Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
Exhibited
Liverpool, Tea Factory; London, Camden Arts Centre; Newcastle, The Hatton Gallery, New Contemporaries, 3 July 1998 - 15 January 1999, p. 62 (illustrated)
Literature
George Shaw, I.D.S.T. The New Life, Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London, 2001 (illustrated)

216

George Shaw

The Passion : The Knockout Fish Bar

signed, titled and dated 'THE PASSION : THE KNOCKOUT FISH BAR' GEORGE SHAW 1997' on the reverse
enamel on board
42.9 x 53.2 cm (16 7/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
Painted in 1997.

Estimate
£12,000 - 18,000 ♠

Sold for £27,720

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 4 March 2022

101
Antonia Showering
It Wasn't To Be
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £226,800
102
Jordy Kerwick
Cool Cats
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £85,680
103
Rebecca Ness
Glasses
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £25,200
104
Annan Affotey
Daizy
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £50,400
105
Cristina BanBan
El Sueño Va Sobre El Tiempo
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £138,600
106
Godwin Champs Namuyimba
Great in You
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £56,700
107
Sungi Mlengeya
Chaotic Disposition
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £69,300
108
Salman Toor
Itinerant Vagrant
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £81,900
109
Oluwole Omofemi
Sisters II
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £44,100
110
Jerrell Gibbs
100, Longz
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £30,240
111
Wangari Mathenge
Supplication in Alabaster
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £25,200
112
Lisa Brice
Untitled xiii, (Cut your coat, study 2)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,200
113
Tschabalala Self
Bush
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £107,100
114
Avery Singer
Prada Mask
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡
Sold for £252,000
115
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠†
Sold for £163,800
116
This lot is no longer available.
117
Emmanuel Taku
Sisters in Lilac
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £214,200
118
Amani Lewis
For Angela and her kin...in the garden (NITT edition)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £94,500
119
André Butzer
Schutztod (Teil 1)
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £264,600
120
Allison Zuckerman
Green Gardens
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £163,800
121
Milo Matthieu
Psi
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £69,300
122
Edgar Plans
My Little Monster Loves Balloons
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £352,800
123
Susumu Kamijo
In the Valley
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £88,200
124
Yoshitomo Nara
Untitled
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
Sold for £226,800
125
Yayoi Kusama
Pumpkin
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
Sold for £516,600
126
Chiharu Shiota
Zustand des Seins (Fotoapparat) / State of Being (Camera)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £100,800
127
Takashi Murakami x Virgil Abloh (Off White)
Times
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000
Sold for £226,800
128
Yan Lei
Untitled (Color Wheel)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £47,880
129
Lucas Arruda
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £113,400
130
Antony Gormley
MEME CVI
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠†
Sold for £163,800
131
Glenn Brown
The Flowers of Arles
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £151,200
132
Cecily Brown
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £81,900
133
Zak Ové
DP18
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,670
134
Hurvin Anderson
Landing
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
135
Caroline Walker
A Scattering
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £327,600
136
Georg Baselitz
Der Kardinal hinter dem Vorhang
Estimate £350,000 - 550,000 ‡♠
Sold for £478,800
137
Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡♠
Sold for £352,800
138
This lot is no longer available.
139
This lot is no longer available.
140
Günther Uecker
Ich hörte das Gras, das sich im Wind rieb, wie Violinen, wie Heuschrecken, die zirpen (I Heard the Grass, That Was Rubbing Itself in the Wind, Like Violins, Like Grasshoppers That Chirp)
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡♠
Sold for £403,200
141
Michael Krebber
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £60,480
142
George Condo
The Renegade
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £113,400
143
George Condo
The Grocery Man
Estimate £70,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £163,800
144
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £300,000 - 500,000
Sold for £378,000
145
Oli Epp
Death by Chocolate
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £100,800
146
Walter Price
Felt soot 5
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £17,640
147
Rashid Johnson
Untitled Anxious Drawing
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
Sold for £81,900
148
Sol LeWitt
Horizontal Bands (More Or Less)
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
149
Richard Serra
Composite 1-4
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
150
Richard Prince
Untitled
Estimate £300,000 - 500,000 ‡
Sold for £384,300
151
Richard Prince
Untitled (Publicity)
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
Sold for £52,920
152
Jim Hodges
Diary of Flowers (CLOSE)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £22,680
153
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
154
Steven Parrino
Slip it in
Estimate £300,000 - 500,000 ‡
Sold for £252,000
155
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Windmill
Estimate £220,000 - 280,000 ‡
Sold for £327,600
156
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £126,000
157
Andy Warhol
Untitled (Pepsi Cans)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £69,300
158
Andy Warhol
Still Life (Hammer and Sickle)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £37,800
159
Andy Warhol
Untitled (Avanti)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £56,700
160
Brice Marden
Green Book II
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £44,100
161
Elaine de Kooning
Early Still Life
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £39,060
162
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡♠
163
Daniel Buren
Peinture acrylique blanche sur tissu rayé blanc et marron
Estimate On Request
Sold for £107,100
164
Germaine Richier
La Lutte
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,240
165
This lot is no longer available.
166
Georges Mathieu
Arménie
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £126,000
167
Max Ernst
Paysage
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £63,000
168
Max Ernst
Enseigne pour une école de pirates
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £107,100
169
Gerhard Richter
Rot-Gelb-Blau
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £144,900
170
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £69,300
171
A.R. Penck
Komposition
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £107,100
172
Günther Förg
Ohne Titel
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £44,100
173
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,320
174
Gerhard Richter
Strip
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £69,300
175
Günther Förg
Alessandria
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
176
Thomas Struth
Nanjing Xi Lu, Shanghai
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £31,500
177
Thomas Struth
Paradise 18 (Emai Shan), Yunnan Province
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,240
178
Thomas Ruff
ri 03
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
179
Anselm Kiefer
der Morgenthau-Plan (The Morgenthau Plan)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £75,600
180
Gerhard Richter
Haggadah (P2)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £32,760
181
Max Uhlig
Landschaftliche Formation
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 ‡♠
Sold for £4,032
182
Edmund de Waal
Einmal
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £34,020
183
Cornelia Parker
Fox Talbot's Articles of Glass (all that are left)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ♠
Sold for £4,410
184
Michael Joo
DRWN (Carunculatus) AI 2
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
185
Michael Morgner
Aufsteigender
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £2,394
186
Arcangelo Sassolino
Senza Titolo
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,300
187
John Stezaker
Portrait IV
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,300
188
Mischa Kuball
Research_desks No 1
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £2,394
189
Avigdor Arikha
View of Jerusalem
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £5,670
190
John Gerrard
Solar Reserve (12.00 / 9.01)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,772
191
Carsten Nicolai
Sonderedition „parallel lines cross at infinity“
Estimate £800 - 1,200 ‡♠
Sold for £630
192
Giulio Paolini
Bound Volume Edition of Six Illustrations for the Writings on Ancient Art by Johann J. Winckelmann
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £10,080
193
Not Vital
Snow
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £13,860
194
Goshka Macuga
Untitled 5 (Aby Warburg Photograph, April 1896, Pueblo woman escaping into her house at the sight of Warburg’s camera)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £11,340
195
Enoc Perez
LAX
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £75,600
196
Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar
Sparks of Life
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,400
197
Farhad Moshiri
Liberry Pie
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £75,600
198
Farhad Moshiri
TINY JAR (GOLD ON GREEN)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £17,640
199
Makoto Saitō
I am [Portrait of Michelangelo Antonioni] 08
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £81,900
200
Giovanni Anselmo
Direzione
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £138,600
201
Claudio Parmiggiani
Delocazione
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,800
202
Olafur Eliasson
Striped eye lamp
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £39,060
203No Reserve
Takis
Signal
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 •‡♠
Sold for £17,640
204
Tracey Emin
Only God Knows I'm Good
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ♠
Sold for £75,600
205
Damien Hirst
8870 The Fountain and One Starlight, from The Currency
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ♠
206
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Life and Death Vest I (Rush Hour)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,200
207
Damien Hirst
Mercy, from The Aspects (H6-1)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £27,720
208
Julian Opie
Natalie walking. 2.
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £22,680
209
Thomas Houseago
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,800
210
David Yarrow
Rajasthan
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £35,280
211
Jason Martin
Youth
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
212
Ian Davenport
Light Grey, Dark Blue
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠†
Sold for £60,480
213
Gilbert & George
Torture Cross
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,120
214
Tony Bevan
Red Ceiling (PC9819)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £88,200
215
John Latham
Unspecified Material
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £30,240
216
George Shaw
The Passion : The Knockout Fish Bar
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £27,720
217
Walead Beshty
Black Curl (CMY/Four Magnet: Los Angeles, California, July 6 2012, Fuji Color Crystal Archive Super Type C, Em. No. 186-007, 13712)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,900
218
Jadé Fadojutimi
What kind of foetus grows here?
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £15,120
219
Foster Sakyiamah
Yellow Girls Synced
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £36,540
220
El Anatsui
Primary School
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
221
Sarah Crowner
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £44,100
222
Petra Cortright
3 american heritage Angels Crying Lyrics
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,600
223
Canyon Castator
Fuel on the Fire
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £23,940
224
Matías Sánchez
Republicanos españoles
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £32,760
225
Katherine Bernhardt
Sharpies on Black
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £95,760
226
Robert Nava
Time Vehicle
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £69,300
227
Louis Fratino
Double sided work: (i) After Ivan Prescott; (ii) Man in the weeds (After Ivan Prescott)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £50,400
228
Serge Attukwei Clottey
Jidenna
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £63,000
229
Aboudia
Untitled
Estimate £18,000 - 26,000 ‡
Sold for £113,400
230
Isshaq Ismail
Failure and Possibilities
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £163,800
231
Roby Dwi Antono
Frightened Little Girl
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £27,720
232
Ayako Rokkaku
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £390,600
233
George Condo
Untitled #6
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £100,800
234
William Kentridge
Indispensable!
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
235
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol 'Marilyn'
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £15,120
236
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol 'Marilyn'
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £15,120
237
Ken Price
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £44,100
238
Larry Rivers
Large Summer Pregnancy
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,200
239
William N. Copley
Belgian Flag
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £63,000
240
William N. Copley
Untitled (A Collection of 22 Sketches for William N. Copley's Flags Series)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £20,160
241
Jack Pierson
Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
242
Doug Aitken
Jungle Plane
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
Sold for £103,320
243
Banksy
Flying Copper
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £37,800
244
Banksy
Have A Nice Day
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £47,880
245
Banksy
Toxic Mary
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £37,800

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 4 March 2022

Provenance

Exhibited

Literature

216

George Shaw

The Passion : The Knockout Fish Bar

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale