Provenance
Nubuke Foundation
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Jareh Das, "ART X Lagos Responds to #EndSARS," Ocula Magazine, December 4, 2020, online (illustrated)
"ART X LAGOS 2020: 5 Artists To Look Out For," BIDHAAR, December 8, 2020, online (illustrated)
Tom Burson, "Seizing a Moment," Centurion Magazine, 2021, p. 50 (illustrated)

63

Rufai Zakari

The Girl in Yellow Swimming Costume

signed and dated "Z. Ruffai 2020" upper center
plastic wrappers, thread and mixed media
49 x 37 in. (124.5 x 94 cm)
Executed in 2020, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Estimate
$7,000 - 10,000

Sold for $6,985

Contact Specialist

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20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction

17 - 26 July 2023

1
Jenna Gribbon
Alejandro (Portrait of Alejandro Cardenas)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $25,400
2
Daisy Dodd-Noble
Blue speckled tree and spiked tree
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $27,940
3
Mr.
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
4
Sanya Kantarovsky
The Highest Point
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
5
Tala Madani
Cake Cut
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,350
6
Tala Madani
B Haus
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,160
7
Ida Ekblad
Untitled (Toddler)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,320
8
Kristy M Chan
Amphora Potheads
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,350
9
Jonathan Lyndon Chase
Shell Dress
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
10
Eddie Martinez
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $19,050
11
Katherine Bernhardt
Neopolitan Cream Milla Jovovich
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,160
12
Wahab Saheed
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,985
13
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai)
A Cloudy Day
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $30,480
14
Lari Pittman
Spontaneous Generation
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $165,100
15
Vito Acconci
Seedbed
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
16
Helen Bershad
Arkansas Rose
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
17
Mary Bauermeister
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,700
18
William N. Copley
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,240
19
Werner Büttner
Warteschleife am Nichts (Holding Loop in the Void)
Estimate $10,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,970
20
Thomas Nozkowski
UNTITLED (7-72)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $44,450
21
Barnaby Furnas
Red Sea (Parting IX)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $24,130
22
Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,890
23
John De Andrea
Standing Brunette II
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $25,400
24
Vanessa German
Flight
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $21,590
25
Sean Landers
Two works: (i) Plankboy (Narcissus); (ii) Plankboy (Pygmalion)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,064
26
Marcel Dzama
Double-sided work: (i-ii) Why is the Dove Never Free
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,159
27No Reserve
Joakim Ojanen
You make my knees shaking and I think I <3 U no. 1
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $1,016
28
Shaina McCoy
Tesha
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $16,510
29
Igor Moritz
Self-Portrait, November
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,525
30
Paul Anthony Smith
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,350
31
Pedro Pedro
Tropical Mangos 3 for 99 Cents
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $16,510
32
Ellen Altfest
Side Face
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,810
33
Alvaro Barrington
Painting: PP18-38
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $16,510
34
Robert Nava
A-10 (face & gun)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $10,795
35
Bosco Sodi
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,065
36
Dan Rees
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,525
37
Mark Flood
Sisskind City
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $6,350
38
Adam McEwen
CVS
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $12,700
39
Nir Hod
Genius
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $17,780
40
Danica Lundy
Closet at the Spinnerei
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,794
41
Nicole Eisenman
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,510
42
Marion Peck
Sad Tomato
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $11,430
43
Despina Stokou
(right) Emojis iphone
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,096
44
Despina Stokou
12/14/13 /!doctypehtml\ II
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $4,445
45
Caetano de Almeida
Sudario para Laerte
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,255
46
Michiel Ceulers
The degenerated instinct which turns against life
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,064
47
Negyem Adonoo
The Embrace
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
48
Odinakachi Okoroafor
Bush Girl IV
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $2,540
49No Reserve
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (Both.)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $8,890
50No Reserve
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (Addicted to the image)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 •
Sold for $10,160
51No Reserve
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (ALMOST AS OF SOME 'BLUE DISTANCE.')
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000 •
Sold for $10,160
52
Francis Upritchard
A Beat
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,350
53
Pieter Schoolwerth
Mantra
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $9,525
54
Pieter Schoolwerth
Portrait of a Man in Green
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $3,556
55
Analia Saban
Circuit Board #5
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,970
56
Brenna Youngblood
Jolly Rancher
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,620
57
Mathieu Malouf
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
58
Patrick Alston
Fihankra (Security)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
59
Isshaq Ismail
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $5,080
60
Stanley Casselman
IR-45-14
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
61
John Madu
Not This Time, Invader
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,810
62
Aya Uekawa
Self-portrait as a melancholic dog
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
63
Rufai Zakari
The Girl in Yellow Swimming Costume
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,985
64
Mona Broschár
Approach
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $2,794
65
Rebecca Brodskis
L'interprète
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,890
66
Veronika Pausova
Neighbour
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $8,255
67
Simone DiLaura
Noodles & Rafts
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $2,794
68
Rodrigo Andrade
Praia Deserta com Neblina em Nowhere Lake
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
69
Alexander Ross
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,255
70
Deborah Kass
Four Barbras from the series Jewish Jackie
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,525
71
Claire Fontaine
What is the artworld? I am the artworld.
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,715
72
Matt Saunders
Matti's Cigarette
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
Sold for $2,159
73
Nathan Hylden
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
74
Dave McDermott
À rebours
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
75
Michael Staniak
IMG_961 (grey)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
76
Cosima von Bonin
Untitled (The Purple St. Bernard With Box)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $50,800
77
Franz West
Two works: (i–ii) Do-Ku Chair
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $38,100
78
Franz West
"Privat Lampe des Kunstlers II" floor lamp
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $5,715
79
Lucien Smith
Rock 'n Roll from the series Ark
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
80
Lucien Smith
Statistics show that teen pregnancy drops off significantly after age 25 from the series Pie
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $6,985
81
Gabriel Orozco
Obit: 'Developer of Math Theories of Voting'
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $6,350
82
Allan McCollum
Perfect Vehicle
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
83
Eddie Peake
Holding her Hand in the Air in the Shape of a Gun 8
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
84
Ai Weiwei
Finger from the series Ex-Votos
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,890
85
Wade Guyton
Untitled Printer Drawing (Somaini, p.63)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,700
86
Kelley Walker and Wade Guyton
Coconut Lights
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,445
87
Elad Lassry
Untitled (Artwork)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
88
Matias Faldbakken
Untitled (Garbage Bag Grey #3)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
89
Mark Barrow
Semblance
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Sold for $4,064
90
Marco Maggi
TURNER BOX (PAPER ON MONDRIAN)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
91No Reserve
Peter Dayton
Untitled
Estimate $600 - 800 •
Sold for $445
92No Reserve
Peter Dayton
Player Hater #1
Estimate $600 - 800 •
Sold for $508
93
Markus Selg
Pfleger
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
94No Reserve
Justin Lieberman
Exploitation Collage With Transgressive Intervals
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for $5,080
95No Reserve
Ryan McGinness
Untitled (Plexi-boxed Painting 4, Blue)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $953
96No Reserve
Ryan McGinness
Untitled (Plexi-boxed Painting 5, Red)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $826
97
John Ahearn
Aleya Hands
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
98
Paul McCarthy
Silicon Gloves (spaghetti man/tomato head hands)
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $3,048
99
Melissa Gordon
Futurist Construction
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
100
Shannon Finley
Evermore
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,270
101
Aaron Young
Forever
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $1,270
102
Aaron Young
The New Look of Leadership
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,810
103
Vik Muniz
Mill in Sunlight, After Piet Mondrian from the series Pictures of Pigment
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,510
104
Vik Muniz
Henry Moore Took Drugs
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
105
Louise Lawler
ORO
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,445
106
Elger Esser
397 Wimereux
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,413
107
Rosemary Laing
swanfires, Chris's shed
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
108No Reserve
Andrew Moore
Palace Theater
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $4,064
109
Zhang Huan
To Add One Meter to An Anonymous Mountain
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,890
110
Zhang Huan
To Raise the Water Level in a Fish Pond (Distant)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,255
111
Zhang Huan
To Raise the Water Level in a Fish Pond (Middle)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
112
Zhang Huan
SUNSHINE II
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
113
Stan Douglas
Contemporary Set for Sandman at DOKFILM Studios, Potsdam Babelsberg, December, 1994
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $2,794
114
Wolfgang Tillmans
Red Adidas
Estimate $1,200 - 1,800
Sold for $3,302
115
Gabriel Orozco
Isadora's Necklace
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $3,810
116
Gabriel Orozco
Rolling Life's Hand Line
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $3,810
117
Jenny Saville and Glen Luchford
Closed Contact D
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $1,905
118
Thomas Ruff
d.p.b 06
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Sold for $2,540
119
Mike Kelley
With Malice Toward None: With Charity for All from the series Reconstructed History
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,985
120
Richard Prince
Pet Store, Los Angeles from Adult Comedy Action Drama
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
121
Joel-Peter Witkin
Leda (Los Angeles)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,159
122
Joel-Peter Witkin
Savior of the Primates (New Mexico)
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,810
123
Christopher Williams
Tenebrionidae, Asbolus verrucosus, Death Feigning Beetle Silver Lake, California
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $11,430
124
Nan Goldin
Simon on the Subway. NYC.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $4,445
125
Mark Morrisroe
Pre-Nympho Pia, Young Pia Howard (Nude in Bathtub)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,810
126
Tracey Moffatt
Useless, 1974 from the series Scarred for Life
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
127
Douglas Gordon
Tattoo I
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $3,302
128
Jack Pierson
Angel Youth from the portfolio Angel Youth
Estimate $1,500 - 2,500
Sold for $4,445
129
Cindy Sherman
Two works: (i) Untitled (Doctor) and (ii) Untitled (Nurse)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,985
130
John Stezaker
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $1,270
131
Paul Graham
Graffiti on Phonebox, Belfast from the series Troubled Land
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,032
132
David Hockney
Sur Le Motif from the portfolio Twenty Photographic Pictures
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,048
133
Sol LeWitt
Irregular Form
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,985
134
Sol LeWitt
Irregular Form
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,302
135
Sol LeWitt
Loops & Curves
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,985
136
Richard Wyatt Jr.
Thelonious Monk
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
137
Wolf Kahn
Autumn in the American South
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
138
Charles Avery
"What them dogs don't know they know"
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
139
Lari Pittman
Counting to confront one's fatigue
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,985
140
David Salle
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $8,255
141
Natalie Frank
Measuring Her Neck (Story of O)
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Sold for $6,350
142No Reserve
Ginny Bishton
Walking, In Circles
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $254
143
Marcel Dzama
Four works: (i) Lovers; (ii–iii) Untitled; (iv) Was kostet der Eintritt?
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,445
144
Sarah Morris
Death Trap
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
145
Sarah Morris
Mystery Woman
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
146No Reserve
Aya Uekawa
Manshon
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $1,207
147
Jack Pierson
Tremble + hush
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
148No Reserve
Yun-Fei Ji
Three Figures
Estimate $600 - 800 •
Sold for $3,048
149No Reserve
Paul Sietsema
Untitled
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 •
Sold for $1,207
150No Reserve
Paul Sietsema
Untitled (from 16mm film still)
Estimate $800 - 1,200 •
Sold for $508

20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction

17 - 26 July 2023

Provenance

Literature

63

Rufai Zakari

The Girl in Yellow Swimming Costume

20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction