Richard Hamilton

The Press - looking for “Human Interest”. View artists as conmen and parasites + spend time trying to prove this

signed, titled and inscribed 'The Press - looking for “Human Interest”. View artists as conmen and parasites + spend time trying to prove this R. Hamilton For Bruce’s benefit' on the reverse
graphite on paper mounted on paper
framed 33.6 x 36.7 cm (13 1/4 x 14 1/2 in.)
sheet 10.1 x 15.2 cm (3 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Executed circa 1988.

Estimate
£3,000 - 5,000 ♠

Sold for £2,540

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New Now

London Auction 6 December 2023

1
Alfie Caine
Houlgate Villa
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £82,550
2
Xie Lei
Swallow
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,970
3
This lot is no longer available.
4
Louise Giovanelli
Peeping Tom
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £63,500
5
Jenna Gribbon
Hiding Place Under the Stairs Wrestlers
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
6
Emma Webster
Background’s Backdrop
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £130,810
7
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Radiowave
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £133,350
8
Lubaina Himid
The Derivation Is An Illusion (Kanga)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
9
Cristina BanBan
Tres muchachas en el patio
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,860
10
Francesca Mollett
Cilia, blinking cilia
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £19,050
11
Genieve Figgis
Family Portrait
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £13,970
12
Vojtěch Kovařík
Hercules With Lion Hair
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,400
13
Louis Fratino
Upside down embrace
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £12,065
14
Sarah Cunningham
Banana Plant
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160
15
Sarah Ball
Poisoner
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £7,620
16
Honor Titus
Dewey Square
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £30,480
17
Robert Colescott
Miscegenation
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡
Sold for £152,400
18
Chloe Wise
Anonymous Now
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £101,600
19
Jadé Fadojutimi
Night-time Walk
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
20
William Monk
Mount Atom (something big)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,430
21
Wynnie Mynerva
Bailo mi ritmo, pero no me detengo
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £139,700
22
Laura Owens
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
23
Jacqueline Humphries
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £33,020
24
Tracey Emin
Angel without You
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £43,180
25
Andy Warhol
Portrait of a Lady (Natalie Sparber)
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000
Sold for £190,500
26
Ed Ruscha
So...[#1]
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £85,090
27
George Condo
Gray Portrait (The End of Vietnam)
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000
Sold for £88,900
28
Sol LeWitt
Wall Drawing #1148 D, Isometric form within a circle
Estimate £65,000 - 85,000
Sold for £82,550
29
Peter Halley
Soul Control
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £254,000
30
Bridget Riley
Colour sharpened and clarified
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £73,660
31
Grayson Perry
Untitled (She is in my Mind)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
32
Banksy
Girl With Balloon
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
Sold for £215,900
33
This lot is no longer available.
34
Martin Kippenberger
Untitled (from the series Please Don't Sit on the Pictures)
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
35
Martin Kippenberger
Untitled (from the series Please Don't Sit on the Pictures)
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
36
A.R. Penck
Bean
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £69,850
37
Georg Baselitz
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £39,370
38
Per Kirkeby
Untitled (Frankfurt)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
39
Hermann Nitsch
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £33,020
40
Arnulf Rainer
Chaos
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,970
41
Arnulf Rainer
Goya
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,430
42
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡♠
Sold for £4,445
43
Michael Krebber
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £21,590
44
Michael Krebber
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
45
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡♠
Sold for £3,048
46
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,510
47
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
48
Bernard Frize
Song
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £38,100
49
Ann Craven
Sans Titre
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £12,065
50
Stanley Whitney
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £20,320
51
Eddie Martinez
Vejby Whites
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £19,050
52
Duncan McCormick
In a Blue Room with no Curtains
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,900
53
Albert Willem
The Sound of Aspen
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,800
54
Studio Lenca
Antonio
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £4,826
55
Evgen Čopi Gorišek
Casual Business
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
56
Louis Fratino
Couple
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,700
57
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
Red Figure Posing
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £9,525
58
Guy Yanai
Home
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £15,240
59
Guy Yanai
In the Sea
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,890
60
Louis Fratino
Sepia Couple
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £6,985
61
Daniel Crews-Chubb
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,255
62
Cristina de Miguel
June
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
63
Yukimasa Ida
End of today 11/19 2020 Self portrait
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
64
Koichi Sato
A Solo Percussionist
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
65
Amanda Baldwin
Across The Table
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £13,970
66
Cathrin Hoffmann
Where To Save The Swords
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
67
Lise Stoufflet
Dialogue nocturne
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £4,445
68No Reserve
Sara Berman
Support
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 •‡♠
Sold for £4,445
69
Paulina Olowska
John K on the Beach
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ♠
70
Heidi Hahn
The Point of Nothingness and Caring is Besides That #1
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,620
71
Heidi Hahn
The Point of Nothingness and Caring is Besides That #5
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £7,620
72
Sayre Gomez
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
73No Reserve
Anthony Iacono
Smoke
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •‡
Sold for £1,270
74
Pedro Pedro
Flowers
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
75
Larry Madrigal
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
76
This lot is no longer available.
77
Marcus Leslie Singleton
Healthy
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £5,715
78
Josh Smith
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
79
Joel Mesler
Untitled (YES, Dollar, Euro, Yen)
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡
80
Godwin Champs Namuyimba
Let the sleeping dogs lie
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡
Sold for £12,065
81
Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe
Moses Sumney
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £11,430
82
Foster Sakyiamah
Blue Satin Sunday
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £9,525
83
Igshaan Adams
Conduit VI
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £12,700
84
Subodh Gupta
Curry 2 (2)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £57,150
85
Vik Muniz
Atlas, after Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,700
86
Vik Muniz
Venice (Postcards from Nowhere)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,400
87
Francis Alÿs
The Nightwatch
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 Ω♠
Sold for £20,320
88
Thomas Struth
Museo del Prado 3
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,800
89
Gabriel Orozco
Roots through sidewalk
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £3,810
90
Thomas Ruff
nudes mn12
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
91
Dan Graham
Skateboard Pavillon
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,160
92
Paul McCarthy
Dwarf Head (chocolate)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £20,320
93No Reserve
Jim Shaw
Dream Object (Vise Head)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for £635
94
Elmgreen & Dragset
The Agony And The Ecstasy, Fig. 1
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
95
Liam Gillick
Obediens
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £7,620
96
Cory Arcangel
PHOTOSHOP CS: 60 BY 48 INCHES, 300 DPI, RGB, SQUARE PIXELS, DEFAULTS “BLUE, YELLOW, BLUE”, MOUSEDOWN Y=30 X=5100, MOUSEUP Y=1170 X=13890; PHOTOSHOP TOOL “WAND”, CLICK= Y=1080 X=8460, TOLERANCE=30; DEFAULT GRADIENT “BLUE, RED, YELLOW”, MOUSEDOWN Y=450 X=9240, MOUSEUP Y=11940 X=7800
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,940
97
Ugo Rondinone
fünftermaizweitausendundsieben
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,400
98
Heimo Zobernig
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £30,480
99
Rodney Graham
Mini Rotary Pyscho Opticon
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £8,890
100
Peter Schuyff
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,795
101
Victor Vasarely
Hold
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,393
102
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
103
Bosco Sodi
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,700
104
Cildo Meireles
Mètres (Sources)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £13,970
105
Alighiero Boetti
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,430
106
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £40,640
107
Sherrie Levine
After Kasimir Malevich
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £19,050
108
Sherrie Levine
After Man Ray
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
109
Sherrie Levine
Untitled (Hat)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £40,640
110
Andy Warhol
Valentine's Hearts Ads (...Having a Heart Atttack)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £48,260
111
Tom of Finland
Untitled (Cowboy)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £4,064
112
Jo Baer and Bruce Robbins
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠
113
Malcolm Morley
The Sailor
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £33,020
114
March Avery
White Nude
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £7,620
115
Hans Hofmann
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
116
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £22,860
117
Asger Jorn
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,096
118
Maxim Kantor
Three witches (olives)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,800
119
Peter Doig
Study for "Guru" (Doty Boathouse)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
120
Adrian Heath
Composition White & Yellow
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £53,340
121
John Hoyland
29.12.65
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £63,500
122
Richard Hamilton
The Press - looking for “Human Interest”. View artists as conmen and parasites + spend time trying to prove this
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £2,540
123
Tony Bevan
Mother & Child
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £40,640
124No Reserve
Gavin Turk
Diamond Beuys
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •♠
Sold for £3,048
125
Jason Martin
Accara
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £44,450
126
Cerith Wyn Evans
In Girum Imus Nocte et Consumimur Igni
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,400
127
Julian Opie
Imagine you are driving (3)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,700
128
Patrick Hughes
Appropriately
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £35,560
129
Harland Miller
Confessions of a crap artist
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160
130
David Shrigley
Untitled (guts)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £2,540
131
Aks Misyuta
Sunrise
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
132
Zadie Xa
Orca
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
133
ruby onyinyechi amanze
Dangerous [Alien] Women
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
134No Reserve
Chitra Ganesh
The Camera
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡
Sold for £2,794
135
Modupeola Fadugba
At Face Value V
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,350
136
Roey Victoria Heifetz
Trio
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
137No Reserve
Gizela Mickiewicz
I know about it but I don’t know it
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡♠
Sold for £2,032
138
David Kim Whittaker
Welcome to the Bank of Collateral Hearts
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,890
139
Nolan Simon
Felix Arbor
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
140
Jiri Hauschka
September
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,080
141
Caroline Walker
The Gift
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £38,100
142
Igor Moritz
Longer Days Ahead
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £13,970
143No Reserve
Dominic Musa
Levitate
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡
Sold for £508
144
Nikki Maloof
The Yellow Couch
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
145No Reserve
Djordje Ozbolt
Ai Caramba...
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 •‡♠
Sold for £2,540
146
Madeleine Pfull
Navy Lady II
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £4,445
147No Reserve
Justin John Greene
Ghostwriter
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •
Sold for £1,651
148No Reserve
Caroline Absher
Blue Girl
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •‡
Sold for £1,270
149No Reserve
Ryan Mosley
Nocturnal Spirit
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •♠
Sold for £2,794
150No Reserve
Jeanette Mundt
Two works: (i) Untitled (Russian Dominance II); (ii) Untitled (Russian Dominance III)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡
Sold for £762
151
Paulina Olowska
Cigarette Break
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,890
152
Dickon Drury
Dutch Still Life
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
153
Anna Bjerger
Evening Scene
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £2,032
154No Reserve
Joani Tremblay
Quaderno 4
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for £5,080
155
Jessica Westhafer
High Wire
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
156
Benjamin Spiers
Crepuscule
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,080
157
Eddie Martinez
Love is a Battlefield #4
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £8,255
158
Stefanie Heinze
Untitled
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡♠
159No Reserve
Ella Kruglyanskaya
Untitled
Estimate £800 - 1,200 •♠
Sold for £1,524
160
Aaron Garber-Maikovska
Experimental 7
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
161
Gary Simmons
Bows and Bones
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £114,300
162
Ethan Cook
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £8,890
163
Tony Lewis
Nomenclature
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £6,985
164No Reserve
Jumana Manna
Ida Falk Oien 1
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡♠
Sold for £3,048
165
Liza Lou
Chain
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £13,970
166
Sol Calero
Sol Pintura (vases)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £12,700
167
En Iwamura
Neo Jomon - Green Face
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £6,350
168
Roby Dwi Antono
Hayu
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £9,525
169
Invader
ALIAS LDN-14
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,400
170
Edgar Plans
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ♠
Sold for £9,525
171
Edgar Plans
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ♠
Sold for £9,525
172
Roberto Bernardi
EQUILIBRISTI CVII-04
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,510
173
César Piette
Self Portrait
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,350
174
Thierry Noir
Thomas Est De Bonne Humeur
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,780
175
Shepard Fairey
Radio Tower
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £19,050
176
The Connor Brothers
Maverick
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,240
177
Damien Hirst
Five works: (i) H10-1 Wu Zetian; (ii) H10-2 Nūr Jahān; (iii) H10-3 Theodora; (iv) H10-4 Suiko; (v) H10-5 Taytu Betul from the series The Empresses
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
178
Masoud Akhavanjam
Conflictus III
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £76,200
179
Fin DAC
Holangi
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £50,800
180
Patrick Rubinstein
Envolez-Vous
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,640

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Provenance

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Richard Hamilton

The Press - looking for “Human Interest”. View artists as conmen and parasites + spend time trying to prove this

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