Provenance
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
WALLSPACE, New York
Christies, New York, Post War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session, November 14, 2007, lot 367
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Catalogue Essay
"The “butterflies' are fairly planned out. They’re still intuitive, but I generally know where they’re going. It’s a different kind of freedom, a different kind of expressionism. It’s personal without being overly personal." Mark Grotjahn, 2003

120

Mark Grotjahn

Untitled (Black Butterfly)

2004
colored pencil on paper
17 x 14 in. (43.2 x 35.6 cm.)
Initialed and dated "MG 04" lower right; further signed and dated "Mark Grotjahn 2004" on the reverse with additional artist's rendering.

Estimate
$100,000 - 150,000

Sold for $161,000

Contact Specialist
Amanda Stoffel
Head of Sale
astoffel@phillips.com
+1 212 940 1261

Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York 17 May 2013 10am

101
Joe Bradley
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $245,000
102
Julia Dault
Bunga Bunga
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $22,500
103
R.H. Quaytman
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $58,750
104
Nathan Hylden
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $37,500
105
Walead Beshty
Walead Beshty: Natural Histories. Texts by Nicolas Bourriaud, Suzanne Hudson, and Bob Nickas. Zurich: JRP Ringier, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 84
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $68,750
106
Oscar Tuazon
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $60,000
107
Walead Beshty
FedEx® Medium Kraft Box © 2004 FEDEX 155143 REV 10/04 B), Standard Overnight, Los Angeles – New York trk#797507007510, September 12-13, 2011, Standard Overnight, New York- New Castle trk# 798659205644, July 25-26, 2012, Priority Overnight, New Castle – New York trk#799409496088, April 1-2, 2013
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $75,000
108
Jacob Kassay
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $233,000
109
Garth Weiser
Baseboard Outlet
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $56,250
110
Ned Vena
Untitled (Lozenge 11)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
111
Ned Vena
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,250
112
Kaari Upson
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $30,000
113
Kristin Baker
Overleaf
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $87,500
114
Wade Guyton
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000
115
Garth Weiser
Sherwood
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,000
116
Andisheh Avini
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,000
117
Adam McEwen
Untitled (Malcolm)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
118
Tauba Auerbach
B
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $40,000
119
Dana Schutz
Sneeze
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $245,000
120
Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Black Butterfly)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $161,000
121
Sterling Ruby
Headless Dick / Deth Till
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
122
Elliott Hundley
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
123
Elliott Hundley
Euripides after de Chirico Obscured by Flowers No. II
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
124
David Altmejd
FEBRUARY
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $112,500
125
Dan Colen
TBT
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $305,000
126
Kelley Walker
Black Star Press; Star Press, Black Star Press, Black Press
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $269,000
127
Richard Prince
Untitled
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
128
Dana Schutz
Black Tulips
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $75,000
129
Louise Bourgeois
House
Estimate $180,000 - 220,000
130
This lot is no longer available.
131
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA
Boy on Flying Machine
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $106,250
132
Subodh Gupta
Still Steal Steel #1
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $149,000
133
KAWS
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $149,000
134
Takashi Murakami
DOB b
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
135
Takashi Murakami
Untitled
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $173,000
136
Andy Warhol
Flash Sharivan Robot
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $93,750
137
Andy Warhol
Hamburger
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $179,000
138
Andy Warhol
Portrait of Paul Jenkins
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $167,000
139
Andy Warhol
Fashion - Two Female Torsos with Necklaces
Estimate $180,000 - 220,000
140
Andy Warhol
Open This End
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $989,000
141
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Great American Nude #90
Estimate $175,000 - 250,000
142
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Bedroom Painting #2
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
143
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Swinging Diamonds
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
144
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Three Kinds of Fences
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $37,500
145
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (Origin of Cotton)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,000
146
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (House with "S" and Baseball)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $68,750
147
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (Jail)
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $125,000
148
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Astronaut
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
149
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Dog Shit in the Head of the Pope
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
150
Tom Wesselmann
Embossed Nude #3 (Legs Spread)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
151
Tom Wesselmann
Drawing for Great American Nude #87
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,500
152
Andy Warhol
Torso
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $173,000
153
Andy Warhol
Flowers & Bees
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
154
Roy Lichtenstein
Untitled (Landscape Red Sunset)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $112,500
155
Alexander Calder
Flower Seeds
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $57,500
156
Fernand Léger
Untitled (for Arthur Rimbaud Illuminations)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
157
Robert Motherwell
Untitled (Black Ochre Pink)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
158
Willem de Kooning
Study for Seated Woman
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
159
Willem de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
160
Arshile Gorky
Untitled
Estimate $90,000 - 120,000
161
This lot is no longer available.
162
Franz Kline
Untitled (Composition)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $125,000
163
Sam Francis
Saraband
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
164
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
165
Claes Oldenburg
Standing mitt with ball in Greenwich site – back view
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
166
Hans Hofmann
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $18,750
167
Robert Motherwell
Lakerol with Black Stripe
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
168
Dan Christensen
Fiesta Red
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,750
169
Christo
The Umbrellas
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $68,750
170
John Chamberlain
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,875
171
John Chamberlain
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $75,000
172
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (Twilite Doubleheader...)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
173
Ed Ruscha
Face Shield
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $185,000
174
Sol LeWitt
Wall Drawing #354F: Isometric figure drawn with India ink washes [Parallelogram]
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $209,000
175
Richard Pettibone
Neo-Plasticism
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,875
176
Richard Pettibone
Piet Mondrian, "Lozenge Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow," 1925
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $47,500
177
Kenneth Noland
Glean
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $155,000
178
Jack Goldstein
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $60,000
179
Peter Halley
Blue Prison
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $52,500
180
Jack Goldstein
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $81,250
181
Paul Feeley
ACRUX
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $118,750
182
Fred Tomaselli
Green on Red
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
183
Charles Bell
Untitled (Monkey & Doll)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
184
George Condo
German Nights
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
185
David Salle
Snowflake
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $112,500
186
Georg Baselitz
Teolie
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
187
George Condo
Double Seated Couple
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
188
George Condo
St. Lucy Collage
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $97,500
189
Inka Essenhigh
"Mass Suicide" from Special Forces #2
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
190
Inka Essenhigh
"The Great Beyond" from Special Forces #3
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $37,500
191
Komar and Melamid
The Allies from The Anarchistic Sintesis and Yalta Conference Series
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
192
Natalya Nesterova
Hammock
Estimate $40,000 - 50,000
193
Oleg Tselkov
With The Hatches
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
194
Andreas Gursky
Untitled 1 (Carpet)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $173,000
195
Andreas Gursky
Heidelberg, Ost
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $185,000
196
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Baltic Sea, Rügen
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $37,500
197
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Bass Strait, Table Cape
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000
198
Shinichi Maruyama
Kusho #2
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $18,750
199
Richard Avedon
Rudolf Nureyev, Paris, France, July 25, 1961
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
200
Thomas Ruff
Nudes PI 08
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $75,000
201
Andres Serrano
Discobolo from Piss Series
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $18,750
202
Nan Goldin
Greer Lankton, 21 April, 1958 - 18 November
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
203
Gilbert & George
Aklis
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $173,000
204
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #142
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $87,500
205
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
No Title
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $50,000
206
Andreas Gursky
Hong Kong, Grand Hyatt Park
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $81,250
207
Roni Horn
Clowd and Cloun (Gray) Group 2
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $56,250
208
Mike Kelley
Poetry of Form: Part of an Ongoing Attempt to Develop an Auteur Theory of Naming
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $60,000
209
Matthew Day Jackson
The Lower 48, Wyoming
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $50,000
210
Vik Muniz
Valentine, The Fastest from The Sugar Children Series
Estimate $20,000 - 25,000
Sold for $81,250
211
Vik Muniz
Creature from the Black Lagoon from Pictures of Caviar
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
212
Vik Muniz
Maria Callas from Pictures of Diamonds
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
213
Slater Bradley
CODA X
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,750
214
Jacob Kassay
Untitled
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $47,500
215
Sterling Ruby
Spectrum Series: Trunk
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $35,000
216
Sterling Ruby
Inscription Suite
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $32,500
217
Maurizio Cattelan
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,000
218
Seth Price
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
219
Tracey Emin
When I Think about Sex …
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $56,250
220
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
221
Iván Navarro
Shortcut
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $161,000
222
Adam McEwen
Popular Music
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
223
Adam McEwen
Bomber Harris
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $18,750
224
Gavin Turk
Trash
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $60,000
225
Aaron Young
Focus on the Four Dots in the Middle of the Painting for Thirty Seconds
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $30,000
226
Elad Lassry
Wall
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,625
227
Elad Lassry
Sea (Puzzle)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,625
228
Rudolf Stingel
STI-014
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $22,500
229
Glenn Ligon
Study for Negro Sunshine #78
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $47,500
230
Glenn Ligon
Malcolm X, Sun, Frederick Douglass, Boy with Bubbles #2
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
231
Adrian Ghenie
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $32,500
232
Katy Moran
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $81,250
233
Franz West
Emilio Prini
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $25,000
234
Robin Rhode
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
235
Robert Longo
Chair and Window, 1938
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $21,250
236
Martin Kippenberger
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
237
Thomas Hirschhorn
Lines
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
238
Thomas Zipp
A. World Health. Mental Health
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $15,000
239
Stephan Balkenhol
Column Figure IV (Monk)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
240
Marc Quinn
Under the Volcano, Batur Lesser Sunda Island
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $161,000
241
Enoc Pérez
Daisies
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
242
Julie Heffernan
Self Portrait Setting Up Camp
Estimate $35,000 - 55,000
Sold for $43,750
243
Fred Tomaselli
Sep. 4
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
244
Os Gêmeos
Silvester Está Longe
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $50,000
245
Os Gêmeos
Untitled (Storm of Love)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $106,250
246
Carroll Dunham
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $11,875
247
John Wesley
Joke
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
248
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
249
Elizabeth Peyton
Elliott 1969-2003
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
250
Kerry James Marshall
Preliminary Sketch for Black Painting
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
251
Mike Bidlo
Not Warhol (Marilyn)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,250
252
Ruud van Empel
World #16
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $43,750
253
Marilyn Minter
Bullet
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,500
254
Catherine Opie
Untitled #14 (Wall Street)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,750
255
Catherine Opie
Untitled #11 (Wall Street)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
256
Collier Schorr
Her head from The Series Jens F.
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
257
Phil Frost
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $17,500
258
Eddie Martinez
Up In Arms #2
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $22,500

Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York 17 May 2013 10am

Provenance

Catalogue Essay

120

Mark Grotjahn

Untitled (Black Butterfly)

Contemporary Art Day Sale