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Roberto Matta, 'Untitled', Lot 192
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, 14 February
Provenance
Private Collection
Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1976, lot 222
Piccadilly Gallery, London
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

192

Roberto Matta

Untitled

graphite and crayon on paper
50.5 x 65 cm (19 7/8 x 25 5/8 in.)
Executed in 1959, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Archives de l'oeuvre de Matta.

Estimate
£10,000 - 15,000 ♠

Contact Specialist

Tamila Kerimova
Specialist, Head of Day Sale, Director, 20th Century & Contemporary Art

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 14 February 2020

101
Genieve Figgis
Group Portrait on the Stairs
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £150,000
102
Lucas Arruda
Untitled (from the Deserto-Modelo series)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £300,000
103
Nathaniel Mary Quinn
Young Pilcher and Vietnam
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £23,750
104
Eddie Martinez
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £87,500
105
KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £81,250
106
KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £56,250
107
Eddie Martinez
Entitlement
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £375,000
108
Hernan Bas
Cannibalistic, noisy and abusive, but picturesque and popular withal
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £237,500
109
Secundino Hernández
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £125,000
110
Harold Ancart
Untitled (Seascape)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £68,750
111
Katharina Grosse
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £150,000
112
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate £125,000 - 180,000 ♠
Sold for £150,000
113
Henry Taylor
Father, Son
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £218,750
114
KAWS
UNTITLED (CHUM), PACKAGE PAINTING SERIES (SM18)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £93,750
115
KAWS
UNTITLED (CHUM), PACKAGE PAINTING SERIES (SM3)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £81,250
116
Walter Price
I think that drumline was nick cannon's best acting role
Estimate £9,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
117
Lesley Vance
Untitled (3)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £43,750
118
Tomoo Gokita
Mature #5
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £143,750
119
Nicolas Party
Five works: (i) Blakam's stone (watermelon); (ii) Blakam's stone (lemon); (iii) Blakam's stone (orange); (iv) Blakam's stone (pear); (v) Blakam's stone (apple)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £52,500
120
KAWS and Estudio Campana
KAWS Chair Black
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £118,750
121
Harland Miller
Plan-B My Story
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £175,000
122
Alex Katz
Kate Valk, as Brutus Jones in The Emperor Jones
Estimate £400,000 - 600,000
123
Duane Hanson
Surfer
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
Sold for £250,000
124
Sturtevant
Warhol Flowers
Estimate £125,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £187,500
125
Sturtevant
Warhol Flowers
Estimate £125,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £137,500
126
David Salle
How did we get there?
Estimate £125,000 - 180,000
Sold for £150,000
127
Oscar Murillo
Yuka
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ♠
Sold for £187,500
128
Joe Bradley
Frank
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £100,000
129
KAWS
PEEK
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £156,250
130
Alex Israel
Untitled (Flat)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £87,500
131
Kara Walker
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
132
Kara Walker
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £20,000
133
William Kentridge
Untitled (drawing for Refusal of Time, man and megaphone)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £112,500
134
William Kentridge
Soho Headquarters
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
135
Louise Bourgeois
Untitled
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £87,500
136
Louise Bourgeois
Spiral
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £75,000
137
Ghada Amer
In Red and pale-RFGA
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡
138
Halim Al Karim
Untitled 1 (from the King's Harem series)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
139
Subodh Gupta
Bucket
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £50,000
140
This lot is no longer available.
141
Manolo Valdés
Romy
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
Sold for £187,500
142
Manolo Valdés
Black Tulips
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
Sold for £175,000
143
This lot is no longer available.
144
Ai Weiwei
GRAPES
Estimate £180,000 - 250,000 ‡
Sold for £275,000
145
This lot is no longer available.
146
Grayson Perry
Pope
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
147
Damien Hirst
I'm So Tired
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £106,250
148
Damien Hirst
AIDS
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £106,250
149
Julian Opie
Imagine you are driving. 4.
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
150
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Pietà
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
151
Mat Collishaw
Two works: (i) Antonius, a horse belonging to his grace the Duke of Grafton; (ii) The Marquess of Rockingham's scrub with John Singleton Up
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
152
Simon Patterson
The Great Bear
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
153
Simon Patterson
Rodrigo Borgia, Lucrezia Borgia, Cesare Borgia
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
154
Bob Law
Untitled, 7.4. 87
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £27,500
155
Ian Davenport
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £51,250
156
Michael Craig-Martin
Narrative Painting
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
157
Sarah Morris
Girls
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
158
Sarah Morris
Fuck
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
159
Gilbert & George
Hooded
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠†
Sold for £237,500
160
Damien Hirst
Saint Jude, the Apostle
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ♠
Sold for £150,000
161
Anish Kapoor
Fold
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £118,750
162
Michaël Borremans
The Crack
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £150,000
163
Luc Tuymans
Solitude
Estimate £180,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
Sold for £250,000
164
Michaël Borremans
The Shirt
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
Sold for £187,500
165
Anselm Kiefer
The Fertile Crescent
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £162,500
166
Neo Rauch
Landschaft mit Sendeturm
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ♠†
Sold for £362,500
167
Thomas Schütte
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
168
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £85,000
169
Gerhard Richter
Vermalung (Braun)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
170
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
171
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
172
A.R. Penck
Untitled (für Brigitte)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
173
A.R. Penck
Feuer, Augen, Mann
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
174
A.R. Penck
Stele
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
175
A.R. Penck
Experiment
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
176
Jef Verheyen
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
177
Marcel Broodthaers
Rue René Magritte Straat
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £93,750
178
Walter Leblanc
Archétypes
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
179
Raoul De Keyser
Krijthoekcorrectie
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £125,000
180
Yves Klein
La Victoire de Samothrace
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £162,500
181
John McCracken
Flare
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £200,000
182
Ed Ruscha
Emergency Numbers
Estimate £90,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £100,000
183
Joseph Kosuth
‘Titled (Art as Idea as Idea)’ [ephemeral] (Ety.)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £43,750
184
Urs Fischer
Friday
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
185
Alex Katz
Untitled (Leaves)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £38,750
186
Ilya Kabakov
A. B. Borisova: And Pick the Shoes from the Repair Shop Today!
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
187
Tom Wesselmann
Bedroom Face with Green Wallpaper (Variation)
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡
Sold for £237,500
188
Beatriz Milhazes
Little Tree
Estimate £75,000 - 100,000 ‡
Sold for £81,250
189
Sam Francis
Facing within
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000
Sold for £250,000
190
Jean Dubuffet
Site au Défunt
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £187,500
191
L.S. Lowry
Four Young People
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
192
Roberto Matta
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
193
Julio González
Personnage Insectiforme
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
194
Roberto Matta
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
195
Fernand Léger
Untitled Composition
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
196
Jacques Lipchitz
Study for Pastorale
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
197
Nicolas de Staël
Figure
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
198
Giacomo Balla
Linea di velocità più paesaggio
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
199
Mimmo Rotella
Suor Maria
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
200
Mimmo Rotella
Litterings
Estimate £22,000 - 28,000 ‡♠
Sold for £35,000
201
Alighiero Boetti
Attirare l' Attenzione
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,000
202
Sayed Haider Raza
Landscape and Bindu
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £56,250
203
Tony Cragg
After We Have Gone
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
Sold for £82,500
204
Damien Hirst
Day by Day
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
205
Tracey Emin
Untitled (Bib)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
206
Marc Quinn
The Selfish Gene
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £100,000
207
Antony Gormley
CLUTCH 1 (MEME) II
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £110,000
208
Rachel Whiteread
Untitled (Black Books)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £75,000
209
Glenn Brown
Drawing 30 (after Gossaert)
Estimate £25,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,000
210
Glenn Brown
Drawing 29 (after Dell'Abate)
Estimate £25,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,000
211
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £40,000
212
George Condo
The Joker
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £112,500
213
Eric Fischl
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £40,000
214
Julian Schnabel
Untitled
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £75,000
215
Wolfgang Tillmans
Feathered
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
216
Wolfgang Tillmans
Victoria
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,000
217
Christopher Williams
Punta Hicacos, Varadero, Cuba, February 14, 2000
Estimate £12,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £15,000
218
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #174
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
219
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #254
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £10,000
220
Laurie Simmons
Walking Pocket Watch (color)/ The Music of Regret
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £21,250
221
Walead Beshty
FedEx® Large Box, Los Angeles - New York TRK- , Saltsjöbaden - London TRK-777236485934
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
222
Vasily Klyukin
C20.H25.N3O (TRIP)
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡
Sold for £150,000
223
Rinus Van de Velde
You seem unrelated to the world of apppearances. I told him. After a brief moment of silence he replied: "On Sundays I may not allow myself to be seen on the streets, for I have no Sunday clothes. In my steady and thrifty life I am like a field mouse
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
224
Marc Quinn
Pitons of St Lucia
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £75,000
225
Farhad Moshiri
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £56,250
226
Subodh Gupta
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £27,500
227
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Gutron in Cage
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
228
This lot is no longer available.
229
Yue Minjun
Two works: (i) Contemporary Terracotta Warriors No.5; (ii) Contemporary Terracotta Warriors No.5
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £93,750
230
This lot is no longer available.
231
Bernard Frize
Un
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
232
Gerd Leufert
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
233
Peter Halley
Yellow Prison
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £62,500
234
Bernard Aubertin
Tableau Clous
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £9,375
235
Sue Williams
Garden Shears
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £62,500
236
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Untitled (History painting)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £62,500
237
Wyatt Kahn
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
238
Ida Ekblad
Being Sinks Into Mere Stuff
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
239
Toby Ziegler
…good the doom… (2nd study)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
240
Garth Weiser
8
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
241
Jason Martin
Scion
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £97,500
242
Aboudia
Vert a levres
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £13,750
243
Mira Dancy
Statues in the Park
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £11,875
244
Richard Hambleton
Sandra
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ‡
245
Stanley Casselman
IR 41‐7
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £30,000
246
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
247
Gerhard Richter
Ella
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £38,750
248
The Connor Brothers
Hell Is Empty
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
249
Laurence Jenkell
Bonbon
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £56,250
250
KAWS
Three works: (i) SMALL LIE (Brown); (ii) SMALL LIE (Black); (iii) SMALL LIE (Grey)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £3,500

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 14 February 2020

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Provenance

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Roberto Matta

Untitled

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale