Erwin Wurm

Philosophers: suit

fabric and acrylic on plaster, on a partially painted wooden base
figure 48 x 20 x 10.2 cm (18 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 4 in.)
base 93 x 40 x 40 cm (36 5/8 x 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
overall 141 x 40 x 40 cm (55 1/2 x 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
Executed in 2009, this work is from an edition of 6.

Estimate
£20,000 - 30,000 ♠

Sold for £23,750

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 3 October 2019

101
Eddie Martinez
Reverse Motivation
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £106,250
102
Julie Curtiss
Untitled (Brown Boots)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
103
Lesley Vance
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £45,000
104
Henry Taylor
Untitled (Seated Figure)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
105
Henry Taylor
Untitled (Bowers)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £30,000
106
Kehinde Wiley
Passing/Posing (Marriage of the Virgin)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
107
George Condo
Bugged Out
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £68,750
108
Oscar Murillo
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £87,500
109
Jutta Koether
Fest Im Trauma
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,000
110
Takashi Murakami
SUPERFLAT Monogram
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 †
Sold for £60,000
111
KAWS
Untitled (MBFT3)
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡
Sold for £275,000
112
Peter Halley
Direction No. 7
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £68,750
113
Ugo Rondinone
Vierundzwanzigsteraugustzweitausendundvierzehn
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £35,000
114
Peter Halley
Bright
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £81,250
115
George Condo
Girl from Ipanema
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
Sold for £331,250
116
Erwin Wurm
Philosophers: suit
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
117
Antony Gormley
KNOT MODEL V
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
118
Antony Gormley
Another Time XVIII
Estimate £180,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
Sold for £200,000
119
Peter Doig
House of Pictures
Estimate £300,000 - 400,000 ‡♠
Sold for £555,000
120
Peter Doig
Maracas' Study
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £106,250
121
Cecily Brown
The Crab and Lizard
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡♠
Sold for £483,000
122
Sean Scully
Raval
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡♠
Sold for £325,000
123
Sir Frank Bowling, R.A.
Simon Helps (V)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £100,000
124
Allen Jones
Beauty Spot
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠†
Sold for £47,500
125
Gerald Laing
The Dressing Table at the Rosarito Hotel – Self-Portrait with Galina III
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
126
Sir Frank Bowling, R.A.
Three works: (i) Resting; (ii) Alighting; (iii) Hovering
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
127
Lucio Fontana
Concetto spaziale
Estimate £120,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £143,750
128
Alighiero Boetti
Jean Christophe
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £187,500
129
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Ritratto di Marisa Palazzolo
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ♠
130
Fausto Melotti
L'angelo dell'Apocalisse
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
131
Enrico Castellani
Superficie Blu
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
132
Heinz Mack
Ohne Titel
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
133
Bernard Aubertin
Tableau Clous
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £6,000
134
Palermo
Two Works: i) Skizze fur Wandmalerei; ii) Skizze fur Wandmalerei
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
135
Imi Knoebel
Pure Freude 2
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £60,000
136
Günther Förg
Ohne Titel
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £350,000
137
Julian Schnabel
(Untitled) Chinese
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
Sold for £225,000
138
Anselm Kiefer
Blutblume
Estimate £100,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £125,000
139
Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild
Estimate £300,000 - 400,000 ♠
Sold for £555,000
140
Thomas Schütte
Five Works, Skizzen für Bauwerke: i) Study for Museum; ii) Study for Bunker; iii) Study for Mein Grab; iv) Study for Sicherheit; v) Study for Kiste (Modell 1:20)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £350,000
141
This lot is no longer available.
142
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #275
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
143
Cindy Sherman
Untitled Film Still #62
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡
Sold for £250,000
144
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #155
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £50,000
145
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #208
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
146
Thomas Struth
Museo del Prado 5
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £125,000
147
Matthew Barney
CREMASTER 1: The Goodyear Waltz
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £212,500
148
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000
Sold for £325,000
149
Kenny Scharf
Blobzob
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £87,500
150
Andy Warhol
Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup Box
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 †
Sold for £137,500
151
Christo
The Gates (Project for Central Park, N. Y. C.)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
152
Richard Pettibone
Time is not, Time is the Evil Beloved Ezra Pound, Canto LXXIV
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
153
This lot is no longer available.
154
Marcel Broodthaers
La pipe
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £112,500
155
Carl Andre
Cube on Block
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £37,500
156
Carl Andre
21 Algon
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £112,500
157
Ed Ruscha
Statistical Significance
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡
Sold for £137,500
158
John Baldessari
Prima Facie (Second State): Hopeless
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £150,000
159
Urs Fischer
Nail Solo
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £118,750
160
Ilya Kabakov
Painting No. 11 (from the series Under the Snow)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
161
Manolo Valdés
Menina
Estimate £180,000 - 250,000 ♠
Sold for £187,500
162
Takashi Murakami
Hollow
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £175,000
163
Zeng Fanzhi
Untitled (Bacon)
Estimate £400,000 - 600,000 ‡
Sold for £735,000
164
Wei Jia
David III
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £37,500
165
Yan Pei-Ming
Timonier 009
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £62,500
166
Wei Dong
Hunting
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
167
Ahmed Alsoudani
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £112,500
168
Aboudia
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £21,250
169
Chéri Samba
Parlons Sida
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
170
Vasily Klyukin
Venetian Virgin (Gold)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £150,000
171
Rodney Graham
Shoes for City Self / Country Self
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
172
Olafur Eliasson
Parabolic thinking
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £28,750
173
Maurizio Cattelan
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £62,500
174
Cildo Meireles
Interções em Circuitos Ideolõgicos: Projeto Coca-Cola
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £35,000
175
Gavin Turk
Brillo (5)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
176
Tim Noble and Sue Webster
Fucking Beautiful (snow white version)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
177
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Rhizome
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
178
Gary Hume
Small Water Painting
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £41,250
179
Damien Hirst
Love Sick
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
180
Gilbert & George
Britishers
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £85,000
181
Vik Muniz
Harmony in Red, after Matisse (from Pictures of Pigment)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £35,000
182
Christopher Williams
Universal Travel Adaptor, Scorpio Distributors Ltd., Unit DZ, West Sussex, Great Britain, Product number TXR770000, Power Rating: 6A Max 125/250Vac, With Built-In Surge Protector, With Safety Shutters, Surge Indicator Light 110Vac or 220Vac Light Indicator, Built-In 13A Fuse, Testing based on International Standard IEC 884-2-5 Witnessed by TUV, CE EMC Approval, Photography by the Douglas M. Parker Studio, Los Angeles, California, December 15, 2005.
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
183
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled (Instructions)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
184
Klara Lidén
Untitled (Dumpster 13)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
185
Sigmar Polke
Ohne Titel
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
186
Louise Lawler
Twice Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 †
Sold for £5,250
187
Roni Horn
From Some Thames
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £20,000
188
Laurie Simmons
Tourism Acropolis
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £11,250
189
Laurie Simmons
Tourism Las Vegas
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £27,500
190
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (Peeping Tom)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £5,000
191
Jean Dubuffet
Bédouin sur son chameau
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
192
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (Are they ready, yet, for an education in the classics?)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
193
Robert Longo
Study of Una
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £16,250
194
Jockum Nordström
Come On!
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
195
Martin Kippenberger
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
196
Alex Da Corte
August (Season in Hell)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
197
Sterling Ruby
BC (3740)
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
Sold for £40,000
198
Wade Guyton
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
199
Callum Innes
Exposed Painting Charcoal Grey/ Yellow Oxide
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
200
Ned Vena
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,500
201
Jonathan Horowitz
Self-Portrait in "Mirror #1" (Bjorn)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
202
Thomas Houseago
Oxford Mask
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £38,750
203
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Untitled (Painting with History)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
204
Petra Cortright
MonkIsland_rockAlibration@scheduleME.npp
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £22,500
205
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £17,500
206
Lucien Smith
Flood Painting
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
207
Charming Baker
All I Want Is The Courage To Hide Behind My Own Sense of Self
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,250
208
Tony Lewis
Lieutenant
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £7,500
209
Thomas Houseago
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £41,250
210
Christian Rosa
This could be it
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
211
Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Experimental 7
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
212
Dan Colen
One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato, 4 ...
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
213
John Armleder
D Painting
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
214
Djordje Ozbolt
Talented Mr Francis
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
215
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £13,750
216
Richard Phillips
Artist
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £62,500
217
Friedrich Kunath
Checkout Time
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
218
Konstantino Dregos
Lapsus 38
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
219
Wang Yigang
N13
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £27,500
220
Stanley Casselman
IR-39-5
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £17,500
221
Marcello Lo Giudice
Yellow/Sole
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
222
Gerhard Richter
Waldhaus (House in the Woods) (P18)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
223
Rachel Lee Hovnanian
Fake Flowers: Living Room
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,125
224
Gerhard Richter
Blumenstauß (Bouquet) (P3)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
225
Gerhard Richter
Haggadah (P2)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
226
Gerhard Richter
Four works: (i) Flow (P4); (ii) Flow (P5); (iii) Flow (P6); (iv) Flow (P7)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
227
The Connor Brothers
I Drink to Make Other People More Interesting
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
228
KAWS
Three works: (i) SMALL LIE (Brown); (ii) SMALL LIE (Black); (iii) SMALL LIE (Grey)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £3,000

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 3 October 2019

Provenance

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Erwin Wurm

Philosophers: suit

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale