Alighiero Boetti

ll progressivo svanire della consuetudine

signed "alighiero boetti" on the overlap
embroidery on canvas mounted on panel
33.7 x 31.1 cm (13 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.)
Executed in 1990, this work is registered in the Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Rome, under no. 1074.

Estimate
£35,000 - 50,000 ‡♠

Sold for £60,000

Contact Specialist
Tamila Kerimova
Specialist, Head of Day Sale
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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

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Alighiero Boetti

ll progressivo svanire della consuetudine

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale