Provenance
Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Private Collection, New York
Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, May 12, 2006, lot 269
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

387

Pat Steir

The Austria Group No. 1

signed with the artist's initials and dated "PS 91" lower left
tempera, ink and pencil on paper laid on canvas
61 x 61 in. (154.9 x 154.9 cm.)
Executed in 1991.

Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000

Sold for $62,500

Contact Specialist
Rebekah Bowling
Head of Day Sale, Afternoon Session
New York
+ 1 212 940 1250
rbowling@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 14 November 2018

301
Harold Ancart
Grand Bambou
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $75,000
302
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $81,250
303
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $93,750
304
Ann Craven
Stepping Out With Cherries
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $36,250
305
Petra Cortright
password angelfire
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,500
306
Kai Althoff
O.T.
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,500
307
Secundino Hernández
Untitled (SH.15.03)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $150,000
308
Derek Fordjour
No. 36
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $37,500
309
Mark Bradford
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
310
Tomoo Gokita
Club Mature
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $807,000
311
Tomoo Gokita
A Suspect
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $87,500
312
George Condo
The Athlete
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $150,000
313
KAWS
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $125,000
314
KAWS
AT THIS TIME
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $150,000
315
Alex Da Corte
Untitled (DIE REM)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
316
Adam Pendleton
Four Works: (i) History (Lab 01 Red); (ii) History (People Yellow); (iii) History (So I White); (iv) History ('68 Grey)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $31,250
317
Richard Prince
Free Love #233
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $471,000
318
Takashi Murakami
Kurage-bo
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $150,000
319
Takashi Murakami
Hey! We are skulls
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
320
Jonas Wood
Chico
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
321
Jonas Wood
Shadow Collage
Estimate $100,000 - 200,000
Sold for $200,000
322
George Condo
Eric Dolphy
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $150,000
323
Glenn Ligon
Untitled (I Live on My Shadow)
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $200,000
324
Nick Cave
Soundsuit
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $62,500
325
Danh Vo
We the People (Detail)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $168,750
326
Ellen Gallagher
Counterfit
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $175,000
327
Wade Guyton
Untitled
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
328
Sol LeWitt
Wall Drawing #408 A-E
Stars with four, five, six, seven, and eight points on black, blue, red, yellow, and gray walls, respectively. The stars are the white of the wall.
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $237,500
329
Sol LeWitt
Wall Drawing #1002 Splat
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $150,000
330
Sol LeWitt
Folding Screen: B-7 Asymmetrical Pyramid
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
331
Robert Mangold
Untitled
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
332
John McCracken
12-III
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $137,500
333
Dan Flavin
untitled
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $237,500
334
Dan Flavin
untitled
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
335
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $275,000
336
Richard Tuttle
26th Line Piece
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,000
337
Robert Gober
Untitled (Red Shoe)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $62,500
338
Doris Salcedo
Untitled
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $435,000
339
Antony Gormley
Lift III
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $337,500
340
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
341
Alan Saret
Spring Nickel Network
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $47,500
342
Pat Steir
Top of Niagara Daylight Waterfall
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $471,000
343
Tunga
Revolution
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
344
David Salle
Nadar's Grey
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $495,000
345
A.R. Penck
Figure and two eyes
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $40,000
346
A.R. Penck
Eagle and figure
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $38,750
347
Enzo Cucchi
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
348
Günther Förg
Two Works: (i-ii) 9 Farben (From a Series of 40 Unique Color Paintings)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $68,750
349
Heimo Zobernig
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,500
350
Heimo Zobernig
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $77,500
351
Joe Bradley
Top Hat Trick
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $125,000
352
Herbert Brandl
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $75,000
353
Per Kirkeby
Querschnitt
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $212,500
354
Celia Paul
Interior, Night
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
355
Terry Winters
Model System
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
356
Richard Prince
Untitled
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $225,000
357
Christopher Wool
Untitled
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $137,500
358
Lynda Benglis
Three works: (i) Racer Series: Sugal; (ii) Racer Series: Kiss; (iii) Racer Series: Sprite
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $56,250
359
Sherrie Levine
Small Check: 6
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $68,750
360
Cindy Sherman
Untitled Film Still #64
Estimate $220,000 - 280,000
361
John Baldessari
Airplanes / Parachutes
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $193,750
362
Hank Willis Thomas
Zero Hour (from Wayfarer)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $50,000
363
Ana Mendieta
Untitled: Silueta Series, Iowa
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
364
Catherine Opie
Untitled #7 (Icehouses)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $20,000
365
Anne Collier
Questions (Evidence)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,500
366
Christopher Williams
Untitled Focal length: 180mm Aperture: f/5.6 Image ratio: 2:1 Distance lens to focal plane: 27cm Distance film layer to focal plane: 81cm Bellows extension: 36cm Depth of field: 1.932mm Studio Rhein Verlag, Düsseldorf, August 13, 2016
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000
367
Christopher Williams
AFRI-COLA (ASHTRAY), MANUFACTURER: E. & A. BÖCKLING, 6956 NEUDENAU, GERMANY, DATE OF PRODUCTION 1980 - 1989, PHOTOGRAPHY BY THE DOUGLAS M. PARKER STUDIO, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 26, 2005. (NR. 1 & 2)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
368
Roni Horn
Doubt by Water (Who)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $75,000
369
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Yellow Sea, Cheju
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $47,500
370
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Lake Superior, Cascade River
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $81,250
371
Florian Maier-Aichen
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
372
Vera Lutter
View of Cleveland Flats (V Crittenden Court Apartments, 955 W. St. Clair Ave., 18th Floor, July 6, 1997)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
373
Wolfgang Tillmans
Lucca gradation
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $11,875
374
Wolfgang Tillmans
8407-27
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $25,000
375
Vik Muniz
Floor Scrapers, after Gustave Caillebotte from Pictures of Magazines 2
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $25,000
376
Vik Muniz
The Raft of the Medusa, after Géricault from Pictures of Chocolate
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
377
Andreas Gursky
Zurich Bankproject no. 8
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $65,000
378
Thomas Ruff
Nudes ye26
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $35,000
379
Richard Prince
Untitled (Portrait)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $68,750
380
Mike Kelley
The Divided House of Faith and Reason
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $81,250
381
Cady Noland
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
382
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
383
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $100,000
384
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Dog Shit in the Head of the Pope
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $87,500
385
Jeff Koons
Untitled (Study for Vacuum Cleaner Sculpture)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
386
Jeff Koons
Mychal
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,000
387
Pat Steir
The Austria Group No. 1
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $62,500
388
Yoshitomo Nara
UKIYO
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $100,000
389
Kehinde Wiley
Investiture of Bishop Harold Study, Variation II
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $23,750
390
George Condo
Cardinal with Three Emeralds
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000
391
Marlene Dumas
Manly Struggles
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $18,750
392
Elizabeth Peyton
Julian (Grey)
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $35,000
393
A.R. Penck
Four Works: (i-iv) Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $20,000
394
Albert Oehlen
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,500
395
Georg Baselitz
Mann mit gestrecktem Arm
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $36,250
396
Sterling Ruby
Stellar Cannibals
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $75,000
397
Mark Grotjahn
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
398
Anish Kapoor
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $106,250
399
Tomma Abts
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $10,000
400
Ken Price
Rock Cup
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
401
Jonathan Lasker
Where Things Can Be
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $17,500
402
Barry McGee
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
403
John Dogg
Untitled (covered tire)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
404
This lot is no longer available.
405
Nigel Cooke
The New Moderns
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $60,000
406
Kiki Smith
Butterfly Head
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $56,250
407
David Altmejd
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
408
Jaume Plensa
Anna VI
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $250,000
409
Dan Rees
Artex Painting
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $35,000
410
Kon Trubkovich
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $35,000
411
Hernan Bas
The Giant (Caved Wellars)
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $112,500
412
Rob Pruitt
Summer
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
413
Juan Muñoz
Three Figure Balcony
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
414
Robert Graham
Elisa
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
415
Julio Larraz
His Last Dream, 29 July
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $112,500
416
Tomás Saraceno
12 Space Elevator
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
417
Teresita Fernández
Quiet Ice (Blue)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $93,750
418
Pae White
Poelia
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
419
Nabil Nahas
Untitled (Red Sea #4)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,000
420
Harmony Korine
Burst Manny
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $32,500
421
Ghada Amer
The Dance on Red Rhythm
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
422
David Zink Yi
Neusilber (New Silver)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $20,000
423
Zhang Huan
American Flag No. 7
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $175,000
424
Mr.
Penyo-Henyo Pyopyo Edition
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $43,750
425
Invader
BXL_08
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $68,750
426
Max Frintrop
untitled (Rai Uno)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
427
Christian Rosa
Hell on earth
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
428
Hugh Scott-Douglas
Chopped Bill
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
429
Louis Eisner
Danish Standard VI (I)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
430
Tomoo Gokita
Health Care
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $20,000
431
Jonas Lund
Auction
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,500
432
Ugo Rondinone
Seven Small Mountains
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $47,500
433
Jeff Koons
Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $32,500

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale,...

New York Auction 14 November 2018

Provenance

387

Pat Steir

The Austria Group No. 1

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session