“I’m not so interested in the body as an image and that’s what’s at the root of the paradox in my work. What you see looks like a body, but I’m interested in what lies at the other side of the skin.”
—Antony Gormley
- Provenance
  White Cube, London
  Acquired from the above by the present owner

Ο◆126

Antony Gormley

Meme CXX

incised with the artist's initials, number and date on the underside
cast iron
36.1 x 9.8 x 5.1 cm (14 1/4 x 3 7/8 x 2 in.)
Executed in 2010.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
£90,000 - 120,000 ♠

Sold for £254,000

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 8 March 2024

101
Rachel Jones
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £127,000
102
Alfie Caine
Interior with Sunflowers at Sunset
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £120,650
103
Daisy Dodd-Noble
Tree at Waters Edge at Sunset
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £50,800
104
Tracey Emin
I held you in my hand
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £57,150
105
Sahara Longe
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,510
106
Danica Lundy
Sink
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £76,200
107
Kyle Dunn
Insomniac
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £38,100
108
Issy Wood
Super Luncheon
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
109
Wynnie Mynerva
All My Tears
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £82,550
110
Tracey Emin
Tight
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £27,940
111
Ambera Wellmann
Coil Comprehension
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £20,320
112
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
Red Bird Keeper
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £53,340
113
Salvo
San Nicola Arcella
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £55,880
114
Maja Ruznic
Father 6
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,640
115
Loie Hollowell
Linked Lingam in blue, turquoise and yellow
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £152,400
116
Caroline Walker
7:30PM Stoke Newington
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £101,600
117
Salvo
Primavera
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £139,700
118
William N. Copley
Frigid Bridget
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £190,500
119
Eddie Martinez
Serious Time #2
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £53,340
120
Wes Lang
We Did It!
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £101,600
121
Genesis Tramaine
Black Boy with Vision
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £120,650
122
Miriam Cahn
denkender soldat, 5.1.19
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £22,860
123
Joel Mesler
Untitled (We are the World)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £165,100
124
Katharina Grosse
Untitled
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
125
Banksy
Heavy Weaponry
Estimate £180,000 - 250,000 ♠
126
Antony Gormley
Meme CXX
Estimate £90,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £254,000
127
Tracey Emin
Fantastic To Feel Beautiful Again
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £139,700
128
George Condo
Ophelia
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £76,200
129
George Condo
Irish Girl
Estimate £320,000 - 500,000 ‡
Sold for £381,000
130
Andy Warhol
Ladies & Gentlemen (Wilhelmina Ross)
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £139,700
131
Takashi Murakami
Hollow Blue
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
132
Alighiero Boetti
La forza del centro
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,900
133
Alighiero Boetti
Aerei
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £152,400
134
Alighiero Boetti
Da uno a dieci (portoghese)
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡♠
135
Salvatore Scarpitta
Tête de Nègre
Estimate £80,000 - 100,000 ‡♠
Sold for £76,200
136
Enrico Castellani
Superficie bianca
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,320
137
Paolo Scheggi
Intersuperficie curva-dal bianco
cerchi progressivi-regressivi
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £107,950
138
Mimmo Rotella
Innamorati
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £21,590
139
Georg Baselitz
Waldarbeiter (Remix) (Woodmen (Remix))
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,640
140
This lot is no longer available.
141
Georg Baselitz
GETEILTER HELD (DIVIDED HERO)
Estimate £90,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £86,360
142
Albert Oehlen
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
143
Hans Hartung
T1980-K26
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
144
Anselm Kiefer
Pietà
Estimate £300,000 - 500,000 ‡♠
145
Thomas Schütte
Old Friends Revisited
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,800
146
Thomas Schütte
Liegende Frau (Lying Woman)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,900
147
Franz West
Nineteen Works: (i) Dining Table; (ii-xix) Onkel-Stuhl (Uncle Chair)
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 Ω♠
Sold for £304,800
148
Franz West
Untitled - Sitting sculpture
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,900
149
Urs Fischer
Lion in Chains
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £60,960
150
Sterling Ruby
VAMPIRE 25
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £15,240
151
Ugo Rondinone
a snowlike still
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £53,340
152
Richard Prince
Just My Luck
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £228,600
153
Christopher Wool
Untitled
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
154
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Bedroom Painting with Tit & Lemon
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
155
Tom Wesselmann
Drawing for bedroom painting
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
156
Wade Guyton
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £57,150
157
Andy Warhol
Gun
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £57,150
158
Danh Vo
Biscuit Porte Bonheur
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
159
Danh Vo
We The People
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £120,650
160
Damien Hirst
Crown in Petrified Honeycomb with Two Daggers
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
161
Sarah Lucas
Obsidiana
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £50,800
162
Oscar Murillo
Untitled (Drawings off the Wall)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
163
Anish Kapoor
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
164
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Induction Chromatique Sebon
Estimate £55,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
165
Bernard Frize
Risti
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,800
166
Manolo Valdés
El Sofa Rojo
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £76,200
167
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Seated Balls, Black Balls VI
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
168
Sherrie Levine
Untitled (The Bachelors: 'Livreur de Grand Magasin')
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £33,020
169
Y. Z. Kami
Untitled
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
170
Guillermo Kuitca
België
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
171
Leon Kossoff
Female Nude Study
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
172
Henry Moore
Standing Mother and Child: Holes
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
173
Henry Moore
Standing Figure Relief No.2
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
174
Elisabeth Frink
Man with Goggles
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
175
Anthony Caro
Solitaire (Table Bronze)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,700
176
Auguste Rodin
Iris, messagère des dieux, étude avec tête
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
177
Kurt Schwitters
ted matter
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
178
Kurt Schwitters
Ohne Titel (COMMERCIAL ST.)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
179
Jean Fautrier
Nu debout
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £53,340
180
František Kupka
Abstract Composition
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
181
Olivier Mosset
Sans Titre
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
182
Daniel Buren
Exposition d’une exposition : Rebondissement - Bleu clair, travail in situ
Estimate On Request
183
Chiharu Shiota
State of being #7
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡
Sold for £48,260
184
Feng Xiao-min
No. 26.2.22
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £120,650
185
Li Songsong
Big Girls
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £35,560
186
Minjung Kim
Pieno di vuoto
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £38,100
187
Shota Nakamura
An Open Book
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
188
Ai Weiwei
Two works: (i) Coloured Vases (2 works); (ii) Coloured Vases (6 works)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £114,300
189
Robert Combas
Exécution de Louis XVI et d'autres
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £114,300
190
Os Gêmeos
Electronic Eyes
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £88,900
191
Olafur Eliasson
Moonlight
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
192
Franz West
Floor Lamp
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 Ω♠
Sold for £12,700
193
Jiří Georg Dokoupil
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,940
194
Haim Steinbach
pop art I-2
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £12,700
195
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol 'Soup Can'
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £24,130
196
Invader
ALIAS LA_138
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £48,260
197
KAWS
Untitled (Cat Teeth)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
198
KAWS
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £44,450
199
KAWS
Good Intentions
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £29,210
200
Thierry Noir
Capturing the Moment in Colour
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £16,510
201
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
202
Vojtěch Kovařík
Gigantomachia
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,940
203
Donna Huanca
MAGMA 1
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £33,020
204
Zanele Muholi
NTOMBI III, Parktown
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000
Sold for £10,160
205
Rana Begum
No. 400
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
206
Cerith Wyn Evans
...in which something happens all over again for the very first time.
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £15,240
207
Grayson Perry
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160
208
This lot is no longer available.
209
Antony Gormley
Where The Species Came From
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,080
210
Keith Tyson
Nature Painting (Deep Impact)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £101,600
211
Julian Opie
London couple 1.
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £44,450
212
This lot is no longer available.
213
Caroline Walker
Interval
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,480
214
Flora Yukhnovich
Study
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £38,100
215
Jeanine Brito
At the Border of All Things (After Paula)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
216
Chantal Joffe
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
217
Tali Lennox
Lupus Sanguinem Luna
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,065
218
Louisa Gagliardi
Wet Feet
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £13,970
219
Lisa Yuskavage
The Black Bunny Series: Tit Love, Fellatial Love, Ass Love
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £22,860
220
Jack Whitten
A Gift to Ornette
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £27,940
221
George Condo
Head
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £30,480
222
Robert Longo
Study for Chandelier (Opera House) #2
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £60,960
223
Wyatt Kahn
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £12,700
224
Alex Da Corte
Back with Grapes
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £27,940
225
This lot is no longer available.
226
Richard Aldrich
Untitled 1 of 2
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £11,430
227
Paul McCarthy
Masks (Small) from the Propo series
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £19,050
228
Andy Warhol
Muratti Ambassador Cigarettes
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £31,750
229
Sayre Gomez
Untitled Landscape
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £190,500
230
Jonathan Meese
Prinzessin Sweethearttyr, die Süssigkeitin aus Fort Knox
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,320
231
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £83,820
232
Friedrich Kunath
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,890
233
Thomas Struth
Mais-Acker Nach der ernte n°34, Winterthur
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,795
234
Wolfgang Tillmans
Chris Cunningham, 1998
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £33,020
235
Wolfgang Tillmans
Separate System, Reading Prison (self a)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £21,590

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 8 March 2024

Provenance

Ο◆126

Antony Gormley

Meme CXX

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale