Tala Madani

Tweezing Cake

signed and dated 'Tala Madani 2005' on the reverse
oil and graphite on board
32 x 26.6 cm (12 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Executed in 2005.

Estimate
£6,000 - 8,000 ‡

Sold for £16,380

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New Now

London Auction 9 December 2021

1
Rebecca Ness
Parking Garage
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £11,340
2
Jonathan Lyndon Chase
Slow Down
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £17,640
3
Allison Zuckerman
Huntress and Scholar
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £100,800
4
Aboudia
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £138,600
5
Jadé Fadojutimi
Typhoon
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £126,000
6
Etel Adnan
Untitled (#211)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £88,200
7
Jadé Fadojutimi
Clustering Thoughts
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £18,900
8
Maria Farrar
Sailor
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £35,280
9
Cristina BanBan
Lovers in the Bath
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £60,480
10
Mr.
Hong Kong—At a Kiosk
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡
Sold for £403,200
11
Yoshitomo Nara
Dioxin
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
12
Yoshitomo Nara
You Just Wanna Be A ?
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £94,500
13
Yayoi Kusama
Purple Moment After Rain
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £47,880
14
Yayoi Kusama
Silver Flower
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £35,280
15
Michael Armitage
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £226,800
16
Eddie Martinez
Untitled
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
Sold for £466,200
17
Jonas Wood
Yellow Crate
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡
Sold for £327,600
18
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £300,000 - 500,000 ‡♠
Sold for £378,000
19
Jaume Plensa
Study for Laurelle
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,200
20
Del Kathryn Barton
Train Ride Beat
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £8,820
21
Wes Lang
Living by Being
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £94,500
22
Serge Attukwei Clottey
Mr Irrelevant
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £25,200
23
Nirit Takele
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £9,450
24
Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne
Family Photo
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £13,860
25
Kelechi Nwaneri
Battle Within
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £9,450
26
Abe Odedina
Crazy For You
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,300
27
Florine Démosthène
Being Faithful of a Few Things
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,292
28
Joana Choumali
ÇA VA ALLER 1
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £7,560
29
Vasily Klyukin
Gluttony
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
30
Damien Hirst
Beautiful, It's a Beautiful World Made More Beautiful with You in it Painting
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
Sold for £108,400
31
Bernard Frize
Boom
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,720
32
Ian Davenport
Turquoise, Burgundy
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠†
Sold for £50,400
33
Petra Cortright
Citibank Syndrome
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £20,160
34
Kristy M Chan
Weather Going Bananas
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 †
Sold for £60,480
35
Joel Mesler
Untitled (Indoor Pool)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £25,200
36
Erik Parker
Triple Crown
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £37,800
37
Brian Calvin
Thing (II)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £40,320
38
Oluwole Omofemi
Metamorphosis II
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £100,800
39
Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar
Nothing But Energy
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £45,360
40
John McAllister
Tinted and Towering
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £2,520
41
Zandile Tshabalala
Paradise I
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £23,940
42
Rufai Zakari
Zakaiya II
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,710
43
Aviwe Plaatjie
Indod’ibamb’ongezantsi
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £1,260
44
Kingsley Obasi
Enflona
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £8,190
45
Tala Madani
Tweezing Cake
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £16,380
46
Tala Madani
Man with Tweezers
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £8,190
47
Derrick Adams
Party Guest 1 (We Came to Party and Plan Series)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £2,772
48
Kenny Scharf
Sabrett
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £30,240
49
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £52,920
50
Alex Da Corte
Saturday (Buff Painting)
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡
51
Rashid Johnson
Stay Black and Die
Estimate £18,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £25,200
52
Avery Singer
S&M Cruisline
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
53
Eddie Martinez
Untitled
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡
Sold for £25,200
54
Federico Luger
I Sell NFT
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £15,120
55
Nicolas Party
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,600
56
Nicolas Party
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
57
Emily Mae Smith
Chekhov's Gun
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £5,670
58
Nicolas Party
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £10,080
59
Tomoo Gokita
Dance Party
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £9,450
60
Tomoo Gokita
Eichhornia Crassipes
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £20,160
61
Thierry Noir
Achtung Baby
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ♠
Sold for £30,240
62
Richard Hambleton
Untitled
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £144,900
63
Richard Hambleton
Shadow Head
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £22,680
64
Christo
Etching Maquette for Wrapped Venus, Project for Villa Borghese, Rome
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
65
Andy Warhol
A Whole Stocking Full of Good Wishes
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,040
66
Peter Schuyff
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,240
67
Victor Vasarely
E-VERT-ROUGE
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
68
Claes Oldenburg
Study for Pillows: Bedroom Ensemble
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
69
Ray Johnson
Untitled - All About Eve's Clamp
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000
Sold for £8,820
70
Giorgio de Chirico
La partenza dell’amico
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,200
71
Joan Miró
Sans Titre
Estimate £7,000 - 11,000 ‡♠
Sold for £4,032
72
Elisabeth Frink
Running Man II
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £23,940
73
Barry Flanagan RA
Hare with Ball
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £201,600
74
Elisabeth Frink
Tribute Head IV
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡♠
Sold for £73,080
75
Elisabeth Frink
Soldiers Head IV
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,200
76
Ossip Zadkine
Le Repos
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ♠
77
Anthony Caro
Second Half
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,400
78
Gabriel Orozco
Piedra que cede
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
79
Samara Scott
Not Yet Titled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £1,890
80
Thilo Heinzmann
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,680
81
Christina Forrer
In the Forest
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £39,060
82
Aaron Fowler
Aaron Fowler Looks for a Way Out of the City of Destruction
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £16,380
83
Irma Blank
Orrizonte
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,190
84
Robert Nava
Green Dress
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £37,800
85
Hermann Nitsch
Schüttbild
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,160
86
Sterling Ruby
Monument Stalagmite/Claret
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £50,400
87
Sterling Ruby
Transgrid/Feminique 1
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £27,720
88
Jakub Julian Ziółkowski
autoportret
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,380
89
Adam Birtwistle
Cow Chop (Sir Harrison Birtwistle)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
90
Cleon Peterson
Flesh of the Wicked
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £8,820
91No Reserve
Yayoi Kusama
Two works: (i) Yellow Pumpkin; (ii) Red Pumpkin
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for £1,071
92No Reserve
Yayoi Kusama
Two works: (i) Yellow Pumpkin; (ii) Red Pumpkin
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for £1,260
93
Fred Wilson
Quartet
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000
94
This lot is no longer available.
95
André Brasilier
Le retour du soir
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £63,000
96
The Connor Brothers
A Load of Fuss About Fuck All Grey
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
97
Jeff Elrod
Done Twice
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
98
Michael Wilkinson
Black Seditionaries 1
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
99
Michael Wilkinson
Never Work 4
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
100
Michael Wilkinson
Dresden 11
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,048
101
Michael Staniak
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,528
102
Santiago Parra
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £27,720
103
Pejac
Frontier
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,600
104
Jim Shaw
Drawing (Ruby)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,080
105
Angel Otero
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £20,160
106
Isa Genzken
Basic Research
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £81,900
107
Robert Janitz
Liquid Conscience
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,080
108
Ida Ekblad
The Salt Lick
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £3,024
109
Andreas Slominski
Roof Hatch
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £2,520
110
Takis (Panayiotis Vassilakis)
Signal Lights
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £50,400
111
Jeppe Hein
Mirror Wall
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £35,280
112
John Armleder
Liberty Dome Sliced
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
113
Walead Beshty
FedEx 25kg Box 2006 FedEx 149802 REV 9/06 MP, International Priority, Los Angeles–Hong Kong trk#797888625860/797888626156, February 12–14, 2014, [...], International Priority, London–Orlando trk#779899570239, August 14–21, 2017, Priority Overnight, Orlando–Greensboro trk#771176157090, Janurary 9–10, 2018, Priority Overnight, Greensboro–Greencastle trk#772132145748, May 2–3, 2018, Priority Overnight, Greencastle–Minneapolis trk#773955618232, December 13–14, 2018, Standard Overnight, Minneapolis–Los Angeles trk#775252559679, May 21–22, 2019, International Priority, Los Angeles–London trk#776727278377, October 16–24, 2019
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,600
114
Matias Faldbakken
SCREW PIECE #2
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £1,008
115
Jim Lambie
Metal Box (Northern Star)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,200
116
Seth Price
Disidentified Financial Service
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £15,120
117
Sara Barker
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
118
Helen Marten
Happy Drunks, Soggy Blueprints
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,340
119No Reserve
Jeppe Hein
Flying White Cube
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
Sold for £1,197
120
Seung-taek Lee
Tied Stone
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £11,340
121
Jon Rafman
NAD (Swerveman Carrara)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £8,820
122
Louise Lawler
Nipple
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £13,860
123
Louise Lawler
1989
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
124
Cindy Sherman
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £11,340
125
This lot is no longer available.
126
Sergej Jensen
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ♠
Sold for £16,380
127
Stephan Balkenhol
Frau auf Schneckenhaus (Woman Sitting on a Snailshell)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,200
128
Markus Lüpertz
Beethoven
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,300
129
Anton Henning
Interieur No 149
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
130
Neo Rauch
Ohne Titel
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £2,772
131
Martin Kippenberger
Untitled (Hotel de l'Europe)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
132
Martin Kippenberger
Milk Explosion 4
Estimate £16,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,900
133
Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild (P1)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £30,240
134
Wang Yigang
T14
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £10,080
135
Ablade Glover
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £6,930
136
Ablade Glover
Pot Dealers (Market Forms)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,080
137
Djordje Ozbolt
Postcoloniel Discourse
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
138
Nick Goss
THEY ALONE SURVIVED
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £1,260
139
John Armleder
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £17,640
140
David Kim Whittaker
Moving Front
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
141
David Kim Whittaker
HOURS FROM
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,300
142
Gilbert & George
Canning (London Telephone Box Card Picture)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £3,528
143No Reserve
Augustus Thompson
Parking Ticket Envelope 2 (Blue LA)
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for £252
144
Mirosław Bałka
Put Your Feet On Me
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
145
Dan Graham
Palais des Beaux Arts, Exhibition Voici
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £21,420
146
Mimmo Paladino
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,600
147
Julia Rommel
Abstract Composition
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,788
148
James Brown
Scene From the Life of Achilles
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £5,040
149
Ilya Kabakov
A. B. Borisova: And Pick the Shoes from the Repair Shop Today!
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
150No Reserve
Luca Dellaverson
Untitled
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for £1,764
151No Reserve
David Noonan
Untitled
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £2,394
152No Reserve
Michael Delucia
To Be Titled (Green Cube)
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 •
Sold for £8,820
153
Dirk Skreber
It rocks us so hard - Ho, Ho, Ho 7.0
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £11,970
154No Reserve
Martin Kobe
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 •‡♠
Sold for £4,788
155No Reserve
Youssef Nabil
Ghada Amer, New York
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡
Sold for £1,260
156
Carter
The Past 100 Years
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £2,520
157
Will Boone
Mello Yello
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
158
Michael Dean
Days (Working Title)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,040
159No Reserve
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled (Garden Painting)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £1,386
160
Ai Weiwei
Two works: (i) Fairytale 1001 Chair; (ii) Fairytale 1001 Chair
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,040
161
Wim Delvoye
Map #7
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
162No Reserve
Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu
Untitled (SMILES WITHOUT FREEDOM)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡
Sold for £2,520
163
Louise Lawler
Hand on Her Back (Traced)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,780
164
Kendell Geers
Positive and Negative Red and Black Buddha
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
165
This lot is no longer available.
166
This lot is no longer available.
167
This lot is no longer available.
168
This lot is no longer available.
169
Aaron van Erp
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,780
170
Matthieu Ronsse
Incubus Leaving
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
171
Slawomir Elsner
dom dziadka (pokój 3)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,292
172
Allison Katz
Belo Horizonte
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £32,760
173No Reserve
Marcus Harvey
Woman Shaving
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡♠
Sold for £3,780
174
Tatsuo Kawaguchi
Between mirror and mirror
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
175
Erik Andriesse
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,048
176No Reserve
Allen Ruppersberg
Who Killed the Kennedys?
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 •‡
Sold for £1,260
177No Reserve
Allen Ruppersberg
Poem No.1 Flashback Startover
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 •‡
Sold for £504
178
Alex Hubbard
Heads in the Dark
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £2,520
179
Thomas Hirschhorn
MY CROSS MY CROSS
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
180No Reserve
Stuart Semple
Life is a Razorblade
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £2,520
181
Travis Fish
Harry
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £882
182No Reserve
Trudy Benson
Circling Back
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡
Sold for £4,410
183No Reserve
Robert Hilmersson
I Have So Much To Offer
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡♠
Sold for £6,048
184No Reserve
Manuel Caeiro
Divina Precariedade #2
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡♠
Sold for £3,780
185
This lot is no longer available.

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Tala Madani

Tweezing Cake

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