Rubén Alpízar

El sabor de las lágrimas

2013
acrylic on canvas
28 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (72.4 x 59.7 cm.)
Signed and dated "R. Alpízar 2013" lower right. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000

Sold for $12,500

Contact Specialist
Laura González
Head of Latin America Sale
lgonzalez@phillips.com
+ 1 212 940 1216

Latin America

New York 21 November 2013 4pm

1
Oscar Murillo
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,000
2
Alfredo Jaar
Out of Balance
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,750
3
Vik Muniz
Prometheus, after Titian (from Pictures of Junk)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $50,000
4
Gabriel Orozco
Two Socks
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
5
Francis Alÿs
Zócalo, May 22, 1999
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $100,000
6
Antonio Manuel
Untitled (Protest)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $100,000
7
Rubens Gerchman
SOS
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
8
Nelson Leirner
Homenagem a Fontana I
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $359,000
9
Cildo Meireles
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
10
Guillermo Kuitca
Untitled
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
11
Claudio Bravo
Vista de Ávila
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $100,000
12
Ivan Serpa
Untitled (from Serie Mangueira)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
13
Lygia Clark
Bicho invertebrado
Estimate $1,200,000 - 1,800,000
Sold for $1,865,000
14
Lygia Clark
Superfície Modulada No. 2
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $461,000
15
Lygia Clark
Estrutura de Caixas de Fósforos
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
16
Mira Schendel
Untitled
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $281,000
17
Hélio Oiticica
Metaesquema 153
Estimate $220,000 - 280,000
Sold for $269,000
18
Sergio Camargo
Untitled (Relief No. 347)
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $785,000
19
Mira Schendel
Untitled
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $209,000
20
Jesús Rafael Soto
Oro y Plata
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
21
Willys de Castro
Objeto Ativo
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $62,500
22
Sergio Camargo
Untitled
Estimate $140,000 - 180,000
Sold for $173,000
23
Gego
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
24
Mira Schendel
Three works: Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $20,000
25
Vik Muniz
Jackie O (from Pictures of Diamonds)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $161,000
26
Cildo Meireles
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
27
Waltercio Caldas
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
28
Ana Mendieta
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,625
29
Ana Mendieta
Untitled (from Silueta Series, Iowa)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,000
30
Ana Mendieta
Untitled (from Silueta Series, Iowa)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $9,375
31
Gego
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $12,500
32
Gego
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $18,125
33
Gego
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $18,750
34
Gego
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
35
José Damasceno
Untitled
Estimate $9,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,250
36
João José Costa
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
37
José Damasceno
Two works: (i) Untitled, 2006; (ii) Untitled, 2010
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
38
Hélio Oiticica
Bangú Mangue
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $20,000
39
Hélio Oiticica
Seja marginal seja herói
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $22,500
40
Anna Maria Maiolino
Untitled (from the series Codificaçoes matéricas)
Estimate $16,000 - 18,000
Sold for $20,000
41
Jac Leirner
Pulmão
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $23,750
42
Jesús Rafael Soto
Structure Cinétique (Sotomagie)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $25,625
43
Sergio Camargo
Untitled
Estimate $28,000 - 32,000
Sold for $31,250
44
José Ángel Toirac
Eternity
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $11,250
45
Tania Bruguera
Uniformes
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $13,750
46
Los Carpinteros
Mueble gordo
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $25,000
47
Abel Barroso
The Rush for the Freedom Land
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $10,625
48
Sandra Ceballos
Absolut Jawlensky
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $10,625
49
Manuel Mendive
El ave
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $15,000
50
Tomás Esson
Chiribamba
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $6,875
51
Carlos Garaicoa
Acerca de la caja del reloj y del tiempo que se ha ido
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $22,500
52
Adonis Flores
Maleza (Weeds)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,500
53
Segundo Planes
Two works: (i) Untitled, 1985; (ii) Untitled, 1984
Estimate $2,000 - 4,000
Sold for $3,500
54
Armando Mariño
Untitled (Colonial Heritage Series)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $13,750
55
Fernando Rodríguez
Precaución (Caution)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,000
56
Belkis Ayón
Sin Título (Sikán, Nasakó y Espíritu Santo)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $13,750
57
Esterio Segura
Two works: (i) Voló una vez la Tierra; (ii) La divina salvación
Estimate $2,000 - 4,000
Sold for $4,000
58
Carlos Estévez
El dictador
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,625
59
Glexis Novoa
Live TV
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
60
Glexis Novoa
Two works: (i) Wesotinks (from the series To Be or Not to Be: Etapa Romántica); (ii) Moncetancz (from the series To Be or Not to Be: Etapa Romántica)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $5,250
61
Franklin Álvarez Fortún
Proyección mental
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,625
62
Kattia García Fayat
Vistiéndose para trabajar
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
Sold for $1,125
63
Flavio Garciandía
Untitled (from the series Tropicalia 1)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $8,125
64
Carlos Rodríguez Cárdenas
El espacio no existe
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $4,375
65
Pedro Vizcaíno
The Sentimental History of Cuban Art
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,625
66
René Peña
Two works: (i) Wardrobe (from the series Untitled Album), 2007; (ii) Untitled (from the series White Things), 2000
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
Sold for $2,000
67
Umberto Peña
Tu Nooo
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $18,750
68
Sandra Ramos
Por más que corra no llego
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,875
69
Vicente Hernández
Opus Habana
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $13,750
70
Mayito (Mario García Joya)
Two works: (i) Ramonín, Feliberto y Lazarito (from the series Caibarién), 1981; (ii) Arte óptico (from the series Caibarién), 1980
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $1,750
71
Cundo Bermúdez
Cinco músicos en el teatro
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
72
Amelia Peláez
Untitled
Estimate $22,000 - 28,000
Sold for $40,000
73
Jorge Luis Varona
Condición Precaria
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,000
74
Rubén Alpízar
El sabor de las lágrimas
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $12,500
75
Kcho
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
76
Olga Albizu
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $17,500
77
Francisco Toledo
Ta Gil
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,250
78
Joaquim Tenreiro
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,750
79
Mario Carreño
Untitled (Three Figures)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
80
Gunther Gerzso
Untitled (Surrealist Composition)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
81
Alejandro Xul Solar
Pli-ente
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
82
Gunther Gerzso
Semblantes
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
83
Edgar Negret
Navegante
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $9,375
84
Edgar Negret
Puente
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,625
85
Omar Rayo
Signs for an Alphabet No. 5
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
86
Carlos Rojas
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $47,500
87
Daniel Senise
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,750
88
Saint Clair Cemin
Woman's Head/5
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $10,625
89
Tunga
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
90
Cildo Meireles
Futebol
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
91
Cildo Meireles
Three works: (i) Untitled, 1985; (ii) Untitled, 1986; (iii) Untitled, 1986
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $4,750
92
This lot is no longer available.
93
Vik Muniz
The Icebergs, after Frederic E. Church (from Pictures of Pigment)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,000
94
Allora & Calzadilla
Bieké o Muerte
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $9,375
95
Arnaldo Roche Rabell
Can You See Me?
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
96
Oscar Oiwa
Firefly
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
97
Esteban Peña
Valle de Ubate (from the series Aguadas)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
98
Sandra Gamarra
Pag 332
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,250
99
Miguel Rio Branco
Amaú
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $27,500
100
Rosângela Rennó
Cascata (from the series Frutos Estranhos)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
101
André Cypriano
Pai & Filho (Rocinha)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $8,750
102
André Cypriano
Sugar Loaf Ball
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
103
Gabriel Orozco
Obit: "Psychologist Who Wrote About Self-Esteem" Black
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
104
Damián Ortega
Proyecto para bolido
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,125
105
Damián Ortega
Proyecto para accidente
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $11,250
106
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
1000 Platitudes (Exclusividad)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $8,750
107
Jose Dávila
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $37,500
108
Melanie Smith
Skywalker No .3
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
109
Jose Dávila
Giant Beetle
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,750
110
Tomás Saraceno
Ladies and Gentlemen we're floating in space
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
111
Cildo Meireles
Two works: Zero Dollar
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $8,125
112
Antonio Caro
Colombia
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $7,500
113
Rubens Gerchman
Two works: (i) Sun; (ii) Sky
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,500
114
Waltercio Caldas
Two works: Fim
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000

Latin America

New York 21 November 2013 4pm

Provenance

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Rubén Alpízar

El sabor de las lágrimas

Latin America