Provenance
Galerie Derouillon, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2020
Literature
Sasha Bogojev, 'Inside a Hidden Garden: A Conversation with Vojtêch Kovařík', Juxtapoz Magazine, 26 February 2020, online (illustrated)

12

Vojtěch Kovařík

Hercules With Lion Hair

signed, titled and dated 'VOJTECH KOVARIK "HERCULES WITH LION HAIR" 2020' on the reverse
acrylic and spray paint on canvas
152.3 x 121.8 cm (59 7/8 x 47 7/8 in.)
Executed in 2020.

Estimate
£30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠

Sold for £25,400

Contact Specialist

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Associate Specialist, Head of New Now
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New Now

London Auction 6 December 2023

1
Alfie Caine
Houlgate Villa
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £82,550
2
Xie Lei
Swallow
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,970
3
This lot is no longer available.
4
Louise Giovanelli
Peeping Tom
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £63,500
5
Jenna Gribbon
Hiding Place Under the Stairs Wrestlers
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
6
Emma Webster
Background’s Backdrop
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £130,810
7
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Radiowave
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £133,350
8
Lubaina Himid
The Derivation Is An Illusion (Kanga)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
9
Cristina BanBan
Tres muchachas en el patio
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,860
10
Francesca Mollett
Cilia, blinking cilia
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £19,050
11
Genieve Figgis
Family Portrait
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £13,970
12
Vojtěch Kovařík
Hercules With Lion Hair
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,400
13
Louis Fratino
Upside down embrace
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £12,065
14
Sarah Cunningham
Banana Plant
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160
15
Sarah Ball
Poisoner
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £7,620
16
Honor Titus
Dewey Square
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £30,480
17
Robert Colescott
Miscegenation
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡
Sold for £152,400
18
Chloe Wise
Anonymous Now
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £101,600
19
Jadé Fadojutimi
Night-time Walk
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
20
William Monk
Mount Atom (something big)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,430
21
Wynnie Mynerva
Bailo mi ritmo, pero no me detengo
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £139,700
22
Laura Owens
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
23
Jacqueline Humphries
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £33,020
24
Tracey Emin
Angel without You
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £43,180
25
Andy Warhol
Portrait of a Lady (Natalie Sparber)
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000
Sold for £190,500
26
Ed Ruscha
So...[#1]
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £85,090
27
George Condo
Gray Portrait (The End of Vietnam)
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000
Sold for £88,900
28
Sol LeWitt
Wall Drawing #1148 D, Isometric form within a circle
Estimate £65,000 - 85,000
Sold for £82,550
29
Peter Halley
Soul Control
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £254,000
30
Bridget Riley
Colour sharpened and clarified
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £73,660
31
Grayson Perry
Untitled (She is in my Mind)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
32
Banksy
Girl With Balloon
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
Sold for £215,900
33
This lot is no longer available.
34
Martin Kippenberger
Untitled (from the series Please Don't Sit on the Pictures)
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
35
Martin Kippenberger
Untitled (from the series Please Don't Sit on the Pictures)
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
36
A.R. Penck
Bean
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £69,850
37
Georg Baselitz
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £39,370
38
Per Kirkeby
Untitled (Frankfurt)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
39
Hermann Nitsch
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £33,020
40
Arnulf Rainer
Chaos
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,970
41
Arnulf Rainer
Goya
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,430
42
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡♠
Sold for £4,445
43
Michael Krebber
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £21,590
44
Michael Krebber
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
45
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡♠
Sold for £3,048
46
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,510
47
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
48
Bernard Frize
Song
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £38,100
49
Ann Craven
Sans Titre
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £12,065
50
Stanley Whitney
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £20,320
51
Eddie Martinez
Vejby Whites
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £19,050
52
Duncan McCormick
In a Blue Room with no Curtains
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,900
53
Albert Willem
The Sound of Aspen
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,800
54
Studio Lenca
Antonio
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £4,826
55
Evgen Čopi Gorišek
Casual Business
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
56
Louis Fratino
Couple
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,700
57
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
Red Figure Posing
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £9,525
58
Guy Yanai
Home
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £15,240
59
Guy Yanai
In the Sea
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,890
60
Louis Fratino
Sepia Couple
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £6,985
61
Daniel Crews-Chubb
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,255
62
Cristina de Miguel
June
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
63
Yukimasa Ida
End of today 11/19 2020 Self portrait
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
64
Koichi Sato
A Solo Percussionist
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
65
Amanda Baldwin
Across The Table
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £13,970
66
Cathrin Hoffmann
Where To Save The Swords
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
67
Lise Stoufflet
Dialogue nocturne
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £4,445
68No Reserve
Sara Berman
Support
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 •‡♠
Sold for £4,445
69
Paulina Olowska
John K on the Beach
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ♠
70
Heidi Hahn
The Point of Nothingness and Caring is Besides That #1
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,620
71
Heidi Hahn
The Point of Nothingness and Caring is Besides That #5
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,620
72
Sayre Gomez
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
73No Reserve
Anthony Iacono
Smoke
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡
Sold for £1,270
74
Pedro Pedro
Flowers
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
75
Larry Madrigal
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
76
This lot is no longer available.
77
Marcus Leslie Singleton
Healthy
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £5,715
78
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
79
Joel Mesler
Untitled (YES, Dollar, Euro, Yen)
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡
80
Godwin Champs Namuyimba
Let the sleeping dogs lie
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡
Sold for £12,065
81
Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe
Moses Sumney
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £11,430
82
Foster Sakyiamah
Blue Satin Sunday
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £9,525
83
Igshaan Adams
Conduit VI
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £12,700
84
Subodh Gupta
Curry 2 (2)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £57,150
85
Vik Muniz
Atlas, after Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,700
86
Vik Muniz
Venice (Postcards from Nowhere)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,400
87
Francis Alÿs
The Nightwatch
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 Ω♠
Sold for £20,320
88
Thomas Struth
Museo del Prado 3
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,800
89
Gabriel Orozco
Roots through sidewalk
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £3,810
90
Thomas Ruff
nudes mn12
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
91
Dan Graham
Skateboard Pavillon
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,160
92
Paul McCarthy
Dwarf Head (chocolate)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £20,320
93No Reserve
Jim Shaw
Dream Object (Vise Head)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for £635
94
Elmgreen & Dragset
The Agony And The Ecstasy, Fig. 1
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
95
Liam Gillick
Obediens
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,620
96
Cory Arcangel
PHOTOSHOP CS: 60 BY 48 INCHES, 300 DPI, RGB, SQUARE PIXELS, DEFAULTS “BLUE, YELLOW, BLUE”, MOUSEDOWN Y=30 X=5100, MOUSEUP Y=1170 X=13890; PHOTOSHOP TOOL “WAND”, CLICK= Y=1080 X=8460, TOLERANCE=30; DEFAULT GRADIENT “BLUE, RED, YELLOW”, MOUSEDOWN Y=450 X=9240, MOUSEUP Y=11940 X=7800
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,940
97
Ugo Rondinone
fünftermaizweitausendundsieben
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,400
98
Heimo Zobernig
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £30,480
99
Rodney Graham
Mini Rotary Pyscho Opticon
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £8,890
100
Peter Schuyff
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,795
101
Victor Vasarely
Hold
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,393
102
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
103
Bosco Sodi
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,700
104
Cildo Meireles
Mètres (Sources)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £13,970
105
Alighiero Boetti
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,430
106
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £40,640
107
Sherrie Levine
After Kasimir Malevich
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £19,050
108
Sherrie Levine
After Man Ray
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
109
Sherrie Levine
Untitled (Hat)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £40,640
110
Andy Warhol
Valentine's Hearts Ads (...Having a Heart Atttack)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £48,260
111
Tom of Finland
Untitled (Cowboy)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £4,064
112
Jo Baer and Bruce Robbins
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠
113
Malcolm Morley
The Sailor
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £33,020
114
March Avery
White Nude
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £7,620
115
Hans Hofmann
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
116
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £22,860
117
Asger Jorn
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,096
118
Maxim Kantor
Three witches (olives)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,800
119
Peter Doig
Study for "Guru" (Doty Boathouse)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
120
Adrian Heath
Composition White & Yellow
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £53,340
121
John Hoyland
29.12.65
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £63,500
122
Richard Hamilton
The Press - looking for “Human Interest”. View artists as conmen and parasites + spend time trying to prove this
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £2,540
123
Tony Bevan
Mother & Child
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £40,640
124No Reserve
Gavin Turk
Diamond Beuys
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •♠
Sold for £3,048
125
Jason Martin
Accara
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £44,450
126
Cerith Wyn Evans
In Girum Imus Nocte et Consumimur Igni
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,400
127
Julian Opie
Imagine you are driving (3)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,700
128
Patrick Hughes
Appropriately
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £35,560
129
Harland Miller
Confessions of a crap artist
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160
130
David Shrigley
Untitled (guts)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £2,540
131
Aks Misyuta
Sunrise
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
132
Zadie Xa
Orca
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
133
ruby onyinyechi amanze
Dangerous [Alien] Women
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
134No Reserve
Chitra Ganesh
The Camera
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡
Sold for £2,794
135
Modupeola Fadugba
At Face Value V
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,350
136
Roey Victoria Heifetz
Trio
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
137No Reserve
Gizela Mickiewicz
I know about it but I don’t know it
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡♠
Sold for £2,032
138
David Kim Whittaker
Welcome to the Bank of Collateral Hearts
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,890
139
Nolan Simon
Felix Arbor
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
140
Jiri Hauschka
September
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,080
141
Caroline Walker
The Gift
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £38,100
142
Igor Moritz
Longer Days Ahead
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £13,970
143No Reserve
Dominic Musa
Levitate
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡
Sold for £508
144
Nikki Maloof
The Yellow Couch
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
145No Reserve
Djordje Ozbolt
Ai Caramba...
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 •‡♠
Sold for £2,540
146
Madeleine Pfull
Navy Lady II
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £4,445
147No Reserve
Justin John Greene
Ghostwriter
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for £1,651
148No Reserve
Caroline Absher
Blue Girl
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •‡
Sold for £1,270
149No Reserve
Ryan Mosley
Nocturnal Spirit
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •♠
Sold for £2,794
150No Reserve
Jeanette Mundt
Two works: (i) Untitled (Russian Dominance II); (ii) Untitled (Russian Dominance III)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡
Sold for £762
151
Paulina Olowska
Cigarette Break
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,890
152
Dickon Drury
Dutch Still Life
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
153
Anna Bjerger
Evening Scene
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £2,032
154No Reserve
Joani Tremblay
Quaderno 4
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for £5,080
155
Jessica Westhafer
High Wire
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
156
Benjamin Spiers
Crepuscule
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,080
157
Eddie Martinez
Love is a Battlefield #4
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £8,255
158
Stefanie Heinze
Untitled
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡♠
159No Reserve
Ella Kruglyanskaya
Untitled
Estimate £800 - 1,200 •♠
Sold for £1,524
160
Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Experimental 7
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
161
Gary Simmons
Bows and Bones
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £114,300
162
Ethan Cook
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £8,890
163
Tony Lewis
Nomenclature
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £6,985
164No Reserve
Jumana Manna
Ida Falk Oien 1
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡♠
Sold for £3,048
165
Liza Lou
Chain
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £13,970
166
Sol Calero
Sol Pintura (vases)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £12,700
167
En Iwamura
Neo Jomon - Green Face
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £6,350
168
Roby Dwi Antono
Hayu
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £9,525
169
Invader
ALIAS LDN-14
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,400
170
Edgar Plans
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ♠
Sold for £9,525
171
Edgar Plans
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ♠
Sold for £9,525
172
Roberto Bernardi
EQUILIBRISTI CVII-04
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,510
173
César Piette
Self Portrait
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,350
174
Thierry Noir
Thomas Est De Bonne Humeur
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,780
175
Shepard Fairey
Radio Tower
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £19,050
176
The Connor Brothers
Maverick
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
177
Damien Hirst
Five works: (i) H10-1 Wu Zetian; (ii) H10-2 Nūr Jahān; (iii) H10-3 Theodora; (iv) H10-4 Suiko; (v) H10-5 Taytu Betul from the series The Empresses
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
178
Masoud Akhavanjam
Conflictus III
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £76,200
179
Fin DAC
Holangi
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £50,800
180
Patrick Rubinstein
Envolez-Vous
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,640

New Now

London Auction 6 December 2023

Provenance

Literature

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Vojtěch Kovařík

Hercules With Lion Hair

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