Provenance
Private Collection, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Dominique Lévy Gallery, Hypothesis for an Exhibition, July 8 - August 15, 2014, p. 195 (illustrated, p. 133)
Literature
Harold Ancart and Olivier Vandervliet eds., Harold Ancart: Soft Places, Brussels, 2015, p. 173 (illustrated, p. 102)

297

Harold Ancart

Perfect Idea (1) (After You Have No Idea)

oilstick and pencil on paper mounted to panel, in artist's frame
45 3/4 x 35 3/4 in. (116.2 x 90.8 cm)
Executed in 2014.

Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000

Sold for $30,000

Contact Specialist

Rebekah Bowling
Head of Day Sale, Afternoon Session
New York

1 212 940 1250

20th c. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 2 July 2020

201
Jonathan Lyndon Chase
Clothes Shopping
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $50,000
202
Matthew Wong
Landscape with Young Bather
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $187,500
203
Nina Chanel Abney
Mr. Baker
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $175,000
204
Amoako Boafo
After the nail color
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $225,000
205
Lucas Arruda
Untitled from the series Deserto-Modelo
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $100,000
206
Vivian Springford
Untitled (Tanzania Series)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $106,250
207
Ann Craven
Orange Dream, Pink Bird on Pink and Orange Fade, 2006
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
208
Nicolas Party
Landscape
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,500
209
Genieve Figgis
Sunday ladies
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $125,000
210
Shara Hughes
Home Theater
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $150,000
211
Brian Calvin
Noon
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
212
Jeff Sonhouse
Study for Secretary of State
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,500
213
Noah Davis
100 Years of Entertainment 1-5
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $137,500
214
Nicole Eisenman
Hunnenschlacht
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $212,500
215
Robert Colescott
The Monkey Wrench
Estimate $35,000 - 50,000
Sold for $50,000
216
Rose Wylie
Red Belt, Red Lipstick
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $100,000
217
Michael Ray Charles
(Forever Free) Icarus
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $67,500
218
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $68,750
219
Walter Price
Aset! Go Tell it on the Mountain
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $43,750
220
Toyin Ojih Odutola
This is Not An Invitation
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,000
221
Tomoo Gokita
Shoplifting
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
222
Eddie Martinez
You Know Who You Are
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $162,500
223
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $52,500
224
KAWS
SMALL KM LANDSCAPE
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $250,000
225
Petra Cortright
marathon training programs map + 50 grey states
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $35,000
226
Yue Minjun
Two works: Contemporary Terracotta Warriors No. 5
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $150,000
227
Takashi Murakami
Flower of Joy - Wintermint
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $93,750
228
Ai Weiwei
Dress with Flowers
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $106,250
229
Grayson Perry
Between Kitsch and Shit
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $87,500
230
Damien Hirst
Beautiful, Flaming Lips Day, Form of a Shell Painting
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $399,000
231
Tracey Emin
I could have loved my innocence
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $68,750
232
Sarah Morris
The Kodak Theatre [Los Angeles]
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
233
Gilbert & George
Banker
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
234
Gilbert & George
Two
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
235
Paulina Olowska
Klaun
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
236
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $106,250
237
Mel Bochner
Blah, Blah, Blah
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $187,500
238
Peter Dreher
Two works: (i) Seascape #1; (ii) Seascape #4
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $40,000
239
George Condo
The Jimi Hendrix Experience from the series Jazz Paintings
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $106,250
240
Paul McCarthy
Dick Eye
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $75,000
241
Sterling Ruby
SP188
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $237,500
242
Seth Price
Sexy Dancer
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $81,250
243
Christian Marclay
Untitled from the series Imaginary Records
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $6,250
244
Tom Sachs
Model Three (Model 3 White Boombox)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $40,000
245
Richard Prince
Untitled (original)
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
246
Matt Mullican
Two works: (i) Untitled (Diderot, Lettres Capitales); (ii) Untitled (Diderot, Alphabets des Lettres BÃ¢tardes)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $43,750
247
Richard Prince
Untitled (Check Painting)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
248
John Baldessari
Double Bill (Part 2): …and Ernst
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $237,500
249
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #97
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $143,750
250
Ana Mendieta
El laberinto de la vida (The Labyrinth of Life) from the series Labyrinth of Venus
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $56,250
251
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #155
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,500
252
Mike Kelley
Nostalgic Depiction of the Innocence of Childhood
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $20,000
253
Mike Kelley
The Start of the Slave Trade in the English Colonies from the series Reconstructed History
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,250
254
Mike Kelley
Bedknobbed and Broom Struck
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
255
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Lucille Ball)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,625
256
Mike Kelley
Three Valleys
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
257
Peter Fischli and David Weiss
The Maid from the series Equilibres
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
258
Roni Horn
Piece (2)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $7,500
259
Anne Collier
Guilt
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
260
Hank Willis Thomas and Sanford Biggers
Eshu at the Crossroad
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
261
Carrie Mae Weems
Untitled from the series Sea Islands
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $37,500
262
Rodney Graham
Oak, Mellaar from the series Flanders Trees
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,000
263
Thomas Ruff
Nudes ry08
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
264
Thomas Ruff
Nudes pant11
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
265
Günther Förg
Aller Retour
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $56,250
266
This lot is no longer available.
267
Jim Shaw
Study for A Taste of Honey (Portrait of Bob Flanagan)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
268
Robert Longo
Untitled (After Delacroix, A Young Tiger Playing with Its Mother, 1830)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
269
Peter Halley
Untitled (6/24/99.2)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,750
270
Kehinde Wiley
Check II
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $100,000
271
Lorna Simpson
Gold Head W
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $20,000
272
Lorna Simpson
Gold Head Q
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
273
Oscar Murillo
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,750
274
Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu
Untitled (The days of this society is numbered)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,250
275
Chéri Samba
Nelson Mandela
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $32,500
276
Fred Wilson
Drip Droop
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,750
277
Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
278
Barry McGee
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $112,500
279
Ida Ekblad
Kons
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
280
André Butzer
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $20,000
281
Friedrich Kunath
Finis
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $60,000
282
Franz Ackermann
evasion XVIII (a building with one window lifted)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $27,500
283
Heimo Zobernig
Untitled (HZ2014-028)
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $68,750
284
Heimo Zobernig
Untitled (HZ2013-109)
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $60,000
285
Shinique Smith
Monochrome
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $17,500
286
Elliott Hundley
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
287
Keltie Ferris
++++****)))
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
288
Camille Henrot
Sans Titre from the series Desktop
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $20,000
289
Claudia Comte
White Russian
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $45,000
290
Sadie Benning
Untitled telephone drawing
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,000
291
Katherine Bernhardt
5 Cigarettes on Black
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $26,250
292
Will Boone
Death Wish
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,625
293
Korakrit Arunanondchai
My trip to the White Temple 10
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $32,500
294
Tomoo Gokita
Sitcom
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
295
Mike Bouchet
Dark Up
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
296
Ethan Cook
Untitled (Begin in one corner)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $37,500
297
Harold Ancart
Perfect Idea (1) (After You Have No Idea)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $30,000
298
Angel Otero
Untitled (SK-GQ)
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $30,000
299
Sterling Ruby
The Martyr
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $22,500
300
Bosco Sodi
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
301
Juan Muñoz
Three Figure Balcony
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $56,250
302
Ernesto Neto
Anatomia Do Aconchego - Casa Nave
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $40,000
303
Subodh Gupta
Untitled
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $52,500
304
Dan Colen
Oy Vey (3)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $23,750
305
Dan Colen
I'm Gonna Be Sick
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $92,500
306
RETNA
Yo Soy La Corazone Del la Linea Blanca
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $68,750
307
Harmony Korine
Pajama Reststops
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $18,750
308
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled (Terrazzo Painting)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,500
309
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,375
310
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,000
311
Mauro Perucchetti
Luxury Therapy
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $33,750

20th c. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon...

New York Auction 2 July 2020

Provenance

Exhibited

Literature

297

Harold Ancart

Perfect Idea (1) (After You Have No Idea)

20th c. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session