Provenance
Estate of the Artist
The Pace Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Sotheby’s, New York, May 17, 2019, lot 223
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, The Pace Gallery, Louise Nevelson: Black & White, February 1–March 3, 2018, no. 26, pp. 26–27, 55 (illustrated, p. 27)

156

Louise Nevelson

Untitled

painted wood, in two parts
80 x 86 x 11 1/2 in. (203.2 x 218.4 x 29.2 cm)
Executed circa 1976–1978.

Estimate
$80,000 - 120,000

Sold for $203,200

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Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 15 May 2024

101
Emmi Whitehorse (Diné)
Canyon Lake I
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $177,800
102
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai)
Eagle Wing
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,640
103
Hedda Sterne
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,795
104
Wolfgang Paalen
Phantoms I
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,240
105
René Magritte
La belle lurette
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $152,400
106
Chico da Silva
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 60,000
Sold for $63,500
107
Bill Traylor
Black Bear
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $30,480
108
Elaine de Kooning
Untitled (Bullfight Series)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $152,400
109
Lois Dodd
Wild Geraniums
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $228,600
110
Willem de Kooning
Still Life
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $330,200
111
Milton Avery
The White Hen and Fantasy Creatures (double-sided)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $95,250
112
Milton Avery
Dark Sea, Dark Sky
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $139,700
113
Wassily Kandinsky
Rapallo-Stürmischer Tag
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $101,600
114
Arshile Gorky
Portrait of the Artist's Wife
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $88,900
115
Guy Pène du Bois
Conversation - Paris Cafe (Yvonne Pène du Bois)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $27,940
116
Raoul Dufy
La fenêtre aux vitres de couleurs
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
117
This lot is no longer available.
118
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Jeune femme assise
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $254,000
119
Pierre Bonnard
Jardin au bord de la Seine
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $228,600
120
Odilon Redon
Fleurs dans un vase
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $254,000
121
Henri Matisse
Nu assis ou femme au collier
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
122
Françoise Gilot
Flora
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $76,200
123
Pablo Picasso
Tasse et bananes
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $177,800
124
Fernand Léger
Composition à l'échequier
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
125
Willi Baumeister
Maschine und Mensch
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $66,040
126
Howard Hodgkin
Small Tree near Cairo
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $139,700
127
Philip Guston
Untitled
Estimate $350,000 - 500,000
128
Lynne Drexler
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $57,150
129
Michael Corinne West
Save the Tiger
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $40,640
130
Judith Rothschild
Figure in Space
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $30,480
131
Hans Hofmann
Magenta, Yellow and Black
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $279,400
132
Alice Baber
The Green Day of the Jaguar
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $133,350
133
Helen Frankenthaler
Spirits of Wine
Estimate $1,200,000 - 1,800,000
Sold for $1,168,400
134
Robert Motherwell
Hollow Men Series
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $698,500
135
Robert Motherwell
Zen IV
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
136
Vivian Springford
Untitled (VSF 347)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $95,250
137
Helen Frankenthaler
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $44,450
138
Joan Mitchell
Untitled
Estimate $350,000 - 550,000
Sold for $584,200
139
Norman Lewis
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
140
Charles Alston
Black and White #7
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $215,900
141
Ernie Barnes
Human Celebration
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $292,100
142
This lot is no longer available.
143
Peter Saul
Prune Head
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $152,400
144
Fritz Scholder (Luiseño)
Super Kachina
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $177,800
145
Andy Warhol
Skull
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,850
146
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $190,500
147
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $152,400
148
Yayoi Kusama
Butterfly
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $355,600
149
On Kawara
NOV. 8, 1977 (from Today Series, no. 23)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $330,200
150
Ed Ruscha
Suddenly Spastic
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $114,300
151
Ed Ruscha
TREMBLING STALKS OF AQUATIC VEGETATION
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $165,100
152
Ed Ruscha
We're This and We're That Aren't We?
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $177,800
153
Josef Albers
Study for Homage to the Square: Oracle
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $220,001
154
Donald Judd
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $101,600
155
Lynda Benglis
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $127,000
156
Louise Nevelson
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $203,200
157
Olga de Amaral
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $139,700
158
This lot is no longer available.
159
Brice Marden
Honey's Drawing
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $35,560
160
Agnes Martin
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
161
Ed Clark
Ife
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $53,340
162
Gerhard Richter
Untitled 26.2.89
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $190,500
163
Richard Serra
Untitled #21
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
164
Lynn Chadwick, R.A.
Maquette, High Wind
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $44,450
165
Moissey Kogan
Mädchenkopf I (Head of a Girl I)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,890
166
Gaston Lachaise
Garden Figure (second state) [LF 137]
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
167
Manolo Valdés
Reina Mariana
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $444,500
168
Aristide Maillol
La nymphe aux fleurs
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $635,000
169
Édouard Vuillard
Mme Arthur Fontaine au piano
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
170
André Derain
Nus dans un paysage
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
171
Louis Valtat
Les deux soeurs assises, Madame Zette et Madame Juin
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
172
Maurice de Vlaminck
Village et bord de rivière
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $101,600
173
André Derain
Nature morte avec bouteille
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
174
Jean Metzinger
Femme au perroquet (La fenêtre)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $114,300
175
This lot is no longer available.
176
Alexander Calder
Bow Tie
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
177
John Chamberlain
Tonk #8
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $165,100
178
Robert Indiana
Number 0
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,850
179
Robert Rauschenberg
Access
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,800
180
Ken Price
Lower
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
181
Lawrence Weiner
Stretched As Tightly As Is Possible (Satin) & (Petroleum Jelly)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $69,850
182
Neil Jenney
Biosphere #3
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $323,850
183
Joseph Kosuth
'Word, Sentence, Paragraph (Z. & N.) #16'
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
184
Jack Goldstein
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $101,600
185
James Rosenquist
The Serenade for the Doll after Claude Debussy, Gift Wrapped Doll #18
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $114,300
186
Richard Estes
Staten Island Ferry Docking
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $76,200
187
Richard Estes
Passages (Shopping Center)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $88,900
188
Isamu Noguchi
Small Wonder
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $30,000
189
John McCracken
Vibe
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $63,500
190
John McLaughlin
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $120,650
191
John McLaughlin
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,800
192
Alfred Leslie
Hipped
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $241,300
193
Alfred Leslie
Lake Front Property
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $152,400
194
Leon Polk Smith
Great Hall
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
195
Lorser Feitelson
Magical Space Forms
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $57,150
196
Jean-Paul Riopelle
Cold Climate
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $101,600
197
Michael Goldberg
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,480
198
James Brooks
Blow
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $30,480
199
Friedel Dzubas
Night Shuttle
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $76,200
200
Ilya Bolotowsky
Ellipse with Yellows
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $22,000
201
Ed Clark
Love Birds
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $95,250
202
Alex Katz
Jessica (Study for New Pink)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $101,600
203
Andy Warhol
Karen Lerner
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $111,760
204
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol 'Lavender Disaster', 1964
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,940
205
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol 'Liz' 1962
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $38,100
206
Kenny Scharf
BEYOND
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $241,300
207
Peter Saul
He Forgot Something
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $82,550
208
Karel Appel
Bride
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $88,900
209
Karl Wirsum
Ahh! Macy's Grazed
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,860
210
Cundo Bermúdez
Arlequines
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $44,450
211
Gustav Klimt
Frontal stehend, linke Hand an die Hüfte gelegt (Standing Woman with Hand on Hip)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $24,130
212
Armand Guillaumin
Gelée blanche à Crozant
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
213
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
The Beach and Along the Sea with Boat and People (double-sided)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
214
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Study St. Malo
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
215
Milton Avery
Young Mother and Child
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $38,100
216
Reginald Marsh
Coney Island (double-sided)
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $22,860
217
Willem de Kooning
Reclining Woman
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
218
Willem de Kooning
Reclining Women
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
219
Martín Ramírez
Untitled (Arches)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
220
Jean Dubuffet
Réchaud-four à Gaz
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,970
221
Jean Dubuffet
Personnage
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $101,600
222
Hans Hartung
P10-1976-H20
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,940
223
Peter Saul
Study for Prune Head
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
224
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Free comb with Pagoda
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $177,800
225
Andy Warhol
Dollar Sign
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
226
Andy Warhol
Ladies and Gentlemen
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
227
Alexander Calder
Rose des sables
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $133,350
228
Alexander Calder
Grass
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $158,750
229
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $127,000
230
Alighiero Boetti
Pisciarsi in bocca
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $63,500
231
Nuvolo (Giorgio Ascani)
Primavera Inoltrata
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
232
Daniel Spoerri
Tavola toscana (Post-Sevillane, Tableau piège)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $19,050

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning...

New York Auction 15 May 2024

Provenance

Exhibited

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Louise Nevelson

Untitled

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session