6
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,540
125No Reserve
Ryan McGinley
Marcel
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $762
126
Marilyn Minter
Drip Drop
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,160
127
Rosemarie Trockel
Once Upon a Time
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,160
128
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (woman stain) from the series Twilight
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $25,400
129
Darren Almond
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,810
130
Zoe Leonard
Bear Head on Ground
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
131
Nan Goldin
Joana laughing, L'Hotel, Paris
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,795
132
Carolee Schneemann
Parallel Axis
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,620
133
Donald Sultan
Smoke Rings, Feb 14, 2001
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,064
134
Michal Rovner
Untitled (Crown)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,302
135No Reserve
Emily Jacir
Where We Come From (Omayma)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $1,524
136No Reserve
Darren Bader
Untitled
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $1,397
137
Daidō Moriyama
Tights
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,350
138No Reserve
James Casebere
Desert House with Cactus
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $1,270
139
Sanya Kantarovsky
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,810
140
Sanya Kantarovsky
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $4,064
141
RETNA
La Ruca
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,890
142
Sterling Ruby
Transcompositional/Action Below
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,620
143
Paulina Olowska
Russian Sculpture + Women
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $5,080
144No Reserve
Paulina Olowska
Untitled
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000 •
Sold for $1,080
145
Leon Polk Smith
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,985
146
Leon Polk Smith
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,445
147
Larry Poons
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,985
148
This lot is no longer available.
149
Paul Jenkins
Phenomena Jade Pass
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,715
150
Sol LeWitt
Blue Pyramid
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,985
151
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,255
152
Karel Appel
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,620
153
Mernet Larsen
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,064
154
Amy Sillman
Look At It
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $10,160
155
Larry Rivers
Slaves Posing
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $3,810
156
Larry Rivers
The Minstrel Show Goes On
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $3,810
157
Lari Pittman
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,255
158
Martin Kippenberger
Untitled (Hotel Chelsea #1)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,096
159
Callum Innes
Untitled from the series Cento
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,350
160
Don Eddy
Catena Aureus (The Golden Chain)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,413
161
Marc Quinn
Venus and Mars
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,890
162
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
The Yard
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,032
163
John Currin
Sister
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,890
164
John Currin
Woman and Baby
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,255
165
David Shrigley
Untitled (Eat the bugs)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $12,065
166No Reserve
Ellen Berkenblit
Untitled (#1)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $762
167No Reserve
Paul P.
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $3,810
168
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (A Drawing is Like a Kiss...)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,795
169
Hilo Chen
City-6
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,334
170No Reserve
Jorge Pardo
Untitled (Maine)
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000 •
Sold for $1,207
171No Reserve
Shay Kun
Between the Riots
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $826
172
Neil Beloufa
Vintage Series (clothes pins)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,794
173No Reserve
Michael Manning
Two works: (i) Fortunate Son (Sheryl Crow Pandora Painting); (ii) Wide Open Spaces (Sheryl Crow Pandora Painting)
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $445
174
Samantha Rosenwald
Spiders Crawling Up Your Back, They Bite You
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $2,540
175No Reserve
Hayden Dunham
GEL (6.32.01)
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $254
176
Alex Hubbard
[Not Yet Titled: April #16]
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,778
177No Reserve
Paul Lee
Messanger
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 •
Sold for $1,143
178
Red Grooms
Picasso Lithograph Sculpture
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,270
179No Reserve
Flora Hauser
Ground Plan, Secession 1010
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $445
180No Reserve
Brian Alfred
RiRi
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $889
181No Reserve
Zachary Armstrong
Two works: (i) Dinosaurs (Bedsheets for Noah); (ii) Dinosaurs (Bedsheets for Maddox)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $4,064

Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New...

17 - 26 June 2024

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Paul Lee

Messanger

Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York