Provenance
Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist)
Michael Werner Gallery, London
Private Collection
Sotheby's, New York, 18 November 2016, lot 469
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Property from a Distinguished Private European Collection

176

Sigmar Polke

Untitled

signed and dated 'Sigmar Polke 99' lower right
interference colour on paper
198.8 x 148.9 cm (78 1/4 x 58 5/8 in.)
Executed in 1999.

We are most grateful to Mr. Michael Trier, Cologne, for his assistance.

Estimate
£160,000 - 220,000 ‡♠

Contact Specialist

Simon Tovey

Specialist, Associate Director, Head of Day Sale, 20th Century & Contemporary Art
+44 20 7318 4084

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 13 October 2022

101
Kyle Dunn
Vanity Never Ends
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £107,100
102
Danielle Orchard
Picnic
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £50,400
103
Antonia Showering
I'm Not Saying
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £20,160
104
Sarah Ball
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,800
105
Celeste Rapone
Pump
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £40,320
106
Godwin Champs Namuyimba
White Square
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £12,600
107
This lot is no longer available.
108
Caroline Walker
Study for Training I
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £60,480
109
Cristina BanBan
Melting away
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £94,500
110
Raghav Babbar
Surinder
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £403,200
111
Ouattara Watts
Cosmic
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
112
Shara Hughes
Gihon River
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £214,200
113
André Butzer
Ländlich (2)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £107,100
114
Jordy Kerwick
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £214,200
115
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £378,000
116
Eddie Martinez
Festival Plant
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £176,400
117
Erik Parker
Player Haters
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £47,880
118
Salman Toor
Immigrant Gathering
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000
Sold for £214,200
119
Soimadou Ali Ibrahim
3KINGZ
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £8,820
120
Issy Wood
General sphinx medley
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £115,920
121
Dana Schutz
Double
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
122
Eddie Martinez
Gumball with Skull
Estimate £80,000 - 100,000 ‡
Sold for £100,800
123
Brian Calvin
Believing
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £69,300
124
André Butzer
Untitled (Schande-Mann)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £31,500
125
Gerhard Richter
Elizabeth I
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,800
126
Gerhard Richter
Elizabeth II
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,400
127
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £350,000 - 550,000 ‡♠
Sold for £441,000
128
Yayoi Kusama
Infinity Nets
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £201,600
129
Yayoi Kusama
Woman of Reminiscence
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡
Sold for £315,000
130
Nicolas Party
Untitled
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
131
Aboudia
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £63,000
132
Richard Prince
Untitled
Estimate £350,000 - 550,000 ‡
Sold for £403,200
133
Rashid Johnson
Countdown
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £195,300
134
Tom Sachs
Pleasure Chest
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £75,600
135
Katherine Bernhardt
Duracell, Cantalope, Doritos, Toilet Paper
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
136
Rafa Macarrón
Hormigas
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £44,100
137
Edgar Plans
Art wall
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,400
138
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £60,480
139
Andres Valencia
Diego
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £126,000
140
R.H. Quaytman
Beard, Chapter 19
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £37,800
141
Hurvin Anderson
Welcome Etching: Reworked A.P.
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
142
Sonia Boyce
Miss Elizabeth Welch 1933-1940 / a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,080
143
Anish Kapoor
From a Dark House in Delhi
Estimate £4,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,528
144
William Kentridge and Gerhard Marx
World On Its Hind Legs
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
145
Damien Hirst
Crown in Petrified Honeycomb with Two Daggers
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡♠
146
Harland Miller
Who Cares Wins
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡♠
147
Sean Scully
Horizontals: Grey #2
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £195,300
148
Bridget Riley
Rose Rose 4
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £239,400
149
This lot is no longer available.
150
Patrick Heron
Scarlet, Dark Blue and Lemon to the Right of Cobalt: April 1968
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
151
Jean Dubuffet
Idéoplasme XV
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
152
Jean Dubuffet
Site avec un personnage
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
153
Salvador Dalí
Projet de costume des satyres pour le ballet Bacchanale
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
154
Georges Mathieu
Joubardes
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,160
155
Bernard Buffet
Palais des Doges
Estimate £170,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
Sold for £296,100
156
Bernard Buffet
Environs de Montfort-L'Amaury, Le Moulin des Dalles
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,600
157
Bernard Buffet
Nature morte à la rascasse
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £94,500
158
Moïse Kisling
Jeune femme assise se coiffant
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £107,100
159
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Cavalier (recto) and Croquis (verso)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
160
Leon Golub
Fallen Fighter
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £69,300
161
Pol Bury
Entité Érectile
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,400
162
Pol Bury
Ponctuation molle
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £69,300
163
Carol Rama
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £9,450
164
Carlo Rea
Spore Verde Chiaro
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,600
165
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale, Natura
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £163,800
166
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Sfera
Estimate £300,000 - 400,000 ‡♠
Sold for £315,000
167
Dadamaino
Volume 1960
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
168
Alighiero Boetti
Uno a Zero
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £264,600
169
Alighiero Boetti
La persona e il personaggio
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £63,000
170
Salvatore Scarpitta
Racing Car 9
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
171
Francesco Clemente
Passion Play I
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £94,500
172
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
173
Sergio Camargo
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 50,000
Sold for £44,100
174
Peter Stämpfli
Fairlane N°2
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £69,300
175
Hans Hartung
P1971-A59
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,200
176
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate £160,000 - 220,000 ‡♠
177
Wolfgang Tillmans
Urgency XIV
Estimate £45,000 - 55,000 ‡♠
Sold for £119,700
178
Sabine Moritz
January (Plane)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £7,560
179
Ahmed Alsoudani
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £63,000
180
Ali Banisadr
Initiation
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £252,000
181
Nabil Nahas
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
182
Carl Andre
2 (17 Al).
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £90,720
183
Jenny Holzer
Arno
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £50,400
184
Joseph Kosuth
‘Titled (Art as Idea as Idea)’ [Meaning] (Eng.-Fr.), 1967
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £57,960
185
Richard Prince
Untitled (Fort Worth After Dark)
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡
Sold for £176,400
186
Mr.
Untitled
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £226,800
187
Yosuke Ueno
Skater in Nirvana
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £13,860
188
This lot is no longer available.
189
This lot is no longer available.
190
Tatsuo Miyajima
Counter me on - 1
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
191
Chiharu Shiota
State of Being (Book)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £56,700
192
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Bay of Sagami, Atami
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £201,600
193
Zeng Fanzhi
MAO
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £63,000
194
Yan Pei-Ming
Portrait of Isabelle Huppert III
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £138,600
195
MADSAKI
Three Flags 3
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £37,800
196
This lot is no longer available.
197
Ross Bleckner
Deceased
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £44,100
198
Terry Winters
Luminance
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £69,300
199
Sol LeWitt
Wavy brushstrokes
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡
Sold for £302,400
200
Peter Halley
Differential Phase
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £144,900
201
Jeff Elrod
Track 5
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £13,860
202
Josh Smith
Smiles
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £16,380
203
Kenny Scharf
FU
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £56,700
204
Kenny Scharf
Fallopiana Planetina
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
205
Richard Hambleton
Untitled
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £88,200
206
Gina Beavers
Matte Lip
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,900
207
Borna Sammak
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £15,120
208
Hugo McCloud
to the sky I looked for the path to follow - sequence
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £30,240
209
This lot is no longer available.
210
Petra Cortright
womenBig women artbig women
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £20,160
211
Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £17,640
212
Rob Pruitt
Gradient Studies, Diptych
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £25,200
213
Harland Miller
Whitby - The Self Catering Years
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £27,720
214
Marc Quinn
Maquette for Siren
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
215
Tracey Emin
It's what I'd like to be
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
216
Damien Hirst
Lanthanum Oxide
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
217
Julian Opie
Anya with evening dress
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £60,480
218
Damien Hirst
Dicaproin
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £56,700
219
Tracey Emin
But Yea
Estimate £20,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,200
220
Julian Opie
The tunnels become longer and when the road emerged, it would cling to the mountainside almost vertically above the water. Each tunnel had a series of signs which told you increasingly how many kilometres you had come and decreasingly how many were left to go. I suppose this would help you to decide which way to walk out if you broke down, it was also encouraging. I entered a tunnel that counted down from seven kilometres. The usual , slightly grim, excitement of being in a long tunnel turned to impatience but on leaving it I found myself on a narrow ledge in a queue of cars waiting to board a serious looking ferry. The road stopped dead so there was no choice but to pay the tough looking man who sold the tickets and board the ferry.
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,200
221
Michael Craig-Martin
Untitled (mask 1)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,340
222
Howard Hodgkin
Little Lotus
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,860
223
Tony Bevan
Head (PC997)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £30,240
224
Callum Innes
Exposed Painting Bluish Grey
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £44,100
225
Grayson Perry
Map of Truths and Beliefs
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £138,600
226
Damien Hirst
8981 Your sad shell, from The Currency
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,190
227
Damien Hirst
Typhoid
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £69,300
228
Tony Cragg
In Frequencies
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £56,700
229
Philippe Decrauzat
Untitled No. 6
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £20,160
230
Bernard Frize
Jelep
Estimate £30,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £50,400
231
Bosco Sodi
Untitled
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
Sold for £56,700
232
Latifa Echakhch
Tambour 39
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,200
233
Olafur Eliasson
Dodecahedron Lamp
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £47,880
234
Olafur Eliasson
Floatwheel mirror
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,200
235
Erwin Wurm
Fat House Moller / Adolf Loos
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,640
236
Arturo di Modica
Charging Bull
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
237
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,800
238
Christoph Ruckhäberle
Schlaf
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £23,940
239
Matthias Weischer
Untitled (Hochhaus)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,200
240
Wolfgang Tillmans
paper drop (green)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £23,940
241
Valie Export
Dreieck - Kreuz
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
242
Lorna Simpson
Corridor (Night III)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £23,940
243
Hiroshi Sugimoto
In Praise of Shadow, 980820
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £50,400
244
Leonhard Hurzlmeier
Telefonfrau
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
245
Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe
Moses Sumney
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
246
Wahab Saheed
Daytime Blues
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
247
Phumelele Tshabalala
Methuselah The Queen and Friends
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
248
Oluwole Omofemi
Uncertainty
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £17,640
249
Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe
The Young Head Potter
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £22,680
250
Jordy Kerwick
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,080
251
Shara Hughes
Pool House
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £45,360
252
Flora Yukhnovich
Study
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £60,480
253
Hannah Bays
Shattered Dream
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £9,450
254
Max Prus
Day of the Tay
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,600
255
Lesley Vance
Untitled (16)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £88,200
256
Mr Doodle
Red Mountain
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £44,100
257
Thierry Noir
N’EN DOUTONS PAS LE BONHEUR EST DANS LE PRÉ. OUI C’EST VRAI J’EN REVIENS JE L’AI VU.
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,200
258
Isshaq Ismail
Onipa 8
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,200
259
The Connor Brothers
Next Big Thing
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £23,940
260
Albert Willem
An Unexpected Party on the Beach
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £176,400
261
Damien Hirst
Five works: (i) H10-1 Wu Zetian; (ii) H10-2 Nūr Jahān; (iii) H10-3 Theodora; (iv) H10-4 Suiko; (v) H10-5 Taytu Betul from the series The Empresses
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £23,940

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 13 October 2022

Provenance

176

Sigmar Polke

Untitled

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale