Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Galerie de France, Paris
Private Collection
Exhibited
New York, Acquavella Galleries, Inc., XIX & XX Century Master Drawings & Watercolors, 24 April – 19 May 1984, no. 24, pp. 54-55 (illustrated)
Museum Bochum, Matta: Zeichnungen 1937–1988, 11 June – 31 July 1988, no. 24
Paris, Galerie de France, Matta - dessins 1936-1989, 12 January - 3 March 1990 (illustrated)

131

Roberto Matta

Mouth to Mouth

signed and dated 'Matta '42' lower right; further titled [in French] 'Bouche en bouche' on the reverse
coloured crayon and pencil on paper
73.7 x 58.4 cm (29 x 22 7/8 in.)
Executed in 1942, this work is registered in the Matta Archives under number D. 42/31.

Estimate
£15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠

Sold for £42,500

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 8 March 2019

101
Sir Frank Bowling, R.A.
Pondlife
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £112,500
102
Peter Doig
White Canoe (version)
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
Sold for £175,000
103
Hans Hartung
T1976 - E3
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,000
104
Yayoi Kusama
Earth
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £52,500
105
Yayoi Kusama
Birds
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £68,750
106
Daniel Buren
Peinture acrylique blanche sur tissu rayé blanc et rouge
Estimate On Request
Sold for £275,000
107
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £411,000
108
Sean Scully
Dust
Estimate £400,000 - 600,000 ‡♠
Sold for £471,000
109
Leon Kossoff
Head of Chaim
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ♠
Sold for £100,000
110
Peter Doig
Boat to Carrera
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,000
111
David Hockney
Myself and Abraham Lincoln
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £28,750
112
Sir Peter Blake, R.A.
Blanche Neige et Bet Noir
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £62,500
113
Allen Jones
Encore
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
Sold for £150,000
114
Richard Long
White Marble Circle
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £100,000
115
Barry Flanagan RA
Unicorn
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £62,500
116
This lot is no longer available.
117
Lee Ufan
Relatum - Gravitation
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 †
Sold for £247,500
118
Juan Muñoz
Albuquerque Balcony
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
119
Franz West
Passstück
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
120
Fernand Léger
Visage en creux (rouge et vert)
Estimate £25,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £31,250
121
Dennis Oppenheim
Heavy Dog Kiss
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £93,750
122
Fernand Léger
Les oiseaux sur l’échelle
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £75,000
123
Marc Chagall
Le violoncelliste
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡♠
Sold for £375,000
124
Sam Francis
Light Blue
Estimate £55,000 - 75,000 ‡
125
Sol LeWitt
Irregular Vertical and Horizontal Bands of Color Superimposed
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
126
Robert Rauschenberg
Tiller
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £93,750
127
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Great American Nude #54
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
Sold for £35,000
128
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Nude Collage Edition
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £27,500
129
Philip Guston
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
130
Roberto Matta
Untitled
Estimate £9,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £21,250
131
Roberto Matta
Mouth to Mouth
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £42,500
132
Karel Appel
Laddermannetje
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
133
Marino Marini
Rapsodia in blu
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
134
Alighiero Boetti
Una brillante idea
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
135
Jannis Kounellis
Senza titolo
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
136
Agostino Bonalumi
Bianco
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £75,000
137
Alberto Biasi
Dinamica Visiva
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £70,000
138
Giuseppe Uncini
Cementarmato
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £100,000
139
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
140
Günther Uecker
Verletzungen Verbindungen 1
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £62,500
141
Bernard Aubertin
Tableau Clous
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
142
François Morellet
Sphère-Trames
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £47,500
143
Victor Vasarely
Orion Gris
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £150,000
144
Yaacov Agam
Small E/A ND
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £33,750
145
Victor Vasarely
KASS-2
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
146
François Morellet
Carré²
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £85,000
147
Dimitri Hadzi
Centaur with Shields
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £7,500
148
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £212,500
149
Dana Schutz
Romance
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000
Sold for £471,000
150
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000
Sold for £543,000
151
KAWS
Untitled
Estimate £300,000 - 500,000
152
KAWS
Untitled (MBFG7)
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
Sold for £325,000
153
Shara Hughes
Spring
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £70,000
154
Peter Halley
Discursion
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
155
Imi Knoebel
Ich Nicht XI
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
Sold for £156,250
156
Damien Hirst
N-Hydroxymaleimide
Estimate £140,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
157
Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Butterfly Five Color Ray)
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡
Sold for £156,250
158
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡♠
Sold for £350,000
159
Lesley Vance
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £10,938
160
Jenny Holzer
TOP SECRET NOFORN 11 U.S. government document
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £100,000
161
Roni Horn
Untitled (Weather)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
162
Sherrie Levine
Untitled (hat)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
163
David Salle
White Blouse
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £106,250
164
Robert Longo
Study of Black Falcon
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £47,500
165
Tauba Auerbach
B
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
166
Jonas Wood
Night Bloom
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £100,000
167
Jonas Wood
Manute With Flaming Ball
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £75,000
168
Christopher Wool
Untitled
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
169
Mike Kelley
Ghoul #2 (pimp)
Estimate £75,000 - 95,000
Sold for £87,500
170
Glenn Ligon
Funny Motherfucker #1
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £162,500
171
Oscar Murillo
Untitled (Drawing off the Wall)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £156,250
172
Oscar Murillo
Drawings off the Wall (Ill)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £112,500
173
Alex Israel
Untitled (flat)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £106,250
174
Andreas Gursky
Ocean VI
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ♠
Sold for £231,250
175
Anish Kapoor
Momo
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ♠
Sold for £325,000
176
Daniel Buren
Cut-out: Situated work in five parts, traffic red
Estimate On Request
Sold for £50,000
177
Haim Steinbach
crate & barrel 2
Estimate £45,000 - 65,000
Sold for £47,500
178
Manolo Valdés
Reina Mariana
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £187,500
179
Tony Cragg
After We Have Gone
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ♠
180
Rebecca Warren
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
181
Sarah Morris
Mina Zayed (Abu Dhabi)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £35,000
182
Damien Hirst
Second Series Biopsy: M132/655-Leukaemia_blood_cells,_scanning_electron_micrograph-SPL.jpg
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £62,500
183
Chris Ofili
Study for Ovid-Jupiter
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
184
Grayson Perry
Four works: (i-iv) Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
185
Sarah Lucas
Sex Baby
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠†
Sold for £6,250
186
Paul McCarthy
Black and White Heidi
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £10,000
187
Rodney Graham
Cedars, Stanley Park (8)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £28,750
188
Jeff Wall
Cuttings
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
189
Elger Esser
Beauduc
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
190
Thomas Ruff
ri 03
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
191
Andreas Gursky
Zürich Bankproject No. 5
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,000
192
Wolfgang Tillmans
Super Collider - A
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,500
193
Maurizio Cattelan
Don't forget to call your mother
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
194
Gerhard Richter
Strip
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
195
Gerhard Richter
Babette
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £60,000
196
Gerhard Richter
Mustangs
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £162,500
197
Gerhard Richter
Cage Grid (Teil A)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £67,500
198
Martin Kippenberger
Ohne Titel (Nun entscheiden Sie sich mal. Sie können nicht vergleichen)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
199
Markus Lüpertz
Untitled (Self-Portrait)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
200
Hernan Bas
Decorative panel for the foyer of a homosexual's home
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £95,000
201
Adrian Ghenie
Casemate II
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
202
Yan Pei-Ming
Dreamspace
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000 ‡♠
Sold for £87,500
203
Miquel Barceló
La Mer avec Nuages
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
204
Tal R
Last drawing before mars
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £137,500
205
Mel Bochner
Obscene
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £17,500
206
Allora & Calzadilla
Shape Shifter
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
207
This lot is no longer available.
208
Heimo Zobernig
Ohne Titel
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
209
Jeff Elrod
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
210
Sterling Ruby
The Tripper
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
211
Jon Rafman
New Age Demanded (Pushed and Pulled Gold)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £23,750
212
Huma Bhabha
Lecturer
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £75,000
213
Juan Muñoz
Untitled (Amsterdam Series)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £40,000
214
Tomás Saraceno
GQ Lup b/M+W
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
215
Michel François
Souffles dans le verre - Noir
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
216
Wim Delvoye
Sabine
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
217
Hans-Peter Feldmann
Flower Pot
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,625
218
Jeppe Hein
Modified Social Bench #8
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
219
Jeppe Hein
Please Do Not Touch
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,000
220
Paolo Serra
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
221
Marcello Lo Giudice
Rouge/Red
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,000
222
Yves Zurstrassen
Summertime
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
223
Julian Opie
Hannah, Lottie and Esther blinking (vertical)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £30,000
224
Samuel Havadtoy
Shibui
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
225
Julian Opie
Fiona, artist. 4.
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
226
David Kim Whittaker
Memory for the Yeoman (Willy Lot)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
227
Lita Cabellut
Leda
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
228
Nate Lowman
Dirty Dancing
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
229
Florian Süssmayr
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,750
230
Katrin Fridriks
Mothernature Awakening Force
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
231
Gerhard Richter
Flow (P16)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
232
Gerhard Richter
Flow (P15)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £11,875
233
Wang Yigang
Abstract N3
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £43,750
234
Erró
Guy Party
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
235
KAWS
Three works: (i) Small Lie (Brown); (ii) Small Lie (Black); (iii) Small Lie (Grey)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £3,000

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 8 March 2019

Provenance

Exhibited

131

Roberto Matta

Mouth to Mouth

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale