Provenance
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York
Sotheby's New York, 'Contemporary Art Part II', 16 November 1995, lot 134
James Cohan Gallery, New York
Christie's New York, 'Post -War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session', 17 May 2007, lot 541
Acquired from the above sale by the previous owner
Literature
L. Saltzman, Anselm Kiefer and Art After Auschwitz, Cambridge, 1990, fig. 2, p. 24 (illustrated)

143

Anselm Kiefer

Aaron's rod turning into a snake

1984
oil paint, varnish, photographic print and paper collage laid on board
65.5 x 84 cm. (25 3/4 x 33 1/8 in.)

Estimate
£50,000 - 70,000 ♠

Contact Specialist
Henry Highley
Head of Sale
hhighley@phillips.com
+ 44 20 7318 4061

Contemporary Art Day Sale

London 17 October 2013

101
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,500
102
Klara Lidén
Ich brauch Mas
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
103
Hugh Scott-Douglas
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
104
Oscar Murillo
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £134,500
105
Dan Colen
Dick for Brains
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
106
Dan Rees
Artex Painting
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
107
Rob Pruitt
Bons amis (Eclats de rire / tâches de couleur)
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
108
Walead Beshty
Combine Print (CMY/Six Magnet/2 of 5: Irvine, California, March 26th 2010, Fujicolor Crystal Archive Super Type C, Em. No. 148-006, 80510)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
109
Walead Beshty
Selected Works (2009-2011 / March 17th – July 6th 2011)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
110
Oscar Tuazon
I gave my name to it
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 Ω
Sold for £32,500
111
Adam McEwen
Bomber Harris
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,250
112
Valentin Carron
Pendulum Cold
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
113
Kerstin Brätsch
Untitled (from the Psychics series)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
114
Matias Faldbakken
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
115
Adel Abdessemed
Sphere I
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
116
Barbara Kruger
Face It! (Yellow)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
117
This lot is no longer available.
118
Jacob Kassay
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £30,000
119
Xylor Jane
Via Crucis XI
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
120
Josephine Meckseper
Das Ende des Panoptikums lV
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
121
Oliver Laric
Discobolus Guilloche
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
122
Joe Bradley
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £13,750
123
Phyllida Barlow
Anvil
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
124
Nate Lowman
Fallon
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £30,000
125
Rashid Johnson
Untitled Triangle Shelf
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £18,750
126
John Armleder
La Cantina dei Pescatori
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £92,500
127
Dan Rees
Untitled (Triptych)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £74,500
128
Sol LeWitt
Continuous forms
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £27,500
129
Sol LeWitt
Flat-top pyramid
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
130
Ahmed Alsoudani
We Die Out of Hand
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £98,500
131
Liam Gillick
Discussion Island Legitimation Platform
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
132
Jenny Holzer
Arno
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000
Sold for £40,000
133
Barbara Kruger
Untitled (Let Go)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £110,500
134
Erwin Wurm
Eiswerk - My Studio
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
135
Erwin Wurm
Art Basel f. Documenta
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £31,250
136
Raqib Shaw
Triptych: Untitled (squid, monkey, fish)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
137
Maurizio Cattelan
Untitled (in 30 parts)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
138
Peter Fischli and David Weiss
Stewardess
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £290,500
139
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡
140
Takashi Murakami
Born to kill! - M. Matsubara
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £96,100
141
Mel Ramos
The Pause that Refreshes
Estimate £70,000 - 110,000
142
Zhang Huan
Memory Door (War Age)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
143
Anselm Kiefer
Aaron's rod turning into a snake
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
144
Yan Pei-Ming
Double (Artist's Father)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
145
Karen Kilimnik
Two works: (i) Miss Iceland, 1993; (ii) Untitled (Chateau)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
146
Elizabeth Peyton
Princess Elizabeth
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
147
Andy Warhol
American Man (Portrait of Watson Powell)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £92,500
148
Andy Warhol
Small Flower
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £7,500
149
Andy Warhol
Playboy Bunny
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £22,500
150
Matthew Monahan
Mixed Messenger
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
151
Xavier Veilhan
Sophie no. 1
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £52,500
152
Takashi Murakami
House
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 Ω
153
Marlene Dumas
Fingers
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
154
Ugo Rondinone
Thank you Silence
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 Ω
155
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
156
George Condo
Playboy Bunny
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £21,250
157
Jonathan Meese
Napoleon
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
158
Hermann Nitsch
Das letzte Abendmahl (The Last Supper)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,875
159
Hermann Nitsch
Relic of the 50th Action
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
160
Gelitin
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
161
Rineke Dijkstra
Dobrovnik, Kroatien 13 July 1996
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
162
Wolfgang Tillmans
Kate Sitting
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
163
Vanessa Beecroft
US Navy Seals, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego - vb39.290.te
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £41,250
164
Vanessa Beecroft
The Silent Service, Intrepid, New York, NY - vb42.090.te
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
165
Rineke Dijkstra
Amit, Golani Brigade, Elyacim, Israel, May 26, 1999 (C)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
166
Wim Wenders
Jerusalem Seen from the Mount of Olives
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
167
Jeppe Hein
No Presence Green
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £11,875
168
Kerstin Brätsch
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
169
Banks Violette
Motorhead (Inverted)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
170
Jacob Kassay
Untitled (triptych)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
171
Francesco Clemente
Head
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
172
Sara Vanderbeek
Four Photographers
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
173
Elad Lassry
Two works: i) Black Man, 2007; ii) Mother, Son and Daughter
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
174
Cyprien Gaillard
Two works: Field of Rest
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
175
Matthew Barney
Cremaster 3: Level
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £22,500
176
This lot is no longer available.
177
Paola Pivi
Untitled (zebras)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
178
Olafur Eliasson
Spring puddle series (set of 12)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
179
Olafur Eliasson
Shadow Lamp
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
180
Roni Horn
Clowd Cloun (Blue) Group 5
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
181
Billy Childish
Man in a landscape - North Beach San Franscisco
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
182
Francis Alÿs
AMZ Presidente Figueiredo
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
183
Harland Miller
Dresden
Estimate £20,000 - 25,000 ♠
184
Wim Delvoye
Five Delft Shovels
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
185
Chris Johanson
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
186
David Hockney
Mountain, Tree, Palace and Seashore from Le Rossignol
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,000
187
Os Gêmeos
Boy with Dog
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £62,500
188
Wim Delvoye
Armoire
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
189
Jim Lambie
Psychedelic Soul Stick
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠†
Sold for £7,500
190
Jim Lambie
Dubmental
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
191
Elmgreen & Dragset
Powerless Structures, Fig 80
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
192
David Noonan
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
193
Thomas Schütte
Pot de Feu
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
194
Richard Deacon
Band of Gold
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
195
Allan McCollum
Perfect Vehicles
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £23,750
196
Vik Muniz
Untitled Blue, after Yves Klein (Pictures of Pigment)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £35,000
197
Vik Muniz
No 46 (Red, Ochre, Black on Red), after Rothko (Pictures of Pigment)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £50,000
198
Olafur Eliasson
Waterfall
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
199
Thomas Ruff
jpeg vs01
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠
Sold for £52,500
200
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (Worthington Street), (from Beneath the Roses series)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £21,250
201
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled, Summer 2003 (Clover Street), (from Beneath the Roses series)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £22,500
202
Cindy Sherman
Two works: i) Untitled (#342); Untitled (#349)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £7,500
203
Ugo Rondinone
I don't live here anymore
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £15,000
204
Candida Höfer
Kaiserliches Hofmobiliendepot Wien II
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
205
Thomas Ruff
Porträt (Bettina Ebert)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
206
Ryan McGinley
Untitled (Nude Tube)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
207
Marilyn Minter
Blue Shower
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
208
David LaChapelle
Deluge
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £68,500
209
Marilyn Minter
Swell
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
210
Vik Muniz
Catherine Deneuve (Diamond Divas)
Estimate £45,000 - 65,000
211
Marilyn Minter
Porn Grid #Eight (Sepia Singer)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
212
Ghada Amer
Untitled
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
Sold for £33,750
213
Bjarne Melgaard
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
214
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Ava
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
215
Johannes Wohnseifer
Ich bin unangreifbar
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
216
Oleg Tistol
Polyptych (from the Food series)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £13,750
217
Marc Quinn
Character Head II
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠†
Sold for £6,250
218
Tracey Emin
Love Poem
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
219
Damien Hirst
Happiness
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ♠†
220
Andy Warhol
Flowers in Hand
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 †
Sold for £21,250
221
Christo
Running fence (Project for Sonoma County and Marin County, State of California)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
222
Jaume Plensa
Tel Aviv Man XIV
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
Sold for £194,500
223
Francesco Vezzoli
Study for the November 2011 Art Issue Cover of W Magazine featuring a Rococo Portrait of Nicki Minaj as Jeanne Bécu Comtesse du Barry crying the eye of Virginia Oldoini Contessa di Castiglione
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
224
Arman
Barracudas
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
225
Marc Quinn
Maquette for a Siren
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £80,500
226
Andy Warhol
Self Portrait
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £15,000
227
Richard Prince
Two works: Untitled (from Adult, Comedy Action Drama)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
228
This lot is no longer available.
229
Dash Snow
Untitled (Gotcha)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
230
Dash Snow
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
231
Terence Koh
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
232
Terence Koh
The Voyage of Lady Midnight Snowdrops through Double Death Star (the Comet I Destroyed Again and Again, ii)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
233
Sterling Ruby
Red, White, Blue
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
234
Aaron Young
Skid Mark (24kt gold)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £16,250
235
Ryan McGinley
Two works: (i) Untitled (Nude, Grass), (ii) Untitled (Nude, Sand)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £7,500
236
Jim Shaw
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
237
Sam Francis
Triangle
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 †
Sold for £15,000
238
Bernar Venet
Combinaison aléatoire de lignes indéterminées
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,875
239
This lot is no longer available.
240
Leonid Sokov
Marilyn Monroe and the Russian Bear
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
241
Alexander Ney
Future
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
242
Pavel Pepperstein
Talking Clouds at 2999
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
243
Edouard Steinberg
Composition
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
244
Mikhail Roginsky
Moscow
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
245
William Anastasi
Blind Drawing
Estimate £30,000 - 35,000
246
Markus Oehlen
Coral Mix
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
247
Daniel Spoerri
Br3 Flüssig feucht (Liquid moisture) (from the Trompe l'oeil series)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
248
Raymond Hains
Daddy Daddy avec Nikki
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠
249
Andreas Slominski
Mausefalle
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
250
Roxy Paine
Amanita Muscaria #16
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,625
251
Klara Kristalova
A little sculpture about falling in love
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
252
Ricky Swallow
Picture a Screaming Sculpture
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
253
Mona Hatoum
Lugh
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
254
Kendell Geers
Two works: (i) Demon est Deus Inversus 24, 2011; (ii) La Sainte Vierge
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
255
Rashid Johnson
Crosshair Brand
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £9,375
256
Gabriel Kuri
Untitled (and thanks in advance)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £22,500
257
Julian Opie
Roadscape 19
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
258
Donald Baechler
FLOWERS #13
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
259
Donald Baechler
Flower
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
260
Muntean/Rosenblum
Untitled (Nothing can be beautiful...)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
261
Muntean/Rosenblum
Untitled (Everything high above passes on…)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
262
Vanessa Beecroft
Vb48 591 dr, performance Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
263
Eberhard Havekost
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
264
Richard Wathen
Hebe
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠†
Sold for £13,750
265
David LaChapelle
Gisele: Snake Charmer
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,250
266
Sarah Morris
High Heels (Pink)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
267
Chiho Aoshima
Gushing Zombies
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,250
268
Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra
Dominus Aeris, Mirage XX
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
269
Koen van den Broek
Cohesion
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
270
Wang Du
Luxe Populaire (Le Monde)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
271
Mike Kelley and Paul McCarthy
Heidi
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
272
Paul McCarthy
Pinocchio Twingo Service Stop
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
273
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
274
Jonathan Meese
Nietzsche, Hallo
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
275
Mykola Matsenko
Love to a coffin (Polyptych)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
276
Vinni Reunov
This cultural novelty will change the way high-exclusive art is presented to mass audience
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
277
Max Vityk
The Guardian
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £20,000
278
Pavlo Kerestey
Gruppendynamik
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
279
Meredyth Sparks
Two works: (i) Untitled (Gudrun with Painting); (ii) Untitled (Gudrun with Red Lines)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 †
280
John Bauer
Poltergeist
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
281
Thoralf Knobloch
Strandgut
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
Sold for £6,250
282
Frank Nitsche
MBC 14-2000
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠†
Sold for £13,750
283
Paul Winstanley
Interior 5
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
284
Jonathan Monk
7 attempts at monoblue using my father old water colors
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
285
Robin Rhode
Black Fist
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 †
Sold for £3,750
286
Dawn Mellor
The Wake Up Call (Judy Garland)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
287
Craigie Horsfield
Terence Horsfield. Haysfield Park, Bath. August 1979
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
288
Philippe Perrot
La Chute
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
289
Elke Krystufek
The Best Sex I Ever Had
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
290
Thomas Scheibitz
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
291
Angelo Filomeno
Bearded Carrion (diptych)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
292
Lara Favaretto
Twistle
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
293
Russell Young
Marilyn Portrait "Reach out and touch Faith"
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
294
Marcello Lo Giudice
Sun/Sole
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000

Contemporary Art Day Sale

London 17 October 2013

Provenance

Literature

143

Anselm Kiefer

Aaron's rod turning into a snake

Contemporary Art Day Sale