Provenance
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007
Exhibited
Aspen Art Museum, Now You See It, December 18, 2008–February 1, 2009, pp. 32–33 (detail illustrated, p. 32; illustrated, p. 33)
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, No Vacancies: Miyoko Ito, Phillips King, Robert Morris, Lisa Williamson, June 26–August 7, 2015, no. 10, n.p. (illustrated)

190

Robert Morris

Vetti V

felt and metal
115 x 102 x 74 in. (292.1 x 259.1 x 188 cm)
Executed in 1983.

Estimate
$60,000 - 80,000

Contact Specialist

Annie Dolan
Specialist, Head of Sale, Morning Session
+1 212 940 1288
adolan@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 15 November 2023

101
Alma Woodsey Thomas
Untitled
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $120,650
102
Anne Truitt
6 Sept '87 No.3
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
103
Alice Baber
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $95,250
104
Joan Brown
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $33,020
105
Lynne Drexler
Untitled (Dark)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,800
106
Lynne Drexler
Sporadic Spring
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $228,600
107
Gerhard Richter
Studie für ein abstraktes Bild
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $304,800
108
Gerhard Richter
Untitled (20 OKT. 92)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $215,900
109
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
110
Sam Francis
Sky Forms
Estimate $120,000 - 220,000
Sold for $114,300
111
Jane Piper
Study II
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,940
112
Vivian Springford
Untitled (VSF 533)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,850
113
Helen Frankenthaler
Watch
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $304,800
114
Ed Clark
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $76,200
115
Vivian Springford
Untitled (VSF 733)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $88,900
116
Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild
Estimate $350,000 - 550,000
117
Milton Avery
Flower
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $69,850
118
Marc Chagall
Bouc rouge lisant au-dessus des amoureux au repos
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $381,000
119
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Nature morte aux raisins, figues et grenades
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $279,400
122
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Study St. Malo
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
123
Max Pechstein
Alte Fischerhütten
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $82,550
124
Horace Pippin
Man Seated Near Stove
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $171,450
125
Ernie Barnes
The Vanishing Breed
Estimate $350,000 - 500,000
Sold for $406,400
126
This lot is no longer available.
127
Keith Haring
Red-Yellow-Blue #16 (Portrait of Adolpho)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $88,900
128
James Rosenquist
First Place
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $184,150
129
James Rosenquist
Dog Descending a Staircase
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $736,600
130
Andy Warhol
Kimiko Powers
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $952,500
131
Robert Indiana
LOVE (Blue and Red)
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
132
Carmen Herrera
Untitled Estructura (Blue)
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $457,200
133
Chung Sang-Hwa
Untitled 80-4-8
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $190,500
134
Robert Mangold
Curved Plane/Figure VIII, Study
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $381,000
135
Kenneth Noland
Blind Passage
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $241,300
136
Dan Flavin
untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $177,800
137
This lot is no longer available.
138
Jim Dine
Hope & Eyes
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,850
139
Neil Jenney
Window #6
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $91,440
140
Lois Dodd
View through Broken Tree
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $27,940
141
Tom Wesselmann
Smoker Study #41
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $330,200
142
Tom Wesselmann
Double Study for Bedroom Painting #2
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $139,700
143
Kenny Scharf
Drivedala
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
144
Kenny Scharf
Controlopuss II
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $279,400
145
This lot is no longer available.
146
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $190,500
147
Ernie Barnes
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $215,900
148
Ernie Barnes
Pool Hall Scene
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $53,340
149
Ernie Barnes
Study Sketch for Tennis
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $76,200
150
Wayne Thiebaud
Untitled (Study for "City Police Car")
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
151
Richard Diebenkorn
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
152
Milton Avery
Autumn Hills
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $57,150
153
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai)
El Morro #66M
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $19,050
154
Willem de Kooning
Woman – Lipstick
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $73,660
155
Edgar Degas
Trois danseuses
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $279,400
156
Auguste Rodin
Frère et Soeur
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $63,500
157
Maurice de Vlaminck
Fleurs dans un pichet blanc
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $30,480
158
Henri Matisse
Le Turban
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,640
159
Fernand Léger
Visage à la main
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $63,500
160
Alexander Calder
Four Creatures
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $88,900
161
Alexander Calder
Brothers, right
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $88,900
162
Ed Ruscha
IS
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $69,850
163
Ed Ruscha
3/4
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $40,640
164
Brice Marden
Untitled (For Mary Happy Birthday 1985)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
165
Alighiero Boetti
Segno e Disegno
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $114,300
166
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
167
Gerhard Richter
Untitled (1.8.89)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $57,150
168
Gerhard Richter
Untitled (13.4.08)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $63,500
169
Friedel Dzubas
Aurora
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
170
Paul Jenkins
Phenomena Natchez Trace
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $48,260
171
Beauford Delaney
Wine
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,640
172
Robert Motherwell
Souvenir de Californie
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
173
Toshimitsu Imai
Victoire
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
174
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $44,450
175
Alexander Calder
Cobblestones
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $40,640
176
Tom Wesselmann
Two works: (i) Study for Reclining Nude; (ii) Study for Nude Lying Back
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $60,960
177
Alex Katz
Nude
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $53,340
178
Susan Weil
Bathers
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $24,130
179
Arshile Gorky
Portrait of Helen Austin
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $25,000
180
David Park
Boy in Colored Cap
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $107,950
181
Hector Poleo
Mujer con pañuelo
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $22,860
182
Sandú Darié
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $35,560
183
Ilya Bolotowsky
Yellow Tondo
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $20,320
184
Ilya Bolotowsky
Relief
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $88,900
185
Ilya Bolotowsky
Vertical Diamond in Black
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $48,260
186
Thomas Downing
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $19,050
187
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Trans Gray
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $38,100
188
De Wain Valentine
Concave Circle Blue Green
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $69,850
189
John McLaughlin
#7
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
190
Robert Morris
Vetti V
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
191
Sorel Etrog
War Remembrance
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $69,850
192
Louise Bourgeois
Germinal
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $152,400
193
Georgia O'Keeffe
Untitled (Clay Pot and Stand)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,860
194
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Asse del movimento I
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,800
195
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Colonna
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $152,400
196
Mathias Goeritz
Clouage
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
197
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $38,100
198
Tony Smith
Light Box
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
199
Sir Anthony Caro, O.M, R.A.
Open Secret
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
200
Carl Andre
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $30,480
201
Carl Andre
arc bin bur cam
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $11,430
202
Carl Andre
ESSAY ON PAINTING FOR F P STELLA 1965
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $13,970
203
Lee Lozano
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $48,260
204
Andy Warhol
Three works: (i-iii) Seismograph
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
205
Andy Warhol
Plate of Food with Man's Chest
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $40,640
206
Gottfried Helnwein
Untitled (Red Gun II)
Estimate $50,000 - 80,000
Sold for $63,500
207
Gottfried Helnwein
Untitled (The Disasters of War 24)
Estimate $50,000 - 80,000
Sold for $63,500
208
George Condo
Religions of its Time
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $190,500
209
George Condo
The King
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $63,500
210
George Condo
Still Life
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $50,800
211
George Condo
Torro
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $82,550
212
Leon Kelly
Bird on an Asian Pinnacle
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $6,350
213
César
La Mouche
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $48,260
214
Claude Lalanne
Pomme Bouche
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $104,140
215
Niki de Saint Phalle
Serpent sur ressort
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,065
216
Niki de Saint Phalle
Small Bull Totem
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $69,850
217
Niki de Saint Phalle
Petit Dragon
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $15,000
218
Louise Nevelson
Maquette for Monumental Sculpture VII
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $38,100
219
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Sfera
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $95,250
220
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Disco
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $31,750
221
Clement Meadmore
Elaboration
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $22,860
222No Reserve
Ibram Lassaw
Labyrinth VII
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $1,270

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale,...

New York Auction 15 November 2023

Provenance

Exhibited

190

Robert Morris

Vetti V

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session