Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist
Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Nohra Haime Gallery, Topography of a Landscape, September 10 - October 12, 1991
Literature
F. Duister, Beeld en Tegenbeeld het Werk van Lika Mutal, Amsterdam, 1974, p. 104-105 (illustrated)

114

Lika Mutal

Alpha

1990
bronze with green patina
17 x 16 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. (43.2 x 41 x 2.9 cm)
This is number 3 from an edition of 6.

Estimate
$12,000 - 18,000

Sold for $15,000

Contact Specialist
Kaeli Deane
Head of Sale
New York
+1 212 940 1352

Latin America

New York Auction 18 November 2015 6pm

1
Gabriel Sierra
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,875
2
Gabriel Orozco
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
3
Los Carpinteros
Piso de Madera (Cocina)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $17,500
4
Carlos Garaicoa
Light Bridge (From the Series New Architectures)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
5
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Synaptic Caguamas
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $118,750
6
Rivane Neuenschwander
Canteiros / Conversations and Constructions
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $18,750
7
Os Gêmeos
Prism
Estimate $90,000 - 120,000
Sold for $100,000
8
Manuel Mendive
Ex-Votos
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $87,500
9
Sandú Darié
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
10
Carmen Herrera
Basque
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $437,000
11
Hélio Oiticica
Metaesquema
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $185,000
12
Cildo Meireles
Canto de sala (Study for Corner)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $87,500
13
Mira Schendel
Untitled
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
14
Antonio Dias
The Prison
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $161,000
15
Gego
Líneas
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
16
Alejandro Otero
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $68,750
17
Jorge Eielson
Bandiere
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $35,000
18
Lygia Pape
Untitled (Tecelar)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $100,000
19
Gabriel Orozco
Samurai Tree 4T
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $221,000
20
Doris Salcedo
Untitled
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $665,000
21
Beatriz Milhazes
O Moderno
Estimate $1,000,000 - 1,500,000
Sold for $1,265,000
22
Mira Schendel
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
23
Mira Schendel
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
24
Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar
Relieve modular blanco
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000
25
Carlos Rojas
Untitled (from the series Horizontes)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,750
26
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Physichromie No. 951
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $173,000
27
Mathias Goeritz
Mensaje
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $341,000
28
Joaquín Torres-García
Objectos con estructura interior
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $233,000
29
Leonora Carrington
Trout Finch
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
30
Wifredo Lam
Untitled
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $485,000
31
Matta
Untitled (a Pajarito)
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
32
Francis Alÿs
Emilio Rivera
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $161,000
33
Ernesto Neto
Quarks-Paff
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
34
Ernesto Neto
Nacimiento da Razao
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
35
Fernanda Gomes
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $21,250
36
Angelo Venosa
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
37
Rogelio Polesello
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,000
38
Rosângela Rennó
Imagus Dei #2
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,875
39
Sandra Cinto
A Ponte Impossível
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
40
Rochelle Costi
Série A Casa
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,000
41
Miguel Rio Branco
Back
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $6,250
42
This lot is no longer available.
43
This lot is no longer available.
44
Mira Schendel
Untitled (monotipias)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
45
Mira Schendel
Untitled (monotipias)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
46
Edgar Negret
Navegante
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $35,000
47
Gego
Coordinates
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
48
Antonio Asis
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,375
49
Antonio Asis
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $12,500
50
Gregorio Vardanega
Spirales désintégrées dans l'espace
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
51
Gyula Kosice
Untitled - Pintura MADÍ
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $31,250
52
Jesús Rafael Soto
Vibrations Metalliques
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $18,750
53
Alejandro Otero
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $68,750
54
Francisco Toledo
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
55
Juan O'Gorman
Reino Mineral
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
56
Fernando Botero
Study after Mantegna
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
57
This lot is no longer available.
58
Iván Argote
«Excerpt: The Time We Loose»
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $9,375
59
Monika Bravo
URUMU WEAVING TIME_VERTICAL
Estimate $10,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,000
60
Olga de Amaral
Umbra 53
Estimate $140,000 - 180,000
Sold for $449,000
61
Fanny Sanín
Acrylic No. 4
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
62
Edgar Negret
Sol
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
63
Ruby Rumié
Crowned Vessel 16 (From the Series Halito Divino)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
64
Santiago Parra
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,000
65
Hugo Zapata
Mandala
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,500
66
Manuel Hernández
Signo Pardo Negro
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
67
Humberto Junca
Handicap
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
68
Johanna Calle
Las Restas B5
Estimate $9,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
69
Jaime Castellanos
Composición AC
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $10,625
70
Luis Fernando Peláez
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
71
Jaime Franco
Entramado
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,500
72
Erica Ferrari
Space Between
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
73
Nelson Ramos
Desplazamiento
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
74
Héctor Zamora
6 of the potentialities series
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $9,375
75
Federico Herrero
Untitled
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $37,500
76
Tania Bruguera
Untitled (Sunflowers)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $21,250
77
Tania Bruguera
Untitled (Maquette)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,000
78
Carlos Garaicoa
C es la piedra del terror, la piedra filosofal
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
79
Yoan Capote
Touch-Brancusi finger
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,500
80
Kcho
Mi jaula
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
81
Kcho
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,625
82
Arnaldo Roche Rabell
Self Portrait #1
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
83
Vik Muniz
Self Portrait (from Pictures of Magazines)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
84
Iran do Espírito Santo
Photogram 3 - Vertical
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
85
Teresita Fernández
Midnight, Late May
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
86
León Ferrari
Música
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $30,000
87
León Ferrari
Carta a Torres-García
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,500
88
Flor Garduño
Medusa
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
89
Kati Horna
Actopan, Hidalgo Hacienda
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
90
Oswaldo Guayasamín
Two Works: i) Magdalena Scherbina ii) Sascha Scherbina
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $43,750
91
Pedro Figari
Hastío de verano
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
92
Rafael Coronel
Three works: Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,625
93
Rafael Coronel
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
94
Alicia Penalba
Totem
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
95
Antonio Berni
The Bishop
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
96
Mathias Goeritz
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
97
Enio Iommi
Formas dinámicas
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
98
Julio Alpuy
Silencio
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,500
99
José Antonio Fernández-Muro
Centro Verde
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,500
100
Ary Brizzi
Diamante #6
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
101
Nicolás Consuegra
Aquí y allá
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
102
Luis Tomasello
Atmosphere Chromoplastique No. 909
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $60,000
103
Salvador Corratgé
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $19,375
104
Sandú Darié
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,625
105
The Merger
Place Your Bets
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $18,750
106
The Merger
Against the Tide
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $125,000
107
Los Carpinteros
Diseño interior
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,250
108
Esterio Segura
Mulata Mirandose al Espejo
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
109
Mariano Rodríguez
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
110
Luis Martínez Pedro
Homenaje a Amelia Peláez
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $14,375
111
José Bechara
Untitled (Cem Anjos Series)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
112
Vik Muniz
Footsteps (João Pereira, Iron Mine)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
113
Vik Muniz
Bust of woman, after Picasso (from Pictures of Pigment)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
114
Lika Mutal
Alpha
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
115
Fernando de Szyszlo
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
116
Manuel Mendive
Silla
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,750
117
José Bedia
Portaviones y pájaro de hierro
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,750
118
Juan Roberto Diago
Papa
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,875
119
Roberto Diago
Red Geometric
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $20,000
120
Armando Zesatti
Temporada de lluvias
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $42,500
121
Joy Laville
Mujer sentada con vestido naranja
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
122
Julio Galán
Untitled (De Nuevo Nunca me Quieras)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $18,750
123
Marisol
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,750
124
Marepe
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
125
Servando Cabrera Moreno
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $32,500
126
Marco Maggi
Mosaic Progression three
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $12,500
127
Thiago Rocha Pitta
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
128
Marco Maggi
Turner Box (Paper on Johns)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,625
129
Nelson Leirner
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000

Latin America

New York Auction 18 November 2015 6pm

Provenance

Exhibited

Literature

114

Lika Mutal

Alpha

Latin America