Michiel Ceulers

The degenerated instinct which turns against life

signed, titled and dated "Michiel Ceulers 2014 MC "The degenerated instinct which turns against life"" on the reverse
oil and spray paint on canvas, in acrylic artist's frame
99 x 79 1/2 in. (251.5 x 201.9 cm)
Executed in 2014.

Estimate
$4,000 - 6,000

Sold for $4,064

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20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction

17 - 26 July 2023

1
Jenna Gribbon
Alejandro (Portrait of Alejandro Cardenas)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $25,400
2
Daisy Dodd-Noble
Blue speckled tree and spiked tree
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $27,940
3
Mr.
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
4
Sanya Kantarovsky
The Highest Point
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
5
Tala Madani
Cake Cut
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,350
6
Tala Madani
B Haus
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,160
7
Ida Ekblad
Untitled (Toddler)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,320
8
Kristy M Chan
Amphora Potheads
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,350
9
Jonathan Lyndon Chase
Shell Dress
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
10
Eddie Martinez
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $19,050
11
Katherine Bernhardt
Neopolitan Cream Milla Jovovich
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,160
12
Wahab Saheed
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,985
13
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai)
A Cloudy Day
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $30,480
14
Lari Pittman
Spontaneous Generation
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $165,100
15
Vito Acconci
Seedbed
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
16
Helen Bershad
Arkansas Rose
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
17
Mary Bauermeister
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,700
18
William N. Copley
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,240
19
Werner Büttner
Warteschleife am Nichts (Holding Loop in the Void)
Estimate $10,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,970
20
Thomas Nozkowski
UNTITLED (7-72)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $44,450
21
Barnaby Furnas
Red Sea (Parting IX)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $24,130
22
Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,890
23
John De Andrea
Standing Brunette II
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $25,400
24
Vanessa German
Flight
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $21,590
25
Sean Landers
Two works: (i) Plankboy (Narcissus); (ii) Plankboy (Pygmalion)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,064
26
Marcel Dzama
Double-sided work: (i-ii) Why is the Dove Never Free
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,159
27No Reserve
Joakim Ojanen
You make my knees shaking and I think I <3 U no. 1
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $1,016
28
Shaina McCoy
Tesha
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $16,510
29
Igor Moritz
Self-Portrait, November
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,525
30
Paul Anthony Smith
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,350
31
Pedro Pedro
Tropical Mangos 3 for 99 Cents
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $16,510
32
Ellen Altfest
Side Face
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,810
33
Alvaro Barrington
Painting: PP18-38
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $16,510
34
Robert Nava
A-10 (face & gun)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,795
35
Bosco Sodi
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,065
36
Dan Rees
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,525
37
Mark Flood
Sisskind City
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $6,350
38
Adam McEwen
CVS
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $12,700
39
Nir Hod
Genius
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $17,780
40
Danica Lundy
Closet at the Spinnerei
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,794
41
Nicole Eisenman
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,510
42
Marion Peck
Sad Tomato
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $11,430
43
Despina Stokou
(right) Emojis iphone
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,096
44
Despina Stokou
12/14/13 /!doctypehtml\ II
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $4,445
45
Caetano de Almeida
Sudario para Laerte
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,255
46
Michiel Ceulers
The degenerated instinct which turns against life
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,064
47
Negyem Adonoo
The Embrace
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
48
Odinakachi Okoroafor
Bush Girl IV
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $2,540
49No Reserve
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (Both.)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $8,890
50No Reserve
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (Addicted to the image)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $10,160
51No Reserve
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (ALMOST AS OF SOME 'BLUE DISTANCE.')
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000 •
Sold for $10,160
52
Francis Upritchard
A Beat
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,350
53
Pieter Schoolwerth
Mantra
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $9,525
54
Pieter Schoolwerth
Portrait of a Man in Green
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $3,556
55
Analia Saban
Circuit Board #5
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,970
56
Brenna Youngblood
Jolly Rancher
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,620
57
Mathieu Malouf
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
58
Patrick Alston
Fihankra (Security)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
59
Isshaq Ismail
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $5,080
60
Stanley Casselman
IR-45-14
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
61
John Madu
Not This Time, Invader
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,810
62
Aya Uekawa
Self-portrait as a melancholic dog
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
63
Rufai Zakari
The Girl in Yellow Swimming Costume
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,985
64
Mona Broschár
Approach
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $2,794
65
Rebecca Brodskis
L'interprète
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,890
66
Veronika Pausova
Neighbour
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $8,255
67
Simone DiLaura
Noodles & Rafts
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,794
68
Rodrigo Andrade
Praia Deserta com Neblina em Nowhere Lake
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
69
Alexander Ross
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,255
70
Deborah Kass
Four Barbras from the series Jewish Jackie
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,525
71
Claire Fontaine
What is the artworld? I am the artworld.
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,715
72
Matt Saunders
Matti's Cigarette
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
Sold for $2,159
73
Nathan Hylden
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
74
Dave McDermott
À rebours
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
75
Michael Staniak
IMG_961 (grey)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
76
Cosima von Bonin
Untitled (The Purple St. Bernard With Box)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $50,800
77
Franz West
Two works: (i–ii) Do-Ku Chair
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $38,100
78
Franz West
"Privat Lampe des Kunstlers II" floor lamp
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,715
79
Lucien Smith
Rock 'n Roll from the series Ark
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
80
Lucien Smith
Statistics show that teen pregnancy drops off significantly after age 25 from the series Pie
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $6,985
81
Gabriel Orozco
Obit: 'Developer of Math Theories of Voting'
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $6,350
82
Allan McCollum
Perfect Vehicle
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
83
Eddie Peake
Holding her Hand in the Air in the Shape of a Gun 8
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
84
Ai Weiwei
Finger from the series Ex-Votos
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,890
85
Wade Guyton
Untitled Printer Drawing (Somaini, p.63)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,700
86
Kelley Walker and Wade Guyton
Coconut Lights
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,445
87
Elad Lassry
Untitled (Artwork)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
88
Matias Faldbakken
Untitled (Garbage Bag Grey #3)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
89
Mark Barrow
Semblance
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Sold for $4,064
90
Marco Maggi
TURNER BOX (PAPER ON MONDRIAN)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
91No Reserve
Peter Dayton
Untitled
Estimate $600 - 800 •
Sold for $445
92No Reserve
Peter Dayton
Player Hater #1
Estimate $600 - 800 •
Sold for $508
93
Markus Selg
Pfleger
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
94No Reserve
Justin Lieberman
Exploitation Collage With Transgressive Intervals
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $5,080
95No Reserve
Ryan McGinness
Untitled (Plexi-boxed Painting 4, Blue)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $953
96No Reserve
Ryan McGinness
Untitled (Plexi-boxed Painting 5, Red)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $826
97
John Ahearn
Aleya Hands
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
98
Paul McCarthy
Silicon Gloves (spaghetti man/tomato head hands)
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $3,048
99
Melissa Gordon
Futurist Construction
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
100
Shannon Finley
Evermore
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,270
101
Aaron Young
Forever
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $1,270
102
Aaron Young
The New Look of Leadership
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,810
103
Vik Muniz
Mill in Sunlight, After Piet Mondrian from the series Pictures of Pigment
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,510
104
Vik Muniz
Henry Moore Took Drugs
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
105
Louise Lawler
ORO
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,445
106
Elger Esser
397 Wimereux
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,413
107
Rosemary Laing
swanfires, Chris's shed
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
108No Reserve
Andrew Moore
Palace Theater
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $4,064
109
Zhang Huan
To Add One Meter to An Anonymous Mountain
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,890
110
Zhang Huan
To Raise the Water Level in a Fish Pond (Distant)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,255
111
Zhang Huan
To Raise the Water Level in a Fish Pond (Middle)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
112
Zhang Huan
SUNSHINE II
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
113
Stan Douglas
Contemporary Set for Sandman at DOKFILM Studios, Potsdam Babelsberg, December, 1994
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $2,794
114
Wolfgang Tillmans
Red Adidas
Estimate $1,200 - 1,800
Sold for $3,302
115
Gabriel Orozco
Isadora's Necklace
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $3,810
116
Gabriel Orozco
Rolling Life's Hand Line
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $3,810
117
Jenny Saville and Glen Luchford
Closed Contact D
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $1,905
118
Thomas Ruff
d.p.b 06
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Sold for $2,540
119
Mike Kelley
With Malice Toward None: With Charity for All from the series Reconstructed History
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,985
120
Richard Prince
Pet Store, Los Angeles from Adult Comedy Action Drama
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
121
Joel-Peter Witkin
Leda (Los Angeles)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,159
122
Joel-Peter Witkin
Savior of the Primates (New Mexico)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,810
123
Christopher Williams
Tenebrionidae, Asbolus verrucosus, Death Feigning Beetle Silver Lake, California
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $11,430
124
Nan Goldin
Simon on the Subway. NYC.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $4,445
125
Mark Morrisroe
Pre-Nympho Pia, Young Pia Howard (Nude in Bathtub)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
126
Tracey Moffatt
Useless, 1974 from the series Scarred for Life
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
127
Douglas Gordon
Tattoo I
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,302
128
Jack Pierson
Angel Youth from the portfolio Angel Youth
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $4,445
129
Cindy Sherman
Two works: (i) Untitled (Doctor) and (ii) Untitled (Nurse)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,985
130
John Stezaker
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,270
131
Paul Graham
Graffiti on Phonebox, Belfast from the series Troubled Land
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
132
David Hockney
Sur Le Motif from the portfolio Twenty Photographic Pictures
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
133
Sol LeWitt
Irregular Form
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,985
134
Sol LeWitt
Irregular Form
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,302
135
Sol LeWitt
Loops & Curves
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,985
136
Richard Wyatt Jr.
Thelonious Monk
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
137
Wolf Kahn
Autumn in the American South
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
138
Charles Avery
"What them dogs don't know they know"
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
139
Lari Pittman
Counting to confront one's fatigue
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,985
140
David Salle
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $8,255
141
Natalie Frank
Measuring Her Neck (Story of O)
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Sold for $6,350
142No Reserve
Ginny Bishton
Walking, In Circles
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $254
143
Marcel Dzama
Four works: (i) Lovers; (ii–iii) Untitled; (iv) Was kostet der Eintritt?
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,445
144
Sarah Morris
Death Trap
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
145
Sarah Morris
Mystery Woman
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
146No Reserve
Aya Uekawa
Manshon
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $1,207
147
Jack Pierson
Tremble + hush
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
148No Reserve
Yun-Fei Ji
Three Figures
Estimate $600 - 800 •
Sold for $3,048
149No Reserve
Paul Sietsema
Untitled
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 •
Sold for $1,207
150No Reserve
Paul Sietsema
Untitled (from 16mm film still)
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $508

20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction

17 - 26 July 2023

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Michiel Ceulers

The degenerated instinct which turns against life

20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction