Provenance
Robert Brown Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Robert Brown Gallery, William Kentridge: The Great Storyteller—Three Decades of Prints & Drawings 1989-2016, September 10–October 22, 2016

471

William Kentridge

Deserts of Egypt

signed "KENTRIDGE" lower right
collage, tape, pins, pen, construction paper and graphite on original text page
20 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. (52.7 x 59.7 cm)
Executed in 2008.

Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000

Contact Specialist

Patrizia Koenig
Specialist, Head of Sale, Afternoon Session
+1 212 940 1279
pkoenig@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 16 May 2023

301
Matthew Wong
First Snow
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $609,600
302
Asuka Anastacia Ogawa
Holiday
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $101,600
303
Ambera Wellmann
Pieta
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $120,650
304
Karyn Lyons
Hair
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $30,480
305
Raghav Babbar
Warden
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $165,100
306
Caroline Walker
Sleight of Hand
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $127,000
307
Jill Mulleady
Schindler House
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $82,550
308
Denyse Thomasos
Inside Wyoming
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $63,500
309
This lot is no longer available.
310
Cecily Brown
Long Hot Summer
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $406,400
311
Sarah Cunningham
Moonlight Reflecting Petals
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $120,650
312
Henni Alftan
Library III
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $76,200
313
GaHee Park
Swamp Love
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $57,150
314
Kyle Dunn
Waiting
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $40,640
315
Duncan McCormick
Monaco Dream
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $127,000
316
Derrick Adams
Figure in the Urban Landscape 37
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $152,400
317
Mario Ayala
Sunset, Haircut
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $44,450
318
Theresa Chromati
Not So Fast
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,860
319
Jenna Gribbon
Hannah among friends
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $63,500
320
Shannon Cartier Lucy
Tulip on Finger
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $35,560
321
Jess Valice
Spring
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $53,340
322
Emma Webster
Vespers
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
323
Katherine Bradford
Magenta Rise
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $139,700
324
Shara Hughes
Milky Way
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $698,500
325
Shara Hughes
Blue Lagoon
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $190,500
326
Belkis Ayón
Two works: (i) Siempre Vuelvo; (ii) Boceto de la obra Siempre Vuelvo
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,800
327
Simone Leigh
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $114,300
328
Tala Madani
Becoming Animal
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $40,640
329
David Hammons
Untitled
Estimate $1,300,000 - 1,800,000
Sold for $1,633,000
330
Albert Oehlen
Vergessen auf Rädern
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
331
Georg Baselitz
Wir fahren aus
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $533,400
332
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $431,800
333
Cristina de Miguel
Domestic Life
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $33,020
334
Jadé Fadojutimi
Frosted Revolution
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $69,850
335
Jadé Fadojutimi
Landfall
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $44,450
336
Angela Heisch
Golden Wave
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $33,020
337
Hayal Pozanti
The People on the Right Wrong
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $31,750
338
Vaughn Spann
Marked Man
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $152,400
339
Noel W. Anderson
Can I Get a Witness
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $101,600
340
Deborah Roberts
If they come
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $76,200
341
Hank Willis Thomas
The Sword Swallower
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
342
Katherine Bernhardt
stuck in a maze
Estimate $90,000 - 120,000
Sold for $107,950
343
Danh Vo
Corona-Victoria
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $48,260
344
David Hammons
Untitled (Kool-Aid drawing #1)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $107,950
345
David Hammons
Untitled (Kool-Aid drawing #2)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $127,000
346
Sarah Lucas
Bunny Gets Snookered #8
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $736,600
347
Marlene Dumas
West
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $177,800
348
Luc Tuymans
Seal
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $457,200
349
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
"Untitled" (Me and My Sister)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $241,300
350
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
"Untitled" (Love Letter From The War Front)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $101,600
351
Jim Hodges
As close as I can get
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,850
352
Anish Kapoor
Untitled
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $977,900
353
Anish Kapoor
Non-Object (Spire)
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $660,400
354
Jeppe Hein
3-Dimensional Circle Illuminated
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $120,650
355
Jaume Plensa
Tel Aviv Man XVI
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $228,600
356
Thomas Houseago
Untitled (Rebar Mask 2)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
357
Wade Guyton
Untitled
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
358
Joe Bradley
SS Blackheart
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
359
Seth Price
PShop IRL
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
360
Haim Steinbach
Untitled (oyster head)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $38,100
361
Ai Weiwei
Colored Vases
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
362
Spencer Lewis
Little Figure
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $76,200
363
Angel Otero
Wanderer Above a Sea of Fog
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $107,950
364
Sterling Ruby
SP122
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $330,200
365
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Untitled (Painting with History)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $60,960
366
Samuel Levi Jones
Ain't Supposed to Cry
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
367
Hugo McCloud
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
368
Loie Hollowell
Point of Entry (red slice over green lingam)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $44,450
369
Ángeles Agrela
Elena
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $31,750
370
George Condo
Out of Time and In Space
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $419,100
371
Dana Schutz
Flasher
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $114,300
372
Jenna Gribbon
Kevin (in conversation)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $40,640
373
Scott Kahn
Still Life with Roses and Cards
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $241,300
374
Maureen Gallace
Yellow Field, Easton, Ct.
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $38,100
375
Lucas Arruda
Sem título
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
376
Nicole Eisenman
Starry Night
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $228,600
377
Nicole Eisenman
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
379
This lot is no longer available.
380
Emily Mae Smith
The Rope
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
381
Tala Madani
Piss on Purple
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
382
Tala Madani
Tail Ends
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
383
Henry Taylor
Portuguese, Light
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $101,600
384
Meleko Mokgosi
Lekgowa (from the project Pax Kaffraria)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $76,200
386
Derek Fordjour
No. 79
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $48,260
387
Cinga Samson
Inkonjane 3
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
388
George Rouy
Gentle Refusal
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $57,150
389
Alfonso Gonzalez JR
K-Town Landscape
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $22,860
390No Reserve
Sayre Gomez
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000 •
Sold for $13,970
391
Caroline Absher
Spirit of the Cat Watching
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,065
392
Caitlin Cherry
Attacdog Leviathan
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,940
393
Zoé Blue M.
Morning Routine
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
394
Ivy Haldeman
Banana Phone
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $25,400
395
Molly Greene
Mirror #2
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
396
Amanda Baldwin
Just A Slice
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $30,480
397
Daisy Dodd-Noble
Four Trees with Pink Sky and Yellow Grass
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $50,800
398
Thomas Houseago
Flower/Plant Panel I
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
399
Laurens Legiers
sinking ship
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,240
400
Eliot Greenwald
Night Car (vague distinction 4)
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $22,860
401
Bony Ramirez
La Mancha De Plátano
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $44,450
402
Gideon Appah
Portrait of Half-Nude Woman
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,160
403
Jonathan Lyndon Chase
Hacate
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,480
404
Koichi Sato
For The Heart
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $12,065
405
Emmanuel Taku
Golden Steps
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
406
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA
Pedagogy Boy/Boy
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $86,360
407
Rebecca Brodskis
La paternité #2
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,510
408
Claire Tabouret
Les masques (de bíaís 2)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $69,850
409
Jamian Juliano-Villani
The Critic
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $24,130
410
Jason Boyd Kinsella
Sverre
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $152,400
411
Emma Stern
Naomi 3
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $30,480
412
Jonathan Chapline
The Builders
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $76,200
413
Allison Zuckerman
Abduction
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
414
Jordi Ribes
Party B
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $76,200
415
This lot is no longer available.
416
Baldur Helgason
Solo Scenes No.2
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $30,480
417
Andres Valencia
Magnifico Torrero
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $76,200
418
Banksy
Banksquiat (Grey)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $107,950
419
This lot is no longer available.
420
This lot is no longer available.
421
KAWS
Two works: (i) T.N.O.N.-Y; (ii) T.N.O.N.-F
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $152,400
422
KAWS
Chum (Black)
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $215,900
423
Daniel Arsham
Large Wrapped Animal (Blue)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $63,500
424
Daniel Arsham
Chair
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
425
Tomoo Gokita
Duet #1
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $152,400
426
Tomoo Gokita
Misty
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $127,000
427
ob
I Wished that I May Gaze upon that Changing Forest Forever
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $165,100
428
Yoshitomo Nara
Untitled
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
429
Yoshitomo Nara
In the Water
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $133,350
430
Joyce Pensato
Smackdown! Lisa
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $76,200
431
George Condo
Figure with Pearls
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $69,850
432
André Butzer
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $82,550
433
Robert Longo
Study for Ophelia #26
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $40,640
435
Richard Prince
Untitled (original)
Estimate $90,000 - 120,000
Sold for $165,100
436
Anne Collier
Woman Crying (Comic) #4
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $29,210
437
Candida Höfer
Palais Garnier Paris XXVIII 2005
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $44,450
438
Thomas Ruff
Porträt (A. Giese)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $35,560
439
Imi Knoebel
ma donna I
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $114,300
440
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $24,130
441
Allan McCollum
Collection of Five Perfect Vehicles
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
442
Ugo Rondinone
the no
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $76,200
443
Jacqueline Humphries
Out
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $69,850
444
Bharti Kher
Speak to me
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $76,200
445
Guillermo Kuitca
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $21,590
446
Y. Z. Kami
Blue Dome II
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $69,850
447
Y. Z. Kami
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $3,810
448
Friedrich Kunath
Paisley Past
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,860
449
Oscar Murillo
Untitled
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
450
Oscar Murillo
Untitled (stack)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $95,250
451
Eddie Martinez
Inside Thought
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
452
This lot is no longer available.
453
Tom Sachs
Untitled (Albers)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $25,400
454
Tom Sachs
Mini One
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $24,130
455
Nate Lowman
Conglomerate Influx
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $76,200
456
Hank Willis Thomas
Sophiatown (gold and black on black)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $19,050
457
Cady Noland
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $55,880
458
David Altmejd
La concentration
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $17,780
459
Bill Viola
Dialogues
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $33,020
460No Reserve
Douglas Gordon
Self Portrait of You + Me (Bob Dylan)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $8,890
461
Florian Maier-Aichen
Untitled (Seascape with Monument)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,700
462
James Welling
Three works from Flowers: (i) #017; (ii) #020; (iii) #031
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $24,130
463
Vik Muniz
Flowers in a Blue and White Vase, After Chardin (from Pictures of Magazines)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
464
Wilhelm Sasnal
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $82,550
465
James White
Double Glass
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,640
466
Godwin Champs Namuyimba
Eyes Off
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,510
467
Ella Kruglyanskaya
Woman in Purse
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $19,050
468
Lisa Yuskavage
Tit Heaven #23
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $33,020
469
Wangechi Mutu
Eye Spy
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $57,150
470
Toyin Ojih Odutola
The Treatment 31
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,480
471
William Kentridge
Deserts of Egypt
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
472
Ivy Haldeman
Hotdog Lady, Coin
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,890
473
Ivy Haldeman
Hotdog Lady, Back
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,890
474
Mark Ryden
Classic Yak (Drawing)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $38,100
475
Louis Fratino
The Devil
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
476
Nicole Eisenman
Clown Birth
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $19,050
477
John Currin
Sister
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
478
Julie Mehretu
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,240
479
Raymond Pettibon
The Terrible, Life-Threatening Slump
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
480
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
481
Alex Israel
Untitled (Flat)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
482
Matt Connors
Wide Ratio (Low)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,780
483
Evan Holloway
Another Discourse
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
484
Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $27,940
485
Josh Smith
Untitled (JSP07396)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $19,050
486
Michael Williams
Golf Creek
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $30,480
487
Damien Hirst
Cancer
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $107,950
488
R. H. Quaytman
"ד", Chapter 24
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
489No Reserve
Thomas Lerooy
Moonlight
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000 •
Sold for $17,780
490
Jade Kim
Hope So
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
491
Timothy Curtis
Untitled (Red Faces)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $29,210
492
José Parlá
Interdependence
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale,...

New York Auction 16 May 2023

Provenance

Exhibited

471

William Kentridge

Deserts of Egypt

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session