Saul Steinberg

Landscape With Pyramid And 5 Figures

signed and dated "STEINBERG 1971" lower center
watercolor, crayon and rubber stamp on paper
image 14 x 21 3/4 in. (35.6 x 55.2 cm)
sheet 14 1/2 x 23 in. (36.8 x 58.4 cm)
Executed in 1971.

Estimate
$3,000 - 5,000

Sold for $4,445

Contact Specialist

Katerina Blackwood
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20th Century & Contemporary Art
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20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction

26 September - 5 October 2023

1
Tala Madani
Game
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,525
2
Leonard Baby
Our Dreams Carry Us
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $8,255
3
Daisy Dodd-Noble
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $82,550
4
Ann Craven
Study for Hit Songbird
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $22,860
5
Julie Heffernan
Self-Portrait as Decoy
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $35,560
6
Kikuo Saito
Five Pines
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $35,560
7
Philip Taaffe
Rosette
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $63,500
8
Raúl de Nieves
Celebratory Skin / Perseverance
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $7,620
9
Hayal Pozanti
55 (Hundreds of People with Magnetic Implants, Worldwide)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $6,985
10
Amani Lewis
Black Sheep: DZheep
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $10,160
11
Devin Troy Strother
Nigga you making a mess (my roomate's going through a Jackson Pollock thing), nigga you need to put down some newspaper
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $2,540
12
Alvin Armstrong
I Got Next
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $7,620
13
Theaster Gates
Stand-Ins for a Period of Wreckage 7
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $20,320
14
Vanessa German
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $16,510
15
Sanford Biggers
Corona
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
16
Liza Lou
Sacrifice
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,255
17
Leonor Antunes
random intersection #10
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,700
18
Jaume Plensa
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $30,480
19
Katherine Bernhardt
Beni Ourain (Cream/Brown)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
20
Katherine Bernhardt
Haute Coast Grand-Hotel du Cap Furrat
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,826
21
Anne Carney Raines
Undertaker Please Drive Slow
Estimate $3,500 - 5,500
Sold for $3,810
22
Bo Bartlett
Eden, Study for the Way
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
23
Christopher Orr
Untitled (Man and Falcon)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $1,207
24
Dylan Kraus
Angelo
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,159
25
Jorge Pardo
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,890
26
This lot is no longer available.
27
Ronnie Cutrone
A-Head of His Time
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,795
28
Hervé Di Rosa
Picasso Meets Di Rosa
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $25,400
29No Reserve
Ryan McGinness
Untitled (Blue Doughnut)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $6,985
30
Jonathan Horowitz
Beyonce / Polar Bears (264 Cans)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $10,160
31
Michael Krebber
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $19,050
32
Jacob Kassay
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,240
33
Philippe Decrauzat
Today & Tomorrow
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $11,430
34
Anton Henning
Portrait No. 190
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,255
35
Jon Rafman
New Age Demanded (Pushed and Pulled Resin)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $5,334
36
Veronika Pausova
Loose Smile
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $3,302
37
Wahab Saheed
D.S.K Michaels
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
38
Wahab Saheed
Days of Innocence (I)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
39No Reserve
Foster Sakyiamah
Blue Collision
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $17,780
40
John Madu
Life Is Better Poolside
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
41
Odinakachi Okoroafor
Spinster III
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
42
Negyem Adonoo
Love, An Enigma
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
43
Neil Raitt
Mountain Waterfall (Golden Purple)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,985
44
Richard Aldrich
Stranger in a Strange Land
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
45
Sam McKinniss
Ghosts (lil swinger)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $2,540
46
Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Luisa
Estimate $9,000 - 11,000
47
Louisa Gagliardi
Linked
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,826
48
Louisa Gagliardi
Maze
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $13,970
49No Reserve
Adam McEwen
Untitled (Plank)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for $5,334
50
Adam McEwen
Bomber Harris
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,826
51
Adam McEwen
Rubbermaid Step Stool
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Sold for $4,445
52
Paul Winstanley
Blind
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
53
Pieter Schoolwerth
The Actor
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $19,050
54
Mario Joyce
Lie, Love, Lullaby
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,064
55
Gustavo Nazareno
Meia-Noite
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,985
56
Ryan Cosbert
Midnight Sail
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $16,510
57
Jose Alvarez
Meeting the Ally #2
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,064
58
Todd Bienvenu
Staying in Bed
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $10,160
59
Alex Becerra
(PIP)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $2,540
60
Gina Beavers
Beetlejuice Eye and Lip
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,064
61No Reserve
Parker Ito
Three works: (i-ii) You've Got No Home/Wipeout XL/My Favorite Painting; (iii) Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for $3,048
62
Dan Rees
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,620
63No Reserve
Yi Chen
Hopelessly Spoiled Tito
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $1,397
64
Ted Gahl
Mosquito (Square Eyes)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,445
65
Paul Chan
Noon on the 7th.
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
66
Paul Chan
Black Republican 4
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
67No Reserve
Nico Colón
Untitled (Canopy 4)
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000 •
Sold for $1,080
68No Reserve
Ben Schumacher
Bevel H
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $953
69No Reserve
Michael Manning
Spicy Jumbo Crab Guacamole
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $508
70No Reserve
Joel Holmberg
Nothing Says American Artist like Inches
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $381
71No Reserve
Neal Tait
Untitled (grey hood)
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $1,016
72
Zak Kitnick
Volluto
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
73
Kathryn Andrews
Hobo (Holiday)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $13,970
74No Reserve
Simon Denny
Analogue/Digital Transmission Switchover, Italy
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $2,286
75No Reserve
Nayland Blake
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000 •
Sold for $572
76No Reserve
Navin Thomas
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $508
77
JPW3
SSBY
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
78No Reserve
Ryan Foerster
Untitled
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $2,413
79
Alan Shields
Squaw Lace
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $13,970
80No Reserve
Sergej Jensen
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $6,096
81No Reserve
Sam Falls
Untitled (Orange, Joshua Tree, CA)
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $635
82
Margo Wolowiec
Almost a third of the way
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,096
83
Lucy Dodd
A View From the Argyroneta Aquaticas Living Room
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
84No Reserve
Dan Colen
Roof Shingle
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $889
85
Ugo Rondinone
Clockwork for Oracles - Purple
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $12,700
86
Sara Greenberger Rafferty
Frame
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
87
Jana Euler
Socketing in the Digital Age
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $16,510
88
Matias Faldbakken
Flat Box 7
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
89
Richard Artschwager
Double-sided work: (i) Study of Interior; (ii) Johnson's Wax Building
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
90
John Baldessari
Study for Goya Series: The Same Elsewhere
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $16,510
91
Tony Feher
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,255
92
William Kentridge
Shadow Quartet
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $44,450
93
George Rickey
Single Plane
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,334
94
Francisco Narváez
Tres Volúmenes Verticales
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
95
Arman
In Favor of Admission
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $21,590
96No Reserve
Arman
New York Concerto
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $9,525
97
This lot is no longer available.
98
Dorothy Dehner
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,810
99
Milton Avery
Lilacs and Various Objects
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
100
Milton Avery
Seated Female Nude
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
101No Reserve
John Little
Mr. Love
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $762
102No Reserve
John Little
Blue, Black and White (White House)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $4,064
103
H.C. Westermann
Study for Central America
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $15,240
104
Saul Steinberg
Landscape With Pyramid And 5 Figures
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,445
105
Nancy Spero
Gunship
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $20,320
106
Sherrie Levine
After Henry Matisse
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $13,970
107
Jim Dine
Scissors from the series Thirty Bones of My Body
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
108
David Hockney
Celia Reclining
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $7,620
109
Sue Williams
Spiritual American #2
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
110
A.R. Penck
Dani
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,064
111
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,970
112
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $9,525
113
Richard Prince
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $15,240
114
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (And in the end)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,240
115
Katharina Grosse
Untitled (2006/3022S)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $30,480
116
Amy Sillman
Untitled (Triptych)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,430
117
Shara Hughes
Jazz Weeds
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,510
118
Antony Gormley
Within II
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $5,080
119
Lari Pittman
Untitled #12
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,890
120
Lari Pittman
Optimal setting for atmospheric conditions that can induce intoxication in the male
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,096
121
Carroll Dunham
Seven Trees
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
122
John Chamberlain
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,905
123
Ellen Altfest
Ear
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,445
124
Lesley Dill
Poem Body (The Soul Has Bandaged Moments)
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
125No Reserve
Muntean/Rosenblum
This World is a Great Rolling Ball that Crushes all People Beneath It
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 •
Sold for $3,556
126No Reserve
Michael Krebber
Untitled
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 •
Sold for $6,985
127
Marcel Dzama
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,970
128
Marcel Dzama
Untitled
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $2,032
129
Tony Lewis
oreo
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $11,430
130
Kcho
Retrato
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $5,334
131No Reserve
Alex Becerra
Six works: (i–vi) Untitled
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000 •
Sold for $1,524
132No Reserve
Jp Munro
Ending is Better than Mending
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 •
Sold for $254
133No Reserve
Maggie Cardelús
Sisters
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $127
134
Idris Khan
Three works: (i) every... photograph taken whilst on top of the Empire State Building; (ii) every... photograph taken whilst on holiday in Portugal with my ex-girlfriend; (iii) every... photograph taken whilst travelling around Europe in the summer of 2002
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,096
135
Eileen Quinlan
Yellow Goya
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $1,270
136
Thomas Ruff
Substrat 34 I
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,445
137
Candida Höfer
Milchhof Nürnberg I
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $17,780
138
Catherine Opie
Surfers
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,064
139
Slim Aarons
Four Kings of Hollywood, December 31st, 1957
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
140
Wolfgang Tillmans
Gilbert & George
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,890
141
Friedrich Kunath
Untitled (Otters)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
142
Stan Douglas
Trabant Beside 'Im Grund', Am Pfingstberg from the Potsdamer Schebergarten portfolio
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
143
Gabriel Orozco
Flan Poles
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $2,794
144
Gabriel Orozco
Star Caps
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $2,794
145
Douglas Gordon
Three Inches (Black) #4
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
146
Douglas Gordon
Fell
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
147No Reserve
Nan Goldin
Three works: (i) Alf Bold Dead, August 18, 1993; (ii) Fritz Five Days Old, August 18, 1993; (iii) Stromboli at Dawn from the series Alf and Fritz / Volcano
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500 •
Sold for $2,032
148
Kimsooja
Epitaph
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,826
149
Simon Starling
Burn-Time
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
150
Rosemary Laing
weather (Eden) #2
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,794
151
Jack Pierson
The Belvedere
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Sold for $1,524
152
James Casebere
Nine Alcoves
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
153
Laurie Simmons
English Lady
Estimate $800 - 1,200
Sold for $3,302
154
Sterling Ruby
Death Cult Los Angeles - Cry Me a River
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,413
155
Sarah Lucas
Is Suicide Genetic?
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $3,556
156No Reserve
Noritoshi Hirakawa
Four works: (i) The case of Brigitta; (ii) The case of Mattina; (iii) The case of Maggy; (iv) The case of Risa from the series Confession of Criteria
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 •
Sold for $1,016
157
Roe Ethridge
Camilla
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,700
158
Roe Ethridge
Louise with Red Bag
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,826
159
Torbjørn Rødland
Hands and Eyes. Portrait No. 3
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $5,080
160No Reserve
Malerie Marder
D'ette
Estimate $500 - 700 •
Sold for $254
161
Marc Lagrange
Black Orchid
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
162
Helmut Newton
SUMO
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,826
163
Glen Luchford and Jenny Saville
Closed Contact C
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $3,810
164
Ugo Rondinone
I Don't Live Here Anymore
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
165No Reserve
Justin Lieberman
Motivational Poster
Estimate $300 - 500 •
Sold for $127
166No Reserve
Henk Visch
Untitled
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $191

20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction

26 September - 5 October 2023

Provenance

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Saul Steinberg

Landscape With Pyramid And 5 Figures

20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction