Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist)Thence by descentChristie's, New York, 30 June 2008, lot 259Private Collection, Paris (acquired at the above sale)
signed, dedicated and dated 'To Morty Philip Guston '54' lower edgecharcoal on paperboard55.2 x 38.1 cm (21 3/4 x 15 in.)Executed in 1954.
Estimate£30,000 - 40,000
London Auction 8 March 2019
101
Sir Frank Bowling, R.A.
Pondlife
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £112,500
102
Peter Doig
White Canoe (version)
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
Sold for £175,000
103
Hans Hartung
T1976 - E3
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,000
104
Yayoi Kusama
Earth
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £52,500
105
Birds
Sold for £68,750
106
Daniel Buren
Peinture acrylique blanche sur tissu rayé blanc et rouge
Estimate On Request
Sold for £275,000
107
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £411,000
108
Sean Scully
Dust
Estimate £400,000 - 600,000 ‡♠
Sold for £471,000
109
Leon Kossoff
Head of Chaim
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ♠
Sold for £100,000
110
Boat to Carrera
Sold for £50,000
111
David Hockney
Myself and Abraham Lincoln
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £28,750
112
Sir Peter Blake, R.A.
Blanche Neige et Bet Noir
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £62,500
113
Allen Jones
Encore
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
Sold for £150,000
114
Richard Long
White Marble Circle
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
115
Barry Flanagan RA
Unicorn
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
116
This lot is no longer available.
117
Lee Ufan
Relatum - Gravitation
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 †
Sold for £247,500
118
Juan Muñoz
Albuquerque Balcony
119
Franz West
Passstück
120
Fernand Léger
Visage en creux (rouge et vert)
Estimate £25,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £31,250
121
Dennis Oppenheim
Heavy Dog Kiss
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £93,750
122
Les oiseaux sur l’échelle
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
123
Marc Chagall
Le violoncelliste
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡♠
Sold for £375,000
124
Sam Francis
Light Blue
Estimate £55,000 - 75,000 ‡
125
Sol LeWitt
Irregular Vertical and Horizontal Bands of Color Superimposed
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
126
Robert Rauschenberg
Tiller
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
127
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Great American Nude #54
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
Sold for £35,000
128
Study for Nude Collage Edition
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £27,500
129
Philip Guston
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
130
Roberto Matta
Estimate £9,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £21,250
131
Mouth to Mouth
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £42,500
132
Karel Appel
Laddermannetje
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
133
Marino Marini
Rapsodia in blu
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
134
Alighiero Boetti
Una brillante idea
Sold for £22,500
135
Jannis Kounellis
Senza titolo
136
Agostino Bonalumi
Bianco
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
137
Alberto Biasi
Dinamica Visiva
Sold for £70,000
138
Giuseppe Uncini
Cementarmato
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
139
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
140
Günther Uecker
Verletzungen Verbindungen 1
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
141
Bernard Aubertin
Tableau Clous
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
142
François Morellet
Sphère-Trames
Sold for £47,500
143
Victor Vasarely
Orion Gris
144
Yaacov Agam
Small E/A ND
Sold for £33,750
145
KASS-2
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ♠
146
Carré²
Sold for £85,000
147
Dimitri Hadzi
Centaur with Shields
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
148
Harold Ancart
Sold for £212,500
149
Dana Schutz
Romance
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000
150
George Condo
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000
Sold for £543,000
151
KAWS
Estimate £300,000 - 500,000
152
Untitled (MBFG7)
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
Sold for £325,000
153
Shara Hughes
Spring
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
154
Peter Halley
Discursion
155
Imi Knoebel
Ich Nicht XI
Sold for £156,250
156
Damien Hirst
N-Hydroxymaleimide
Estimate £140,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
157
Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Butterfly Five Color Ray)
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡
158
Rudolf Stingel
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡♠
Sold for £350,000
159
Lesley Vance
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £10,938
160
Jenny Holzer
TOP SECRET NOFORN 11 U.S. government document
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
161
Roni Horn
Untitled (Weather)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
162
Sherrie Levine
Untitled (hat)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
163
David Salle
White Blouse
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £106,250
164
Robert Longo
Study of Black Falcon
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
165
Tauba Auerbach
B
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
166
Jonas Wood
Night Bloom
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
167
Manute With Flaming Ball
168
Christopher Wool
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
169
Mike Kelley
Ghoul #2 (pimp)
Estimate £75,000 - 95,000
Sold for £87,500
170
Glenn Ligon
Funny Motherfucker #1
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £162,500
171
Oscar Murillo
Untitled (Drawing off the Wall)
172
Drawings off the Wall (Ill)
173
Alex Israel
Untitled (flat)
174
Andreas Gursky
Ocean VI
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ♠
Sold for £231,250
175
Anish Kapoor
Momo
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ♠
176
Cut-out: Situated work in five parts, traffic red
177
Haim Steinbach
crate & barrel 2
Estimate £45,000 - 65,000
178
Manolo Valdés
Reina Mariana
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £187,500
179
Tony Cragg
After We Have Gone
180
Rebecca Warren
181
Sarah Morris
Mina Zayed (Abu Dhabi)
182
Second Series Biopsy: M132/655-Leukaemia_blood_cells,_scanning_electron_micrograph-SPL.jpg
183
Chris Ofili
Study for Ovid-Jupiter
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
184
Grayson Perry
Four works: (i-iv) Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
185
Sarah Lucas
Sex Baby
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠†
Sold for £6,250
186
Paul McCarthy
Black and White Heidi
Sold for £10,000
187
Rodney Graham
Cedars, Stanley Park (8)
188
Jeff Wall
Cuttings
189
Elger Esser
Beauduc
190
Thomas Ruff
ri 03
191
Zürich Bankproject No. 5
192
Wolfgang Tillmans
Super Collider - A
Sold for £12,500
193
Maurizio Cattelan
Don't forget to call your mother
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
194
Gerhard Richter
Strip
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
195
Babette
Sold for £60,000
196
Mustangs
197
Cage Grid (Teil A)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £67,500
198
Martin Kippenberger
Ohne Titel (Nun entscheiden Sie sich mal. Sie können nicht vergleichen)
199
Markus Lüpertz
Untitled (Self-Portrait)
200
Hernan Bas
Decorative panel for the foyer of a homosexual's home
Sold for £95,000
201
Adrian Ghenie
Casemate II
202
Yan Pei-Ming
Dreamspace
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ‡♠
203
Miquel Barceló
La Mer avec Nuages
204
Tal R
Last drawing before mars
Sold for £137,500
205
Mel Bochner
Obscene
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £17,500
206
Allora & Calzadilla
Shape Shifter
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
207
208
Heimo Zobernig
Ohne Titel
209
Jeff Elrod
210
Sterling Ruby
The Tripper
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
211
Jon Rafman
New Age Demanded (Pushed and Pulled Gold)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £23,750
212
Huma Bhabha
Lecturer
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
213
Untitled (Amsterdam Series)
Sold for £40,000
214
Tomás Saraceno
GQ Lup b/M+W
215
Michel François
Souffles dans le verre - Noir
216
Wim Delvoye
Sabine
Sold for £37,500
217
Hans-Peter Feldmann
Flower Pot
Sold for £10,625
218
Jeppe Hein
Modified Social Bench #8
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
219
Please Do Not Touch
Sold for £30,000
220
Paolo Serra
221
Marcello Lo Giudice
Rouge/Red
Sold for £20,000
222
Yves Zurstrassen
Summertime
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
223
Julian Opie
Hannah, Lottie and Esther blinking (vertical)
224
Samuel Havadtoy
Shibui
225
Fiona, artist. 4.
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
226
David Kim Whittaker
Memory for the Yeoman (Willy Lot)
227
Lita Cabellut
Leda
228
Nate Lowman
Dirty Dancing
229
Florian Süssmayr
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,750
230
Katrin Fridriks
Mothernature Awakening Force
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
231
Flow (P16)
232
Flow (P15)
Sold for £11,875
233
Wang Yigang
Abstract N3
234
Erró
Guy Party
235
Three works: (i) Small Lie (Brown); (ii) Small Lie (Black); (iii) Small Lie (Grey)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £3,000