Provenance
Modern Art, London
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 2006)
Sotheby’s, New York, May 10, 2012, lot 497
Private Collection, Palm Beach
Joshua Kodner Auctions, Dania Beach, January 30, 2021, lot 70
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

117

Nigel Cooke

Pyroclastic Fever

signed, titled and dated "NIGEL COOKE 'PYROCLASTIC FEVER' 2002 Nigel Cooke" on the overlap
oil on canvas
60 1/2 x 84 1/2 in. (153.7 x 214.6 cm)
Painted in 2002.

Estimate
$25,000 - 35,000

Contact Specialist

Avery Semjen

Head of Sale, New Now

212 940 1207

asemjen@phillips.com

New Now

New York Auction 9 March 2022

1
Sarah Slappey
Yellow Touch
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $100,800
2
GaHee Park
Still Life with Fish
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $126,000
3
Jordy Kerwick
Untitled 7
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $201,600
4
Angela Heisch
Adult Resting on a Flower
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $50,400
5
Alex Gardner
The Horrors of Downward Mobility
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $107,100
6
Ivy Haldeman
Close Up, Reader, Tongue, Foot Up
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $81,900
7
Robert Nava
Vision Probably Rabies
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $138,600
8
Vaughn Spann
Dalmatian (Desert Storm) (No. 6)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $151,200
9
Stanley Whitney
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $176,400
10
Derrick Adams
You've Been Served
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $78,120
11
Genieve Figgis
Romeo and Juliet on a Horse
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $163,800
12
Portia Zvavahera
Ndapfugama Wani
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $163,800
13
Milo Matthieu
Mislead Youth
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $56,700
14
Marcellina Akpojotor
A Beautiful Day (Kasiena's diary)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $60,480
15
Olivier Souffrant
To Pimp a Generation
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $47,880
16
Shaina McCoy
Stuntin' Like My Daddy
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $56,700
17
Oluwole Omofemi
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $35,280
18
Simphiwe Ndzube
Eel-Head
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $27,720
19
Susumu Kamijo
The Longest Afternoon
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $69,300
20
Firelei Báez
Crewel
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $59,220
21
Ángeles Agrela
Retrato n° 66
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $56,700
22
Jenna Gribbon
Sentiment / Sediment
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $88,200
23
Anthony Cudahy
Ian with Knots
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $83,160
24
Jonathan Lyndon Chase
sheet music
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $32,760
25
Caleb Hahne Quintana
Autumn
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $32,760
26
Sayre Gomez
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $32,760
27
Rebecca Ness
Argument
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $13,860
28
Hernan Bas
Study for Listening Party
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $65,520
29
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $100,800
30
Erik Parker
Out of the Ark
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $94,500
31
Eddie Martinez
I Feel Alright
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $352,800
32
KAWS
Two works: (i) T.N.O.N.-Y; (ii) T.N.O.N.-F
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $226,800
33
Umar Rashid (Frohawk Two Feathers)
Is there heaven for a collaborator/ colonizer? The Ballad of Hernan. (Or, Mission Control).
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $23,940
34
This lot is no longer available.
35
Patrick Alston
Three Fifths
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,860
36
Oscar Murillo
definitive 45
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $94,500
37
Rafa Macarrón
Naturaleza Muerta 1
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $189,000
38
Jonathan Chapline
After Bronzino
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $107,100
39
Ye Linghan
Lucy-S-007
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $63,000
40
Sascha Braunig
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $27,720
41
Caitlin Keogh
The Extremes of Contrary Passions Are with Little Variation Expressed by the Same Action
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $32,760
42
Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne
Bestander
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $35,280
43
Isshaq Ismail
Brown Face 6
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $126,000
44
This lot is no longer available.
45
Wonder Buhle Mbambo
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $9,450
46
Marcus Leslie Singleton
Winding Abyss // Have We Met?
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,788
47
Godwin Champs Namuyimba
Same Black Laser
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $17,640
48
Igshaan Adams
Surah Al-Kafiroon II (part two)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $30,240
49
Thomas Houseago
Machine mask (Constructed Face) I
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $107,100
50
Theaster Gates
Stand-Ins for a Period of Wreckage 18
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,120
51
Angel Otero
The Bird and the Brut
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $81,900
52
Mary Heilmann
The Secret
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $113,400
53
Richard Lin
Painting Relief August 1966
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
54
Ed Clark
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $163,800
55
Sam Gilliam
Yellow Tower and Square
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $50,400
56
Ralph Humphrey
Year
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
58
Louise Fishman
Violets for My Furs
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $88,200
59
Joyce Pensato
Inner Spirit
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $30,240
60
Jules Olitski
Hot Weave
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $108,360
61
Jules Olitski
Radical Love - 28
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,720
62
Bob Thompson
Adam and Eve
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $94,500
63
Bob Thompson
Nativity Scene
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $107,100
64
Grace Hartigan
The Creeks
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $113,400
65
Henri Matisse
Femme assise au Bocal de Poissons
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $60,480
66
George Grosz
Female Nude, Cape Cod
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
67
Sam Francis
Vert Francaise
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $22,680
68
Sam Francis
Tokyo Sketch Book
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
69
Sol LeWitt
Irregular Grid
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $17,640
70
Robert Motherwell
In Yellow Ochre with Two Blues
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
71
Alex Katz
Two works: (i) Untitled (Lilies) 1; (ii) Untitled (Lilies) 2
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $113,400
72
John Altoon
Flower (Male); Flower (Female)
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
73
Jim Dine
Bronze Heart #1
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $69,300
74
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $151,200
75
A.R. Penck
Standart—Zeit des großen Betruges
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $56,700
76
Larry Rivers
Throwaway Dress: New York to Nairobi
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $31,500
77
Seymour Lipton
Night Bloom
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $30,240
78
Sir Anthony Caro, O.M, R.A.
Gold Block II
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,680
79
Mark di Suvero
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,380
80
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $103,320
81
Ursula von Rydingsvard
Spoon Shovel
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,710
82No Reserve
Hannah Wilke
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $8,190
83
Chloe Wise
American Classic
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $9,450
84
Shio Kusaka
Two works: (white 80); (white 81)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $26,460
85
Karin Gulbran
The Budding Branch
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,520
86
Tony Matelli
Bust
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,200
87
Marc Swanson
Untitled (Black Ram)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
88
Matthew Day Jackson
Always Anyone, Anywhere, Anything, Anytime and for Any Reason
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,600
89
Sanford Biggers
Banneker
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $138,600
90
Hank Willis Thomas
Remember Me
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,900
91
Josh Sperling
Freezer Burn
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,400
92
Daniel Arsham
Patch 15
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $75,600
93
Pamela Rosenkranz
Express Nothing (Peachy Beige Smart Water)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $35,280
94
Lucy Dodd
Varkala (Beyond Hippy)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $35,280
95
Ethan Cook
Untitled (Begin in one corner)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $50,400
96
Sue Williams
2 Greens with Sable
Estimate $20,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,800
97
Peter Halley
Bronze Prison
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $69,300
98
Julia Chiang
Stunned
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,160
99
Jordan Wolfson
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $47,880
100
Sarah Meyohas
Body Central Corp. on January 22, 2016
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,600
101
Jordy Kerwick
12/12
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $13,860
102
Jonathan Lyndon Chase
Back Seat Views
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,560
103
Jonathan Lyndon Chase
Dance Dress in the Dark
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,340
104
Chris Ofili
Two works: (i-ii) Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $32,760
105
Nicolas Party
Landscape
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $69,300
106
Nina Chanel Abney
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,900
107
Peter Halley
Untitled (6/21/96.4)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $25,200
108
SoiL Thornton
Three works: (i) Avante Sky, S for Science?; (ii) How Many Good Pauls Do You Know; (iii) Read the Wet
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,900
109
Sterling Ruby
Candles (Exercise in Obsessive)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,200
110
Javier Calleja
Always Wrong
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $31,500
111
Eddie Martinez
Mad Ball Moment
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,120
112
Walton Ford
Compassion
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $36,540
113
Ella Kruglyanskaya
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,970
114
Guy Yanai
Growth (Plant With No Pot)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $23,940
115
Alex Israel & Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $52,920
116
Anj Smith
Solid Geometry
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $27,720
117
Nigel Cooke
Pyroclastic Fever
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
118
Rene Ricard
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $20,160
119
Wade Guyton
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $17,640
120
Lorna Simpson
Three Part Soul
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
121
Camille Henrot
Untitled (Tropics of Love series)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $27,720
122No Reserve
Tyler Hays
Bather 07
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000 •
Sold for $11,340
123No Reserve
Luis Gispert
Only Built For… II
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $15,120
124
Juan Muñoz
The Crossroads Cabinets: March
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $163,800
125
Abraham Cruzvillegas
El Niño
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,900
126
Iran do Espírito Santo
Buraco de Fechadura (Key Hole)
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $25,200
127
Maria Nepomuceno
sem título
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,600
128
Waltercio Caldas
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
129
This lot is no longer available.
130
Arturo Herrera
One Time (Orange)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,240
131
Ernesto Neto
TorçoQuadro Brown
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $16,380
132
Loló Soldevilla
Sin título
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $28,980
133
Loló Soldevilla
Sin título
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $11,340
134
Sandú Darié
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
135
Allora & Calzadilla
Charcoal Dance Floor
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $32,760
136
Torben Giehler
Fifth Element
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,340
137
Caetano de Almeida
Tejo
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
138
Victor Vasarely
Cheyt Stri
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $59,220
139
Enoc Pérez
Untitled (Iris Chacón, Paul McCartney)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
140
Los Carpinteros
Puente para reflejar II
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $12,600
141
Gabriel Orozco
Plaster Paper (1)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,120
142
Mira Schendel
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,820
143
Lucas Samaras
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,190
144
Georg Baselitz
Ohne Titel (Strandbild)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $21,420
145
Mike Kelley
Neo-Romantic
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $44,100
146
Hilary Harkness
Le Classique des Noeuds
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
147
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (THE MAID WAS SO NERVOUS SERVING DINNER THAT HER HANDS WERE TREMBLING AS SHE PAINTED THIS.)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $27,720
148
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (Nearer and nearer, as He felt, to where He should see ships burn. CROSS AND HAVE DONE WITH IT, YOU ARE SAFE — AND I AM DESOLATE.)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
149
Eric Fischl
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,120
150
Richard Prince
Suicide Bed Joke
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $3,276
151
Gert and Uwe Tobias
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,970
152
Jakub Julian Ziółkowski
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,340
153
Paulina Olowska
From Idea to Baryshnikov
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,600
154
Jonathan Meese
Getreidemutter
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $18,900
155
Thomas Scheibitz
Hercules
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,120
156
Chéri Samba
Je suis le meme mais…je ne suis plus le meme
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,200
157
Friedrich Kunath
Frühling und Schicksal (Spring and Fate)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,240
158
Stephan Balkenhol
Harlequin
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $35,280
159No Reserve
Tom Friedman
Inside Out
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000 •
Sold for $6,300
160
Urs Fischer
CROOKER / CREAGH / CRANOR / CRANER
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
161
Aaron Curry
Pipe with Man Smoking Spitwad (for RH)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $20,160
162
Michail Pirgelis
Gol
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $8,820
163
Will Ryman
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
164
Claudia Comte
Tubes 4 (O, i, n)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,450
165
This lot is no longer available.
166
Rebecca Horn
Le papillon du divin marquis
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $35,280
167
Rita Ackermann
MENTALIST
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
168
Matthew Day Jackson
A Brief History in Time
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
169
Joe Zucker
Spider #2A
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
170
Paul Anthony Smith
When Sounds Clash
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,860
171
Louise Lawler
Blurry Koons (Buster)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,860
172
Nan Goldin
Bruce and Philippe on the beach, Truro, MA
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,450
173
Vik Muniz
Bloody Marilyn from the series After Warhol
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $56,700
174
Doug Starn and Mike Starn
Water Moon Guanyin 2
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
175
Zoe Leonard
Untitled, Paris
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,560
176
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Arctic Ocean, Nord Kapp
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,200
177
Wolfgang Tillmans
Lighter, red/black IV
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $52,920
178
Wolfgang Tillmans
paper drop (red)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $23,940
179
Christopher Williams
"Valentine" typewriter, 1969, plastic (ABS); design Ettore Sottsass jun., Perry King; manufacture Ing. C. Olivetti & Co. S.p.A., Italy; h 11.5 cm, inv.no. V6.3-393; August 26, 1996 (Nr. 1–4)
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $52,920
180
Tony Oursler
Cherry Nokia
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
181
Petra Cortright
aaapornstars_frogcam2/fubu
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,900
182
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Untitled (Painting with history)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $47,880
183
Alex Hubbard
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $21,420
184
Wang Yigang
T24
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $56,700
185
Jin Meyerson
Survival Kit
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $47,880
186
Felix R. Cid
Untitled (First Day on the Med or Pablo #3)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $88,200
187
Natalie Frank
Brothel
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $10,080
188
Wyatt Kahn
Peeper
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $21,420
189
Lucien Smith
Hot sun, salt in her hair - Cavit's Cove
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $35,280
190
Lucien Smith
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,560
191
Christian Rosa
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $21,420
192
Israel Lund
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $16,380
193
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet
Untitled (Fugue XXXI)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $37,800
194
Alex Becerra
Woman with Tuba
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $16,380
195
Math Bass
Newz!
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,710

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Nigel Cooke

Pyroclastic Fever

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