Sterling Ruby

Mortar & Pestle

incised with the artist's initials and dated "SR 07" on the underside
glazed ceramic and bronze, in 2 parts
mortar 7 x 12 1/2 x 5 in. (17.8 x 31.8 x 12.7 cm)
pestle 7 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (18.4 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm)
overall 10 x 12 1/2 x 5 in. (25.4 x 31.8 x 12.7 cm)
Executed in 2007.

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000

Sold for $22,860

Contact Specialist

Katerina Blackwood

Associate Specialist, Head of Online Sales

+1 332 239 8940

KBlackwood@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction

21 - 28 March 2023

1
Laurens Legiers
A ROMANTIC NEST
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $15,240
2
Jordi Ribes
The Guest Bath
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $38,100
3
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Metaphor Slut
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,445
4
Lauren Quin
Jawbone
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $12,700
5
Hugo McCloud
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,640
6
Sarah Crowner
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $25,400
7
Eddie Martinez
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $20,320
8
Eddie Martinez
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,510
9
Bjarne Melgaard
Outergaze Violent Group Disco Version
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $11,430
10
Felix R. Cid
Untitled (Darpedo del Canpo)
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $82,550
11
Bony Ramirez
Polluted Love
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $3,556
12
Jorge Pardo
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,970
13
Filipp Jenikäe
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
14
Filipp Jenikäe
Untitled from the series Brooklyn
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
15
Eric N. Mack
Veil-Protection
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
16
Wahab Saheed
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $19,050
17
Joel Mesler
Untitled (Pink Money Snake)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,715
18
Joel Mesler
Untitled (Hopes and Dreams)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,715
19
En Iwamura
Alien Astronauts from the series Romantic Archeology
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $7,620
20
Tala Madani
Untitled (Stripes)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,064
21
Rinus Van de Velde
I Went to Dinner and Ate Two Beefsteaks
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $24,130
22
Wonder Buhle Mbambo
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,080
23
Grant Levy-Lucero
Vernon Sales Inc. Bud Light
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,826
24
Grant Levy-Lucero
Nutella
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,445
25
Sterling Ruby
Mortar & Pestle
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,860
26
Barry McGee
Untitled (8 Bottles)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
27
Christopher Wilmarth
Straight Stray
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
28
Walead Beshty
Two works: (i)Travel Picture Rose [Tschaikowskistrasse 17 in multiple exposures* (LAXFRATHF/TXLLCPHSEALAX) March 27-April 3, 2006}, 2007-2008 * Contax G-2, L-3 Communications eXaminer 3DX 6000, and InVision Technologies CTX 5000 from the series Travel Pictures; (ii) Travel Picture Rose [Tschaikowskistrasse 17 in multiple exposures* (LAXFRATHF/TXLLCPHSEALAX) March 27-April 3, 2006}, 2007-2008 * Contax G-2, L-3 Communications eXaminer 3DX 6000, and InVision Technologies CTX 5000 from the series ~~Travel Pictures~~
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
29
Christopher Wool
Balls
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $50,800
30
Christopher Wool
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
31
Richard Prince
Nurses Dormitory
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,700
32
Richard Prince
Live Free or Die from the series Gangs
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
33
Mike Kelley
The Empire State Building from the series Reconstructed History
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,525
34
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (I debated at...)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $19,050
35
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (Caruso ...)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $12,065
36
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (All prices fixed.)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
37
Katherine Bernhardt
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $19,050
38
Katherine Bernhardt
Swatch Watch Lite-blue
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $11,430
39
Chiderah Bosah
Golden Boy in Pink
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
40
Jonni Cheatwood
Dance Party in a Closed Cleo's
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
41
John Madu
Red Veil (Not a Time to Dance)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,985
42
Monique Prieto
Orange You Gold
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,096
43
Victor Ubah
Chigozie at the Beach
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
44No Reserve
Victor Ubah
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $1,080
45
Juan Uslé
SVELTO 2001
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,890
46
Uwe Henneken
Aller Tage Abend
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $2,794
47
Thomas Wachholz
Magenta 0/100/0/0
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $7,620
48
Eddie Peake
Circa Feb 2002, A Small Woman With A Shaved Head Wearing Clothes Intended For Someone Far Larger Than Herself Stands Alone In The Corner Of A Room, Facing The Corner, Rocking Slightly From One Foot To The Other And Muttering To Herself, Lamenting The Lack Of A Communal Set Of Hair Clippers. In The Next Room Along A Middle Aged Man Of Jamaican Descent Who Speaks With An Exaggeratedly Posh English Accent And Who Is Not An Artist Draws Pictures Of Aliens Annotated With Made Up Words Written In A Practiced Calligraphic Flourish. Across The Hall A Young Man Who Is An Artist (And Shares A Room Non-Romantically (They Sleep In Separate Single Beds) With A Sexagenarian Man Of The Same Name Who Never Speaks) Is Drawing A Picture Using Two Colouring Pencils (One Orange And One Green) And Concluding That Orange And Green Are Difficult Colours To Use, Especially In Tandem With One Another
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,540
49
Bosco Sodi
Golden Painting
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $38,100
50
Tom Burr
Loose Blue Coveralls
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
51
James Siena
Black Vortex (second version)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
52
Despina Stokou
bornrich.com
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
53No Reserve
Nina Beier
Fatigues
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $318
54
Lari Pittman
Untitled #24 (A Decorated Chronology of Insistence & Resignation)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $19,050
55
Christian Rosa
Mayday Mayday CFA
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,240
56
Byron Kim
Synecdoche
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
57
Dan Rees
Artex Painting
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $19,050
58
Dan Rees
Gravel Master
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $10,795
59
Mark Flood
Chariot Burial
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,255
60
Michiel Ceulers
but it was no ordinary drag-ghost (and not even dead could stop her from performing)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,302
61
Rogelio Polesello
Testigo
Estimate $9,000 - 11,000
62
Wang Ziwei
Hopeless
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
63
Jon Pestoni
Handful
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,255
64
John Bauer
Cutpaste Mirror #8
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
65
Serge Attukwei Clottey
12 from the series Common Men
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
66
Nancy Drew
Pollock (#6)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
67
Jonathan Meese
Goldmutter mit schwarzer Brille, braunlich-bunter Perlenkette und röttlicher Augenbraue
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,445
68
Chris Succo
DAYTIME IS MURDER
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
69
Jonathan Meese
Diamantenmutter mit schwarzer Brille, bunter Perlenkette und rötlichem Schlangemund
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,064
70
Charles Mayton
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,032
71
Charlie Billingham
Curtains Up
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
72
Marion Peck
Blue Clown 1
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,985
73
José Parlá
Phoenix Street
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $11,430
74
Katrin Fridriks
Royal Gene & Ethics
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,350
75
Turi Simeti
2 ovali rossi
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
76No Reserve
Ryan Estep
Re-Stretched No. 3
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $445
77
Pieter Schoolwerth
Portrait of Moravagine
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $19,050
78
Nir Hod
Genius
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $30,480
79
Emilio Perez
$100 Traffic Jam
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,795
80
Daniel Lefcourt
Addendum (Volume IV, Number III)
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Sold for $1,016
81No Reserve
Zachary Armstrong
Black Hat, Red Collar
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $6,096
82
Chris Johanson
Untitled (double-sided)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,286
83
Sean Scherer
Black and Blue
Estimate $800 - 1,200
Sold for $508
84
Sean Scherer
Untitled
Estimate $800 - 1,200
85
Sandro Chia
Les adieux
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,080
86
John Ahearn
José
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $7,620
87
Lawrence Carroll
Bagnalstown
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
88No Reserve
Joan Nelson
Untitled No. 341
Estimate $500 - 1,000 •
Sold for $4,064
89No Reserve
Robert Goodnough
Figure I
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000 •
Sold for $381
90
William Gropper
Cup of Tea
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
91
Evan Nesbit
La Brea (Wild in Blue)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,556
92No Reserve
Israel Lund
Untitled (BB #4)
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000 •
Sold for $5,715
93No Reserve
Mark Flood
Ecuador [Chevron/Patton Boggs/Burford...]
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $1,651
94
Josephine Halvorson
Metallic Plate (Top)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
95
Adam McEwen
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,810
96No Reserve
Rebecca Purdum
Oct–Nov
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $2,794
97
Gabriele de Santis
That's whiter than what's spilling down your throat
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,270
98No Reserve
Nick Darmstaedter
Kools Comp 2
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $381
99
Michael Williams
DAD.PSD
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $2,413
100
Keith Ellenbogen
Red Whale at Sunset
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
101No Reserve
Lucien Smith
It's a bit like... If the price is right
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $1,524
102No Reserve
Lucien Smith
(Untitled) Shooting Stars #2
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $762
103
Zebedee Jones
Untitled
Estimate $1,000 - 1,200
Sold for $1,397
104
Steven Charles
giinaco
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
105
Valentin Carron
Saison 10
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,080
106
Federico Uribe
Adam (Eye Enlargement)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
107
Jonathan Seliger
BVLGARI BAG
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
108
Jonathan Seliger
YSL
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
109
Shio Kusaka
(dot 53)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,794
110
Shio Kusaka
(dot 59)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,302
111No Reserve
Dylan Lynch
Made in Poland
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500 •
Sold for $953
112No Reserve
Mark Handforth
Walnut - Purpleheart - Cherry
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000 •
Sold for $1,143
113
Cerith Wyn Evans
SILENCE
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,795
114
This lot is no longer available.
115
Vik Muniz
Trout, After Courbet from the series Pictures of Soil
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,810
116
Hans Breder
La Ventosa from the series Body/Sculpture
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
117
Mark Seliger
President Barack Obama, Washington, DC, 2010
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
118No Reserve
Vanessa Beecroft
VB43.068.ali (Panoramic)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000 •
Sold for $17,780
119
Josephine Meckseper
Two works: (i) Pyromaniac 1; (ii) Pyromaniac 2
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $5,080
120
Cyprien Gaillard
Yosemite Falls, California, USA; South Bronx Housing Projects, New York, USA; Central Park Falls, New York, USA from the series Geographical Analogies
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,810
121No Reserve
Ezra Stoller
Four works: (i) Solar Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory (close up), Location: Pima County, Arizona, Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Architects; (ii) Solar Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory (silhouette), Location: Pima County, Arizona, Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Architects; (iii) American Can Company, Location: Greenwich, Connecticut, Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; (iv) Solar Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, Location: Pima County, Arizona, Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Architects
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $572
122No Reserve
Ezra Stoller
Three works: (i) General Motors Technical Center, Location: Warren, Michigan, Architect: Eero Saarinen; (ii) Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp Chapel, Location: Ronchamp, France, Architect: Le Corbusier; (iii) Taliesin West, Location: Scottsdale Arizona, Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000 •
Sold for $953
123
Andy Warhol
Gilbert & George
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $21,590
124
Sol LeWitt
Cube
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $13,970
125
Elaine de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $11,430
126
Martin Eder
Seven works: (i) Diana and Charles; (ii) Diana and photographer; (iii) Yacht; (iv) Driver and Diana; (v) Diana at Hotel; (vi) Elton John; (vii) Crash from the series Diana and Charles
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
127
Nicole Eisenman
New Braces
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $10,160
128
Nicole Eisenman
Click Click Click
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,048
129
Joe Bradley
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
130
Adegboyega Adesina
10'20
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
131
Tomoo Gokita
Couple
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
132
Johnson Eziefula
Entirety Interrupted VIII
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,445
133
John Lurie
Lizard with Hitlers
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,445
134
John Lurie
Druids 1 - Spartacus 0
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
Sold for $1,524
135
Lari Pittman
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,064
136
Sam Gimbel
Object of Desire #2
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
137
Kristin Baker
Temporized Apex
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
138
José Parlá
Styles Yall' Seek
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,255
139
Leon Golub
Three Legged Betty
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
140
Leon Golub
GRANTED!
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,826
141
Andrew Lord
Untitled
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
142No Reserve
Nate Lowman
My favourite part of my favourite painting
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000 •
Sold for $1,080
143
Bill Jensen
Duo Duo #55
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
Sold for $2,540
144No Reserve
Bill Jensen
Drunken Brush #26
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $2,794
145
Red Grooms
British Guards
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,159
146
Matthew Benedict
Olivia Hussey (The High Priestess)
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Sold for $1,016
147
Marcel Dzama
Untitled (Party)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,302
148
Matt Connors
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $7,620
149
Kristin Baker, Hilary Harkness & Ghada Amer
Exquisite Corpse #35
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
150
Dasha Shishkin, David Humphrey & Michael van Ofen
Exquisite Corpse #64
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
151
Chris Martin
Banares
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $1,778
152
Kate Shepherd
Two works: (i) Lined Tall Stage on Green; (ii) Exquisite Red and Coral Vertical Room with Transparent Plane
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $1,080
153No Reserve
Yuri Masnyj
Over Here
Estimate $500 - 1,000 •
Sold for $127
154
Charles Avery
Two works: (i) Untitled (Monda); (ii) Untitled (Trevor Millifias)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
155
Barry Le Va
Plan view for double-tiered sculpture
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
156No Reserve
Barry Le Va
3 Sculptures - Plan View
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $318
157No Reserve
Arturo Herrera
Untitled
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $127
158
Louise Nevelson
Nevelson's World
Estimate $400 - 600
Sold for $2,159
159
Jennifer West
Scented Film Strip (Odor Film 53, silver nail polish)
Estimate $800 - 1,200
Sold for $508

20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction

21 - 28 March 2023

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Sterling Ruby

Mortar & Pestle

20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction