Provenance
Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist in 1970)
Sotheby’s, London, February 10, 2015, lot 27
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Rome, Museo d'arte contemporanea Roma, Ritratto di una città #2: Arte a Roma 1960-2001, May 16 - September 15, 2013

PROPERTY FROM A BELGIAN COLLECTOR

159

Alighiero Boetti

Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’ Invenzione (3)

signed, titled and dated "Alighiero Boetti 1970" on the reverse
crayon on paper
27 1/2 x 39 1/2 in. (70 x 100.5 cm.)
Executed in 1969, this work is unique and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity provided by the Archivo Alighiero Boetti, Rome, and is registered under number 7061.

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000

Contact Specialist
John McCord
Head of Day Sale
New York
+1 212 940 1261

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York Auction 17 May 2017

101
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $68,750
102
Shara Hughes
I don't Deserve These Flowers
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $37,500
103
Matt Connors
Summer-Record
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $27,500
104
Kerry James Marshall
Drawing (Two Heads) (Study for Vignette)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $100,000
105
Latifa Echakhch
Tambour 62'
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $93,750
106
Julia Wachtel
Landscape No. 13 (backyard)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $68,750
107
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
Ceviche and Peruvian Meat
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $23,750
108
Derek Fordjour
Untitled (Girl with trophy)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,125
109
Seth Price
Olive Graphics
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
110
Michael Williams
Code Nude
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $25,000
111
Cory Arcangel
Photoshop CS: 60 by 60 inches, 300 DPI, RGB, square pixels, default gradient "Blue, Yellow, Blue", mousedown y=15000 x=2130, mouseup y=4680 x=3570; photoshop tool "Wand", click= y=9120 x=4780, tolerance=30; default gradient "Spectrum", mousedown y=8790 x=1410, mouseup y=10770 x=16230
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $106,250
112
Rob Pruitt
Suicide Painting XXV
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
113
Danh Vo
We The People (detail)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $87,500
114
Carol Bove
YES! THIS DAMN UNIVERSE!
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $112,500
115
Shahzia Sikander
Elusive Realities #1
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $20,000
116
Christian Marclay
Actions (Splash, Blorsht, Bllb on blue)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $43,750
117
Joe Bradley
Standing Figure (Robot)
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
118
Joe Bradley
PIG
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
119
Laura Owens
Untitled
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $346,000
120
Joe Bradley
Untitled (Human Form)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $56,250
121
Wade Guyton
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $62,500
122
Sue Williams
Frequencies
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $43,750
123
Jim Hodges
AGAIN? (TRA LA LA LA LA)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $56,250
124
Josh Smith
Untitled (JSP10176)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
125
Sam Gilliam
Tholos Revisited VIII
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $47,500
126
Christopher Wool
Untitled
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $137,500
127
Urs Fischer
CROOKER / CREAGH / CRANOR / CRANER
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
128
Urs Fischer
SMITH / JOHNSON / WILLIAMS / JONES
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
129
Tim Gardner
Untitled (Nick: Bachelor's)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
130
Mark Bradford
Soccer Ball Bag 1
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $112,500
131
Thomas Houseago
Spoon V
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $93,750
132
Piotr Uklański
The Nazis (Set B with 41 works)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $250,000
133
Richard Prince
Untitled (Picasso)
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $175,000
134
Thomas Houseago
Oxford Mask
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $35,000
135
Thomas Houseago
Dumb Head
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $37,500
136
Sam Durant
No Lie Can Live Forever
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
137
Iván Navarro
Esto es Malo
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $47,500
138
Jeff Elrod
Coyanosa
Estimate $80,000 - 150,000
Sold for $162,500
139
Jeff Elrod
Code-Act
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
140
Laura Owens
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
141
Pat Steir
Ice #2
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $274,000
142
Lisa Yuskavage
Rubble
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $286,000
143
Mike Kelley
Physiological Landscape
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
144
John Wesley
Rain With No Floor
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $93,750
145
William Kentridge
9 Films
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $187,500
146
William Kentridge
Porter Series: Géographie des Hebreux ou Tableau de la dispersion des Enfants de Noë
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $93,750
147
Terry Winters
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
148
Philip Taaffe
Composition with Gemstones
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $106,250
149
Francis Alÿs
Lovers
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $23,750
150
William Kentridge
Circle, cone, cube
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $162,500
151
Tony Cragg
Elliptical Column
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $586,000
152
Michael Bevilacqua
Surface to Air
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
153
David Ostrowski
F (A thing is a thing in a whole which it's not)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $25,000
154
Stefan Brüggemann
Puddle Painting (6) (Silver Dots)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $35,000
155
Ugo Rondinone
SIEBTEROKTOBERNEUNZEHHUNDERTNEUNUNDNEUNZIG (No. 162)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $30,000
156
Erwin Wurm
Hypnosis
Estimate $35,000 - 50,000
Sold for $60,000
157
Maurizio Cattelan
Untitled (Joseph Beuys Suit)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $62,500
158
Alighiero Boetti
La Persona e Il Personaggio
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $37,500
159
Alighiero Boetti
Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’ Invenzione (3)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
160
Ugo Rondinone
yellow blue red mountain
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $52,500
161
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $81,250
162
A.R. Penck
TTT (RT) 2
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $298,000
163
Jack Pierson
Self Portrait #1
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,750
164
Olafur Eliasson
The Earthquake Series
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,000
165
Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (CR.CY and Cream Butterfly Blonde Butterfly Drawing in Two Parts)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $93,750
166
Richard Prince
Untitled (Cowboy)
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $370,000
167
Donald Judd
Untitled
Estimate $400,000 - 500,000
Sold for $790,000
168
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $322,000
169
Lucio Fontana
Concetto spaziale, Attese
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $418,000
170
James Rosenquist
Paramus
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $394,000
171
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $1,450,000
172
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $394,000
173
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $394,000
174
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $394,000
175
Ed Ruscha
Nightmares and Migraines
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $370,000
176
Robert Rauschenberg
Pegasits/ROCI USA (Wax Fire Works)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $87,500
177
Roy Lichtenstein
Water Lilies Tapestry (Study)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $106,250
178
Andy Warhol
Oberkassel 1
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $225,000
179
Robert Rauschenberg
Prime-Run (Slide)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $85,000
180
Robert Rauschenberg
Orange Float (Anagram)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $85,000
181
Andy Warhol
Flowers (Black and White)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $47,500
182
Andy Warhol
Diet Soft Drinks
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $56,250
183
Andy Warhol
Still Life
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
184
Andy Warhol
Seated Male
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,000
185
Andy Warhol
Two works: (i) Peacock; (ii) Peacock
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,500
186
Andy Warhol
Three works: (i) Flowers – Yellow and Pink; (ii) Paisley; (iii) Floral Design
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
187
Andy Warhol
Cells
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $27,500
188
Andy Warhol
Cells
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $22,500
189
Andy Warhol
Still Life (Flowers)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,000
190
Ed Ruscha
Three Works: (i) Vowel #54 (E); (ii) Vowel #86 (Y); (iii) Vowel #59 (E)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
191
Keith Haring
Self Portrait
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $162,500
192
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $322,000
193
Richard Pettibone
Marcel Duchamp, 'Bicycle Wheel', 1913-1964
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
194
Richard Pettibone
Marcel Duchamp, "Belle Haleine: Eau de Voilette", 1921 (violet)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $21,250
195
Richard Pettibone
Duchamp Profile
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $30,000
196
Richard Pettibone
Le petit blanc
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $43,750
197
Richard Pettibone
Thumb Print; Camera and Brush; Ingres, The Princess de Broglie, 1853, Detail; Scribbling; Vermeer, Woman Studying at a Virginal, 1670s, Detail; and Scribbling
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $37,500
198
Richard Pettibone
Brice Marden and Robert Morris
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
199
Richard Pettibone
Jasper Johns, "Tennyson"
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
200
Neil Jenney
Atmospheric Formation
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $81,250
201
Neil Jenney
Atmospheric Formation
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $75,000
202
Yoshitomo Nara
White Night Cat
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $162,500
203
Yayoi Kusama
Meditation
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $670,000
204
Kumi Sugaï
SOYOKAZÉ
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
205
Yayoi Kusama
Nets 30
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $156,250
206
Yayoi Kusama
Swamp
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $118,750
207
Yayoi Kusama
Upward Vision (No. 1)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $125,000
208
Jiro Takamatsu
Shadow No. 1442
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $298,000
209
Jiro Takamatsu
No. 234
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $200,000
210
Louise Bourgeois
Figure
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
211
Louise Bourgeois
Rondeau for L
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
212
Willem de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $286,000
213
Lee Lozano
Untitled (Penis Thumb, Splayed Hand, Hairy Palm)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $26,250
214
Brice Marden
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
215
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $346,000
216
Richard Serra
Stratum G
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $218,750
217
Dan Flavin
untitled (to Ileana and Michael Sonnabend)
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $346,000
218
James Turrell
Untitled (XC)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $60,000
219
Dan Flavin
untitled (for Prudence and her new baby) a
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $200,000
220
Richard Artschwager
Apartment House
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $100,000
221
John Chamberlain
SOFTENEDBYSNOW
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
222
Carl Andre
Intimate
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,500
223
Carl Andre
POETICAL ECONOMY
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
224
Carl Andre
Wood Saw-Cut Exercise
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $162,500
225
Carl Andre
Al 4 Blocks
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,000
226
Frank Stella
Wake Island Rail
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $87,500
227
Victor Vasarely
GESALT-SIN
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $81,250
228
Allan D'Arcangelo
Landscape
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000
229
Robert Longo
Study of Tiger Head 18
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $162,500
230
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (#99)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
231
Louise Lawler
Black Cat
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
232
Louise Lawler
This Picture Is The Same Size As The Painting I Was Asked To Photograph
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $37,500
233
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Film Still #41)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
234
Cindy Sherman
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,000
235
Laurie Simmons
Bending Globe
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $77,500
236
Jack Goldstein
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
237
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (#170)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $45,000
238
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (#174)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
239
Jean Dubuffet
Site avec 6 personnages (E 163)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $237,500
240
Richard Pousette-Dart
Window de la Grange
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $231,250
241
Louise Nevelson
Dawn's Landscape XLIV
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $514,000
242
Helen Frankenthaler
London Memos
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
243
Adolph Gottlieb
Plus
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
244
Lyonel Feininger
Sky Space
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
245
Henry Moore
Page from Sketchbook: Two Sculptural Figures on Green Background
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
246
Jean Tinguely
M.A.T.
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
247
Manolo Valdés
Reina Mariana
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $77,500
248
Sol LeWitt
Irregular Curves
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $11,875
249
Alexander Calder
Sculpture in the City
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $93,750
250
Friedel Dzubas
On Ochre
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $40,000
251
Esteban Vicente
Overhead
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $56,250
252
Ronald Bladen
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $10,000
253
Saul Steinberg
Certified Landscapes
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
254
Christopher Williams
Nikkor W300 mm f/5.6 with No. 3 shutter 1:5.6 Product Aperture f/64 Product Number 1320 NAS Serial Number 780612 Large Format Camera Lens. Photography by the Douglas M. Parker Studio, Glendale, California. August 2, 2005
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000
255
Thomas Ruff
17h 58m/-25°
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
256
Thomas Struth
Paradise 6, Daintree/Australien
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $56,250
257
This lot is no longer available.
258
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (Bud Man)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,750
259
Adam Fuss
Untitled (Snake Trails Thru Medium)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
260
Anne Collier
Studio Floor #1 (Marylin)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $30,000
261
Doug Aitken
over the ocean
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
262
Wang Qingsong
Heaven
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,000
263
Zhang Huan
To Add One Meter to an Anonymous Mountain
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,000
264
Vik Muniz
Day of the Gods (Mahana No Atua), After Gauguin (from Pictures of Pigment)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $100,000
265
Vik Muniz
Floor Scrapers, after Gustave Caillebotte from Pictures of Magazines 2
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
266
Vik Muniz
Woman I, After de Kooning (Pictures of Magazines 2)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $47,500
267
Deborah Kass
Six Red Barbras (Jewish Jackie Series)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
268
Ryan Sullivan
April 15, 2011
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $20,000
269
Brad Kahlhamer
U.S.A w/ Trees
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $13,750
270
Walton Ford
Guilty Sow
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $27,500
271
Jim Shaw
Dream Object (Mike Gonzales and I were at Larry's Studio)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,250
272
Chie Fueki
Significant Moment
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,750
273
Hernan Bas
Faced with infinite he reloaded his rifle
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $52,500
274
Ethan Cook
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,250
275
Ida Ekblad
Jealousy
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $22,500
276
Francesco Clemente
Women and Men #13
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
277
Ed Ruscha
S
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $150,000
278
Eric Fischl
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $18,750
279
Alex Katz
Nessia
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
280
Kendell Geers
Cardiac Arrest VIX
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $16,250
281
Franz West
Two Works: (i-ii) Privat-Lampe des Künstlers II
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $22,500
282
Tom Sachs
Chanel Surfboard No. 1
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $87,500
283
Jeff Koons
Seated Ballerina
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $81,250
284
Jeff Koons
Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $50,000
285
Gerhard Richter
Haggadah (P2)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $43,750

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York Auction 17 May 2017

Provenance

Exhibited

159

Alighiero Boetti

Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’ Invenzione (3)

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale