Richard Hamilton

Release

1972
Screenprint in colours with silver foil collage, on Hodgkinson mould-made paper, with full margins,
I. 68.5 x 86 cm (26 7/8 x 33 7/8 in.)
S. 70 x 94.5 cm (27 1/2 x 37 1/4 in.)
signed and numbered 8/150 in pencil (there were also 15 artist's proofs), published by Petersburg Press, S.A., for the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) and Release, framed.

Estimate
£35,000 - 45,000 ♠

Contact Specialist
Robert Kennan
Editions, London
rkennan@phillips.com
+44 207 318 4075

Evening & Day Editions

London Auctions 12 June 2014 2pm & 6pm

1
Julian Opie
Dino Crawling
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,250
2
Richard Hamilton
Carafe
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
3
Richard Hamilton
Release
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ♠
4
Richard Hamilton
A Mirrorical Return
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,875
5
Richard Hamilton
Chiara And Chair
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
6
Richard Hamilton
Untitled (Self-Portrait)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
7
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Autotritratto (Self-Portrait)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,875
8
Joseph Beuys
Kunst = Kapital
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ♠
9
Andy Warhol
Joseph Beuys in Memoriam
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
10
Thomas Schütte
Alte Freunde (Old Friends)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠†
Sold for £13,750
11
Christo
Wrapped Payphone
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
12
Francis Bacon
Figure Writing Reflected in Mirror
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
13
Cy Twombly
Roman Notes IV, from Roman Notes
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £86,500
14
Yves Klein
L'esclave mourant d'après Michel Ange (Dying Slave after Michelangelo)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
15
Jean Dubuffet
Le noctambule (The Night Owl)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠†
16
Francis Bacon
Triptych
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
17
David Hockney
Views of Hotel Well II, from the Moving Focus series
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,750
18
After Jean-Michel Basquiat
Portfolio II
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £80,500
19
Keith Haring
Totem
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £116,500
20
Keith Haring
Pyramid
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £43,750
21
Robert Indiana
Book of Love Suite
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £47,500
22
Andy Warhol
Oyster Stew, from Campbell's Soup II
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £16,250
23
Tom Wesselmann
Monica Nude with Lichtenstein
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £15,000
24
Andy Warhol
Siberian Tiger, from Endangered Species
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 †
Sold for £52,500
25
Andy Warhol
Queen Margrethe II, from Reigning Queens
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
26
This lot is no longer available.
27
Andy Warhol
New York Post (Madonna on Nude Pix: So what!)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
28
Christopher Wool
My House II
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £12,500
29
Ed Ruscha
News, Mews, Pews, Brews, Stews & Dues
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
30
Sean Scully
Ten Towers
Estimate £12,000 - 16,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,500
31
Gerhard Richter
Uran
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
32
Howard Hodgkin
Venice, Evening
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,500
33
Anish Kapoor
Twelve Etchings
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
34
Marilyn Minter
Bluer Tears
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
35
Jeff Koons
Pink Bow, from Celebration Series
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
36
Andy Warhol
Marilyn (Announcement)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 †
Sold for £10,000
37
Damien Hirst
Hypothalamus Acetone Powder
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,250
38
Various Artists
Hommage à Picasso (Homage to Picasso)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
39
Pablo Picasso
Minotaure aveugle guidé par Marie-Thérèse au pigeon dans une nuit étoilée (Blind Minotaur Guided Through a Starry Night by Marie-Thérèse with a Pigeon), plate 97, from La suite Vollard
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £52,500
40
Pablo Picasso
Femmes Fleurs (Flower Women)
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
41
Pablo Picasso
Hibou noir perché (Perched Black Owl)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
42
Pablo Picasso
Hibou Mat (Matt Owl)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
43
Pablo Picasso
Tête de chèvre de profil (Goat's Head in Profile)
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ♠
Sold for £5,000
44
Pablo Picasso
Visage aux points (Face at Point)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
45
Pablo Picasso
Visage dans étoile (Face in a Star)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
46
Pablo Picasso
Paysage (Landscape)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
47
Pablo Picasso
Quatre poissons polychromes (Four Multicoloured Fish)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
48
Pablo Picasso
Poisson fond blanc (White Fish)
Estimate £4,000 - 5,000 ♠
49
Pablo Picasso
Visage noir putoisé (Face in Black and Sable)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
50
Pablo Picasso
Taureau (Bull)
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ♠
Sold for £5,000
51
Pablo Picasso
Pichet au oiseaux (Pitcher with Birds)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £4,000
52
Pablo Picasso
Oiseau no. 83 (Bird no. 83)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
53
Pablo Picasso
La Danse (The Dance)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
54
Pablo Picasso
Visage No. 59 (Face No. 59)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,750
55
Pablo Picasso
Motif Spiralé (Spiral Motif)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £2,000
56
Pablo Picasso
Visage no. 197 (Face no. 197)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
57
Pablo Picasso
Visage no. 202 (Face no. 202)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £4,750
58
Pablo Picasso
Centaure (Centaur)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
59
Pablo Picasso
Personnages no. 28 (Character no. 28)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
60
Pablo Picasso
Chouette (Owl)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
61
Pablo Picasso
Chouette (Owl)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
62
Pablo Picasso
Jacqueline au Chevalet (Jacqueline at Easel)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
63
Pablo Picasso
Visage (Face)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
64
Pablo Picasso
Visage d’homme (Man's Face); and Cercle au visage (Face in Circle), from Carreaux aux motifs
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
65
Pablo Picasso
Visage no. 202 (Face no. 202)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
66
Pablo Picasso
Deux danseurs (Two Dancers)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £3,125
67
After Pablo Picasso
Imaginary Portraits
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,000
68
David Hockney
The Marriage
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
69
David Hockney
Illustrations for 14 Poems by C.P. Cavafy
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
70
William Kentridge
Act IV Scene 1, from Ubu Tells The Truth
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 †
Sold for £1,125
71
Francis Bacon
Study for a portrait of John Edwards, 1986
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
72
This lot is no longer available.
73
Kees van Dongen
Jeune fille aux cheveux blonds (Young Girl with Blonde Hair), pl. 1, from Femmes
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
74
René Magritte
Les Travaux d'Alexandre (The Work of Alexander), from Il Surrealismo tra le due guerre
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
75No Reserve
Jim Dine
Souvenir
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •‡♠
76
Jim Dine
The Heart of BAM
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ‡
77
Rufino Tamayo
Sandías
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ‡
Sold for £3,500
78
Louise Bourgeois
The Olive Branch, from L'Art pour la paix
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ‡♠
Sold for £1,875
79
Francis Bacon
Painting 2
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £7,000
80
Howard Hodgkin
Window
Estimate £1,200 - 1,800 ♠
Sold for £2,000
81
Howard Hodgkin
In a Public Garden
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
82
John Hoyland
Italian Etchings
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠†
Sold for £1,875
83
Sean Scully
Planes of Light
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
84
Frank Stella
A Hungry Cat Ate Up The Goat, plate 2, from Illustrations after El Lissitzky’s Had Gadya
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,250
85
Frank Stella
The Butcher Came and Slew the Ox, plate 8, from Illustrations after El Lissitzky's Had Gadya
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £5,250
86
Wassily Kandinsky
Schwarze Linien (Black Lines)
Estimate £4,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
87
Yves Klein
Petite Vénus bleue
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
88
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Frattali
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
89
Enrico Castellani
Estroflessione
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £1,875
90
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale (rosso)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
91
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale (bianco)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
92No Reserve
Lawrence Carroll
Untitled
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •
93
Richard Serra
Olson
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
94
Jo Baer
Cardinations
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £688
95
Jacob Kassay
Sanded Edition
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
Sold for £2,500
96
Dan Flavin
Untitled
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
Sold for £3,125
97
Franz Erhard Walther
Winkel, 7 Taschen -Wandstück
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £3,000
98No Reserve
Mona Hatoum
Rubber Mat
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •†♠
Sold for £625
99
Yayoi Kusama
One Thousand Boats
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,500
100
Martin Creed
WORK #1560
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠†
101
Martin Creed
CHICAGO (Work #1370)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ‡♠
Sold for £375
102No Reserve
Gilbert & George
Deth Kult
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •†♠
Sold for £1,625
103No Reserve
Christian Marclay
Krak
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •†
Sold for £750
104
Lucien Smith
Cats and Dogs
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,375
105
This lot is no longer available.
106
Tauba Auerbach
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,250
107
Kenneth Noland
Twin Planes
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Sold for £4,000
108
Patrick Hughes
Retroperspective; and Steps and Ladders
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £1,875
109
Thomas Struth
Making Time
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £875
110
Alex Katz
Brisk Day I; II; and III
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £4,750
111
Equipo Crónica
Escultura
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ♠
112
Roy Lichtenstein
Red Barn
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
113
After Robert Indiana
Classic Love
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £3,250
114
Robert Indiana
One, from Numbers portfolio
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,500
115
Roy Lichtenstein
Twin Mirrors
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
Sold for £3,750
116
Andy Warhol
Mao
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 †
117
Andy Warhol
Marilyn (Invitation)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 †
118
Gerald Laing
K.M (Kate Moss); and The Kiss
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,125
119
Russell Young
Marilyn Goddess
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ‡♠
Sold for £1,875
120
Sir Peter Blake, R.A.
Tattooed Lady (3 works)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠†
Sold for £4,000
121
Allen Jones
Sugar; and Spice
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
122
Gavin Bond
Backstage: Volume I
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
123
This lot is no longer available.
124
Marc Quinn
Drowned World
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ♠
Sold for £3,500
125
Jeff Koons
Split Rocker Vase
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £3,000
126
Damien Hirst
Exaudi Domine, from Psalm Prints
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
127
Damien Hirst
The Souls on Jacob’s Ladder Take their Flight: one plate
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
128
Robert Longo
Tiger
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £20,000
129
Damien Hirst
Aurous Iodide
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
130
Damien Hirst
Dark Rainbow
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
131
Damien Hirst
For the Love of God, Laugh
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
132
Peter Doig
Big Sur, from 100 Years Ago
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
133
Peter Doig
Canoe Island
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
134
Peter Doig
Lapeyrouse Wall; Untitled; Curious; and Paragon
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
135
Ed Ruscha
Country Cityscapes
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
136
Dieter Roth
Karnickelköttelkarnickel (Rabbit-Shit-Rabbit)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
137
Ed Ruscha
Plate, from Domestic Tranquility series
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Sold for £1,750
138
Ed Ruscha
New Wood, Old Wood
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
139
Alighiero Boetti
La cieca e totale obbedienza della parallela (The Blind and Total Obedience of the Parallel)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
140
Joseph Beuys
Elvis Presley (Last Picture)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
141
Richard Prince
Untitled
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 †
Sold for £1,250
142
Wade Guyton
Untitled (MAY, Saturday, October 6, 2012 Last Update)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500
Sold for £1,500
143No Reserve
Various Artists
Other Men's Flowers
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •♠
Sold for £1,000
144
Mario Testino
Kate in Blue Cafe
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
145
Mario Testino
Kate Moss, London, 2006
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,875
146
Marc Quinn
Sleeping Beauty
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
147
Marilyn Minter
Vamp
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
148
Tom Wesselmann
Seascape Tit with Scribble
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500
Sold for £1,625
149
Andy Warhol
Sex Parts: one plate
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £8,125
150
Andy Warhol
Sex Parts: one plate
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £8,750
151
Elizabeth Peyton
Julian
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
152
Jenny Saville
Closed Contact
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
153
Andy Warhol
Race Riot
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
Sold for £3,500
154
Barbara Kruger
Du Willst es. Du Kaufst es. Du Vergisst es. (You want it. You Buy it. You Forget it.)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠†
Sold for £4,375
155
Thomas Schütte
United Enemies, A Play in Ten Scenes: one plate
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
156
Thomas Demand
Bullion
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ♠
Sold for £3,500
157No Reserve
Pavel Makov
Morning
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
158
Yan Pei-Ming
Pape Jean-Paul II, from I&ccirc;ones
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Sold for £4,750
159
Jake and Dinos Chapman
My Giant Colouring Book
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
160
Banksy
Bomb Love
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
161
Banksy
No Ball Games (Grey)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
162
Banksy
Queen Victoria
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £4,000
163
After Alexander Calder
Untitled (Zebra)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡
164No Reserve
JR
Favela
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 •‡♠
Sold for £2,000
165No Reserve
Mark Grotjahn and Takashi Murakami
Untitled (Scarlet Lake and Indigo Blue Butterfly 826); and Untitled (Canary Yellow and Black Butterfly 830)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 •
Sold for £500
166
David Nicholson
Cures for Love
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 †
167
Takashi Murakami
Jellyfish Eyes
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
168
Takashi Murakami
Plush Flowerball
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ‡
Sold for £5,625
169No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Flowerball Margaret (3D); Flowerball (3-D); Flowerball (3-D) Kindergarten; Flowerball Blood (3-D) V; Flowerball (3D) Cosmos; and Flowerball Brown (3D)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •‡
Sold for £5,000
170No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
An homage to IKB 1957 D; An homage to Monogold 1960 D; An homage to Monopink 1960 D; An homage to Yves Klein Multicolor D; An homage to Monogold 1960 A; An homage to Monopink 1960 A; and An homage to Yves Klein Multicolor A
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •‡
Sold for £3,000
171No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Kansei (trade name of Rinpa-school Edo Painter Ogata Korin, literal meaning: "Voice of the Mountain Stream"); Kansei : Like The River's Flow; Kansei Korin Red Stream; and Kansai abstraction
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡
Sold for £2,500
172No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Time Bokan – Pink; Time Bokan - Black+Moss Green; Time Bokan - Missing in the Eyes-Red; and Acupuncture Painting "Opening Wide, Squeezing Tight"-Smell of Blood (Squeezing Tight)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •‡
Sold for £1,000
173No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Flower; Flower 2; Me And Mr. DOB; Field of Smiling Flowers; and Such Cute Flowers; and Such Cute Flowers
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡
Sold for £2,500
174No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Red Demon and Blue Demon with 48 Arhats; I Met a Panda Family; Kaikai Kiki & Me: On the Blue Mound of the Dead; and DOB & Me: On the Red Mound of the Dead
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 •‡
Sold for £1,063
175No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Even the Digital Realm has Flowers to Offer!; Flowers for Algernon; and Purple Flowers in a Bouquet
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 •‡
Sold for £2,500
176No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Jellyfish Eyes-Black 4; Jellyfish Eyes-White 4; Jellyfish Eyes and Jellyfish Eyes
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 •‡
Sold for £938
177No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
Flowerball (Algae Ball); and Flower Dumpling
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •‡
Sold for £1,875
178No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
And then x6 Red; and And then x6 Blue
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •‡
Sold for £1,875
179No Reserve
Takashi Murakami
And then and then and then and then and then (Aqua Blue); And then and then and then and then and then (Pink); and And then and then and then and then and then (Yellow)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •‡
Sold for £2,000

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