Sterling Ruby

Alabaster 10-17

acrylic, in artist's frame
130.2 x 130.5 cm (51 1/4 x 51 3/8 in.)
Executed in 2010.

Estimate
£30,000 - 50,000 †

Sold for £75,000

Contact Specialist
Tamila Kerimova
Specialist, Head of Day Sale
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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

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Sterling Ruby

Alabaster 10-17

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale