Provenance
Maureen Paley, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Kunsthalle, Bern, James Welling Photographs 1977-1990, 12 May - 24 June 1990, pp. 32 and 36 (pp. 33 and 37, another example illustrated)
London, Maureen Paley, James Welling, 19 April - 20 May 2007 (another example exhibited)
Vienna, Kunst Haus Wien, Still Life: Obstinacy of Things, 13 September 2018 - 17 February 2019

107

Lot offered with No Reserve

James Welling

Two works: (i) Waterfall; (ii) Island

each gelatin silver print, in artist's frame
each 68.4 x 57.6 cm (26 7/8 x 22 5/8 in.)
Each executed in 1981, these works are number 1 from an edition of 5.

Estimate
£2,000 - 3,000 •‡

Sold for £4,032

Contact Specialist

Charlotte Gibbs
Associate Specialist, Head of New Now
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New Now

London Auction 8 December 2022

1
Pam Evelyn
Evening Rain
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £81,900
2
Anastasia Bay
Leggings 1
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,900
3
Michaela Yearwood-Dan
Love Letters to Siri no.2
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £85,680
4
Doron Langberg
Mark and Aubrey
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £75,600
5
Ivy Haldeman
Full Figure, Right Knee Down, Flung Shoe, Hand Grasps Elbow Above Head
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £40,320
6
Olivia Sterling
He’s a Bit of a Tit
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £11,340
7
Francesca Mollett
Untitled (Surfacing)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £81,900
8
Cristina BanBan
Updating
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £132,300
9
Caroline Walker
Overnighter
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡♠
Sold for £264,600
10
Sarah Ball
Marie
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £65,520
11
Karyn Lyons
Ingres Study #2
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £18,900
12
Matthew Krishanu
Weapons
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £44,100
13
Serge Attukwei Clottey
Feeling cool
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £16,380
14
Duncan McCormick
Jane's Beach
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £119,700
15
Kate Pincus-Whitney
Paradise à la Carte: Parilla in the Boedo (Capital City Buenos Aires)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,120
16
This lot is no longer available.
17
Jordan Wolfson
Untitled
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £75,600
18
Robert Nava
SON OF GODZILLA
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £45,360
19
Andi Fischer
Ritter wo am Boden liegt
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,240
20
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡♠
Sold for £346,500
21
Michaël Borremans
PROSPECTS
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡♠
Sold for £201,600
22
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £75,600
23
Tom Sachs
Untitled (Taxi Kitty)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
Sold for £37,800
24
Peter Halley
Domain
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡
Sold for £107,100
25
John Baldessari
Female and Male Faces (With Notations) with Black and White Commentary
Estimate £140,000 - 220,000 ‡
Sold for £163,800
26
Damien Hirst
Beautiful darkness spreading to every corner of your mind painting
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,600
27
Antony Gormley
KNOT MODEL II
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £52,920
28
Theaster Gates
Topological Study with Hose
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡
Sold for £226,800
29
David Salle
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
30
Ana Benaroya
I Beg Your Pardon
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £10,710
31
Katherine Bernhardt
Sharpies on Black
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £56,700
32
Rafa Macarrón
He Vuelto A Nacer
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £81,900
33
Jordy Kerwick
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £52,920
34
Aboudia
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £69,300
35
Danielle Orchard
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £30,240
36
Kristy M Chan
Tristan and his video art collection
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £4,788
37
Szabolcs Bozó
Rózsa Csibe (Pink Bird)
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ♠
Sold for £75,600
38
Tal R
Horserider from Lolly
Estimate £20,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,240
39
Mel Bochner
Blah Blah Blah
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £63,000
40
Jordi Ribes
El Inquilino
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,400
41
Tomokazu Matsuyama
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £113,400
42
Brian Calvin
A Bather (Giverny)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £12,600
43
Sanya Kantarovsky
More
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £9,450
44
Robert Longo
Untitled (Small Venus)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £35,280
45
Robert Longo
Study of 'The Judge'
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £28,980
46
Cathrin Hoffmann
As Though
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £11,340
47
Rafa Macarrón
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £75,600
48
Guglielmo Castelli
The Maze
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,680
49
Flora Yukhnovich
Study VII
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,240
50
Caroline Walker
Beached
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £56,700
51
Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe
Daniel Quist
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £81,900
52
Godwin Champs Namuyimba
Black Fathering
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £35,280
53
Wonder Buhle Mbambo
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡
Sold for £6,930
54
Raelis Vasquez
Moreno
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £15,120
55
This lot is no longer available.
56
Brian Calvin
Broad Daylight
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,300
57No Reserve
Daniel Correa Mejía
La flor de la confianza
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡♠
Sold for £5,292
58
Sayre Gomez
Untitled Painting with Trompe l’Oeil (Blurred Image)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £25,200
59
Genieve Figgis
Out For A Ride
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £30,240
60
Albert Willem
A Popular Mountain Refuge
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £176,400
61
Philip Colbert
The Painter Portrait 2022 (Sky Blue)
Estimate £35,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £71,820
63
En Iwamura
Black
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,600
64
Susumu Kamijo
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £5,292
65
Haegue Yang
Sonic Rotating Line Reversed Type C - Nickel Plated #15
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £16,380
66
Shio Kusaka
(hole 30)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,024
67
Ayako Rokkaku
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £40,320
68
Javier Calleja
Between the Lines
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡♠
Sold for £46,620
69
Mary Reid Kelley
Pasiphae’s Liquor Cabinet
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £5,670
70
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Temple of Fire
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £21,420
71
Math Bass
Newz!
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £7,560
72
Katherine Bernhardt
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,560
73
Ella Kruglyanskaya
Painter, Blue Stripes
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ‡
Sold for £3,780
74
Caleb Hahne Quintana
Room Temperature
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £1,890
75
Nadia Waheed
Selective Mutism
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £8,820
76
Jadé Fadojutimi
Clustering Thoughts
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £8,820
77No Reserve
Isshaq Ismail
Consolidation 3
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 •‡
Sold for £25,200
78
Josh Smith
Untitled (JSPO7413)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £22,680
79
This lot is no longer available.
80
Igor Moritz
selfportrait 2
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,190
81
Conny Maier
Genießbar 6
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,320
82
Gerhard Richter
28.3.08
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £95,760
83
Gerhard Richter
13.3.08
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,600
84
Martha Jungwirth
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £16,380
85
Pamela Rosenkranz
Express Nothing (Rain In)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,200
86
Kiki Kogelnik
Melancholie
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £220,500
87
Karel Appel
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £35,280
88
Alexander Calder
Receding Blocks
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ‡
89No Reserve
Ossip Zadkine
Le Repos
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •†♠
Sold for £1,890
90
Bernar Venet
Undetermined line
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £94,500
91
Alighiero Boetti
Order and Disorder
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £163,800
92
Carol Rama
Capricci
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,860
93
Carol Rama
Altre Seduzioni
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,040
94
Carol Rama
Rainbow
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,600
95
Richard Prince
Untitled (Taco Bell)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £18,900
96
Julian Schnabel
Untitled (Benazir Bhutto)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
97
Tom Wesselmann
Monica Sitting with Legs Spread
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £17,640
98
Ray Johnson
Landscape (Cityscape with black orb)
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡
Sold for £3,276
99No Reserve
Roxy Paine
Cauliflower
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡
Sold for £3,276
100
Andy Warhol
Vanishing Animals: Okapi
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £15,120
101
Olafur Eliasson
Light Removal
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,120
102
Jon Rafman
New Age Demanded
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,600
103
Anne Collier
You Rock My World
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £11,340
104
Wolfgang Tillmans
paper drop (passage) IV
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £23,940
105
Thomas Ruff
h.t.b. 02
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,640
106
Thomas Ruff
Nudes pant11
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,720
107No Reserve
James Welling
Two works: (i) Waterfall; (ii) Island
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡
Sold for £4,032
108
Thomas Ruff
h.t.b. 04
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡♠
Sold for £2,772
109
This lot is no longer available.
110
Paulina Olowska
Dancing
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,820
111
Ewa Juszkiewicz
Amulet (Scissors)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £2,772
112
Christoph Ruckhäberle
Vier Hüte
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡♠
Sold for £21,420
113
Kai Althoff
Reincarnation, 1990
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,680
114
Kerstin Brätsch
Untitled (from psychics series)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,710
115
Robert Janitz
Deep Beneath the Surface
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,040
116No Reserve
Thomas Wachholz
Ohne Titel (Reibfläche)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡♠
Sold for £630
117No Reserve
Markus Amm
Untitled #5
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡♠
Sold for £819
118
Peter Doig
Study for "Guru" (Ooty Boathouse)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
119
William Scott
White Square on Black Ground
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ♠
Sold for £21,420
120
Callum Innes
Exposed Painting Cobalt Blue
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £44,100
121
Martin Creed
Work No. 3439: EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £25,200
122
Harland Miller
Wherever You Are Whatever You're Doing This One's for You
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £27,720
123
Jason Martin
Hero
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £100,800
124
Damien Hirst
H10-5 Taytu Betul (from The Empresses)
Estimate £3,500 - 5,500 ♠
Sold for £4,410
125
Damien Hirst
H10-4 Suiko (from The Empresses)
Estimate £3,500 - 5,500 ♠
Sold for £4,788
126
Gavin Turk
Paradise Lost
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,930
127No Reserve
Marc Quinn
The Nurseries of El Dorado
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 •‡♠
Sold for £25,200
128
Oscar Murillo
WORK!
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,200
129
Brent Wadden
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £20,160
130
Kader Attia
Untitled (burnt wood picture)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £13,860
131
Patrick Alston
Count it All Joy
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡
Sold for £6,930
132
Alex Da Corte
Solid State (Robbing Peter to PayPal)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £10,710
133
Sterling Ruby
DRFTRS (5035)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £18,900
134
Lucy Dodd
Luminous Limicolous
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
135
Michael Williams
Cerebral TV from the 90's
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £27,720
136
Jim Shaw
Untitled (Red Hair)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,080
137
Charming Baker
Samson & Delilah
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £7,560
138
Jakub Julian Ziółkowski
Olimp
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,720
139
Angel Otero
TBC-007
Estimate £8,000 - 15,000
Sold for £6,300
140
Sophie von Hellermann
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,380
141
Jules de Balincourt
Youth Nationalism
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £9,450
142No Reserve
Raelis Vasquez
Momentos Así
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡
Sold for £3,276
143
Doron Langberg
Resting 1
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £11,340
144
Justin John Greene
Trouble with the Communications
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £6,930
145
Cristina BanBan
Untitled
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ♠
Sold for £5,292
146
Jordy Kerwick
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £27,720
147
Brandon Lipchik
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000
Sold for £6,300
148
This lot is no longer available.
149
Javier Calleja
S. T. (This Is Not My Universe)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,820
150
Zanele Muholi
Alakhe
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £35,280
151
John Madu
John's Kiss
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £6,300
152
Aboudia
UN Car Burning I
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £60,480
153
James Mishio
Mishio and Max
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,930
154
Yannick Ackah
Untitiled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £13,860
155
Odinakachi Okoroafor
Blue Socks
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,300
156
Dankyi Mensah
Blue Polo
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £7,560
157
Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,560
158
Kelechi Nwaneri
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
159No Reserve
Isshaq Ismail
Black Face 8
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 •
Sold for £18,900
160
Kingsley Obasi
White polka dots
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,670
161
Cleon Peterson
Flesh of the Wicked
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
162
Sayre Gomez
1,2,3,4 Thiefs (Part 3)
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡
Sold for £30,240
163
Regina Goldelman
Grasshopper
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £11,340
164
Richard Hambleton
Shadow Head
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
165No Reserve
Vasily Klyukin
Gluttony
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 •‡
Sold for £4,410
166
Guillermo Kuitca
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £12,600
167
Joana Vasconcelos
Colormaq
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,380
168
Allora & Calzadilla
Borrowed Time
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £22,680
169
Chris Succo
Flesh #1
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,080
170
Matias Faldbakken
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,160
171
Wim Delvoye
Vogelnest (Birdhouse)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,120
172
Stanley Casselman
IR-40-6
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000
Sold for £11,340
173No Reserve
Jim Lambie
Silver Owl (House of the Rising Sun)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡♠
Sold for £7,560
174
Neil Beloufa
Vintage Series: syringe
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,820
175No Reserve
Kerstin Brätsch
Untitled
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •‡♠
Sold for £630
176
Miaz Brothers
Young Lady
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £7,560
177
Damien Hirst
For the Love of God
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,780
178No Reserve
Vladimir Dubossarsky & Alexander Vinogradov
Martienne et fleurs
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 •‡
Sold for £2,520
179
Jeff Koons
Balloon Dog (Blue)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £21,420
180No Reserve
Eliza Douglas
I Am the Horse You Should Bet On (4)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡♠
Sold for £2,520
181
Christian Marclay
Klud
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
182
KAWS
SEEING (BLUE)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £12,600
183
Thierry Noir
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,820
184
Torrick Ablack aka Toxic
FUNKY PENGUIN
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
185No Reserve
Alex Hubbard
Untitled (S5)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 •‡
Sold for £4,032
186No Reserve
Sadie Laska
BritPop
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡
Sold for £2,016
187
Damien Hirst
5133. Will pass that time (from The Currency)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
188
Damien Hirst
H9-7 Loyalty (from The Virtues)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,970
189
Damien Hirst
H9-4 Politeness (from The Virtues)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,080
190
Roberto Bernardi
CLIMBERS II-05
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £21,420
191
Ryan McLaughlin
Akbar Al Baker
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 ‡
Sold for £8,190
192
Lucas Blalock
Two lettuces
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £3,024
193
Russell Young
Marilyn Crying
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,600
194No Reserve
Neil Raitt
Golden Tide
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡♠
Sold for £2,016
195
Mike Bouchet
Swolo 1
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,930
196No Reserve
Yoan Mudry
BE WARNED!
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡
Sold for £1,386

New Now

London Auction 8 December 2022

Provenance

Exhibited

107

James Welling

Two works: (i) Waterfall; (ii) Island

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