Pierre Bismuth

Black Painting (Elephant)

2005
oil on canvas
130 x 99.9 cm. (51 1/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
Signed, titled and dated '"Black Painting" (Elephant) Pierre Bismuth 2005' on the reverse. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

Estimate
£5,000 - 7,000 •♠

Sold for £1,250

Contact Specialist
Henry Highley
Head of Sale
hhighley@phillips.com
+ 44 20 7318 4061

Under the Influence

11 April 2013
London

1
Aaron Curry
Bad Dimension
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £17,500
2
Ned Vena
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £23,750
3
Gedi Sibony
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
4
Nathan Hylden
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £18,125
5
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £16,250
6
Jacob Kassay
Untitled
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £121,250
7
David Noonan
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
8
Matthew Monahan
F Minor I and II
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 †
9
Kerstin Brätsch
Thus! (from Swiss Spa Cava/ Stars and Stripes Series)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,125
10
Peter Peri
Brownfield
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
11
Callum Innes
Exposed Painting, Iridescent White
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
12
Gedi Sibony
That's Tall's Tale
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £12,500
13
Banksy
Do Not Punish Yourself
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £80,450
14
Valerie Hegarty
Bierstadt with Holes
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
15
Spartacus Chetwynd
Crocodile
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
16
Cyprien Gaillard
Two works: (i) Working in a State of Emergency (Hools); (ii) Working in a State of Emergency (Pollockshaw)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
17
Cyprien Gaillard
Two works: New Picturesque (Angkor Series)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
18
Tala Madani
Orange Burn
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £7,500
19
Wim Delvoye
Untitled (Eternal Respect)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
20
Wim Delvoye
Untitled (Here with Monsters)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
21
Wim Delvoye
Untitled (True Love)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
22
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (Men Mark When They Hit)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
23
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (Hoover)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
24
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (Get Ready)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
25
Bridget Riley
Study for Painting (Long Sequence)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,500
26
Christo
Wrapped Walk Ways: Two Parks Project (Project for Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan and Sonsbeek Park, Arnheim Netherlands)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
27
Richard Prince
Untitled (from Cowboys and Girlfriends)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
28
Andy Warhol
True Love
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £163,250
29
This lot is no longer available.
30
This lot is no longer available.
31
Alex Katz
Study of Leig
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
32
Sean Landers
Ace
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
33
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
34
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
35
Dexter Dalwood
The Queen’s Bedroom
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠†
Sold for £26,250
36
Friedrich Kunath
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
37
Billy Childish
Self Portrate with Bones
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
38
Hernan Bas
Fairies Nest
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
39
Dash Snow
Untitled (Hell)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 †
Sold for £10,625
40
Dash Snow
Untitled (Jesus Loves U)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 †
41
Adel Abdessemed
No Smoking
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
42
Terence Koh
Untitled 5 (Felt)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
43
Cosima von Bonin
Blazon of a Hash Country (country #1)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
44
Bharti Kher
The XIth Hour
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
45
Bharti Kher
Hungry Dogs Eat Dirty Pudding
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠†
46
Claire Fontaine
Passe-Partout (Paris 3ème)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
47
Robin Rhode
Spade
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000
48
Jeppe Hein
Fusion of Movement #12
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
49
Marcello Lo Giudice
Sunset
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
50
Mark Wallinger
Credo l
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
51
Mona Hatoum
Two works: (i) Untitled (Cylindrical Grater); (ii) Untitled (Gravy Strainer)
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,125
52
Gavin Turk
Box
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £32,450
53
Gavin Turk
Pink Che
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £37,250
54
Damien Hirst
The Hours Spin Skull
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500 ♠
55
Marc Quinn
Study for "Emotional Detox: The Seven Deadly Sins VI"
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
56
Angus Fairhurst
Unwritten (November 1 st, 2002)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
57
Os Gêmeos
Three works: (i) Untitled (Girl in Boat), 2003; (ii) Untitled (Girl with White Flower), 2010; (iii) Untitled, 2007
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
58
Zevs
McDonalds
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
59
Mr. Brainwash
Spray Can Painting
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
60
Asha Zero
FFIGRE_XIL
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,000
61No Reserve
Jonathan Yeo
Leaf Study 32
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •♠
Sold for £1,625
62
José Parlá
Gestures Recaptured in Time
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
63
José Parlá and Dr. Romanelli
Ask
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
64
Ryan McGinness
Three works: Untitled (1); Untitled (2); Untitled (9), (from Ice Cream Trees)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
65No Reserve
Richard Woods
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
66
Gelitin
Ralf
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
67
James White
Bianca
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
68
James White
B
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠†
69
Tatiana Trouvé
Untitled (from the series Intranquility)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £11,875
70
Santiago Sierra
24 Blocks of Concrete Constantly Moved During a Day's Work by Remunerated Laborers
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
71
Rafal Bujnowski
Curtain
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
72No Reserve
Alan Michael
Two works: (i) Untitled; (ii) Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
Sold for £2,000
73
Ulla von Brandenburg
Two works: (i) Untitled (fan); (ii) Untitled (Tuxedo without face)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,000
74
Rafal Bujnowski
Framed painting (Whistler)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
75No Reserve
Callum Innes
Untitled (Green)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
Sold for £2,125
76
Alan Michael
Apologia Pro Vita Positivia
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
Sold for £6,250
77No Reserve
Judith Eisler
Back (the thin drum)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for £3,750
78
David Benjamin Sherry
Self Portrait As The Born Feeling Begins
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £5,250
79
Thomas Struth
Mais-Acker N22, Winterthur
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
80
Richard Prince
The Girl Next Door
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
81
Desirée Dolron
Cerca Crespo from Te dí todos mis sueños
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
82
Dan Holdsworth
Untitled 9 (Hyperborea)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
83No Reserve
Luisa Lambri
Untitled (Barragan House, #07)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •♠
Sold for £3,000
84
Catherine Yass
Yang Pu East
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
85No Reserve
Marine Hugonnier
Mountain with No Name 3 (Pandjsher Valley, Afghanistan)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •♠
Sold for £938
86
Jeremy Deller
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠
87
Vanessa Beecroft
Jesse
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
88
Piotr Uklański
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
89
Wolfgang Tillmans
Locker Lutteurs
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
90No Reserve
Olaf Breuning
Princess
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £625
91
Julia Fullerton-Batten
Broken Eggs
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,750
92
Daniele Buetti
Bulgari
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
93
Daniele Buetti
Benetton
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
94
Vik Muniz
The Trout after Courbet (from Pictures of Soil series)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
95
Vik Muniz
For Tilton, Sunday, January 15, 1995, 11:30am
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
96
Vik Muniz
Relaxation (from the Wire Sculpture series)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
97
Joel Shapiro
#5
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,250
98No Reserve
Dennis Oppenheim
Study for Soft Collision
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for £1,125
99
Rob Pruitt
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £3,750
100
Glenn Ligon
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,875
101
Tauba Auerbach
Plate Distortion 3
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
102
Tauba Auerbach
Plate Distortion 2
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
103No Reserve
Nate Lowman
My favourite part of my favourite painting
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for £438
104
Josh Smith
Josh Fish
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
105
Rashid Johnson
I Love Music
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
106
Gregor Hildebrandt
Prematon
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
Sold for £1,250
107
Kehinde Wiley
After John Raphael Smith’s A Bacchante after Sir Joshua Reynolds
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
108
Allora & Calzadilla
Under Discussion
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,875
109
David Noonan
Untitled
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
110
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Frattali
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
111
Paul McCarthy
Hate
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
112
Kris Martin
Matterhorn
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
113
Rodney Graham
School of velocity: 24 hours of music divided into fifteen minute intervals
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
114
Andy Warhol
Cow
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
115
Gerhard Richter
Seestück (Gegenlicht)
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
116
Zhang Dali
AK-47
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
117
Zhang Huan
To Raise the Water Level In A Fish Pond (Waterchild)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
118
Sheng Qi
Two works: (i) My Left Hand; (ii) My Left Hand
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
119
Kim Joon
Duet-horse II
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
120
Kim Joon
We-BMW
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
121
Kim Joon
Duet-incanto
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
122
Jitish Kallat
Cenotaph (A Deed of Transfer)
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £20,000
123
Khanlar Gasimov
Gift Wrap (Anthem) II
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £9,375
124
Youssef Nabil
Ghada Amer, New York
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
125
Youssef Nabil
Mona Hatoum, New York
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
126
Youssef Nabil
Not Afraid To Love, Paris
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
127
Oleg Tistol
Colouring
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £34,850
128
Vitaliy and Elena Vasilieva
NEO-3
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
129
Matviy Vaisberg
Road. February
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
130
Mikhailo Deyak
Stools
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
131
Pavlo Kerestey
We need hardly give instructions on the art of evasions of radical responce
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,125
132
Andriy Halashyn
Broken Dreams
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
133No Reserve
Pyotr Belenok
Appearance of an Object
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 •
Sold for £1,250
134No Reserve
Arkadi Petrov
Shooting Gallery
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for £625
135
Oleksandr Zhyvotkov
Mogrytsya Place, Leafes
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
136No Reserve
Frank Nitsche
ZOT-42-2005
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
Sold for £4,750
137No Reserve
Thomas Helbig
Herr
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £1,188
138No Reserve
Jonathan Meese
Stofftierwechsel 7
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •♠
Sold for £6,250
139
Jonathan Meese
Das Süsseste Mädchen Fräulein Nietzschl' - Dirn ist frei
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
140
Paul Lee
Untitled (Can Sculpture)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠†
141
Erik Parker
Colonial Mentality
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £15,000
142No Reserve
Philippe Pasqua
Nicky
Estimate £5,000 - 6,000 •♠
Sold for £688
143No Reserve
Philippe Pasqua
Flowers
Estimate £4,500 - 5,500 •♠
Sold for £9,375
144No Reserve
Pierre Bismuth
Black Painting (Elephant)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •♠
Sold for £1,250
145
Hiroshi Sugito
For 11-15
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
146No Reserve
Christian Holstad
Mourning Snake (without Grass) #3
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for £625
147
Carter
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 †
148No Reserve
Michael Bevilacqua
Me
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for £313
149No Reserve
Tacita Dean
Text of Light
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £375
150
Brad Kahlhamer
Group of Birds
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
151
Pedro Cabrita Reis
Slightly Similar
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
152No Reserve
Scott Myles
On Display and Disguise
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •♠
Sold for £188
153
Edward Kay
The Losers
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
Sold for £11,875
154
Hiroshi Sugito
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
155
Jin Meyerson
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,125
156No Reserve
Shara Hughes
Studio
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •†
Sold for £1,500
157
Nathan Mabry
Three works: In Your Face (Number 13); In Your Face (Number 14); In Your Face (Number 15)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
158
Marnie Weber
The Tiger
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
159
Daniel Fuchs and Geo Fuchs
Hitler-Jugend (Toy Giants)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
160
Daniel Fuchs and Geo Fuchs
Edward & Andy (Toy Giants)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
161No Reserve
AVAF (Assume Vivid Astro Focus)
Open Call
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for £2,500
162No Reserve
David Ratcliff
Fireplaces
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £2,750
163No Reserve
Justin Cralin
The Blindman
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £125
164
Manfredi Beninati
Untitled (Valdrada)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
165No Reserve
Andy Denzler
Transmission #4
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •†
Sold for £7,500
166No Reserve
Chris Lipomi
Six works: '84 Olympics (Black Figure, Flexible, Rome Pays Off, Untitled, Blue Ribbon Series, Black Figure, Jump King, Scapula)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •†
Sold for £5,000
167
Jeff Koons
Lips
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Sold for £2,250
168
Marc Quinn
Untitled (from Winter Garden)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
169
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale rosso
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
170No Reserve
Enrico Castellani
Estroflessione
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
Sold for £2,500
171No Reserve
David Korty
Untitled
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for £1,250
172
Gerald Davis
Kill Me
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
173No Reserve
Marcel van Eeden
Six works: Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •♠
Sold for £1,125
174No Reserve
Jules de Balincourt
Untitled (study for Amateur Night, Steakout)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •♠
Sold for £813
175No Reserve
Raoul De Keyser
Across (4)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •†♠
Sold for £6,875
176
Helmut Dorner
Frog
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £5,625
177
Ian Davis
Chant
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £2,750
178
Zakkir Hussain
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
179No Reserve
Nicola Tyson
Spilled Guts
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •†♠
Sold for £1,625
180No Reserve
Peter Rostovsky
Disco Ball
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •†
Sold for £2,000

Under the Influence

11 April 2013 London

Provenance

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Pierre Bismuth

Black Painting (Elephant)

Under the Influence

11 April 2013
London