Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Hokin Gallery Inc., Palm Beach
Private Collection, Montreal
Heffel, Vancouver, 29 October 2015, lot 214
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Louise Leiris, Henri Laurens 1885 - 1954, 12 June - 20 July 1985, no. 30, p. 40, n.p. (another example illustrated, p.40)

162

Henri Laurens

La Sirène au Bras Levé

signed with the artist's initials and numbered 'HL 3/6' reverse lower centre right edge; stamped with the Valsuani foundry mark 'Valsuani Cire Perdue' reverse lower right edge
bronze
16.5 x 36.5 x 15.5 cm (6 1/2 x 14 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Executed in 1938, this work in number 3 from an edition of 7.

Estimate
£20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠

Sold for £28,980

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 29 June 2022

101
Shannon Cartier Lucy
Home
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £47,880
102
Michaela Yearwood-Dan
Sentiments for D
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £44,100
103
Hilary Pecis
Eva Hesse
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £52,920
104
Caroline Walker
Stealing Steps
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £57,960
105
Caroline Walker
Study for Pool Views
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £47,880
106
Lauren Quin
Clutch for Smoke Study
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £30,240
107
Joy Labinjo
Visiting Great Grandma
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,800
108No Reserve
Jamian Juliano-Villani
Apparition of Master
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 •‡
Sold for £52,920
109
Jordy Kerwick
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £100,800
110
Cristina BanBan
As I Set Myself Free
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £144,900
111
Anthony Cudahy
Stage (layers)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £44,100
112
Flora Yukhnovich
Study
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £52,920
113
This lot is no longer available.
114
Katherine Bernhardt
Wash Everything
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £214,200
115
Katherine Bernhardt
Toilet Paper, Plantains + Bananas
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡
Sold for £81,900
116
Sanya Kantarovsky
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £35,280
117
Rafa Macarrón
Aqui si llega
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡♠
Sold for £100,800
118
Katharina Grosse
o.T.
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £47,880
119
Eddie Martinez
Albatross #2
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡
Sold for £163,800
120
Aboudia
Dream of a Better World
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £94,500
121
Aboudia
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £75,600
122
Salman Toor
Cloudy Day
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000
Sold for £504,000
123
Emmanuel Taku
Balance
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £56,700
124
Sungi Mlengeya
Relations
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £30,240
125
Annan Affotey
Momo (Older Sister)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £17,640
126
Issy Wood
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £35,280
127
Derek Fordjour
No. 16
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £75,600
128
Oluwole Omofemi
Me and You
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £35,280
129
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £44,100
130
Bernard Frize
Niche
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £151,200
131
Shara Hughes
Untitled
Estimate £200,000 - 250,000 ‡
Sold for £226,800
132
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £151,200
133
Dan Colen
Sick Sick Sick
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £31,500
134
Andy Warhol
Vesuvius
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £138,600
135
Ed Ruscha
True
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000
136
André Butzer
Three Works: (i) Untitled; (ii) Untitled; (iii) Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £94,500
137
OSGEMEOS
Untitled
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £100,800
138
Futura 2000
Broken Clock
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £15,120
139
Kenny Scharf
Lavup
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £88,200
140
Kenny Scharf
Fallopiana Planetina
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £44,100
141
This lot is no longer available.
142
John Baldessari
Hands with Beer, Chicken and Money (with Observer, Clothing, and Umbrella Fragment)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £50,400
143
Carmen Herrera
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £69,300
144
Daniel Buren
Paint on/Under Plexiglas on Serigraphy, Diagonal n° 2 – Yellow, January 2013, situated work
Estimate On Request
Sold for £40,320
145
Giorgio Griffa
Linee orizzontali
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,200
146
This lot is no longer available.
147
Salvatore Scarpitta
Racing Rubber Sled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
148
Pino Pascali
Cinque Bachi da setola
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡♠
Sold for £252,000
149
Francis Alÿs
Untitled (Installation of two works, in collaboration with Emilio Rivera)
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £239,400
150
Franz West
Cool Book
Estimate £180,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £226,800
151
Jean-Paul Riopelle
Two Shinnebock Whalers
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £75,600
152
Rachel Whiteread
Untitled (Trafalgar Square Plinth)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £32,760
153
Cerith Wyn Evans
In Girum Imus Nocte et Consumimur Igni
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £30,240
154
Tracey Emin
More Love
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £63,000
155
Julian Opie
At the Studio with Ika 2
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £44,100
156
Michael Craig-Martin
Wristwatch
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
157
Patrick Caulfield
2A
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
158
David Breuer-Weil
Long Island Tides
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £22,680
159
David Annesley
Three Red Boxes and Circle
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £113,400
160
David Hockney
Crawling Insects
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £21,420
161
Henry Moore
Ear Piece
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,160
162
Henri Laurens
La Sirène au Bras Levé
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £28,980
163
Fernand Léger
La partie de campagne
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
164
A.R. Penck
Selbstkopf I
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £94,500
165
Henri Matisse
Petite Tête aux cheveux striés
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
166
Georges Mathieu
Pritz
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,230
167
Jean Dubuffet
VILLA 6
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,640
168
Sayed Haider Raza
L'oasis
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £56,700
169
Sayed Haider Raza
Midi
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £22,680
170
Arman
Torso Money Queen
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
171
This lot is no longer available.
172
Sterling Ruby
Monument Stalagmite/Icolagnia
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £50,400
173
Theaster Gates
Whyte Painting (NGGRWR 0019)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £10,710
174
Glenn Ligon
Excerpt
Estimate £90,000 - 120,000 ‡
175
Josh Sperling
Untitled (O-Red)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £12,600
176
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,800
177
Albert Oehlen
Plakat (Nacht)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
178
Markus Schinwald
Tamara
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,640
179
Wolfgang Tillmans
Separate System, Reading Prison (self c)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,160
180
Marilyn Minter
Shit Kicker
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £78,120
181
Salman Toor
Jinnah With Fruits
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £25,200
182
Lucy Bull
Three works: (i) Plume 1; (ii) Plume 2; (iii) Plume 3
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £15,120
183
Nicolas Party
Portraits
Estimate £20,000 - 35,000 ‡
184
Izumi Kato
Two works: (i) Untitled; (ii) Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,560
185
Alejandro Cardenas
Parodoxa view 9
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £27,720
186
Louis Fratino
Morning Glory
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £35,280
187
Ann Craven
Moon (Little Glowing Magenta Tree, Cushing), 2021
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £52,920
188
Serge Attukwei Clottey
Curious Look
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,080
189
Daniel Crews-Chubb
Look at us now
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £44,100
190
Ayako Rokkaku
Untitled AR 62
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £60,480
191
Isshaq Ismail
Oman Mu Nsem 14
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £52,920
192
Isshaq Ismail
Blue Face 2
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £47,880
193
Noel W. Anderson
Michael in Sound Suit
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £13,860
194
Jammie Holmes
War Child
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
195
Odinakachi Okoroafor
Isolation III
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £10,080
196
Petra Cortright
hardcoreHARDWARE_sampling.pmi
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £25,200
197
Mandy El-Sayegh
Net-Grid 6
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £75,600
198
Maxim Kantor
Eagle's Nest
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,200
199
Hannah Bays
Embers
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £12,600
200
Max Prus
Persephone and the Preacher
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £17,640
201
George Morton-Clark
Spoon for a gun fight
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £39,060
202
Thierry Noir
Fruits are piling up in front of me. It is a good idea! I am going to buy clementines for tonight’s desert
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £52,920
203
Mr Doodle
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £3,528
204
Albert Willem
A Dazzling Film Night
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £151,200
205
Damien Hirst
H10-2 Nūr Jahān (from the Empresses series)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,040
206
Banksy
Morons
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
207
Banksy
Very Little Helps
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
208
The Connor Brothers
Old Behaviour
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £47,880

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 29 June 2022

Provenance

Exhibited

162

Henri Laurens

La Sirène au Bras Levé

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale