Wayne Thiebaud

Fish (Smelt), from Delights

1965
Drypoint, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins.
I. 4 x 4 in. (10.2 x 10.2 cm)
S. 11 x 14 3/4 in. (27.9 x 37.5 cm)
Signed, titled 'Smelt', dated and annotated 'A.P.' in pencil (an artist's proof, the edition was 100), published by Crown Point Press, San Francisco, unframed.

Estimate
$2,500 - 3,500

Sold for $2,286

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 15 February 2024

1
Harland Miller
Incurable Romantic Seeks Dirty Filthy Whore
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $20,320
2
Ewa Juszkiewicz
Ginger Locks
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,715
3
Mona Hatoum
hair there and everywhere
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,445
4
Louise Bourgeois
Topiary (MoMA 691/III)
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $8,890
5
Arturo Herrera
Schloss
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
6
Pablo Picasso
Le Saltimbanque au repos, from La Suite des Saltimbanques (The Acrobat at Rest, from The Acrobats Suite) (Bl. 10, Ba. 12)
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,270
7No Reserve
Allison Zuckerman
Intergalactic
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500 •
Sold for $508
8No Reserve
Allison Zuckerman
Lighthouse
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500 •
Sold for $191
9
Scott Kahn
Spring Moon, Grant Street
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $3,810
10
Arghavan Khosravi
Dreams
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $6,350
11No Reserve
Valentine Hugo
Untitled (Dancer with Music Notes)
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 •
Sold for $381
12
Leonora Carrington
Crookhey Hall
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $5,080
13
Leonora Carrington
The Transparent Hen
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $4,445
14
Austin Lee
Rendered Birds
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $762
15
Marc Chagall
Ma belle aura de moi demain une colombe..., from Sur la terre des Dieux (My Beautiful Will Have From Me Tomorrow a Dove..., from The Land of the Gods) (M. 538, see C. bks 72)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $12,700
16
This lot is no longer available.
17
Alberto Giacometti
Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) (L. 355)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,096
18
Alberto Giacometti
Objet inquietant I (Disturbing Object I) (L. 54)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $7,620
19
Marie Laurencin
La Romance (Romance) (M. 22)
Estimate $2,000 - 4,000
Sold for $4,064
20
Elizabeth Peyton
Jackie and John; Prince Harry and Prince William; John (John F. Kennedy, Jr. on Horseback); Kiss (Tony); and Prince William
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
21
Claire Tabouret
Portrait with a Hood (Pink)
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Sold for $1,080
22No Reserve
Elmer Bischoff
Untitled (Woman Drawing)
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $508
23
Danielle Orchard
My Bed
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $2,540
24
Cristina BanBan
Le Marais #1; #2; and #3
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,794
25No Reserve
Bony Ramirez
Polluted Love
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $1,397
26
Alex Katz
Kym with Baseball Cap (S. 443)
Estimate $6,000 - 9,000
Sold for $16,510
27
Andy Warhol
Happy Bug Day
Estimate $6,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,620
28
Walton Ford
Benjamin's Emblem
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,160
29
Various Artists
Why Draw a Landscape?
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,096
30
Wolf Kahn
Autumn in the American South
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
31
Wolf Kahn
Twin Barns
Estimate $1,200 - 1,800
Sold for $1,207
32
Wolf Kahn
Shed
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
33
Jim Dine
Jerusalem Plant #3 (S. 38, D'O. & F. 133)
Estimate $500 - 1,000
Sold for $2,540
34
Jim Dine
Flowered Robe with Sky (D'O. & F. 62)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,556
35
Charles White
Nude
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,080
36
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Mother Embracing Children)
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $2,540
37No Reserve
Jaime Muñoz
Madre
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $127
38
This lot is no longer available.
39
Sam Durant
End White Supremacy (Mirrored)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $7,620
40
Martin Wong
77th Precinct
Estimate $5,000 - 8,000
Sold for $2,540
41
Guillermo Kuitca
Puro Teatro (Pure Theatre)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,826
42
Kara Walker
Untitled (John Brown) (L.P. KW-96-05D)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
43
Carrie Mae Weems
All the Boys
Estimate $6,000 - 9,000
44No Reserve
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Untitled (Buddha Newspaper)
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $2,032
45
Bruce Conner
Leaf September 11 - December 7, 2001
Estimate $600 - 900
Sold for $889
46
Bruce Conner
Untitled (T. 1286)
Estimate $800 - 1,200
Sold for $1,207
47
Christopher Wool
Untitled (Sonic Youth)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,890
48
Barbara Kruger
Culture Vulture
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,064
49No Reserve
Rupert García
Decay Dance; and Frida Kahlo (F.A.M.S.F. 12a & 103)
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 •
Sold for $191
50
Enrique Chagoya
Pyramid Scheme
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $1,524
51
Andy Warhol
Marilyn (Castelli Graphics Announcement)
Estimate $6,000 - 9,000
Sold for $16,510
52
Andy Warhol
Campbell's Soup Can (Tomato) (F. & S. 4A)
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $5,334
53
Christian Marclay
Klud
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
54
Roy Lichtenstein
Composition IV (C. 293)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $20,320
55
Roy Lichtenstein
Modern Print (G. 277, C. 103)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,065
56
Roy Lichtenstein
Tel Aviv Museum Print (C. 238)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $44,450
57
Roy Lichtenstein
Salute to Aviation (C. 63)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $20,320
58
General Idea
Fear Management (F. 8706)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,255
59
Andy Warhol
Joseph Beuys in Memoriam, from For Joseph Beuys (F. & S. 371)
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $15,240
60
Mel Ramos
Bob
Estimate $2,000 - 4,000
Sold for $6,096
61No Reserve
Richard McLean
R.B.; and R.A.B. Nantucket 1986
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $254
62
Richard Diebenkorn
41 Etchings Drypoints: #19 (still life with pencil, glass and box with cigarettes) (G. p. 118)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,302
63
Wayne Thiebaud
Fish (Smelt), from Delights
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $2,286
64
Wayne Thiebaud
Banana Splits, from Delights
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,826
65
Richard McLean
Untitled (Horse in Stall)
Estimate $2,000 - 4,000
Sold for $4,445
66
Ed Ruscha; Robert Bechtle
Grey Suds, from Suds (E.59); and '61 Pontiac
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,064
67
Malcolm Morley
V (Lifeboat)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,540
68
Malcolm Morley
Death of Dale Earnhardt
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,286
69
Richard Pettibone
Appropriation Print (with Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, and Roy Lichtenstein)
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $1,524
70
Mel Ramos
Oakland: Ode to Moe (Palm Trees) (T. 81-105)
Estimate $800 - 1,000
Sold for $2,540
71
Ed Ruscha
Van Ness, Santa Monica, Vine, Melrose, from Why Draw a Landscape?
Estimate $6,000 - 9,000
Sold for $9,525
72
Richard Estes
Arch, St. Louis, from Urban Landscapes I (A. p. 113)
Estimate $500 - 1,000
Sold for $1,778
73No Reserve
Various Artists
Picturing America: Photorealism in the 1970's, Edition 46
Estimate $200 - 400 •
Sold for $191
74
Various Artists
Radical Realism I
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,540
75
Claes Oldenburg
Apple Core (A. & P. 235)
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $4,064
76No Reserve
Joan Nelson
Untitled
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $1,080
77
Marino Marini
Bunter Reiter II (Multi-Colored Rider II) (G. L123)
Estimate $600 - 900
Sold for $762
78
Richmond Burton
13 Moons
Estimate $600 - 900
Sold for $762
79
Joan Miró
La Dentellière (The Lace Maker) (M. 593)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,525
80
Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Sad Not So Sad is Rainshine, from Rainday on a Rainy Day (K. 39a)
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $2,032
81
Lee Bontecou
Seventh Stone (S. 21)
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $1,524
82
Louise Nevelson
The Night Sound (B. 110)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $7,620
83
Frank Stella
Polar Co-ordinates VI, from Polar Co-ordinates for Ronnie Peterson (A. 124)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,795
84
Pat Steir
Alphabet: Secondary
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $3,556
85
Jacqueline Humphries
Untitled
Estimate $700 - 1,000
Sold for $1,397
86
Theodoros Stamos
Infinity Field, Lefkada Series: two plates
Estimate $2,000 - 4,000
Sold for $6,096
87
Robert Motherwell
Gauloises Bleues (Raw Umber Edge) (E. & B. 99)
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
88
Various Artists
On the Bowery
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $2,540
89
Gene Davis
Ferris Wheel; and Adam's Rib
Estimate $800 - 1,200
Sold for $1,778
90
Sol LeWitt
Brushstrokes in All Directions (K. 1994.05)
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Sold for $2,286
91
Brice Marden
Distant Muses (G. 1881)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,350
92
Brice Marden
Etchings to Rexroth: plates 6 and 22 (L. 40/6 & 40/22)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,890
93
Josef Albers
Josef Albers Honors the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (D. 224)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
94
Fred Sandback
Eight Variations for Gallery Heiner Friedrich (J. 3-10)
Estimate $6,000 - 9,000
Sold for $5,715
95
Fred Sandback
Untitled (J. 109)
Estimate $800 - 1,200
Sold for $1,207
96
Donald Judd
Untitled: two plates (S. 103 & 117)
Estimate $2,000 - 4,000
Sold for $4,445
97
Stuart Davis
Ivy League (C. & M. p. 79)
Estimate $400 - 600
Sold for $1,778
98No Reserve
Mike Kelley
Bowling Ball, Bag, Shirt and Catalog
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $762
99No Reserve
Nicasio Fernandez
Blooming (White)
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $127
100
Banksy
Toxic Mary
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,970
101
Banksy
Jack and Jill (Police Kids)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $25,400
102
Various Artists
The Giants of the contemporary Chinese art
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
103
KAWS
NO ONE'S HOME; STAY STEADY; and THE THINGS THAT COMFORT
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
104
Susumu Kamijo
Dance For Me In The Dusk
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
105
Roby Dwi Antono
KIRA (Burnished Gold)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,810
106
Keith Haring
The Bayer Suite
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,510
107
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (When the Ground Becomes Hard and Firm)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,970
108
Jeff Koons
Monkey Train (Dots)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
109
Damien Hirst
Mickey (Blue Glitter)
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $17,780
110
Damien Hirst
The Virtues (H. 9)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $152,400
111No Reserve
Damien Hirst
Suiko, from The Empresses (H. 10-4)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $2,540
112
Gerhard Richter
Tulips (P17)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,350
113
Jenny Holzer
Truism 1
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $4,445
114
Tom Sachs
Space Hardware
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,890
115
David Shrigley
A Gap In the Clouds
Estimate $1,200 - 1,800
Sold for $1,778
116
David Shrigley
Untitled (Dog Food)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,795

Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 15 February 2024

Provenance

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Wayne Thiebaud

Fish (Smelt), from Delights

Editions & Works on Paper