Jonathan Borofsky

The Sun at 3,214,887

titled "3214887" on the reverse
acrylic on canvas mounted on concave welded aluminum theater light
diameter 83 7/8 in. (213 cm.)
depth 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.)
Executed in 1989.

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000

Sold for $18,750

Contact Specialist
Rebekah Bowling
Head of Sale
New York
+ 1 212 940 1250

New Now

New York Auction 20 September 2016

1
Josh Kline
it's clean, it's natural, we promise.
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $37,500
2
Ella Kruglyanskaya
Apples and Oranges in Blue
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,000
3
Charlie Billingham
Tum 9
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,375
4
Laeh Glenn
Introduction
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,750
5
Math Bass
Newz!
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
6
Margo Wolowiec
Crumpled in the Backseat
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $20,000
7
Katherine Bernhardt
Hamburgers French Fries + Cigarettes
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $35,000
8
This lot is no longer available.
9
Jordan Wolfson
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $18,750
10
Kasper Sonne
TXC53
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,500
11
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $81,250
12
Lucie Stahl
Albuquerque
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $563
13
John Knuth
Stellar Dispersion
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,500
14
John Gerrard
Smoke Tree IV
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
15
Rosy Keyser
La Fonda Midnight
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
16
Dustin Pevey
Silk Road
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,375
17
Lucy Dodd
Unwound Rope Wall Piece
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
18
Louise Despont
Sandglass
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $25,000
19
Jana Euler
The working-process out of focus
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $35,000
20
Alex Da Corte
MRSTABU
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
21
Richard Aldrich
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
22
Andrew Masullo
4969
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,750
23
Chris Martin
Dedicated to Blinky Palermo, 1973-2005
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $9,375
24
Matt Connors
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $112,500
25
Sylvie Fleury
Be Amazing
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $37,500
26
Tim Hawkinson
Lens
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
27
Michal Rovner
Absolute
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $2,500
28
Jonathan Borofsky
The Sun at 3,214,887
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,750
29
Richard Deacon
Coat
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $62,500
30
Lawrence Weiner
HARD AS A ROCK OR (ASSUMING THE POSITION) SOFT AS SILK PUT TOGETHER OR (ASSUMING THE POSITION) SPREAD APART PLACED ON TOP OR (ASSUMING THE POSITION) PLACED BELOW TOSSED ASIDE OR (ASSUMING THE POSITION) CARRIED ALONG
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $175,000
31
Fred Wilson
Portrait of S.A.M.
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $20,000
32
Joseph Beuys
Die Wahreit als Wunderkerze für Klaus Hennig
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $13,750
33
Francis Cape
Forest Park III
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $2,750
34
Sarah Charlesworth
Altar from the "0 + 1" series
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $2,750
35
Robert Therrien
No Title (Brown Dutch Doors)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $11,875
36
This lot is no longer available.
37
Michael Heizer
Perforated Object 11
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $137,500
38
Giuseppe Penone
Fingernail and Marble (Unghia e marmo)
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $150,000
39
Otto Zitko
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
40
José Maria Sicilia
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $688
41
Jean-Marc Bustamante
Panorama (Valentine)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $8,750
42
Rashid Johnson
Community Bandstand
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $43,750
43
Sterling Ruby
Headless Dick/Deth Till
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
44
Jessica Jackson Hutchins
Loveseat and Bowls
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
45
Liza Lou
Barricade
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $43,750
46
Jorge Pardo
Penelope (Set of 12 Subscription Lamps)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
47
Yves Klein
Table Bleue
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,500
48
Anish Kapoor
Untitled IX
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $26,250
49
Daniel Spoerri
Tableau Piège
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
50
Franz West
Paßstück (Adaptive)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
51
Claire Fontaine
371 Grand, (The keys open the Reena Spaulings gallery)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
52
Claire Fontaine
If you see something, say something
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
53
Richard Tuttle
No. 127, 60" center works (4)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,375
54
Tony Feher
Untitled (Ruby Begonia)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $20,000
55
Daniel Richter
Delirium tremens
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,875
56
Martin Kippenberger
Untitled (Garfield)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
57
R.H. Quaytman
Mother
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
58
Michel Majerus
MoM block Nr. 82
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $43,750
59
Ellsworth Kelly
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
60
Marilyn Minter
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
61
James Rosenquist
Below the Equator, Above the Equator
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $47,500
62
Kenny Scharf
Something Sweet and Mushy
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
63
Tom Wesselmann
Beautiful Kate No. 17
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $42,500
64
Yayoi Kusama
Infinity Nets (TWWP)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $225,000
65
Chuck Close
Cindy, Ellen, Kiki, Laurie, Lorna
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $37,500
66
Francesco Clemente
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $23,750
67
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
68
James Siena
Shifted Lattice with alternating coffers
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,750
69
Thomas Nozkowski
Untitled (6-126)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,375
70
Bernard Frize
Isotopie
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $25,000
71
Djordje Ozbolt
Spirit of 54
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,250
72
Tomory Dodge
Lucia
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
73
Fred Tomaselli
Disappearing Painting (Study)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
74
Frank Moore
Study for Beacon I
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
75
Frank Moore
Green Piece
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
76
Will Cotton
Kiss Tree (study)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $3,750
77
Hiroshi Sugito
the purple tree
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
78
Emily Eveleth
Sojourn
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $16,250
79
Silke Otto-Knapp
At the Bride's: The Braid
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,000
80No Reserve
Alan Michael
Mood 1
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $1,375
81
Norbert Schwontkowski
Süd-China
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,125
82
Ashley Bickerton
A.B. 8
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
83No Reserve
Cornelia Parker
Unconscious of a Monument
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $3,500
84
Joan Nelson
Untitled (#423)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
85
Alexis Rockman
The Dynamics of Power
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
86
Llewellyn Xavier
Fish and Pommes Frites
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
87
Llewellyn Xavier
Chrysalis
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $47,500
88
Alexey Firsov
30 field Lupino
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $47,500
89
Stanley Casselman
IR-44-1
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,000
90
Marilyn Minter
Crisco
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $10,000
91
Alex Prager
La Petite Mort
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
92
Leslie Hewitt
Untitled (Solid)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,875
93
Daniel Gordon
Salmon Skin and Shadow
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $8,125
94
Elad Lassry
Beets
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,750
95
Elad Lassry
Women (055, 065)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,625
96
Gary Hume
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,000
97
Uta Barth
Field #5
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,375
98
Mariah Robertson
117
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
99
Hans-Peter Feldmann
Pictures of car radios taken while good music was playing
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $9,375
100
Luisa Lambri
Three works: (i) Untitled (Barragan House #30); (ii) Untitled (Barragan House #32); (iii) Untitled (Barragan House #34)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,625
101
Wolfgang Tillmans
Three works: (i)Trinitatis, (ii) Venus Transit, edge, (iii) Mauricio, profile
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $16,250
102
Melvin Sokolsky
Le Dragon, Harper's Bazaar, Paris
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
103
Robert Silvers
AIDS Quilt
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,250
104
David LaChapelle
Two works: (i) Pierrot Story, Paris; (ii) Rachel and Sumo Wrestlers, Tokyo
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,000
105
Jill Greenberg
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,000
106
Paul McCarthy
White Snow, Balloon Dog
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
107
Rob Wynne
Ampersand
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,250
108
Larry Johnson
Untitled (Land Without Bread)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
109
Roxy Paine
Scumak (S2-P2=R46)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,750
110
Beverly Pepper
Open Trapezium Altar II
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,000
111
Egor Zigura
Colossus that Rebelled, Colossus Insurgent
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,000
112
Xavier Veilhan
Air
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
113
Gert and Uwe Tobias
Untitled (Group of Six Drawings)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $11,875
114
Tracey Emin
Memory + Nightmare I
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,000
115
Pietro Roccasalva
Study for Il Traviatore
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
116
Adrian Paci
Facades
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for $5,000
117
Tracey Emin
I Resent My Own Happyness
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $5,000
118
Christian Holstad
Here Kitty Kitty #15
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,000
119
Walead Beshty
Two works: (i) "Every Now and Then..."Bonnie Tyler; (ii) "We Both Want Sweetness in Life..."Chairman of the Board) from the series Do You Feel Me
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
120
Till Freiwald
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
121
Nicole Eisenman
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $8,125
122
Kehinde Wiley
Passing/Posing Untitled 4
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
123
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (The Best Moment...)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
124
Douglas Gordon
Self portrait of you + me, (Humphrey Bogart)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,250
125
Brad Kahlhamer
Desert Forest City
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,750
126
Donald Baechler
Skull
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,500
127
An-My Lê
29 Palms, Security and Stability Operations (Good Saddam)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
128
New Catalogue
Big 10 Co-Ed with Ski Mask No. 1
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
129
Christoph Büchel
America We Stand As One
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
130
Doug Aitken
Girl in Mask
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,000
131
Mark Flood
Lover's Leap
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $14,375
132
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
133
Dashiell Manley
Yet Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
134
Hugh Scott-Douglas
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $30,000
135
Lucien Smith
Untitled (Scrap Metal 4298)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
136
Lucien Smith
Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered 3
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $16,250
137
Scott Reeder
Untitled (Pasta Painting)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,375
138
Travess Smalley
Vector Weave, scan 15_v2
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
139
Garth Weiser
Cardio
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
140
Sterling Ruby
Death Cult Los Angeles - Cry Me a River
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
141
Aleksandra Domanović
Portrait (bump-map)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
142
Kon Trubkovich
The Future Is Almost Like The Past
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
143
Lucy Dodd
Pink Blissard
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
144
Brian Kokoska
Ruby Demise (13 Lives)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
145
Jackie Saccoccio
Portrait (Sweep)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
146
Sebastian Black
Two works: (i) Period Piece (0...); (ii) Period Piece
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
147
Graham Collins
Untitled (Tracy Chapman Cover)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,375
148
Adam Pendleton
Dispersal
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
149
Steve Dibenedetto
Colony
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,750
150
Alex Olson
Verse
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $5,000
151No Reserve
Gabriel Hartley
Replica
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for $2,250
152
Sebastian Black
Critical, Sabatical II
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
153
David Ostrowski
F (dann lieber nein)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,375
154
Max Ruf
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
155
Jack Lavender
Walking Home 8
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
156No Reserve
Dan Rees
Vacuum Painting
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $3,250
157
Gavin Kenyon
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
158
Jim Lambie
PSYCHEDELICSOULSTICK NO. 9
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $8,750
159
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet
Untitled (Fugue)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,750
160
Erik Lindman
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $27,500
161
Chris Succo
Untitled (WFWC)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $13,750
162
Christian Rosa
This is the Next One
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $22,500
163
Abdullah Qandeel
How I See the World
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
164
Grear Patterson
Like A Kid At Christmas
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
165
Mike Bouchet
Uptown Six
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,000
166
Leo Gabin
Bandanna Dreams
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,625
167
Kyle Thurman
Untitled (120 West 28th Street, New York NY 10001)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,250
168
Shara Hughes
Enter Goldfish
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $8,125
169
Israel Lund
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
170
Michael Manning
Collide (Acoustic Version)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,750
171
Henry Codax
Untitled (Hot Pink)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
172
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet
Study for Sunset 16 (After F. Church)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,625
173
Petra Cortright
Force Hint Black Basil Jasmine Lemon
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $4,375
174
Mark Hagen
To be titled (Additive Painting 4)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
175
Ethan Cook
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $11,875
176
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled (Terrazzo Painting)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $7,250
177
Nicholas Pilato
Prehistoric Eyes
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
178
Chris Succo
OPEN THE ZIPPER
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
179
Amir Nikravan
(Painting) L
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
180
Joe Reihsen
About to jump in the shower
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
181
JPW3
Stay Calm
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
182
Ayan Farah
Solluminus (Air)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,250
183
Sam Falls
Untitled (Queen 5, Hartland, VT)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,375
184No Reserve
Matteo Callegari
Binary Moonshine
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $1,875
185
Sam Falls
Untitled (Black Sun, Topanga, CA)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
186
Eddie Peake
kool with a 'k'
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $9,375
187
Ryan Estep
Sterilized Dirt AA21
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
188
Brendan Lynch
Young Chop
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,875
189
Lucien Smith
STP (709c, 170c, 171c)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $23,750
190
Dan Colen
To be titled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,250
191
Christian Marclay
Drumsticks
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,625
192
Kaz Oshiro
Fender Showman Amp with Cabinet #2 (Duct Tape & Cigarette Burn)
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
193
Cullen Washington Jr.
Space Notation 2
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,250
194
Gregor Hildebrandt
We Are Going Nowhere [Bright Eyes]
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $11,875
195
Walead Beshty
Selected Works (2011 - 2012/March 17th 2011 - March 15, 2012)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
196
Ned Vena
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
197
Michiel Ceulers
Comment Tuer l’Amant de Sa Femme Quand on a Été Élevé Comme Moi dans La Tradition?
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $5,000
198
Sean Townley
Fig. 139
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
199
Nikolas Gambaroff
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $9,375
200
Gardar Eide Einarsson
Helter Skelter?
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,375
201No Reserve
Christian Vetter
Sentences (Questions and Answers)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $2,500
202No Reserve
Christian Vetter
Sentences (Proof)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $2,000
203
Aaron Young
Greeting Card
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
204
RETNA
Untitled (Rockin it sucker)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,500

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Jonathan Borofsky

The Sun at 3,214,887

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