Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
Exhibited
Lausanne, Claude Verdan Foundation, Human Skin, 2011
New York, Chelsea Art Museum, Naples PAN Dangerous Beauty, 2007
Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fashion Accidentally, 2007
Literature
Carlos Kuri, Nicola Costantino, Berlin, 2013, pp. 36-37 (illustrated)

103

Nicola Costantino

Male Nipples Hermès Handbags, Kelly (from the series 'Human Furriery')

leather and silicone
14 1/2 x 12 x 6 5/8 in. (36.8 x 30.5 x 16.8 cm)
Executed in 2006

Estimate
$5,000 - 7,000

Sold for $6,250

Contact Specialist
Kaeli Deane
Head of Sale, Latin American Art
New York
+1 212 940 1352

Latin America

New York Auction 22 November 2016

1
Los Carpinteros
El barrio
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,000
2
Alfredo Jaar
Embrace
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
3
Os Gêmeos
Untitled
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $310,000
4
Mariana Palma
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,000
5
Olga de Amaral
Moon Basket 14
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $81,250
6
Beatriz Milhazes
Untitled
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $250,000
7
Abraham Cruzvillegas
Observatorio oriente (Eastern Observatory)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
8
Damián Ortega
Unfolding/Flip Chair
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
9
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Physichromie No. 1020
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $430,000
10
Anna Maria Maiolino
Untitled (from the series 'Projetos Construidos')
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,000
11
Lygia Pape
Escultura (Sculpture)
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
12
Jorge Eielson
Amazonía
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $52,500
13
Willys de Castro
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
14
Mathias Goeritz
Mensaje
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
15
Leonora Carrington
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
16
Diego Rivera
Retrato de Marevna (Portrait of Marevna)
Estimate $800,000 - 1,200,000
Sold for $970,000
17
Diego Rivera
Dancer
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $22,500
18
Cândido Portinari
Colheita de Café (Coffee Harvest)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
19
Alfredo Ramos Martínez
La mujercita
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,000
20
Rufino Tamayo
Hombre y mano
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
21
Martín Ramírez
Untitled (Brown Fawn)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
22
Francisco Narváez
Cabeza de negro
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $75,000
23
Oswaldo Guayasamín
El Grito
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $131,250
24
Wifredo Lam
Midnight
Estimate $450,000 - 650,000
25
Mario Carreño
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $47,500
26
Mario Carreño
Untitled
Estimate $90,000 - 120,000
27
Loló Soldevilla
Homenaje a Theo V. Doesburg, Composición No. 7, Variación Las Tres Gracias
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $75,000
28
Wifredo Arcay
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $32,500
29
Sandú Darié
Untitled (Columna espacial)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,250
30
José Mijares
Lo Concreto en rojo
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $47,500
31
José Mijares
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $35,000
32
Pedro de Oraá
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $37,500
33
Salvador Corratgé
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $43,750
34
José Rosabal
Blanco y negro
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,750
35
Manuel Mendive
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
36
Alexandre Arrechea
Two works: i) Europe ii) At Dusk
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
37
Arnaldo Roche Rabell
High Tide
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
38
Matta
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $68,750
39
This lot is no longer available.
40
Sergio Hernández
San Miguel Arcángel
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
41
Guillermo Kuitca
Un taller para el joven Kuitca
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $62,500
42
Marina Rheingantz
Pelada Caipira
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $31,250
43
Erika Verzutti
Mira
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $15,000
44
Mira Schendel
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
45
Amilcar de Castro
Untitled (from the series 'Cut Sculpture')
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
46
Antonio Dias
Untitled
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $125,000
47
Tunga
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $68,750
48
Ernesto Neto
Bo Gen Landy Scap Egg, Dayli
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
49
José Damasceno
Natureza Morta Exercicio
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
50
Henrique Oliveira
Dois Fumos
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
51
León Ferrari
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
52
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Physichromie No. 606
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
53
Jesús Rafael Soto
Cuadrado virtual azul, con gris
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $274,000
54
Carlos Rojas
Untitled, (from the series 'Signos y señales')
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $13,750
55
Carlos Rojas
Untitled (from the series 'Ventanas')
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
56
Guillermo Kuitca
No. 17
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,875
57
Federico Herrero
Landscape
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,500
58
Federico Herrero
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
59
Jorge Piqueras
Mimetismo
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,375
60
Alfredo Jaar
Refugee (Water)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $60,000
61
Olga de Amaral
Poblado K
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
62
Freda Sargent
Mujer bajo la sombra
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
63
María Elvira Escallón
Untitled (from the series 'Nuevas Floras')
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,250
64
Monika Bravo
Studies for Landscape of Belief_Blueprint, NYC-BOG-CHI
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,750
65
Karen Paulina Biswell
Imamá (from the Series 'Nama Bu')
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
66
Ana Mercedes Hoyos
La Procesión
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $31,250
67
Luz Ángela Lizarazo
Y
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $10,000
68
Alicia Barney
Diario objeto (Série II)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
69
Clemencia Echeverri
Noctulo House Eco
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
70
Edgar Negret
Sol encajado
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $32,500
71
Omar Rayo
Washington Square
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
72
Julio Le Parc
Modulation 229 (Thème 67 a variation)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $37,500
73No Reserve
Antonio Berni
The Bishop
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $3,250
74
Antonio Asis
Vibración color
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
75
Judith Lauand
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $25,000
76
Luiz Zerbini
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
77
Rogelio Polesello
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
78
Carmelo Arden-Quin
Forme Blanche Relief
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
79
Eugenio Espinoza
H estilo impenetrable pequeño
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,250
80
Victor Grippo
A 17 grados de la vertical
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
81
Bosco Sodi
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $37,500
82
Simón Vega
Tropical Mercury Capsule Diagram (from the series 'Tropical Space Projects')
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,250
83
José Bedia
Más de lo mismo y uno de necio
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
84
Juan Roberto Diago
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,750
85
Julio Galán
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
86
Omar Rayo
Anatomy of Fall
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
87
Marco Maggi
Complete Coverage on Lewitt
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
88
León Ferrari
Carta a Torres-García
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
89
León Ferrari
Sombra
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
90
José Bedia
Otra estación
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $21,250
91
Tania Bruguera
El Peso de la culpa
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,500
92
Abel Barroso
ATM (Cajero automático)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
93
Tania Bruguera
Sunflowers III
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
94
Carlos Garaicoa
Two Works: i) Y nos obliga a volar en la misma direccion ii) Ese Silencio Ambiguo
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $22,500
95
Marcius Galan
Ponto Comum
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
96
Anna Maria Maiolino
Untitled (from the series 'Outras Marcas')
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
97
Darío Escobar
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
98
Santiago Sierra
Two works: i) <em>160 cm Line Tattooed on 4 People El Gallo Arte Contemporaneo. Salamanca, Spain. December 2000</em> (Línea de 160 cm tatuada sobre 4 personas El Gallo Arte Contemporáneo. Salamanca, España. Diciembre de 2000) ii) <em>Line of 30 cm Tattooed on a Remunerated Person # 51 Regina Street. Mexico City, Mexico. May 1998</em> (Línea de 30 cm Tatuada Sobre un Persona Remunerada Calle Regina, # 51. México D.F., México. Mayo de 1998)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
99
Jorge Pedro Núñez
Ritmocolor (EMI)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,000
100
José Antonio Hernández-Díez
Hegel
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
101
This lot is no longer available.
102
Daniel Senise
R. Silvio Romero, 34 DEZ/09 I
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
103
Nicola Costantino
Male Nipples Hermès Handbags, Kelly (from the series 'Human Furriery')
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
104
Ernesto Neto
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
105
Nelson Leirner
Figurativismo abstrato
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000

Latin America

New York Auction 22 November 2016

Provenance

Exhibited

Literature

103

Nicola Costantino

Male Nipples Hermès Handbags, Kelly (from the series 'Human Furriery')

Latin America