Sterling Ruby

Alabaster SR11-52

2011
acrylic, in artist's frame
128.9 x 247.7 cm (50 3/4 x 97 1/2 in.)

Estimate
£70,000 - 100,000 †

Sold for £62,500

Contact Specialist
Henry Highley
Head of Sale
+ 44 20 7318 4061

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 28 June 2016

101
Pamela Rosenkranz
"Because they tried to bore holes in my greatest and most beautiful work” (Relief of Hardship and Troubles)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
102
SoiL Thornton
Don't Lose Your Dome Shader, Isn't It A Collectible?
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £13,750
103
Ella Kruglyanskaya
Untitled (Bather with Sunglasses)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,000
104
Joe Bradley
Tonga
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
105
John Gerrard
Sow Farm (Near Libbey, Oklahoma)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
106
Thilo Heinzmann
O.T.
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
107
Seth Price
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £87,500
108
This lot is no longer available.
109
Luc Tuymans
Mirror
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
110
Lee Ufan
Correspondance
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000
111
Chung Sang-Hwa
Untitled 90-12-5
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
112
Chung Sang-Hwa
Untitled 87-10-4
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
113
Yeesookyung
Translated Vase
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 †
Sold for £25,000
114
Yeesookyung
Translated Vase
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 †
Sold for £15,000
115
This lot is no longer available.
116
Nam June Paik
Watchdog II
Estimate £140,000 - 180,000 Ω
Sold for £173,000
117
Yayoi Kusama
Pumpkin
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
118
Yayoi Kusama
Pumpkin
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £87,500
119
Yan Pei-Ming
Soleil Rouge III (Mao)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
120
Yan Pei-Ming
Pope Innocent X no. 4
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
121
Wang Guangyi
Great Criticism: Art Race
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £52,500
122
Yue Minjun
Untitled (Magritte Stone)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £965,000
123
Yue Minjun
Untitled (Portrait)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
124
Zhang Huan
Zhang Xiao Mei
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
125
Zhang Huan
My Rome
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £8,750
126
Ai Weiwei
Fairytale - 1001 Chairs
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £17,500
127
Franz West
Privat-Lampe des Künstlers II
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
128
Franz West
Divan (Prototype)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
129
Gerhard Richter
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £60,625
130
Georg Baselitz
Junge Susanne
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
Sold for £32,500
131
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
132
Karin Kneffel
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
133
Gerhard Richter
Inpainting Brown
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
134
Erwin Wurm
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
135
Hermann Nitsch
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
136
André Butzer
Untitled (Viele Tote Durch Hermann Giesler!)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £60,000
137
Gert and Uwe Tobias
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
138
Andreas Gursky
Bangkok VII
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
139
Wolfgang Tillmans
Lighter, Green-Red I
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £55,000
140
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £40,000
141
Olafur Eliasson
Football Lamps
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £57,250
142
Jenny Holzer
Selections from Truisms (1977-1979) and Survival (1983-1985)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 Ω
Sold for £75,000
143
Tracey Emin
Is Legal Sex Anal?
Estimate £45,000 - 65,000 Ω♠
Sold for £68,750
144
Gilbert & George
Shit and Piss
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
145
Marc Quinn
Endless Column (Micro Cosmos)
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ♠
146
Gavin Turk
Dump
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £28,750
147
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Two-faced Cunt
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
148
Damien Hirst
Beautiful Catequil Negativism Painting for Nick (with Diamonds)
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
Sold for £209,000
149
Julian Opie
Woman posing in summer dress. 1.
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £43,750
150
Harland Miller
Grimsby
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £36,250
151
Chantal Joffe
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠†
152
Tracey Emin
Untitled (Porchester Baths)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
Sold for £9,375
153
Damien Hirst
Haloprogin
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
154
Julian Opie
Vera, Dancer. 2
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
155
Antony Gormley
MEME CCXCVIII
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £87,500
156
Antony Gormley
Slump Model
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,000
157
Tony Cragg
Points of View
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £125,000
158
Lynn Chadwick, R.A.
Walking Cloaked Figure VI
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
159
Lynn Chadwick, R.A.
Maquette for Watchers Version II
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £40,000
160
William Kentridge
South African Shadow Quartet
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £15,000
161
Baltasar Lobo
Sentada Manos Cruzadas
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
162
Diego Giacometti
Le Couple (Equilibristes)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £47,500
163
Georges Mathieu
Redorte
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
164
Mimmo Rotella
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
165
Piero Dorazio
I Tatti
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £93,750
166
Jean Dubuffet
Paysage (jardin public) avec 2 personnages
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £32,500
167
Jean Dubuffet
Idéoplasme I
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
168
Antoni Tàpies
A Vincent van Gogh
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
169
Antoni Tàpies
Terra i Palla
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
170
Egon Schiele
Liegendes Kind (Reclining Child)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
171
Egon Schiele
Portrat einer Dame (Portrait of a Woman)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £37,500
172
Léonard-Tsuguharu Foujita
Jeune fille a la robe bustier
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
173
Tom Wesselmann
Final study for Kate nude
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
174
Robert Indiana
Four
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
175
Keith Haring
Subway Drawing
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £85,000
176
Andy Warhol
Jackie
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £75,000
177
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £4,750
178
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,500
179
George Condo
Angular Head Sculpture with Turning Smile
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £31,250
180
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £15,000
181
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £27,500
182
Petra Cortright
Miss nud wold miss nude miss nude miss nude world miss rodeo north dakota Miss Smith and Miss Jones miss uk competition miss venezuela miss venezuela 1997 miss world missing children missing persons mission control netscape
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £32,500
183
Sterling Ruby
Jaw Artist/RWB
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £20,000
184
Dan Colen
Untitled (Birdshit)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £10,000
185
Lucien Smith
TBT
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £31,250
186
Nate Lowman
Three Works: (i) Scratcher; (ii) Strapping on; (iii) Thank the Bank
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
187
Nate Lowman
Three Works: (i) Sharon Stone; (ii) We Don't Need Another Hero; (iii) Twin Boy Suicide Bomb
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
188
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £4,000
189
Michael Riedel
47
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £31,250
190
David Ostrowski
F (Gee Vaucher)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,000
191
Christian Rosa
Alptraum nr1
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 †
Sold for £16,250
192
Walead Beshty
Three-Sided Picture (CMY), March 25th 2010, Irvine, California, Fuji Crystal Archive Super Type C
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £14,375
193
David Ostrowski
F (A thing is a thing in a whole which it's not)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,000
194
Rashid Johnson
Love Souls
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £81,250
195
Carol Bove
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
196
Walead Beshty
FedEx Large Kraft Box 2004 FEDEX 155143, #875468976062
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,000
197
Sterling Ruby
Alabaster SR11-52
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 †
Sold for £62,500
198
Sterling Ruby
Cry Later
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £21,250
199
Dash Snow
Two Works: (i) Untitled; (ii) Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £13,750
200
Oscar Murillo
Number 11
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
201
Matthew Day Jackson
Community Hall (Aerial View)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
202
Stanley Donwood
Poor End
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠†
203
Elad Lassry
Two Works: (i) Cat and Duck (Red); (ii) Sterling Silver Vases
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
204
Andres Serrano
Piss Light
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
205
Vik Muniz
Four Works: (i) Monica Vitti; (ii) Romy Schneider; (iii) Maria Callas; (iv) Catherine Deneuve; (from Pictures of Diamond Dust)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
206
This lot is no longer available.
207
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (#130A)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
208
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (pregnant woman)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
209
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (Dylan on the Floor)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £11,875
210
Nan Goldin
Yogo in the Mirror, Bangkok, Second Tip bar
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,250
211
David LaChapelle
Amanda as Andy Warhol's Liz (Orange)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £30,000
212
Gabriel Orozco
Quatro Parques
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000
Sold for £10,000
213
Douglas Gordon
Minnie, New York
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
214
Alec Soth
Patrick, Palm Sunday, Baton Rouge, LA
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £8,750
215
Sandy Skoglund
Raining Pop Corn
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
216
Vik Muniz
Edson (Pele) from Pictures of Magazines
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
217
Robin Rhode
Motorbike
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £27,500
218
Douglas Gordon
Two Works: (i) Tattoo I; (ii) Tattoo II
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
219
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Colors of Shadow c1028
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
220
Eddie Peake
Flash up your lighter
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠†
Sold for £12,500
221
Stefan Brüggemann
Mirror 20
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £37,500
222
Jeppe Hein
Rotating Pyramid I
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
223
Sam Moyer
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 †
224
Callum Innes
Untitled No. 90
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
225
Scott Lyall
Untitled 3
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
226
Nigel Cooke
Painter’s Head 2
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
227
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
228
Kenny Scharf
Blob Guy
Estimate £10,000 - 13,000
Sold for £7,500
229
Kenny Scharf
OMG, WTF!
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
230
Pablo Bronstein
4 Facades
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠†
Sold for £5,000
231
Jim Shaw
Untitled (Tamara with Straw)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
232
Albert Oehlen
Ohne Titel (Self-Portrait)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
233
Y. Z. Kami
Endless Prayers
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,750
234
Andy Warhol
Untitled (Keith Haring)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £32,500
235
Andy Warhol
You're In
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £25,000
236
This lot is no longer available.
237
Kader Attia
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
238
Ethan Cook
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
239
Ghada Amer
A Kiss From Alison
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £30,000
240
Berlinde De Bruyckere
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
241
Nick Cave
Soundsuit_NC09.073
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £75,000
242
Ashley Bickerton
ANWWLB 2
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
243
Wim Delvoye
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £62,500
244
Robert Combas
Femme Fleur
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
245
Charline von Heyl
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £11,875
246
Valentin Carron
Jacky
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,250
247
Daniel Silver
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,875
248
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Cave
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £36,250
249
Kaari Upson
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £4,375
250
JPW3
R Charm
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
251
Pavlos (Pavlos Dionyssopoulos)
Socks
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
252
This lot is no longer available.
253
Ned Vena
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
254
Andy Denzler
Waterfall Crossing
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,750
255
Chris Succo
Shameless is a Talent n°3
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
256
Lucien Smith
Double Dribble
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £11,250
257
Ned Vena
Untitled (Target)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 †
Sold for £12,500
258
Marianne Vitale
Shingle Painting 8
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £10,625
259
Walead Beshty
SSCC 139751 REV 10/05 "FedEx Large Box", Priority Overnight"
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
260
Simon Denny
Multimedia Aquarium 4: Stupor
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,000
261
This lot is no longer available.
262
Sayre Gomez
Untitled Painting in Purple on Purple
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
263
Liam Everett
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
264
Marcin Maciejowski
Cezar
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
265
Paulina Olowska
Hollywood Movie
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
266
Iván Navarro
Echo
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 Ω
Sold for £30,000
267
Gregor Hildebrandt
Three Shadows - Part II, Bauhaus
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
268
Albert Oehlen and Jonathan Meese
Silver Inc.
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
269
Chiho Aoshima
Rinko-Chan on the Building
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 Ω
270
Leiko Ikemura
Head
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
271
Gianni Piacentino
White pearl dynamic wing- chrome flames (MS1)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
272
This lot is no longer available.
273
Nathan Mabry
Process Art (Eat Your Heart Out)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
274
Anthony Pearson
Untitled (Chisel Arrangement) AP-2424
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £7,250
275
This lot is no longer available.
276
George Lappas
Red Man
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
277
Tobias Rehberger
Small Mother of Unsuccessful Suicide
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000 ♠
278
This lot is no longer available.
279
Jennifer Steinkamp
Ronnie Reagan 1
Estimate £5,000 - 10,000 Ω
Sold for £9,375
280
Katrin Fridriks
Mothernature N56
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
281
Carsten Höller
Doppelpilzvitrine (10 Doppelpilze)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
282
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Frattali
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
283
Jeff Koons
Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus (Magenta)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £31,250
284
Ai Weiwei
Stool
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £18,750
285
Invader
ALIAS MIA_53
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
286
Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild (P1)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
287
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet
Untitled (Fugue L)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
288
Stanley Casselman
IR-40-7
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £22,500
289
Hugo McCloud
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £16,875

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 28 June 2016

Provenance

Catalogue Essay

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Sterling Ruby

Alabaster SR11-52

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale