Provenance
Hans Sonnenberg Collection, Rotterdam
Venduehuis der Notarissen, Den Haag, 21 March 2018, lot 353
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Galerie Delta, Rainer Fetting, 18 February-16 March 1989, n.p. (illustrated)
Literature
Barney Agerbeek, Ga voor de achten en de negens: Hans Sonnenberg, 50 jaar tentoonstellingsmaker, Leerdam, 2009, p. 30 (illustrated)
Bart Dirks, 'Collectie voormalig galeriehouder Hans Sonnenberg geveild ten bate van museum Boijmans', deVolkskrant, 6 March 2018, online (illustrated)

Property of an Important Private Monégasque Collection

199

Rainer Fetting

Im Boot

signed, titled and dated 'Fetting 82 im Boot' on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
209.8 x 260.2 cm (82 5/8 x 102 1/2 in.)
Painted in 1982.

Estimate
£50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠

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Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 7 March 2025

101
Oliver Bak
Pale Shadow
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £29,210
102
Lenz Geerk
Crying, Spitting, Sweating XI
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £60,960
103
Joseph Yaeger
Beyond beyond beyond
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £38,100
104
Pam Evelyn
Crowd
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £27,940
105
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (I said go)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £20,320
106
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (But Always The)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £12,700
107
Cecily Brown
Untitled
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠
Sold for £120,650
108
William Monk
A Fool Through the Cloud
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ♠†
Sold for £63,500
109
Katherine Bradford
Under the Saturn Sky
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £50,800
110
Jennifer J Lee
Car Engine
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £7,620
111
Kaari Upson
168
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £88,900
112
Xiyao Wang
On the way to Penglai Island no. 2
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,900
113
André Butzer
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £63,500
114
Oscar Murillo
untitled (news), 2017-2018
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £152,400
115
Antony Gormley
BELT 1 (MEME) III
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
Sold for £127,000
116
Rebecca Warren
Totem (b.)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £57,150
117
Tracey Emin
I Just kept going
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £44,450
118
David Hockney
Kasmino in Milano
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,940
119
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡
Sold for £279,400
120No Reserve
Joe Bradley
Untitled
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 •
Sold for £44,450
121
KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate £180,000 - 250,000 ‡
Sold for £165,100
122
KAWS
UNTITLED (MBFM7)
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
123
A.R. Penck
Sehnsucht (Longing)
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
Sold for £139,700
124
Neo Rauch
Die Leiter
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
125
Franz West
Cool Book
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ♠
Sold for £177,800
126
Andreas Gursky
James Bond Island I
Estimate £180,000 - 250,000 ♠
Sold for £215,900
127
Thomas Schütte
Old Friend Revisited
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £38,100
128
Georg Baselitz
5 Köpfe
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,900
129
Thomas Struth
Pergamon Museum III, Berlin
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £69,850
130
A.R. Penck
Standart auf Kreuzsockel
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
Sold for £7,303
131
Thomas Schütte
United Enemies
Estimate £45,000 - 65,000 ♠
Sold for £57,150
132
Anselm Kiefer
For Robert Fludd, the Secret Life of Plants
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £152,400
133
Anish Kapoor
Untitled
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ♠
134
This lot is no longer available.
135
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £82,550
136
Masaaki Yamada
Work C.243
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,160
137
Ugo Rondinone
The twenty-third hour of the poem
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £50,800
138
Mike Kelley
Unwashed Abstraction Nr. 2
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
139
This lot is no longer available.
140
Dame Elisabeth Frink Ra
Chinese Horse III (Standing)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,860
141
Dame Elisabeth Frink Ra
Seated Man II
Estimate £300,000 - 400,000 ‡♠
Sold for £444,500
142
This lot is no longer available.
143
Jean Dubuffet
Donnée
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ♠
144
Chico da Silva
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £9,525
145
Carla Accardi
Senza Titolo
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,510
146
Antoni Tàpies
En Forma de Cama (In the Form of a Leg)
Estimate £180,000 - 250,000 ♠
Sold for £152,400
147
Salvador Dalí
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £58,420
148
William Kentridge
Drawing from 'Woyzeck on the Highweld'
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £63,500
149
William Kentridge
Drawing from 'Preparing the Flute' (Stage with Black Curtain)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £53,340
150
Gilbert & George
DUSTY CORNERS NO. 4
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £215,900
151
This lot is no longer available.
152
David Salle
This is the Fun
Estimate £90,000 - 150,000 †
Sold for £88,900
153
John Baldessari
Noses & Ears, Etc. (Part Two): (Blue) Face with Nose and Tangled Rope
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £82,550
154
Tom Wesselmann
Monica Sitting, Arm on Knee (Gray)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £88,900
155
Andy Warhol
Male Seated on Ledge
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £16,510
156
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol, ‘Sixteen Jackies’, 1964
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £41,910
157
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol "Electric Chair", 1963
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
158
Rodney Graham
Cactus Fan
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £38,100
159
Brent Wadden
Tangerine Grey (Double Face)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
Sold for £33,020
160
Richard Hamilton
Untitled (alternative image for 'The Shock of the New' poster)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £9,525
161
This lot is no longer available.
162
Robyn Denny
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £38,100
163
Dame Elisabeth Frink Ra
Tribute IV
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £86,360
164
William Turnbull
Arrowhead Torso
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 Ω♠
Sold for £15,240
165
William Turnbull
Tragic Mask
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 Ω♠
Sold for £10,160
166
William Turnbull
Mask I
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 Ω♠
Sold for £10,160
167
Tracey Emin
Meet Me in Heaven I Will Wait For You
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £165,100
168
Cerith Wyn Evans
Column (Assemblages) V
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
169No Reserve
Mona Hatoum
Untitled (Baalbeck Birdcage)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 •‡♠
Sold for £15,240
170
Gilbert & George
FOURNIER SNOW
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £78,740
171
Mona Hatoum
3-D Cities
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £53,340
172
Damien Hirst
Tridodecylamine
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £35,560
173
Damien Hirst
Typhoid
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £60,960
174
Keith Tyson
Nature Painting (Nested)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,970
175
This lot is no longer available.
176
Banksy
Met Ball
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £44,450
177
Abraham Cruzvillegas
A Weak Blind Date
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
178
Thomas Demand
Laboratory (Labor)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,400
179
Louise Lawler
Black and White and Blue
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £10,160
180
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Puits Monceau Fontaine No. 14, Charleroi, Belgien
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
181
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Lavoro - Rotoli di passacavi
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £114,300
182
Agostino Bonalumi
Bianco
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
183
Mario Schifano
Senza titolo
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,780
184
Giuseppe Penone
Verde del bosco
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
185
Gilberto Zorio
Stella
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £38,100
186
Niele Toroni
Empreintes
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £53,340
187
Kim Tschang-Yeul
Waterdrops
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £38,100
188
On Kawara
I Got Up
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £165,100
189
Jack Goldstein
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £40,640
190
Ross Bleckner
There are so many
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
191
John Baldessari
Double Bill (Part 2)… and De Chirico
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £35,560
192
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £30,480
193
Glenn Ligon
Silver Self-Portrait
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,795
194
Tom Sachs
Chill Out Japan or be Nuked Again
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £38,100
195
Takashi Murakami
Murakami.Flower #6463 Meander
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £63,500
196
Jordy Kerwick
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £10,795
197
Francis Alÿs
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £63,500
198
Manolo Valdés
Ribera como pretexto
Estimate £110,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £127,000
199
Rainer Fetting
Im Boot
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
200
Gerrit Benner
Untitled (Ruiters)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
201
André Derain
Village d’Espagne
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £13,970
202
Marcel Broodthaers
Le Corbeau et le Renard
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
203
William Kentridge
Second-hand Reading
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £158,750
204
Marcel Broodthaers
Model: The Pipe (Modèle: La Pipe)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
205
Marcel Broodthaers
La pipe – Modèle: La pipe
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,350
206
Marcel Broodthaers
La pipe - ABCDEF
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £2,540
207
Wilhelm Sasnal
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £33,020
208
Jonas Burgert
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
209
Angela Heisch
Rolled Up Hills
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,334
210
Julie Mehretu
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £22,860
211
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £25,400
212
Umar Rashid
Tennyson 2nd Movement (Le Morte D'Arthur) Noah defeats Wilander on Mars
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,700
213
Mehdi Ghadyanloo
Inside of Doubt
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £21,590
214
Alejandro Cardenas
Stage Collapse
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £25,400
215
Sayre Gomez
Precious Moments
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £33,020
216
Maria Yelletisch
Mar de otoño
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160
217
Matthias Weischer
Two works: Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £25,400
218
George Shaw
So We Came To Jazz It Up
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
219
Cristof Yvoré
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,080
220
William Mackinnon
When the roads turn into rivers
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
221
Thierry Noir
I am too busy to be impressed by this long straight street
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 7 March 2025

Provenance

Exhibited

Literature

199

Rainer Fetting

Im Boot

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale