• Auction 7704

    Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

    11 February 2009, London

    SALE TOTAL: 8,392,750 (GBP)
23 Lots for Sale 7704
Lot 1
Ron Arad (b. 1951)
Big Easy Mixed
blackened and polished mild steel

37¾ x 52 x 31 7/8in. (96 x 132 x 81cm.)
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($59,360 - $89,040)

price realized
£43,250
($62,280)
Lot 2
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Untitled
standing mobile; painted sheet metal and wire

11 x 13½ x 3½in. (28 x 34.3 x 9cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £200,000
($222,600 - $296,800)

price realized
£205,250
($295,560)
Lot 3
Takashi Murakami (b. 1962)
Flower Ball (Brown)
acrylic and platinum leaf on canvas mounted on board

59in. (149.9cm.) diameter
estimate
£300,000 - £500,000
($445,200 - $742,000)

price realized
£397,250
($572,040)
Lot 5
Jeff Koons (b. 1955)
Monkeys (Ladder)
oil on canvas

108¼ x 84in. (274.9 x 213.4cm.)
estimate
£1,400,000 - £2,000,000
($2,077,600 - $2,968,000)

price realized
£1,385,250
($1,994,760)
Lot 7
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale
waterpaint and pencil on canvas

28¾ x 36¼in. (73 x 92cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($296,800 - $445,200)

price realized
£289,250
($416,520)
Lot 8
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Miss Araignée
oil and sand on burlap

46 x 35in. (116.8 x 88.9cm.)
estimate
£400,000 - £600,000
($593,600 - $890,400)

price realized
£713,250
($1,027,080)
Lot 9
Hans Hartung (1904-1989)
T 1955-9
oil on canvas

63¾ x 44 7/8in. (162 x 114cm.)
estimate
£120,000 - £160,000
($178,080 - $237,440)

price realized
£181,250
($261,000)
Lot 10
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)
Women Singing I
oil and charcoal on paper laid down on canvas

36 x 24in. (91.4 x 60.9cm.)
estimate
£650,000 - £850,000
($964,600 - $1,261,400)

price realized
£825,250
($1,188,360)
Lot 12
Jenny Saville (b. 1970)
Juncture
oil on canvas

120 x 66in. (304.8 x 167.6cm.)
estimate
£300,000 - £400,000
($445,200 - $593,600)

price realized
£457,250
($658,440)
Lot 14
Pablo Palazuelo (1916-2007)
Sylvarum XX
oil on canvas

90¼ x 63¼in. (229 x 160.5cm.)
estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
($118,720 - $178,080)

price realized
£169,250
($243,720)
Lot 15
Manolo Millares (1926-1972)
Cuadro 42
mixed media on burlap

63 7/8 x 51¼in. (162 x 130cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($296,800 - $445,200)

price realized
£313,250
($451,080)
Lot 16
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908-1992)
L'éloge de la folie
oil on canvas

31 7/8 x 39¼in. (81 x 99.7cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($296,800 - $445,200)

price realized
£241,250
($347,400)
Lot 18
Sean Scully (b. 1945)
More Light
oil on canvas construction

75¼ x 75¼in. (191.2 x 191.2cm.)
estimate
£300,000 - £400,000
($445,200 - $593,600)

price realized
£361,250
($520,200)
Lot 19
Alberto Burri (1915-1995)
Combustione plastica
acrylic and plastic on Cellotex

33½ x 39 3/8in. (85 x 100cm.)
estimate
£800,000 - £1,200,000
($1,187,200 - $1,780,800)

price realized
£825,250
($1,188,360)
Lot 20
Cy Twombly (b. 1928)
Muses
oil, wax crayon and pencil on canvas

27½ x 23 5/8in. (70 x 60cm.)
estimate
£180,000 - £250,000
($267,120 - $371,000)

price realized
£265,250
($381,960)
Lot 21
Christopher Wool (b. 1955)
Untitled (F 52)
alkyd and pencil on card

39 x 26in. (99 x 66cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £200,000
($222,600 - $296,800)

price realized
£217,250
($312,840)
Lot 22
Dan Flavin (1933-1996)
untitled (to Lucie Rie, master potter) 1u
pink, yellow, blue and green fluorescent light

72in. (183cm.) high;
24in. (61cm.) deep
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($148,400 - $222,600)

price realized
£103,250
($148,680)
Lot 25
Jeff Koons (b. 1955)
Jim Beam - Log Car
stainless steel and bourbon

7¾ x 14¼ x 6½in. (19.7 x 36.2 x 16.5cm.)
estimate
£400,000 - £600,000
($593,600 - $890,400)

price realized
£445,250
($641,160)
Lot 26
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)
Painting: Silver Frame
oil and magna on canvas

24 x 24in. (61 x 61cm.)
estimate
£250,000 - £350,000
($371,000 - $519,400)

price realized
£241,250
($347,400)
Lot 27
Andreas Gursky (b. 1955)
Prada III
colour coupler print face mounted on Diasec in wooden artist frame

67 x 118¼in. (170.2 x 300.4cm.)
estimate
£180,000 - £220,000
($267,120 - $326,480)

price realized
£271,250
($390,600)
Lot 29
Rudolf Stingel (b. 1956)
Untitled
oil and enamel on canvas

40 x 40in. (101.6 x 101.6cm.)
estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
($118,720 - $178,080)

price realized
£91,250
($131,400)
Lot 30
Ugo Rondinone (b. 1963)
No. 91 - Dreiundzwanzigstermaineunzehnundertsiebenundneunzig
acrylic on canvas

86 7/8in. (220.5cm.) diameter
estimate
£70,000 - £90,000
($103,880 - $133,560)

price realized
£133,250
($191,880)
Lot 31
Zeng Fanzhi (b. 1964)
Untitled
oil on canvas

90¼ x 62¾in. (229.2 x 159.4cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £200,000
($222,600 - $296,800)

price realized
£217,250
($312,840)
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