Provenance
Galería Estudio Actual, Caracas
CDS Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York
Exhibited
Caracas, Galería Estudio Actual, Esculturas, 1981
New York, CDS Gallery, Geometric Abstraction in Latin American Art, November, 1985

40

Victor Valera

Relieve en blanco

1979
painted wooden modules mounted on wood and formica panel
23 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (60.3 x 60.3 cm)

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000

Sold for $8,750

Contact Specialist
Kaeli Deane
Head of Sale
New York
+1 212 940 1352

Latin America

New York Auction 23 May 2016

1
Gabriel de la Mora
10,347
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
2
María Fernanda Cardoso
El arte de la desaparición
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $22,500
3
Federico Herrero
Paisaje
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
4
Jose Dávila
Topologies of identity
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,000
5
Jac Leirner
Composition
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
6
Roberto Obregón
Niagara II (Ele Erre y Hache O)
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $156,250
7
Guillermo Kuitca
Untitled (Zurich)
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $175,000
8
Olga de Amaral
Umbra B
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $334,000
9
Gabriel Orozco
Samurai Tree 21k
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $418,000
10
Cildo Meireles
Ouro e paus: Engradados (Wood and Gold: Crates)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $212,500
11
Carmen Herrera
Black and Green
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $370,000
12
Johanna Calle
Contables
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
13
Olga de Amaral
Fragmento 15
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $43,750
14
Gerd Leufert
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,000
15
Elsa Gramcko
Abstracto No. 9
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
16
Jesús Rafael Soto
Cuadrados y escritura blanca
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $262,000
17
Mathias Goeritz
Mensaje
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $125,000
18
Julio Le Parc
Serie 31D No. 33
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
19
Hélio Oiticica
Metaesquema
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $286,000
20
José Leonilson
Rios do Mundo
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
21
Tunga
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
22
Jac Leirner
Corpus delicti
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
23
Lygia Pape
Tecelar
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
24
Cildo Meireles
Metros
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $93,750
25
Mathias Goeritz
Mensaje
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $62,500
26
Carlos Mérida
El disco negro
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $81,250
27
Armando Reverón
Ranchos de Macuto
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $262,000
28
Amelia Peláez
Pescados grises
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $212,500
29
Mario Carreño
Cabeza (Face of a Woman)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
30
Oswaldo Guayasamín
Portrait of Mary Waller
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
31
Tilsa Tsuchiya
Maternidad
Estimate $90,000 - 120,000
32
Claudio Bravo
Pyramids
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
33
Julio Larraz
Naval Operations
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $87,500
34
Roberto Diago
Study for La Noche
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
35
Matta
Say Bahamas
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $106,250
36
Luis Guevara Moreno
Cooplanal VII
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
37
Gerd Leufert
Fondo Negro
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
38
Francisco Salazar
Positif-Negatif No. 4
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
39
Nedo
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
40
Victor Valera
Relieve en blanco
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,750
41
Mira Schendel
Untiltled (From the series 'Toquinhos')
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
42
Mira Schendel
Untiltled (From the series 'Toquinhos')
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $25,000
43
Renata Lucas
Quadro quadro
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $28,750
44
Anna Maria Maiolino
Untitled from the series 'Uns & Outros'
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $56,250
45
Cinthia Marcelle
4 AZ E 4AZPB
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
46
Asdrúbal Colmenárez
Psychomagnetique No. 229
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
47
Elsa Gramcko
R-49
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
48
This lot is no longer available.
49
Carlos Rojas
Untitled (from the series Horizontes)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
50
Danilo Dueñas
Untitled 1
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
51
Gabriel Orozco
49 hojas
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $68,750
52
Aldo Chaparro
198 ingots
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
53
Daniel Senise
SKIRA VIII
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
54
Pablo Siquier
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
55
This lot is no longer available.
56
Bosco Sodi
Barcelona
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $22,500
57
Ernesto Neto
Glob (Cuminho)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
58
Tomás Saraceno
Untitled as yet
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $22,500
59
Alexandre Arrechea
Mississippi Bucket (New Orleans)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
60
Los Carpinteros
Sala de Lectura (Prototipo)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $18,750
61
Iran do Espírito Santo
Buraco de fechadura (Keyhole)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $56,250
62
Rosângela Rennó
Untitled (bebê) (From the series "Vermelha")
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $13,750
63
Jorge Macchi
Charco de sangre-víctima serial
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,000
64
Gabriel de la Mora
D.A.S. 1974 capas de pintura
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $18,750
65
Jose Dávila
Conjunto habitacional
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
66
Damián Ortega
Material en reposo II (Brasil)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
67
Melanie Smith
Vanishing Landscape No. 5
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
68
Vik Muniz
Postcards from Nowhere: Rio de Janeiro
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $37,500
69
Oscar Soteno
Árbol de los nacimientos
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $10,625
70
Hugo César Nájera Buen Día
Metate de jaguar
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,000
71
Arnulfo Xochitiotzi Cocoletzi
Sarape Fonart
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,625
72
Reneé Ángeles Navarro
Cajonero
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $2,750
73
Familia Ayala
Baúl
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $3,000
74
Odilón Marmolejo
Candelabros
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
75
Juana Gómez Ramírez
Par de Jaguares
Estimate $3,500 - 4,500
Sold for $5,000
76
Hilario Alejos Madrigal
Par de piñas verdes grandes con tapa
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $5,625
77
Vik Muniz
Romy Schneider (from Pictures of Diamond Dust)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
78
Dr. Lakra
Untitled (Don Getulio Vargas)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
79
Carlos Garaicoa
Two works: i. Quijote ii. La maravilla (La conversación)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
80
Manuel Mendive
Pez del Rio
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,750
81
Manuel Mendive
Se alimenta mi cabeza, me alimento yo
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $43,750
82
José Toirac
Two works: i) Untitled ii) Fidel with truck
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,125
83
Vik Muniz
Nadia Comanecci
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,500
84
Iñaki Bonillas
Espectador del naufragio (Merida 541)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
85No Reserve
Adolfo Patiño
4 works: i) Autorretrato de Frida Kahlo pensando en mi y yo pensando en la muerte II ii) Autorretrato pensando en el cosmos iii) El árbol de la vida iv) Códices
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000 •
Sold for $4,000
86
Adrián Villar Rojas
Untitled (From the series Pedazo de las personas que amamos)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
87
Adrián Villar Rojas
Untitled (From the series Me sangra la nariz)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
88
Alfredo Jaar
Walking II
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
89
Liliana Porter
Black Drips
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
90
Iván Capote
Dislexia (La vida es un texto...)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $9,375
91
Anna Maria Maiolino
Untitled from the series 'Outras Marcas'
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $35,000
92
Darío Escobar
Pelota de fútbol con antenas
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,875
93
Emilio Chapela
Coca-Cola (210.CC)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
94
Marco Maggi
Profile Boxes (a&b)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
95
Ernesto Neto
Broto Extase
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
96
Antonio Asis
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $10,625
97
Asdrúbal Colmenárez
Psychomagnetique No. 150
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
98
Rogelio Polesello
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
99
Eugenio Espinoza
Blanco
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,500
100
Gyula Kosice
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
101
Roberto Burle Marx
Santo Antonio de Bica a Noite
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
102
Carlos Rojas
Jarras de agua
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $17,500
103
Gregorio Vardanega
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
104
Antonio Asis
Círculo Rojo y Negro Sobre Blanco
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
105
Antonio Asis
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $6,250
106
Martha Boto
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
107
Danilo Dueñas
Pakistaní
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,625
108No Reserve
Miguel Ángel Ríos
Is there any sign of life
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for $3,750
109
Fabio Kacero
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
110
Sandú Darié
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
111
Loló Soldevilla
Las flores de Emile Zola
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
112
Luis Martínez Pedro
Cuatro lunas y dos pájaros verdes
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
113
Servando Cabrera Moreno
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $6,250
114
Mariano Rodríguez
En el parque
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
115
José Mijares
Marina
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
116
Agustín Cárdenas
Seated Form
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,500
117
Victor Manuel
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
118
Rafael Coronel
Five Works: Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
119
Kati Horna
Leonora Carrington with Doll
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,750
120
Flor Garduño
Three Works: i) Regreso a la tierra (Solola, Guatemala) ii) Canasta de luz (Sumpango, Guatemala) iii) Mujer que sueña (Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
121
Rochelle Costi
Série A Casa
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
122
Hélio Oiticica
Jeff wearing p31 parangolé cape 24, New York
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
123
Máximo González
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
124
Glenda León
Three works from the series "Hay cosas que nacen de una muerte"
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
125
Manuel Mendive
Chivo
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $7,500
126
José Bedia
Como si no supiera que pasa
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
127
Armando Morales
The Tree
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $9,375
128No Reserve
Jim Amaral
De Profundis Reflections, No. 50
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $2,375
129
Florencio Molina Campos
Celeste...mi color prejerido!
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $20,000
130
Juan Cárdenas
Paisaje
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $17,500
131
Israel Moreno (Moris)
Three Works: Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,875
132
Samy Benmayor
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $9,000
133
Carlos Rodríguez Cárdenas
Two works: i) Auxilio ii) El placer de mirar
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
134
Antonio Seguí
Textura
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $23,750
135
Jorge Blanco
Marathon
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,250

Latin America

New York Auction 23 May 2016

Provenance

Exhibited

40

Victor Valera

Relieve en blanco

Latin America