• Auction 19909

    Matters of Material

    11 November 2020 - 24 November 2020, London

    SALE TOTAL: 253,250 (GBP)
14 Lots for Sale 19909
Lot 2
Lina Ben Rejeb (Tunisian, b. 1985)
Nous sommes de cette e´toffe dont les re^ves sont faits No.II
pictorial coat detachment notebook cover and entomology display box, in seven parts
each: 19 2/3 x 15 3/8in. (50 x 39cm.)
overall 19 2/3 x 107 ½in. (50 x 273cm.)
(7)
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($20,010 - $26,680)

price realized
£20,000
($26,680)
Lot 3
Farhad Moshiri (Iranian, b. 1963)
Tranquility
wall based installation with knives
19 2/3 x 98 3/8in. (50 x 250cm.)
estimate
($160,080 - $240,120)

This lot was withdrawn from the sale

Lot 5
Pascale Marthine Tayou (Cameroonian, b. 1967)
Fresque de Craies K
chalk, charcoal, mixed media in artist’s frame
82 2/3 x 118 1/8in. (210 x 300cm.)
estimate
($200,100 - $266,800)

This lot was withdrawn from the sale

Lot 8
Mahmoud Bakhshi (Iranian, b. 1977)
Recycle 37
cigarettes and assemblage in artist’s Plexiglas box
26 ¾ x 26 ¾in. (68 x 68cm.)
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($10,672 - $16,008)

price realized
£7,500
($10,005)
Lot 11
Farhad Moshiri (Iranian, b. 1963)
Baby
keychains
52 ¾ x 65 3/8 in. (134 x 166 cm.)
estimate
£50,000 - £70,000
($66,700 - $93,380)

price realized
£62,500
($83,375)
Lot 15
Eduardo Terrazas (Mexican, b. 1936)
1.1.213 (from the series 'Possibilities of a Structure', subseries of...
wool yarn on wooden board covered with Campeche wax, in four parts
each: 38 3/8 x 38 3/8in. (97.5 x 97.5cm.)
overall: 76 ¾ x 76 ¾in. (195 x 195cm.)
(4)
estimate
£60,000 - £80,000
($80,040 - $106,720)

price realized
£75,000
($100,050)
Lot 17
Catalina Swinburn (Argentinian-Chilean, b. 1979)
Anauša II –Immortal Warrior
woven paper from old documentation referring to stone archeology displaced from Persepolis in artist's Plexiglas box
78 ¾ x 59cm. (200 x 150cm.)
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($33,350 - $46,690)

price realized
£35,000
($46,690)
Lot 18
Lina Ben Rejeb (Tunisian, b. 1985)
Le Livre de Sable
mixed media on notebooks in artist's Plexiglas frame
49 ¼ x 41 1/3in. (125 x 105cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($20,010 - $26,680)

price realized
£18,750
($25,012)
Lot 21
Maha Malluh (Saudi Arabian, b. 1959)
Manar AlSabeel (from the series Food for Thought)
vintage audio tapes and two wood bread baking trays, in two parts
each: 22 3/8 x 46in. (57 x 117cm.)
overall: 44 7/8 x 46in. (114 x 117ccm.)
(2)
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($33,350 - $46,690)

price realized
£30,000
($40,020)
Lot 25
Baba Tree
Toh-Baiyee
pennisetum purpureum (elephant grass)
30 ½in. (77.4cm.)
estimate
£700 - £900
($933 - $1,200)

price realized
£750
($1,000)
Lot 26
Baba Tree
Jemima 10 Cows 
pennisetum purpureum (elephant grass)
each: 19in. (48.3cm.)
(2)
estimate
£400 - £600
($533 - $800)

price realized
£1,000
($1,334)
Lot 27
Baba Tree
i) Lingka ii) Special Bowl iii) Toh-Baiyee
pennisetum purpureum (elephant grass)
i) 27in. (68.5cm.)
ii) 13 ½in. (34.2cm.)
iii) 30in. (76.2cm.)
(3)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,001 - $2,668)

price realized
£1,500
($2,001)
Lot 28
Baba Tree
Jemima 10 Cows
pennisetum purpureum (elephant grass)
18 ½in. (46.9cm.)
estimate
£200 - £300
($266 - $400)

price realized
£500
($667)
Lot 29
Baba Tree
Jemima 10 Cows 
pennisetum purpureum (elephant grass)
18 ½in. (46.9cm.)
estimate
£200 - £300
($266 - $400)

price realized
£750
($1,000)
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