Philip Taaffe

Composition with Gemstones

signed, titled and dated "COMPOSITION WITH GEMSTONES Philip Taaffe 2001" on the reverse
mixed media on canvas
85 x 61 1/2 in. (215.9 x 156.2 cm.)
Executed in 2001.

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000

Sold for $106,250

Contact Specialist
John McCord
Head of Day Sale
New York
+1 212 940 1261

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York Auction 17 May 2017

101
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $68,750
102
Shara Hughes
I don't Deserve These Flowers
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $37,500
103
Matt Connors
Summer-Record
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $27,500
104
Kerry James Marshall
Drawing (Two Heads) (Study for Vignette)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $100,000
105
Latifa Echakhch
Tambour 62'
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $93,750
106
Julia Wachtel
Landscape No. 13 (backyard)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $68,750
107
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
Ceviche and Peruvian Meat
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $23,750
108
Derek Fordjour
Untitled (Girl with trophy)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,125
109
Seth Price
Olive Graphics
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
110
Michael Williams
Code Nude
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $25,000
111
Cory Arcangel
Photoshop CS: 60 by 60 inches, 300 DPI, RGB, square pixels, default gradient "Blue, Yellow, Blue", mousedown y=15000 x=2130, mouseup y=4680 x=3570; photoshop tool "Wand", click= y=9120 x=4780, tolerance=30; default gradient "Spectrum", mousedown y=8790 x=1410, mouseup y=10770 x=16230
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $106,250
112
Rob Pruitt
Suicide Painting XXV
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
113
Danh Vo
We The People (detail)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $87,500
114
Carol Bove
YES! THIS DAMN UNIVERSE!
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $112,500
115
Shahzia Sikander
Elusive Realities #1
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $20,000
116
Christian Marclay
Actions (Splash, Blorsht, Bllb on blue)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $43,750
117
Joe Bradley
Standing Figure (Robot)
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
118
Joe Bradley
PIG
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
119
Laura Owens
Untitled
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $346,000
120
Joe Bradley
Untitled (Human Form)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $56,250
121
Wade Guyton
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $62,500
122
Sue Williams
Frequencies
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $43,750
123
Jim Hodges
AGAIN? (TRA LA LA LA LA)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $56,250
124
Josh Smith
Untitled (JSP10176)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
125
Sam Gilliam
Tholos Revisited VIII
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $47,500
126
Christopher Wool
Untitled
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $137,500
127
Urs Fischer
CROOKER / CREAGH / CRANOR / CRANER
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
128
Urs Fischer
SMITH / JOHNSON / WILLIAMS / JONES
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
129
Tim Gardner
Untitled (Nick: Bachelor's)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
130
Mark Bradford
Soccer Ball Bag 1
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $112,500
131
Thomas Houseago
Spoon V
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $93,750
132
Piotr Uklański
The Nazis (Set B with 41 works)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $250,000
133
Richard Prince
Untitled (Picasso)
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $175,000
134
Thomas Houseago
Oxford Mask
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $35,000
135
Thomas Houseago
Dumb Head
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $37,500
136
Sam Durant
No Lie Can Live Forever
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
137
Iván Navarro
Esto es Malo
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $47,500
138
Jeff Elrod
Coyanosa
Estimate $80,000 - 150,000
Sold for $162,500
139
Jeff Elrod
Code-Act
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
140
Laura Owens
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
141
Pat Steir
Ice #2
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $274,000
142
Lisa Yuskavage
Rubble
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $286,000
143
Mike Kelley
Physiological Landscape
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
144
John Wesley
Rain With No Floor
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $93,750
145
William Kentridge
9 Films
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $187,500
146
William Kentridge
Porter Series: Géographie des Hebreux ou Tableau de la dispersion des Enfants de Noë
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $93,750
147
Terry Winters
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
148
Philip Taaffe
Composition with Gemstones
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $106,250
149
Francis Alÿs
Lovers
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $23,750
150
William Kentridge
Circle, cone, cube
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $162,500
151
Tony Cragg
Elliptical Column
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $586,000
152
Michael Bevilacqua
Surface to Air
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
153
David Ostrowski
F (A thing is a thing in a whole which it's not)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $25,000
154
Stefan Brüggemann
Puddle Painting (6) (Silver Dots)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $35,000
155
Ugo Rondinone
SIEBTEROKTOBERNEUNZEHHUNDERTNEUNUNDNEUNZIG (No. 162)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $30,000
156
Erwin Wurm
Hypnosis
Estimate $35,000 - 50,000
Sold for $60,000
157
Maurizio Cattelan
Untitled (Joseph Beuys Suit)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $62,500
158
Alighiero Boetti
La Persona e Il Personaggio
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $37,500
159
Alighiero Boetti
Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’ Invenzione (3)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
160
Ugo Rondinone
yellow blue red mountain
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $52,500
161
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $81,250
162
A.R. Penck
TTT (RT) 2
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $298,000
163
Jack Pierson
Self Portrait #1
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,750
164
Olafur Eliasson
The Earthquake Series
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,000
165
Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (CR.CY and Cream Butterfly Blonde Butterfly Drawing in Two Parts)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $93,750
166
Richard Prince
Untitled (Cowboy)
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $370,000
167
Donald Judd
Untitled
Estimate $400,000 - 500,000
Sold for $790,000
168
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $322,000
169
Lucio Fontana
Concetto spaziale, Attese
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $418,000
170
James Rosenquist
Paramus
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $394,000
171
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $1,450,000
172
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $394,000
173
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $394,000
174
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $394,000
175
Ed Ruscha
Nightmares and Migraines
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $370,000
176
Robert Rauschenberg
Pegasits/ROCI USA (Wax Fire Works)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $87,500
177
Roy Lichtenstein
Water Lilies Tapestry (Study)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $106,250
178
Andy Warhol
Oberkassel 1
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $225,000
179
Robert Rauschenberg
Prime-Run (Slide)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $85,000
180
Robert Rauschenberg
Orange Float (Anagram)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $85,000
181
Andy Warhol
Flowers (Black and White)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $47,500
182
Andy Warhol
Diet Soft Drinks
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $56,250
183
Andy Warhol
Still Life
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
184
Andy Warhol
Seated Male
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,000
185
Andy Warhol
Two works: (i) Peacock; (ii) Peacock
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,500
186
Andy Warhol
Three works: (i) Flowers – Yellow and Pink; (ii) Paisley; (iii) Floral Design
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
187
Andy Warhol
Cells
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $27,500
188
Andy Warhol
Cells
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $22,500
189
Andy Warhol
Still Life (Flowers)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,000
190
Ed Ruscha
Three Works: (i) Vowel #54 (E); (ii) Vowel #86 (Y); (iii) Vowel #59 (E)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
191
Keith Haring
Self Portrait
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $162,500
192
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $322,000
193
Richard Pettibone
Marcel Duchamp, 'Bicycle Wheel', 1913-1964
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
194
Richard Pettibone
Marcel Duchamp, "Belle Haleine: Eau de Voilette", 1921 (violet)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $21,250
195
Richard Pettibone
Duchamp Profile
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $30,000
196
Richard Pettibone
Le petit blanc
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $43,750
197
Richard Pettibone
Thumb Print; Camera and Brush; Ingres, The Princess de Broglie, 1853, Detail; Scribbling; Vermeer, Woman Studying at a Virginal, 1670s, Detail; and Scribbling
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $37,500
198
Richard Pettibone
Brice Marden and Robert Morris
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
199
Richard Pettibone
Jasper Johns, "Tennyson"
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
200
Neil Jenney
Atmospheric Formation
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $81,250
201
Neil Jenney
Atmospheric Formation
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $75,000
202
Yoshitomo Nara
White Night Cat
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $162,500
203
Yayoi Kusama
Meditation
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
Sold for $670,000
204
Kumi Sugaï
SOYOKAZÉ
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
205
Yayoi Kusama
Nets 30
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $156,250
206
Yayoi Kusama
Swamp
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $118,750
207
Yayoi Kusama
Upward Vision (No. 1)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $125,000
208
Jiro Takamatsu
Shadow No. 1442
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $298,000
209
Jiro Takamatsu
No. 234
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $200,000
210
Louise Bourgeois
Figure
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
211
Louise Bourgeois
Rondeau for L
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
212
Willem de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $286,000
213
Lee Lozano
Untitled (Penis Thumb, Splayed Hand, Hairy Palm)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $26,250
214
Brice Marden
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
215
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $346,000
216
Richard Serra
Stratum G
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $218,750
217
Dan Flavin
untitled (to Ileana and Michael Sonnabend)
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $346,000
218
James Turrell
Untitled (XC)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $60,000
219
Dan Flavin
untitled (for Prudence and her new baby) a
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $200,000
220
Richard Artschwager
Apartment House
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $100,000
221
John Chamberlain
SOFTENEDBYSNOW
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
222
Carl Andre
Intimate
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $27,500
223
Carl Andre
POETICAL ECONOMY
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
224
Carl Andre
Wood Saw-Cut Exercise
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $162,500
225
Carl Andre
Al 4 Blocks
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,000
226
Frank Stella
Wake Island Rail
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $87,500
227
Victor Vasarely
GESALT-SIN
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $81,250
228
Allan D'Arcangelo
Landscape
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000
229
Robert Longo
Study of Tiger Head 18
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $162,500
230
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (#99)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
231
Louise Lawler
Black Cat
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
232
Louise Lawler
This Picture Is The Same Size As The Painting I Was Asked To Photograph
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $37,500
233
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (Film Still #41)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
234
Cindy Sherman
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,000
235
Laurie Simmons
Bending Globe
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $77,500
236
Jack Goldstein
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
237
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (#170)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $45,000
238
Cindy Sherman
Untitled (#174)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
239
Jean Dubuffet
Site avec 6 personnages (E 163)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $237,500
240
Richard Pousette-Dart
Window de la Grange
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $231,250
241
Louise Nevelson
Dawn's Landscape XLIV
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $514,000
242
Helen Frankenthaler
London Memos
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
243
Adolph Gottlieb
Plus
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
244
Lyonel Feininger
Sky Space
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
245
Henry Moore
Page from Sketchbook: Two Sculptural Figures on Green Background
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
246
Jean Tinguely
M.A.T.
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
247
Manolo Valdés
Reina Mariana
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $77,500
248
Sol LeWitt
Irregular Curves
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $11,875
249
Alexander Calder
Sculpture in the City
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $93,750
250
Friedel Dzubas
On Ochre
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $40,000
251
Esteban Vicente
Overhead
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $56,250
252
Ronald Bladen
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $10,000
253
Saul Steinberg
Certified Landscapes
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
254
Christopher Williams
Nikkor W300 mm f/5.6 with No. 3 shutter 1:5.6 Product Aperture f/64 Product Number 1320 NAS Serial Number 780612 Large Format Camera Lens. Photography by the Douglas M. Parker Studio, Glendale, California. August 2, 2005
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000
255
Thomas Ruff
17h 58m/-25°
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
256
Thomas Struth
Paradise 6, Daintree/Australien
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $56,250
257
This lot is no longer available.
258
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (Bud Man)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,750
259
Adam Fuss
Untitled (Snake Trails Thru Medium)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
260
Anne Collier
Studio Floor #1 (Marylin)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $30,000
261
Doug Aitken
over the ocean
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
262
Wang Qingsong
Heaven
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,000
263
Zhang Huan
To Add One Meter to an Anonymous Mountain
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $15,000
264
Vik Muniz
Day of the Gods (Mahana No Atua), After Gauguin (from Pictures of Pigment)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $100,000
265
Vik Muniz
Floor Scrapers, after Gustave Caillebotte from Pictures of Magazines 2
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
266
Vik Muniz
Woman I, After de Kooning (Pictures of Magazines 2)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $47,500
267
Deborah Kass
Six Red Barbras (Jewish Jackie Series)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
268
Ryan Sullivan
April 15, 2011
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $20,000
269
Brad Kahlhamer
U.S.A w/ Trees
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $13,750
270
Walton Ford
Guilty Sow
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $27,500
271
Jim Shaw
Dream Object (Mike Gonzales and I were at Larry's Studio)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,250
272
Chie Fueki
Significant Moment
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,750
273
Hernan Bas
Faced with infinite he reloaded his rifle
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $52,500
274
Ethan Cook
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,250
275
Ida Ekblad
Jealousy
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $22,500
276
Francesco Clemente
Women and Men #13
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
277
Ed Ruscha
S
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $150,000
278
Eric Fischl
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $18,750
279
Alex Katz
Nessia
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
280
Kendell Geers
Cardiac Arrest VIX
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $16,250
281
Franz West
Two Works: (i-ii) Privat-Lampe des Künstlers II
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $22,500
282
Tom Sachs
Chanel Surfboard No. 1
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $87,500
283
Jeff Koons
Seated Ballerina
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $81,250
284
Jeff Koons
Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $50,000
285
Gerhard Richter
Haggadah (P2)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $43,750

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York Auction 17 May 2017

Provenance

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Philip Taaffe

Composition with Gemstones

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale