Christo

Etching Maquette for Wrapped Venus, project for Villa Borghese, Rome

1974
etching, ebony pencil, transparent tape, white Prismacolour pencil, collage element in cut Japanese paper on handmade paper
71.5 x 56 cm (28 1/8 x 22 in)
Signed ‘Christo’ lower right, titled ‘Etching Maquette for Wrapped Venus, project for Villa Borghese, Rome’ lower left. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Landfall Press, Inc.

Estimate
£30,000 - 40,000 ‡

Contemporary Art Day Sale

15 February 2013
London

101
Dan Rees
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £43,250
102
Oliver Laric
Wu Tang Guilloche Rodin
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
103
Xylor Jane
VC III A (First Fall)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £13,750
104
Ned Vena
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £34,850
105
Cory Arcangel
Photoshop CS: 84 by 66 inches. 300 DPI, RGB, square pixels, default gradient "Blue, Red, Yellow", mousedown y=7600 x=8600, mouseup y=7850 x=8600
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
106
Nathan Hylden
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £25,000
107
Tauba Auerbach
Blahs II
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
Sold for £44,450
108
Thomas Houseago
Untitled
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ♠
Sold for £33,650
109
David Noonan
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £15,000
110
Adel Abdessemed
Sphère II
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £44,450
111
Matias Faldbakken
Untitled (Garbage Bag #06)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,750
112
Matthew Day Jackson
And Babies? And Babies
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £51,650
113
Allora & Calzadilla
Intermission (Halloween Iraq): Portrait VI
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £52,850
114
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
115
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £46,850
116
Kelley Walker
Stop the Clock
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
Sold for £32,450
117
Kelley Walker
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £55,250
118
Keith Coventry
Junk A
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠†
119
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £34,850
120
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
121
Richard Aldrich
Parts Painted and Taken Away
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £27,500
122
Henry Taylor
I think he’s just sleep’n
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
123
Sean Landers
Fool Failure
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £32,450
124
George Condo
Three Women
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £25,000
125
George Condo
Bedroom Scene
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £27,500
126
Wangechi Mutu
Hooked worm
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
127
KAWS
Christy Turlington Ad Disruption
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £17,500
128
Os Gêmeos
The House of Maria
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 Ω
Sold for £79,250
129
Walead Beshty
FedEx Large Box, Priority Overnight, Los Angeles–New York (Tracking No. 799801787460), New York–Berlin (Tracking No. 865264191816), Berlin–London (Tracking No. 871691449968)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
130
Lori Hersberger
INSTANT KARMA No. 2
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £49,250
131
Christopher Wool
Incident on 9th Street
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
132
Mike Kelley
Black Out (Detroit River)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
133
Piotr Uklański
Untitled (Twilight)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
134
Andro Wekua
White Tree
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £15,000
135
Patrick Hill
Magnolia Blvd.
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 †
136
Zhang Huan
Xiao Lu
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £51,650
137
Ugo Rondinone
DRITTERFEBRUARNEUNZEHNHUNDERTACHTUNDNEUNZIG
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
138
Andy Warhol
Isabelle Adjani
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £11,875
139
Alex Katz
Vincent, Grey Sweater
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £23,750
140
Robert Indiana
Why O Why Has Peace Fled
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £115,250
141
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Bedroom Painting #48
Estimate £80,000 - 100,000 ‡
Sold for £79,250
142
Julian Schnabel
Winnie
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £133,250
143
Juan Muñoz
Untitled (false pride-carried on the back of shame)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
144
George Condo
The Rock Thrower
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
145
Thomas Demand
Ghost
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £49,250
146
Karin Kneffel
Untitled (Egg)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £66,050
147
Gerhard Richter
Rot-Blau-Gelb (Red-Blue-Yellow)
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ♠
Sold for £241,250
148
Callum Innes
Exposed Painting, Olive Green
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £39,650
149
Yayoi Kusama
River dawn
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
150
Cecily Brown
Lured
Estimate £180,000 - 220,000 ‡♠
Sold for £199,250
151
Hernan Bas
Countess eavesdropping
Estimate £10,000 - 12,000
Sold for £16,250
152
Hernan Bas
Saint Ambrose and the Bees
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £23,750
153
Jim Shaw
Untitled (Octopus)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
154
Jim Shaw
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
155
Wangechi Mutu
Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine Tumors
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 †
Sold for £6,875
156
Mark Grotjahn
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £13,750
157
Raqib Shaw
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
158
Franz West
Nudismo
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
159
Ugo Rondinone
Saturday, November 21
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £21,250
160
Marc Quinn
Separation of Body and Soul (RYBRGY)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £115,250
161
Fred Tomaselli
Fade into You
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡
162
Cindy Sherman
Untitled – Metropolis Series (239)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 †
Sold for £39,650
163
Tom Friedman
Untitled (String Figure)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 †
164
Wilhelm Sasnal
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
165
Wilhelm Sasnal
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
166
Aaron Young
Untitled (Single)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £21,250
167
Banks Violette
Not Yet Titled (Two Chairs)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
168
Gardar Eide Einarsson
Rammellzee (Pay the Rent)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
169
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (There was a last vague space...)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
170
Os Gêmeos
Untitled
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
171
RETNA
EX VANDALS
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £13,750
172
Shepard Fairey
Sunsets To Die For
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £13,750
173
Robin Rhode
Street Gym
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 †
174
Robin Rhode
Automatic Drowning
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
175
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
W, September 1997, no.3
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £30,000
176
John Baldessari
Ass: Maquette for the Elbow Series (A2)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
177
John Baldessari
Fox: Maquette for the Elbow Series (B1)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
178
Vik Muniz
Untitled Film Still #7, after Cindy Sherman (from Pictures of Paper)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
179
Vik Muniz
Individuals (from Pictures of Chocolate)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
180
Richard Prince
Upstate
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 †
Sold for £17,500
181
Richard Prince
Untitled (Publicity)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 †
182
Richard Prince
Upstate
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £11,875
183
Olafur Eliasson
Untitled (Iceland Series)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
184
Rashid Johnson
Crosshair Brand
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,125
185
Allora & Calzadilla
Forecast
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £11,250
186
Mike Kelley
Pre and Post (diptych)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
187
Christopher Williams
Two works: (i) Tokuyo Yamada, Hair Designer, Shinbiyo Shuppan Co., Ltd, Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo, April 14 (A); (ii) Tokuyo Yamada, Hair Designer, Shinbiyo Shuppan Co., Ltd, Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo, April 14 (B)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
188
Glen Luchford and Jenny Saville
Closed Contact #14
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
189
Vanessa Beecroft
Top 20: Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
190
Valie Export
Action Pants: Genital Panic
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
191
David Noonan
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £17,500
192
Juan Muñoz
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
193
Christo
Etching Maquette for Wrapped Venus, project for Villa Borghese, Rome
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
194
Thomas Schütte
Christene
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
195
Kiki Smith
Woman with Bear
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
196
Dan Graham
Swimming Pool/Fish Pond
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
197
Anselm Reyle
Black Earth
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £46,850
198
Jim Lambie
Blacktronic
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
199
Liam Gillick
Resolution Platform
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
200
Anselm Reyle
29 Palms
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £73,250
201
Imi Knoebel
Two works: Kinderstern
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £37,250
202
Jason Martin
Villain
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
203
Anselm Reyle
Harmony
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £115,250
204
Jeppe Hein
Mirror Wall
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ♠†
Sold for £46,850
205
Katja Strunz
Memory Wall (7)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠†
Sold for £11,250
206
Fiona Rae
Predator
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
207
Jin Meyerson
Untitled (14b)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
208
Vitaliy and Elena Vasilieva
Neo (two works)
Estimate £20,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £39,650
209
David LaChapelle
Amanda as Andy Warhol's Marilyn (blue)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
210
David LaChapelle
Pamela Anderson as Saint
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
211
Wim Delvoye
Pipe 2
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
212
Wim Delvoye
4 Shovels
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £73,250
213
This lot is no longer available.
214
Rebecca Horn
Painting Ilias
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
215
Mimmo Paladino
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
216
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ♠
Sold for £43,250
217
Carla Accardi
Untitled
Estimate £75,000 - 115,000 ♠
218
José-María Cano
The Important Bidders
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £55,250
219
Salvatore Scarpitta
Baya di Pizzaco
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
220
A.R. Penck
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,250
221
Karel Appel
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
222
A.R. Penck
TX
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
223
A.R. Penck
Socrates
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
224
Raymond Hains
Palissade
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
225
Joseph Beuys
Two works: (i) besser heute aktiv; (ii) ohne Titel
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
226
Andy Warhol
Watches, Clocks and Mirror
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
227
Andy Warhol
Beauty is shoe, shoe beauty
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
228
Niki de Saint Phalle
Serpent et déesses
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,000
229
Michel Majerus
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠†
230
Tal R
23, 54
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
231
Tal R
Over Bridge under Bridge
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £46,850
232
Donald Baechler
Dollar Painting #2
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £11,250
233
Katy Moran
Grandma lamp
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
234
Ryan McGinness
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
235
Kenny Scharf
Space Snake
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £16,250
236
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Picasso Noma (from the Exquisite Corpse series)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,000
237
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Milking Boobs (from the Exquisite Corpse series)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
238
Ben Turnbull
All The Pez’s Men (Nixon)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
239
Miranda Donovan
Back Water Beauty
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
240
Ian Monroe
Core
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
241
Damien Hirst
Four Works: The Souls I-IV
Estimate £14,000 - 18,000 ♠†
242
Damien Hirst
The Twist
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠†
Sold for £31,250
243
Muntean/Rosenblum
Untitled (We look at each other...)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
244
Philippe Pasqua
Nathalie
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
245
Mark Evans
Study for the Year of Jubilee
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £39,650
246
Mykola Matsenko
Power of Knowledge
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
247
Pavlo Makov
Tablecloth VI (from the Tablecloths series)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,750
248
Max Vityk
Sleep
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
249
Tetsuya Yamada
Three works: Morice
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
250
Pavel Tchelitchew
Leaves Children from Hide & Seek
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
251
David Nash
Red and Black: Egg and Space
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
252
James Brown
Two works: Interior Study (2); Interior Study (3)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
253
Steven Gontarski
Three Hypoxic
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
254
Alastair Mackie
Matchstick Tree
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
255
James Hopkins
Reclining Figure
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
256
T.V. Santhosh
How far is the freedom?
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
257
Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra
Somnium Genero -Self
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
258
Tom Wesselmann
Bedroom Face with Orange Wallpaper
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £12,500
259
Damien Hirst
Unique Orange Butterfly
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠†
260
Damien Hirst
In A Spin, The Action of the World on Things
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠†
261
Marcello Lo Giudice
Rouge/Red
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750

Contemporary Art Day Sale

15 February 2013 London

Provenance

193

Christo

Etching Maquette for Wrapped Venus, project for Villa Borghese, Rome

Contemporary Art Day Sale

15 February 2013
London