Provenance
Galleria dell'Ariete Collection, Lecco
Private Collection, Rome
Christie's, Milan, 22 November 2004, lot 150
Private Collection
Private Collection, Milan
Exhibited
Padua, Museo Civico agli Eremitani, Antologica Alberto Biasi, 25 June - 30 October 1988, p. 79 (illustrated)
Casale Monferrato, Galleria Rino Costa Arte Contemporanea, Alberto Biasi, 23 November 1996 - 8 January 1997, p. 15 (illustrated)

137

Alberto Biasi

Scorpione

signed, titled and dated 'Alberto Biasi "SCORPIONE" 1988' on the reverse
painted wood relief
110 x 130 cm (43 1/4 x 51 1/8 in.)
Executed in 1988, this work is registered in the Archivio Alberto Biasi, Milan, under no. POL 144.

Estimate
£20,000 - 30,000 ♠

Contact Specialist
Tamila Kerimova
Specialist, Head of Day Sale
+ 44 20 7318 4065
tkerimova@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 5 October 2017

101
Henry Taylor
Untitled (woman in bath tub, bathing)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £30,000
102
Shara Hughes
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £47,500
103
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £75,000
104
George Condo
Untitled (Clown)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £25,000
105
Adrian Ghenie
Burning Books
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡♠
Sold for £321,000
106
Sue Williams
Cute Outfit
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £35,000
107
Richard Aldrich
2 works: (i) Who Knows Where the Time Goes Performed by Nina Simone; (ii) Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £30,000
108
Peter Saul
Frensh Arrt (Jackie Kennedy)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £27,500
109
Peter Saul
Umerican Art (Ronald Reagan)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £25,000
110
John Currin
Woman with child
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
111
John Currin
Big breasted woman
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
112
Yoshitomo Nara
Communicating
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £17,500
113
Os Gêmeos
S/T
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
114
Sanya Kantarovsky
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
115
Rob Pruitt
Kill Me
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
116
This lot is no longer available.
117
This lot is no longer available.
118
This lot is no longer available.
119
Grayson Perry
Map of Truth and Beliefs
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
120
Peter Doig
Untitled
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ♠
Sold for £187,500
121
Peter Doig
Briey Interior - Unité d'habitation
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £40,000
122
Cy Twombly
8 Odi di Orazio
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
123
Rachel Whiteread
Block
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
124
Mona Hatoum
Quarters
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
Sold for £75,000
125
Berlinde De Bruyckere
Dekenstoel
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
126
James Turrell
Hologram Series, #03 (Blau) - September 2001
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
127
Anish Kapoor
Untitled (Void Cube)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
128
Abdulnasser Gharem
The Stamp (Inshallah)
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡
129
Yue Minjun
Hometown
Estimate £220,000 - 320,000 ‡
Sold for £321,000
130
Juan Muñoz
Standing Arab with Fez
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £106,250
131
José María Cano
Hello, this is Gilda from Sotheby’s
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
132
Manolo Valdés
Perfil con Fondo Azul
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £237,000
133
Manolo Valdés
Retrato de una Joven de la Nobleza
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £143,750
134
Alighiero Boetti
ll progressivo svanire della consuetudine
Estimate £35,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £60,000
135
Alighiero Boetti
Senza prima né dopo
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
136
Enrico Castellani
Senza titolo
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
137
Alberto Biasi
Scorpione
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
138
Luca Pignatelli
Tigre
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
139
Francesco Clemente
Wait & Give
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
140
Mario Merz
Chambres d'amis
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
141
Marisa Merz
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £162,500
142
Katharina Fritsch
Totenkopf
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
143
Franz West
Privat-Lampe des Künstlers II
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
144
John Armleder
Paina Te Matai
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
145
Imi Knoebel
Anima Mundi 23-4
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠†
Sold for £25,000
146
Katharina Grosse
KGE12300
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠†
Sold for £11,250
147
Katharina Grosse
KGE12303
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠†
Sold for £11,875
148
Daniel Richter
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
149
Daniel Richter
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
150
A.R. Penck
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £81,250
151
A.R. Penck
Untitled
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £125,000
152
A.R. Penck
Belagerung und Einnahme von Beirut I
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £156,250
153
Georg Baselitz
Hundekunst
Estimate £220,000 - 280,000 ♠
154
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £125,000
155
Albert Oehlen
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
156
Albert Oehlen
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
157
Matthias Weischer
Schreibtisch
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £40,000
158
Thomas Ruff
Zycles 3041
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
159
Gerhard Richter
Annunciation After Titian
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £62,500
160
Anselm Kiefer
Sternenfall
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £93,750
161
Martin Kippenberger
Ulrike (Ulrike Schmela)
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
162
André Butzer
Ohne Titel (Monochromes Bild)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
163
Jonathan Meese
Konteradmiral "Penny Dirn" um Geheimbunker "Zirr"
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,500
164
Vladimir Dubossarsky and Alexandre Vinogradov
Summer
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £25,000
165
Vladimir Dubossarsky and Alexandre Vinogradov
James Bond
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
166
Pavel Pepperstein
The Dying Gangster
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £25,000
167
Pavel Pepperstein
Untitled (Vesjolye Kartinki)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
168
Sergey Zarva
Two works: (i) FROM THE SERIES "OGONYOK"; (ii) FROM THE SERIES "OGONYOK"
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,375
169
Gosha Ostretsov
ELVISES
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
170
Ivan Chuikov
#20 from the series 'POSTCARD FRAGMENTS'
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
171
Ivan Chuikov
#19 from the series 'POSTCARD FRAGMENTS'
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
172
Sergey Bratkov
The Best
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
173
Olga Chernysheva
March
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 Ω♠
174
Ragnar Kjartansson
Death and the Children
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £35,000
175
Rodney Graham
A Little Thought
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
176
Wilhelm Sasnal
Concorde 2
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠†
177
Paul Pfeiffer
24 Landscapes
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £22,500
178
Louise Lawler
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £13,750
179
Thomas Demand
Fenster
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
180
Doug Aitken
connecting
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £8,125
181
Gabriel Orozco
Follaje (Foliage)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
182
Andres Serrano
The Church (St. Eustache V)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 †
Sold for £6,000
183
Andres Serrano
Cabeza de Vaca
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £18,750
184
Cindy Sherman
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 †
185
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (vagina)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 †
Sold for £47,500
186
Sarah Lucas
Is suicide genetic?
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
187
Christopher Williams
Untitled (Study in Yellow and Red/Berlin) Dirk Sharper Studio, Berlin, June 21st 2007 (No. 2)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £22,500
188
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Sleep
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
189
Christopher Williams
Model #105M - R59C Kestone Shower Door 57,4 x 59 inches Chrome / Raindrop SKU # 109149 # 96235. 970 - 084 - 000 (Meiko) Vancouver, B. C. April 6 2005
Estimate £18,000 - 20,000
190
Vik Muniz
Still, after Cindy Sherman
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
191
Larry Clark
Tulsa
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
192
Thomas Struth
Wangfujing Dong Lu, Shanghai
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ♠†
Sold for £20,000
193
Broomberg & Chanarin
8 works: (i-viii) ALIAS: Dora Fobert (1925-1943) Images 4, 5, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37 and 38 from the archive of Adela K. Ca 1942
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠†
Sold for £8,750
194
Piotr Uklański
Untitled (Monsieur Francois Pinault, Président du groupe Artemis)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
195
Wim Delvoye
Lost for life
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
196
Robert Longo
The Silence
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £10,000
197
Tal R
Park
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
198
Peter Halley
In the Game
Estimate £45,000 - 65,000 ‡
Sold for £115,000
199
Steven Parrino
My Relationship
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
200
David Salle
The Precursor's Sublime
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 †
201
Theodoros Stamos
Infinity Field Jericho #3
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
202
William Nelson Copley
Trust Me, When, No
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 †
Sold for £22,500
203
Richard Pettibone
Vegetable Soup
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000
Sold for £10,000
204
Richard Pettibone
Pink Marilyn
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
205
Richard Pettibone
Flowers
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
206
Richard Pettibone
Mao
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
207
Andy Warhol
John and Lorraine Chamberlain
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
208
Andy Warhol
Jackie
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £50,000
209
Julie Mehretu
Untitled (Court)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £13,750
210
Matthew Monahan
Ad Infinitum
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 †
Sold for £6,250
211
Marcel Dzama
Keep with Me
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,625
212
Chiho Aoshima
Building
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
213
Karen Kilimnik
Bluffers Guide to Occult
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £7,500
214
Elizabeth Peyton
Craig
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £31,250
215
Elizabeth Peyton
Prince Harry
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
216
Marlene Dumas
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
217
Raqib Shaw
First study for Reflections
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
218
Chris Ofili
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,000
219
Donald Baechler
Brown Cone
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
220
Charles Bell
Rolly Polly Clown
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £12,500
221
Andy Warhol
Kiku
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £27,500
222
Andy Warhol
Kiku
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
223
Andy Warhol
Kiku
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
224
Andy Warhol
2 works; (i-ii) Grapes
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £30,000
225
Damien Hirst
All around the world
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
226
Victor Pasmore
Reason and Impulse
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £51,250
227
Cecily Brown
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,000
228
Tracey Emin
Thank you for all the loving
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
229
Sarah Lucas
New Religion (Red)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
230
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Bring me the head of…
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
231
Dexter Dalwood
Wittgenstein’s Bathroom
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,000
232
Ged Quinn
The last game in town
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
233
Tom Sachs
Nazi Bondage Babe
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £31,250
234
Howard Tangye
Nobu
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000
Sold for £9,375
235
Richard Phillips
Transfixed
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £23,750
236
Asli Özok
Garden of Armina Rose
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £26,250
237
Julia Jacquette
White on White (Sixteen Wedding Dresses) III
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
238
Zeng Chuanxing
Blue Paper Bride-Dream
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
239
Yuan Yuan
Broken Mirror
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £62,500
240
Inka Essenhigh
Sunshine
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
241
Dirk Skreber
It rocks us so hard - Ho Ho Ho 8.0
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
242
Thomas Scheibitz
Untitled (Buchstable)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
243
Andreas Slominski
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
244
Haim Steinbach
pops
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £50,000
245
Tom Friedman
Untitled (T.V. Sprinkles)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
246
Jean Michel Alberola
La Joconde
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
247
Elmgreen & Dragset
Code cracking
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
248
Elmgreen & Dragset
Pharmacy
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
249
Thomas Lerooy
All is Full of Love
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
250
Romuald Hazoumé
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £20,000
251
John DeAndrea
Sitting Woman
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £50,000
252
Carroll Dunham
Captured shadows: 4-A
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
253
Josh Smith
Untitled (JS0794)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £5,250
254
Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Svetlana and the Kids
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 †
255
Kerstin Brätsch
It went gold
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
256
Sterling Ruby
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
257
Angel Otero
SK HX
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £32,500
258
Neil Beloufa
Secured Wall Series
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
259
Sue Williams
Happy 40
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
260
Rosy Keyser
Moving Version II
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
261
Laura Lancaster
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
Sold for £21,250
262
Chantal Joffe
Checkered Skirt
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
263
Richard Aldrich
Boys with Machines
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 †
Sold for £21,250
264
David Ostrowski
F (A thing is a thing in a whole which it’s not)
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £21,875
265
Mark Flood
Balmoral Revels
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £32,500
266
Grear Patterson
all your GI joes
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £6,250
267
Eddie Peake
Fluid On Face
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
268
Ugo Rondinone
4 works: (i) Small Yellow Mountain; (ii) Small Pink Mountain; (iii) Small Orange Mountain; (iv) Small Violet Mountain
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
269
Kristin Baker
Spiritual Volleyball Player
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
270
Kristin Baker
Screw It
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
271
Invader
Rubiks AC/DC
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £47,500
272
Michael Williams
Exist Cop Esquire (21)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
273
Leo Gabin
Merrit Island
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,750
274
Reena Spaulings
Money painting (Dollar)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
275
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
276
Sterling Ruby
EXHM/ADVAIR + LINDT AUTOBIOGRAPHY (3379)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
277
Gerhard Richter
P16 Flow
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
278
Gerhard Richter
P15 Flow
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
279
Bernard Aubertin
Tableau Clous
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
280
Bernard Aubertin
Tableau Clous
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
281
Stanley Casselman
IR-40-8
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000
Sold for £27,500
282
The Connor Brothers
Tell Me Beautiful Untrue Things
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 †
Sold for £13,750

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 5 October 2017

Provenance

Exhibited

137

Alberto Biasi

Scorpione

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale