Peter Saul

Study for Prune Head

signed and dated "SAUL May 4, 2001" lower left
pencil and ink on paper
11 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. (29.5 x 24.1 cm)
Executed on May 4, 2001.

Please note that this is a study for the painting, lot 143.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000

Contact Specialist

Annie Dolan
NY Head of Auctions and Specialist, Head of Sale, Morning Session
212 940 1288
adolan@phillips.com

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 15 May 2024

101
Emmi Whitehorse (Diné)
Canyon Lake I
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $177,800
102
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai)
Eagle Wing
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,640
103
Hedda Sterne
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,795
104
Wolfgang Paalen
Phantoms I
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,240
105
René Magritte
La belle lurette
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $152,400
106
Chico da Silva
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 60,000
Sold for $63,500
107
Bill Traylor
Black Bear
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $30,480
108
Elaine de Kooning
Untitled (Bullfight Series)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $152,400
109
Lois Dodd
Wild Geraniums
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $228,600
110
Willem de Kooning
Still Life
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $330,200
111
Milton Avery
The White Hen and Fantasy Creatures (double-sided)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $95,250
112
Milton Avery
Dark Sea, Dark Sky
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $139,700
113
Wassily Kandinsky
Rapallo-Stürmischer Tag
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $101,600
114
Arshile Gorky
Portrait of the Artist's Wife
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $88,900
115
Guy Pène du Bois
Conversation - Paris Cafe (Yvonne Pène du Bois)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $27,940
116
Raoul Dufy
La fenêtre aux vitres de couleurs
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
117
This lot is no longer available.
118
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Jeune femme assise
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $254,000
119
Pierre Bonnard
Jardin au bord de la Seine
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $228,600
120
Odilon Redon
Fleurs dans un vase
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $254,000
121
Henri Matisse
Nu assis ou femme au collier
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
122
Françoise Gilot
Flora
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $76,200
123
Pablo Picasso
Tasse et bananes
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $177,800
124
Fernand Léger
Composition à l'échequier
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
125
Willi Baumeister
Maschine und Mensch
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $66,040
126
Howard Hodgkin
Small Tree near Cairo
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $139,700
127
Philip Guston
Untitled
Estimate $350,000 - 500,000
128
Lynne Drexler
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $57,150
129
Michael Corinne West
Save the Tiger
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $40,640
130
Judith Rothschild
Figure in Space
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $30,480
131
Hans Hofmann
Magenta, Yellow and Black
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $279,400
132
Alice Baber
The Green Day of the Jaguar
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $133,350
133
Helen Frankenthaler
Spirits of Wine
Estimate $1,200,000 - 1,800,000
Sold for $1,168,400
134
Robert Motherwell
Hollow Men Series
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $698,500
135
Robert Motherwell
Zen IV
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
136
Vivian Springford
Untitled (VSF 347)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $95,250
137
Helen Frankenthaler
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $44,450
138
Joan Mitchell
Untitled
Estimate $350,000 - 550,000
Sold for $584,200
139
Norman Lewis
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
140
Charles Alston
Black and White #7
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $215,900
141
Ernie Barnes
Human Celebration
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $292,100
142
This lot is no longer available.
143
Peter Saul
Prune Head
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $152,400
144
Fritz Scholder (Luiseño)
Super Kachina
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $177,800
145
Andy Warhol
Skull
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,850
146
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $190,500
147
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $152,400
148
Yayoi Kusama
Butterfly
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $355,600
149
On Kawara
NOV. 8, 1977 (from Today Series, no. 23)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $330,200
150
Ed Ruscha
Suddenly Spastic
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $114,300
151
Ed Ruscha
TREMBLING STALKS OF AQUATIC VEGETATION
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $165,100
152
Ed Ruscha
We're This and We're That Aren't We?
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $177,800
153
Josef Albers
Study for Homage to the Square: Oracle
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $220,001
154
Donald Judd
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $101,600
155
Lynda Benglis
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $127,000
156
Louise Nevelson
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $203,200
157
Olga de Amaral
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $139,700
158
This lot is no longer available.
159
Brice Marden
Honey's Drawing
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $35,560
160
Agnes Martin
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
161
Ed Clark
Ife
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $53,340
162
Gerhard Richter
Untitled 26.2.89
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $190,500
163
Richard Serra
Untitled #21
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
164
Lynn Chadwick, R.A.
Maquette, High Wind
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $44,450
165
Moissey Kogan
Mädchenkopf I (Head of a Girl I)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,890
166
Gaston Lachaise
Garden Figure (second state) [LF 137]
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
167
Manolo Valdés
Reina Mariana
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $444,500
168
Aristide Maillol
La nymphe aux fleurs
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $635,000
169
Édouard Vuillard
Mme Arthur Fontaine au piano
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
170
André Derain
Nus dans un paysage
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
171
Louis Valtat
Les deux soeurs assises, Madame Zette et Madame Juin
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
172
Maurice de Vlaminck
Village et bord de rivière
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $101,600
173
André Derain
Nature morte avec bouteille
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
174
Jean Metzinger
Femme au perroquet (La fenêtre)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $114,300
175
This lot is no longer available.
176
Alexander Calder
Bow Tie
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
177
John Chamberlain
Tonk #8
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $165,100
178
Robert Indiana
Number 0
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,850
179
Robert Rauschenberg
Access
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,800
180
Ken Price
Lower
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
181
Lawrence Weiner
Stretched As Tightly As Is Possible (Satin) & (Petroleum Jelly)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $69,850
182
Neil Jenney
Biosphere #3
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $323,850
183
Joseph Kosuth
'Word, Sentence, Paragraph (Z. & N.) #16'
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
184
Jack Goldstein
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $101,600
185
James Rosenquist
The Serenade for the Doll after Claude Debussy, Gift Wrapped Doll #18
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $114,300
186
Richard Estes
Staten Island Ferry Docking
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $76,200
187
Richard Estes
Passages (Shopping Center)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $88,900
188
Isamu Noguchi
Small Wonder
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $30,000
189
John McCracken
Vibe
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $63,500
190
John McLaughlin
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $120,650
191
John McLaughlin
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,800
192
Alfred Leslie
Hipped
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $241,300
193
Alfred Leslie
Lake Front Property
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $152,400
194
Leon Polk Smith
Great Hall
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
195
Lorser Feitelson
Magical Space Forms
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $57,150
196
Jean-Paul Riopelle
Cold Climate
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $101,600
197
Michael Goldberg
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,480
198
James Brooks
Blow
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $30,480
199
Friedel Dzubas
Night Shuttle
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $76,200
200
Ilya Bolotowsky
Ellipse with Yellows
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $22,000
201
Ed Clark
Love Birds
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $95,250
202
Alex Katz
Jessica (Study for New Pink)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $101,600
203
Andy Warhol
Karen Lerner
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $111,760
204
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol 'Lavender Disaster', 1964
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,940
205
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol 'Liz' 1962
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $38,100
206
Kenny Scharf
BEYOND
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $241,300
207
Peter Saul
He Forgot Something
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $82,550
208
Karel Appel
Bride
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $88,900
209
Karl Wirsum
Ahh! Macy's Grazed
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,860
210
Cundo Bermúdez
Arlequines
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $44,450
211
Gustav Klimt
Frontal stehend, linke Hand an die Hüfte gelegt (Standing Woman with Hand on Hip)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $24,130
212
Armand Guillaumin
Gelée blanche à Crozant
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
213
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
The Beach and Along the Sea with Boat and People (double-sided)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
214
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Study St. Malo
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
215
Milton Avery
Young Mother and Child
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $38,100
216
Reginald Marsh
Coney Island (double-sided)
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $22,860
217
Willem de Kooning
Reclining Woman
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
218
Willem de Kooning
Reclining Women
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
219
Martín Ramírez
Untitled (Arches)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
220
Jean Dubuffet
Réchaud-four à Gaz
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,970
221
Jean Dubuffet
Personnage
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $101,600
222
Hans Hartung
P10-1976-H20
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,940
223
Peter Saul
Study for Prune Head
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
224
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Free comb with Pagoda
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $177,800
225
Andy Warhol
Dollar Sign
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
226
Andy Warhol
Ladies and Gentlemen
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
227
Alexander Calder
Rose des sables
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $133,350
228
Alexander Calder
Grass
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $158,750
229
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $127,000
230
Alighiero Boetti
Pisciarsi in bocca
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $63,500
231
Nuvolo (Giorgio Ascani)
Primavera Inoltrata
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
232
Daniel Spoerri
Tavola toscana (Post-Sevillane, Tableau piège)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $19,050

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning...

New York Auction 15 May 2024

Provenance

223

Peter Saul

Study for Prune Head

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session