Tracey Emin

I Promise to Love You

2010
neon
142 x 146.5 cm (55 7/8 x 57 5/8 in.)
This work is number 1 from an edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist and issued by the Tracey Emin studio.

Estimate
£50,000 - 70,000 Ω♠

Sold for £98,500

Contact Specialist
Henry Highley
Head of Sale
hhighley@phillips.com
+ 44 20 7318 4061

Contemporary Art Day Sale

London 15 October 2015 2pm

101
This lot is no longer available.
102
Ugo Rondinone
The Fascinated
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £158,500
103
Damien Hirst
Broken Dreams
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £60,000
104
Damien Hirst
Potassium Chloride ACS Reagent
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £134,500
105
Yoshitomo Nara
I Think, Therefore I Am...A Dog
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £122,500
106
Joseph Kosuth
Self-Reflective
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £50,000
107
Mike Kelley
Rewrite
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £50,000
108
Richard Aldrich
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
109
Daniel Buren
Made in USA - Aluminum
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £32,500
110
David Salle
A Brief History of Christmas
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
111
John Baldessari
Various Figures Dancing (with Large Black Shape)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £146,500
112
Rashid Johnson
Deliver
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £74,500
113
Adam McEwen
Thomas Pynchon
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £56,250
114
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
115
Michael Riedel
7
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,000
116
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £20,000
117
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £62,500
118
Dan Colen
New Owners
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £31,250
119
Dan Colen
Better Young than Dead
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
120
Walead Beshty
Selected works (2012/July 11th 2012 - September 5th 2012)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
121
Walead Beshty
Copper Surrogate
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £31,250
122
Gilbert & George
Spunk Mooning
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £74,500
123
Rashid Johnson
Cosmic Slop
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £31,250
124
Mark Francis
Field
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,625
125
Anton Henning
Interieur No. 254
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,750
126
Anton Henning
Interieur No. 322
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 Ω♠
Sold for £12,500
127
Thomas Demand
Three Garages
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £62,500
128
Andro Wekua
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
129
Richard Prince
Fuckin A
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
130
Koen van den Broek
Tent #2
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,000
131
Ross Bleckner
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £11,250
132
Lisa Brice
Lamp Girl
Estimate £1,200 - 1,800 ‡
Sold for £3,750
133
Katy Moran
Pooch
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,500
134
Pae White
Baby Suncloud
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £11,250
135
Deborah Kass
10 Black Barbras (Jewish Jackie Series)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
136
Steven Klein
Brad Pitt
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £2,500
137
Yasumasa Morimura
Eight Works: i) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Liza Minnelli ii) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Sylvia Kristel, iii) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Brigitte Bardot, iv) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Greta Garbo v) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Ingrid Bergman, vi) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Audrey Hepburn, vii) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Greta Garbo 2, viii) Self-Portrait (b&w)/After Marilyn Monroe
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
138
Marilyn Minter
Shit Kicker
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £52,500
139
Christoph Schmidberger
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,750
140
Christoph Schmidberger
Man Sieht Nur Die Im Licht Sind - Die Andern Sieht Man Nicht
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £4,000
141
Marilyn Minter
Sun Spots
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
142
Josephine Meckseper
The Material for "U.S.A."
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,000
143
Adam Fuss
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £43,750
144
Donald Judd
Untitled (woodblock, 89-32)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £67,300
145
Ricci Albenda
You're Sixteen, You're Beautiful and You're Mine
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £30,000
146
Olivier Mosset
Untitled (silver)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
147
Pádraig Timoney
Untitled (Washington / Lincoln Airport)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £35,000
148
Alfred Boman
Estrogen Burger
Estimate £2,500 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,750
149
Xavier Veilhan
Jeanroch
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £21,250
150
Eneas Capalbo
Dr. Brandt
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £3,750
151
This lot is no longer available.
152
Nick Darmstaedter
Norma Desmond
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 †
Sold for £32,500
153
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet
Untitled (Fugue XVIII)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,000
154
Dexter Dalwood
A View from a Window
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
155
Jonas Wood
Untitled (Silver Tris)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £52,500
156
Tracey Emin
I Promise to Love You
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 Ω♠
Sold for £98,500
157
Matias Faldbakken
3 works in 1 lot: (i) Untitled (Plastic Bag) C4804; (ii) Untitled (Plastic Bag) C4896; (iii) Untitled (Plastic Bag) C4802
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
158
Robert Longo
Eight works: (i) Procession; (ii) Mark & Wayne; (iii) Explosion; (iv) Patrol; (v) Betty; (vi) Train; (vii) Mickey; (viii) Jewish Star; from the series Magellan
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £86,500
159
Ed Ruscha
Someone Home
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £92,500
160
This lot is no longer available.
161
Damien Hirst
Clamy Love
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £182,500
162
Tracey Emin
More Love
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 Ω♠
163
Tracey Emin
Two works: (i) Please Keep Loving Me; (ii) I Kept Crying
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £9,375
164
Tracey Emin
Crushed Dreams
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,500
165
Gilbert & George
Britainers
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠†
Sold for £50,000
166
Harland Miller
Ignore All Alien Orders - Aldous Huxley
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £60,000
167
This lot is no longer available.
168
Sarah Morris
LLDNBR
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
169
Gary Hume
In the Home (Twice) I
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £68,500
170
Julian Opie
Gary Popstar
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
171
Julian Opie
Sara Gets Undressed. 1
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £60,000
172
Marc Quinn
Myrdalsjokull Glacier Thaw
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £98,500
173
Grayson Perry
Nostalgia For The Bad Times
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
174
Andy Warhol
Doda Voridis
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £146,500
175
Andy Warhol
Mark Leibowitz
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £110,500
176
Carroll Dunham
Personal Distance (A)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £50,000
177
Andy Warhol
Helen/Harry Morales for "Ladies and Gentlemen"
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £122,500
178
Jean Dubuffet
Site aux Promenadeurs
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
Sold for £290,500
179
Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild (753-7)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £194,500
180
Gerhard Richter
Two works: (i) 8.4.1999 (1); (ii) 8.4.1999 (2)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
181
Sigmar Polke
Aktion: 2 Stunden bei Rotlicht, bei Grünlicht
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠†
182
Georg Herold
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
183
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
184
Anselm Reyle
Life Enigma
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
185
Hanne Darboven
Dostojewski, Monat Januar
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠†
Sold for £16,250
186
Thomas Schütte
United Enemies
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
187
André Butzer
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
188
Georg Herold
Caviar
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
189
Eberhard Havekost
Untitled (Kühlbox)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠†
190
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠†
Sold for £11,875
191
André Butzer
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £40,000
192
Albert Oehlen
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠†
Sold for £15,000
193
Cosima von Bonin
Pilz (Tarnfarben)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠†
194
Cosima von Bonin
Bundschuh #4
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
195
Douglas Gordon
Self Portrait of You + Me (Spencer Tracy)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
196
Carol Bove
Strawberries Need Rain (After Dark Photo Collage)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £20,000
197
Yan Pei-Ming
Timonier 009
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £98,500
198
Zhang Huan
Skull No. 22
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £30,000
199
Ai Weiwei
Rebar 38
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £68,500
200
Ai Weiwei
Oil Spills
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £110,500
201
Ugo Rondinone
25. Maerz 2006
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,625
202
Ugo Rondinone
8. Maerz 2006
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £13,750
203
Ugo Rondinone
When the water went south for the winter it carried us down like storm driven gulls
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £47,500
204
Barnaby Furnas
The Opening
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £30,000
205
Grear Patterson
Lost the Battle but Won the War
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £12,500
206
Lucien Smith
Make it Rain
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £68,500
207
Banksy
Heavy Weaponry
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
208
Rashid Johnson
Run
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
209
Walead Beshty
Fedex 25 kg Box, 2006 FedEx 149802 REV 9/06 MP, International Priority Los Angeles to Hounslow (Tracking No. 797888625860), February 12, 2014
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
210
Oscar Tuazon
Black Slab
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
211
Matthew Day Jackson
Neil Armstrong’s self-portrait in Buzz Aldrin’s helmet visor
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £40,000
212
Theaster Gates
The Apostle III
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
213
Oscar Tuazon
Untitled
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000
Sold for £35,000
214
Sterling Ruby
EXHM (3697)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
215
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
216
Jonas Wood
Big BW 2
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
217
Kaz Oshiro
Tailgate (OYOT) Red
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
218
Theaster Gates
Stand-Ins for a Period of Wreckage 2 & 21
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
219
Mark Hagen
To Be Titled (Additive Painting 1)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
220
Ethan Cook
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £9,375
221
Ned Vena
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £12,500
222
Sam Moyer
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £13,750
223
Secundino Hernández
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £47,500
224
Lucien Smith
Those whose love burns, dare not; the love of those who dare, burns not
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £10,625
225
Eddie Peake
Queen 3
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
226
Nick Darmstaedter
Paleo Porwigle (Pink Panther Green)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 †
Sold for £12,500
227
Matthew Day Jackson
Community Hall featuring Harvard Five and Guests
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
228
Allora & Calzadilla
Solar Catastrophe
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £35,000
229
This lot is no longer available.
230
Jeff Elrod
Before Science
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £27,500
231No Reserve
Michael Manning
Everything you Want (Sheryl Crow Pandora Painting)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡
Sold for £5,000
232
Parker Ito
Inkjet Painting #16
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
233
Leo Gabin
For Errbody
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,500
234
Dan Rees
Artex Painting
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
235
Sergej Jensen
Untitled (Dreieck)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
236
Ethan Cook
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
237
Anna Betbeze
Tower
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
238
Nate Lowman
Monkey in the Middle
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
239
Anthony Pearson
Untitled (Chisel Arrangement)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,000
240
Nathan Mabry
Three-Toed Love
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
241
Nick Darmstaedter
Holiday in the Sun Card
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 †
Sold for £7,500
242
Elad Lassry
Two Works: (i) Woman, Espresso Machine; (ii) Girl
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £8,125
243
Mark Handforth
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £27,500
244
Sir Anthony Caro, O.M, R.A.
Small Bronze 'n' (b.1602)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
245
Ugo Rondinone
Zweiteraprilzweitausendundnull no. 181
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £27,500
246
Andy Warhol
Wicker Chair
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £17,500
247
Andy Warhol
Sausage Tree
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
248
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Rialto, Pasadena
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
249
Shirin Neshat
Mystified
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £45,000
250
Thomas Ruff
Substrat 29 I
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
251
Thomas Ruff
jpeg ca04
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
252
Thomas Ruff
Nude pi 11
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
253
Paul McCarthy
Bow Bridges I & II (from Sailor's Meat) (in 2 parts)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
254
Vik Muniz
Erotica 9 (Pictures of Silly Putty Series)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
255
Vik Muniz
Medusa after Bernini (Picture of Chocolate)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
256
Piotr Uklański
Untitled (Favela)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
257
Bernar Venet
Indeterminate Line
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £32,500
258
Philippe Hiquily
La Marathonienne
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
259
Olafur Eliasson
Fivefold Dodecahedron Lamp
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
260
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠
Sold for £43,750
261
Sean Henry
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠†
Sold for £11,250
262
Miquel Barceló
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
263
Antoni Tàpies
The Dog and the Buddha Large Drawing
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
264
Juan Uslé
Lip-esquivo
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £11,875
265
Bernard Aubertin
Tableau Clous
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
266
Dirk Skreber
Untitled (Concentric)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
267
Gert and Uwe Tobias
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
268
David Reed
#530
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £20,000
269
Emilio Perez
Naked Eye
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
270
Ghada Amer
I Do Not Love You
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
271
Sergej Jensen
End of Society
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
272
Agnes Martin
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
273
Sol LeWitt
Brushstrokes In All Directions
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £22,500
274
Anish Kapoor
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
275
Gabriel Orozco
Rhythm (6)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
276
Paul Noble
Nobsend
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,750
277
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Dinos and Jake's Progress Plate 1
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
278
Keith Tyson
Lecture Painting
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,250
279
Geli Korzhev
Irons Red Fabric, Study for "New Slogan"
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
280
Aaron Young
Untitled (magenta) Triptych
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
281
Tal R
Twin Ventura
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £32,500
282
RETNA
Song
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
283
Franz West
Onkel Stuhl (Uncle Chair)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
284
Franz West
Privat-Lampe des Künstlers II
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £19,375
285
Bosco Sodi
Organic Blue
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £27,500
286
Yves Klein
Table Bleue
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
287
Jeff Koons
Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
288
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Frattali
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
289
Stanley Casselman
IR-41-2
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000
Sold for £74,500

Contemporary Art Day Sale

London 15 October 2015 2pm

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Tracey Emin

I Promise to Love You

Contemporary Art Day Sale