Provenance
O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York
Private Collection, Paris
Private Collection (gift from the above circa 1972)
Sotheby’s, New York, 14 November 2013, lot 236
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

185

Richard Pettibone

Frank Stella Takht-i-Sulayman 1967

signed, titled and dated 'Richard Pettibone "Frank Stella Takht-I-Sulayman 1967" 1972' on the overlap
oil and graphite on canvas, in artist's frame
21.3 x 41.6 cm (8 3/8 x 16 3/8 in.)
Executed in 1972.

Estimate
£15,000 - 20,000

Sold for £106,250

Contact Specialist
Tamila Kerimova
Specialist, Head of Day Sale
+ 44 20 7318 4065

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 10 March 2017

101
Mira Dancy
Double Undressed
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £17,500
102
Wolfgang Tillmans
Freischwimmer 170
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £43,750
103
George Condo
The Colorful Tailor
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £185,000
104
Jeff Elrod
Hey Moon
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
Sold for £209,000
105
Adrian Ghenie
Study for Pie Fight 8
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
106
Adrian Ghenie
Study for 'Self-Portrait as Charles Darwin'
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £40,000
107
Yoshitomo Nara
Seek
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £40,000
108
KAWS
Four Foot Dissected Companion
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £35,000
109
Danh Vo
We the People (detail)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
110
Danh Vo
Untitled (legionnaire)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £31,250
111
This lot is no longer available.
112
Sergej Jensen
Okay
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
113
Margo Wolowiec
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
114
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Untitled (History Painting)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £87,500
115
Wyatt Kahn
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £47,500
116
David Ostrowski
F (Bilder die Ähnlichkeit haben mit meinem Vater)
Estimate £20,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
117
Sue Williams
Three Blues, No Orange
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £75,000
118
William Kentridge and Marguerite Stephens (weaver)
Streets of the City
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £118,750
119
Urs Fischer
Lion in Chains
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £100,000
120
Rashid Johnson
Sechs Consciousness
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £18,750
121
Hiroshi Sugito and Yoshitomo Nara
Untitled
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000
Sold for £221,000
122
George Condo
Jean-Louis' Girlfriend
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000
Sold for £389,000
123
Dana Schutz
Worship Channel (I'm Into Jesus)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £100,000
124
This lot is no longer available.
125
Philip Taaffe
Large Cairene Window
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
126
This lot is no longer available.
127
Robert Rauschenberg
Tally - Signal Series
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £100,000
128
John Baldessari
Prima Facie: Splendid/Focused/Stoical/Optimistic
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
Sold for £118,750
129
Andy Warhol
Jackie
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
130
This lot is no longer available.
131
Andy Warhol
Shoes
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £43,750
132
Andy Warhol
Wooden Shoe
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £35,000
133
Keith Haring
Untitled (October 4, 1989)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £50,000
134
Andy Warhol
Toy Series
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £87,500
135
Ad Reinhardt
Abstract Painting
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £209,000
136
Sam Francis
Untitled (SF 65-085)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £22,500
137
John Chamberlain
Tabasco fiasco
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £106,250
138
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
139
André Butzer
Aribert Heim
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
140
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £93,750
141
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
142
Franz West
Creativity: Furniture Reversal
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠†
Sold for £12,500
143
Peter Fischli and David Weiss
Untitled
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000
Sold for £161,000
144
Katja Strunz
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £11,875
145
Mona Hatoum
Untitled (wheelchair)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £149,000
146
Marc Quinn
Alexandra Westmoquette
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
147
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Cockroach Kid
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
148
Grayson Perry
Angel of the South
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
149
Julian Opie
This Is Monique. 08
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
150
Tracey Emin
Meet Me In Heaven I Will Wait For You
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠†
Sold for £62,500
151
Sean Scully
12.25.85
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
152
Adrian Heath
Composition, brown, black & pink
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,000
153
John Latham
World of Ice
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
154
Leon Kossoff
Head of Rosalind
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
155
R.B. Kitaj
Lauren
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
156
Robyn Denny
Graffiti 4
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
157
Adrian Heath
Pink Blue Abstract
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
158
Bill Jacklin
The Finalists III M.S.G
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,000
159
Pierre Klossowski
Roberte & Neptune
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
160
Pablo Picasso
Etude pour le Photographe
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
161
Pablo Picasso
Le Photographe
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ♠
162
Kees van Dongen
Voiture à Cheval, Cannes
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
163
Robert Longo
Untitled (Jules)
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000
Sold for £233,000
164
Robert Longo
All Along the Watchtower
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £161,000
165
On Kawara
I Got Up At
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £52,500
166
Ed Ruscha
Many Too Many Too Many Facts
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £106,250
167
Sherrie Levine
Parchment Knot: 3
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000
Sold for £197,000
168
Sherrie Levine
Untitled 3
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £50,000
169
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Film Still #83)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £68,750
170
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Film Still #61)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £68,750
171
Robert Longo
Untitled from Men In The Cities (Cindy)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £15,000
172
Laurie Simmons
Walking Cake II (Colour)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
173
Louise Lawler
For Better or For Worse
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £18,750
174
Louise Lawler
You Could Hear a Rat Piss on Cotton - Charlie Parker
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
175
Sherrie Levine
After Rodchenko: 1-12
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
176
Christopher Williams
PROTOTYPE FUJI 6X9 WITH 47MM MC SUPER-ANGULON. PHOTOGRAPHY BY THE DOUGLAS M. PARKER STUDIO, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 - SEPTEMBER 13, 2007
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £37,500
177
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Four works: (i) Zimmermann Coal Co., Ravine, Schuylkill Country; (ii) Scade Coal Co., Goodspring Mountains, Schuylkill Country; (iii) Scheib & Walacavage, No. 2, Joliett, Schuykill Country; (iv) Minnich Coal Co., Goodspring Mountains, Schuykill Country
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £40,000
178
Andreas Gursky
Gasherd
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
179
Thomas Ruff
Star 13h 25m / -30° (STE 3.24)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £65,000
180
Rodney Graham
Main Street
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
181
Mark Wallinger
Sleeper
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
182
Sam Durant
Male Chauvinists Beware
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £35,000
183
Jack Goldstein
Untitled
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
184
Michel Majerus
MoM Block nr. 27
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £93,750
185
Richard Pettibone
Frank Stella Takht-i-Sulayman 1967
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £106,250
186
Haim Steinbach
pops
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £22,500
187
Richard Pettibone
Marcel Duchamp, ‘Bicycle Wheel,’ 1913 Prototype
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £62,500
188
Carsten Höller
Doppelpilzvitrine (24 Doppelpilze)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
189
This lot is no longer available.
190
Palermo
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
191
Gerhard Richter
War Cut II
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
192
Rosemarie Trockel
56 Brush Strokes
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
193
Maurizio Cattelan
A Perfect Day
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
194
Alighiero Boetti
Il silenzio é d’oro
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £42,500
195
Alighiero Boetti
Cinque x cinque venticinque
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
196
Pietro Ruffo
Beetle Flag
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠†
Sold for £7,500
197
Giorgio Griffa
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
198
Alighiero Boetti
Senza titolo (scrittura come linea d’orizzonte)
Estimate £35,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £68,750
199
Marcello Lo Giudice
Eden blu
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
200
Francesca Pasquali
HK Skyscrapers
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
201
Bernard Andreoletti
Nuances
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £62,500
202
Haim Steinbach
Untitled (hulk)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £48,750
203
Franz West
Privat-Lampe des Künstlers II
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
204
Ai Weiwei
Fairytale - 1001 Chairs
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £13,750
205
Yee Sook-Yung
Translated Vase
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £22,500
206
Feng Zhengjie
Chinese Portrait G Series 2007 No. 16
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £21,250
207
Richard Phillips
Threesome
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
208
Inka Essenhigh
Figure Burning in Hell
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
209
Liza Lou
Relief (untitled)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £93,750
210
Kenny Scharf
El Roi est Arrivé
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £47,500
211
Shepard Fairey
Eye Alert (Red)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £46,250
212
Richard Pettibone
Untitled (Train)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
213
Wilhelm Sasnal
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
214
Marcin Maciejowski
Letter to Leonia Gradstein (K Szymanowski 1935)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
215
Norbert Schwontkowski
…am Meer
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
216
Rafal Bujnowski
Untitled (Cross from Traces of Paintings)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
217
Ed Paschke
Chinois
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £32,500
218
Evan Penny
No one - in particular #15, Series 1
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
219
Mark Ryden
Daisy
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £11,875
220
Matthew Monahan
E Face
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £11,250
221
Anish Kapoor
Untitled
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
222
Jan Fabre
Swords and Crosses
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
223
Oscar Tuazon
Two works: (i) (ii) I Can't See (Papercrete Edition)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 †
Sold for £10,625
224
Tony Lewis
Ore Ero O
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £32,500
225
Michael Williams
Exist Cop Esquire (21)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
226
Claire Fontaine
Laver (version britannique)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
227
Cyprien Gaillard
The New Picturesque
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
228
Raymond Pettibon
Bulb
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £17,500
229
Gabriel Kuri
Untitled (Z)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £17,500
230
Steven Shearer
Sneaky Snapshots
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £40,000
231
Eddie Peake
Giving Herself A Caesarian Section 3
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
232
Rob Pruitt
Radioactive Cheetah
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £60,000
233
This lot is no longer available.
234
Sterling Ruby
Head Trekkers Weight 2
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £25,000
235
Kristin Baker
Back a Horse
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
236
Kristin Baker
Cheras to Dunc Gray
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
237
Ugo Rondinone
Green White Yellow Mountain
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £50,000
238
Elliott Hundley
O Dika
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
239
Shezad Dawood
Al Majid
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
240
Iván Navarro
Blue Electric Chair
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £30,000
241
Vik Muniz
Reversal Grey Marilyn
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000
Sold for £37,500
242
Vik Muniz
I Wait After Julia Margaret Cameron
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £20,000
243
Wayne Gonzales
Light Painting
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £9,375
244
Federico Herrero
Paisaje
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
245
Nick Darmstaedter
I'm
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
246
Lucien Smith
Mystic Pizza
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £43,750
247
Josh Smith
Untitled (JS07298)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £11,250
248
Mark Flood
Smudge
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £16,250
249
Dash Snow
three works: (i) Neverending (ii) Men Behind Bars (iii) Go AS Far as You Can Go
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £21,250
250
Joe Bradley
Tonga
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
251
Sterling Ruby
Alabaster 10-17
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 †
Sold for £75,000
252
Guyton\Walker
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £42,500
253
Walead Beshty
FedEx@Large Box, International Priority Los Angeles - New York TRK-799801787482, New York - London TRK-863164717027
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
254
Oscar Tuazon
Glassed Slab
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
255
Elmgreen & Dragset
Photo Booth
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
256
Elmgreen & Dragset
Tanya! Tanya! Tanya!
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £106,250
257
Walead Beshty
Selected Works (2009-2011)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
258
Jonathan Meese
Dr. Kubroz (Sankt Maria Pfarr)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
259
Chantal Joffe
Check Jacket and Baby
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
260
JPW3
P Anechoic
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £8,750
261
Gregor Hildebrandt
Mondschein beschienene Blätter - A Forest (Cure)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
262
Kon Trubkovich
For Ever
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
263
Kyle Thurman
Untitled (120 W 28th Steet, New York, NY 10001)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £9,375
264
David Ostrowski
F (Lieber Nackt als Gefühlsleben zeigen)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
265
Ethan Cook
UNTITLED (W136)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
266
Anselm Reyle
Les deux figures (nues sur fond abstrait turbulent)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠†
Sold for £22,500
267
Stanley Casselman
IR-36-27
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £30,000
268
Andy Denzler
Jam Session I
Estimate £20,000 - 25,000
Sold for £23,750
269
Ahmed Moustafa
Still Life with Cherub
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
270
Douglas Gordon
Desert
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
271
Paola Pivi
One Love
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
272
John Divola
Zuma #25
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £13,750
273
David LaChapelle
Museum
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £20,000
274
Elad Lassry
Bengal
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £6,875
275
Susan Hiller
Rough Version
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
276
Bernard Aubertin
Tableau Clous
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
277
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Frattali (Red)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
278
Russell Young
Elvis TCB Gun
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
279
Gerhard Richter
Bouquet (P3)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
280
The Connor Brothers
We Must Be Careful About What We Pretend To Be
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 †
Sold for £15,000

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 10 March 2017

Provenance

185

Richard Pettibone

Frank Stella Takht-i-Sulayman 1967

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale