Provenance
Collection of Lola Scarpitta, Los Angeles
Collection of Stella Scarpitta Cartaino, New York
Private Collection, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Luigi Sansone, Salvatore Scarpitta: Catalogue Raisonné, Milan, 2005, no. 244, p. 172 (illustrated)

135

Salvatore Scarpitta

Tête de Nègre

signed, titled, dated and dedicated 'S. Scarpitta S. Scarpitta - 1959 - Tête de Nègre - a Lola mia tuo papà' on the reverse
canvas and mixed media on panel
57.8 x 76.2 cm (22 3/4 x 30 in.)
Executed in 1959.

Estimate
£80,000 - 100,000 ‡♠

Sold for £76,200

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 8 March 2024

101
Rachel Jones
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £127,000
102
Alfie Caine
Interior with Sunflowers at Sunset
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £120,650
103
Daisy Dodd-Noble
Tree at Waters Edge at Sunset
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £50,800
104
Tracey Emin
I held you in my hand
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £57,150
105
Sahara Longe
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,510
106
Danica Lundy
Sink
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £76,200
107
Kyle Dunn
Insomniac
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £38,100
108
Issy Wood
Super Luncheon
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
109
Wynnie Mynerva
All My Tears
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £82,550
110
Tracey Emin
Tight
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £27,940
111
Ambera Wellmann
Coil Comprehension
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £20,320
112
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
Red Bird Keeper
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £53,340
113
Salvo
San Nicola Arcella
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £55,880
114
Maja Ruznic
Father 6
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,640
115
Loie Hollowell
Linked Lingam in blue, turquoise and yellow
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £152,400
116
Caroline Walker
7:30PM Stoke Newington
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £101,600
117
Salvo
Primavera
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £139,700
118
William N. Copley
Frigid Bridget
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £190,500
119
Eddie Martinez
Serious Time #2
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £53,340
120
Wes Lang
We Did It!
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £101,600
121
Genesis Tramaine
Black Boy with Vision
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡
Sold for £120,650
122
Miriam Cahn
denkender soldat, 5.1.19
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £22,860
123
Joel Mesler
Untitled (We are the World)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £165,100
124
Katharina Grosse
Untitled
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ♠
125
Banksy
Heavy Weaponry
Estimate £180,000 - 250,000 ♠
126
Antony Gormley
Meme CXX
Estimate £90,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £254,000
127
Tracey Emin
Fantastic To Feel Beautiful Again
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £139,700
128
George Condo
Ophelia
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £76,200
129
George Condo
Irish Girl
Estimate £320,000 - 500,000 ‡
Sold for £381,000
130
Andy Warhol
Ladies & Gentlemen (Wilhelmina Ross)
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £139,700
131
Takashi Murakami
Hollow Blue
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
132
Alighiero Boetti
La forza del centro
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,900
133
Alighiero Boetti
Aerei
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £152,400
134
Alighiero Boetti
Da uno a dieci (portoghese)
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡♠
135
Salvatore Scarpitta
Tête de Nègre
Estimate £80,000 - 100,000 ‡♠
Sold for £76,200
136
Enrico Castellani
Superficie bianca
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,320
137
Paolo Scheggi
Intersuperficie curva-dal bianco
cerchi progressivi-regressivi
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £107,950
138
Mimmo Rotella
Innamorati
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £21,590
139
Georg Baselitz
Waldarbeiter (Remix) (Woodmen (Remix))
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,640
140
This lot is no longer available.
141
Georg Baselitz
GETEILTER HELD (DIVIDED HERO)
Estimate £90,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £86,360
142
Albert Oehlen
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
143
Hans Hartung
T1980-K26
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
144
Anselm Kiefer
Pietà
Estimate £300,000 - 500,000 ‡♠
145
Thomas Schütte
Old Friends Revisited
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,800
146
Thomas Schütte
Liegende Frau (Lying Woman)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,900
147
Franz West
Nineteen Works: (i) Dining Table; (ii-xix) Onkel-Stuhl (Uncle Chair)
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 Ω♠
Sold for £304,800
148
Franz West
Untitled - Sitting sculpture
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,900
149
Urs Fischer
Lion in Chains
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £60,960
150
Sterling Ruby
VAMPIRE 25
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £15,240
151
Ugo Rondinone
a snowlike still
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £53,340
152
Richard Prince
Just My Luck
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £228,600
153
Christopher Wool
Untitled
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
154
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Bedroom Painting with Tit & Lemon
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
155
Tom Wesselmann
Drawing for bedroom painting
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
156
Wade Guyton
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £57,150
157
Andy Warhol
Gun
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £57,150
158
Danh Vo
Biscuit Porte Bonheur
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
159
Danh Vo
We The People
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £120,650
160
Damien Hirst
Crown in Petrified Honeycomb with Two Daggers
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
161
Sarah Lucas
Obsidiana
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ♠
Sold for £50,800
162
Oscar Murillo
Untitled (Drawings off the Wall)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
163
Anish Kapoor
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
164
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Induction Chromatique Sebon
Estimate £55,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
165
Bernard Frize
Risti
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £50,800
166
Manolo Valdés
El Sofa Rojo
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £76,200
167
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Seated Balls, Black Balls VI
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
168
Sherrie Levine
Untitled (The Bachelors: 'Livreur de Grand Magasin')
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £33,020
169
Y. Z. Kami
Untitled
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
170
Guillermo Kuitca
België
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
171
Leon Kossoff
Female Nude Study
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
172
Henry Moore
Standing Mother and Child: Holes
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
173
Henry Moore
Standing Figure Relief No.2
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
174
Elisabeth Frink
Man with Goggles
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
175
Anthony Caro
Solitaire (Table Bronze)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,700
176
Auguste Rodin
Iris, messagère des dieux, étude avec tête
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
177
Kurt Schwitters
ted matter
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
178
Kurt Schwitters
Ohne Titel (COMMERCIAL ST.)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
179
Jean Fautrier
Nu debout
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £53,340
180
František Kupka
Abstract Composition
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
181
Olivier Mosset
Sans Titre
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
182
Daniel Buren
Exposition d’une exposition : Rebondissement - Bleu clair, travail in situ
Estimate On Request
183
Chiharu Shiota
State of being #7
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡
Sold for £48,260
184
Feng Xiao-min
No. 26.2.22
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £120,650
185
Li Songsong
Big Girls
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £35,560
186
Minjung Kim
Pieno di vuoto
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £38,100
187
Shota Nakamura
An Open Book
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
188
Ai Weiwei
Two works: (i) Coloured Vases (2 works); (ii) Coloured Vases (6 works)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £114,300
189
Robert Combas
Exécution de Louis XVI et d'autres
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £114,300
190
Os Gêmeos
Electronic Eyes
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £88,900
191
Olafur Eliasson
Moonlight
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
192
Franz West
Floor Lamp
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 Ω♠
Sold for £12,700
193
Jiří Georg Dokoupil
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,940
194
Haim Steinbach
pop art I-2
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £12,700
195
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol 'Soup Can'
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £24,130
196
Invader
ALIAS LA_138
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £48,260
197
KAWS
Untitled (Cat Teeth)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
198
KAWS
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £44,450
199
KAWS
Good Intentions
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £29,210
200
Thierry Noir
Capturing the Moment in Colour
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £16,510
201
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
202
Vojtěch Kovařík
Gigantomachia
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,940
203
Donna Huanca
MAGMA 1
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £33,020
204
Zanele Muholi
NTOMBI III, Parktown
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000
Sold for £10,160
205
Rana Begum
No. 400
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
206
Cerith Wyn Evans
...in which something happens all over again for the very first time.
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £15,240
207
Grayson Perry
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160
208
This lot is no longer available.
209
Antony Gormley
Where The Species Came From
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,080
210
Keith Tyson
Nature Painting (Deep Impact)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £101,600
211
Julian Opie
London couple 1.
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £44,450
212
This lot is no longer available.
213
Caroline Walker
Interval
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,480
214
Flora Yukhnovich
Study
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £38,100
215
Jeanine Brito
At the Border of All Things (After Paula)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
216
Chantal Joffe
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
217
Tali Lennox
Lupus Sanguinem Luna
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,065
218
Louisa Gagliardi
Wet Feet
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £13,970
219
Lisa Yuskavage
The Black Bunny Series: Tit Love, Fellatial Love, Ass Love
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £22,860
220
Jack Whitten
A Gift to Ornette
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £27,940
221
George Condo
Head
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £30,480
222
Robert Longo
Study for Chandelier (Opera House) #2
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £60,960
223
Wyatt Kahn
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £12,700
224
Alex Da Corte
Back with Grapes
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £27,940
225
This lot is no longer available.
226
Richard Aldrich
Untitled 1 of 2
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £11,430
227
Paul McCarthy
Masks (Small) from the Propo series
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £19,050
228
Andy Warhol
Muratti Ambassador Cigarettes
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £31,750
229
Sayre Gomez
Untitled Landscape
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £190,500
230
Jonathan Meese
Prinzessin Sweethearttyr, die Süssigkeitin aus Fort Knox
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,320
231
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £83,820
232
Friedrich Kunath
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,890
233
Thomas Struth
Mais-Acker Nach der ernte n°34, Winterthur
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,795
234
Wolfgang Tillmans
Chris Cunningham, 1998
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £33,020
235
Wolfgang Tillmans
Separate System, Reading Prison (self a)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £21,590

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 8 March 2024

Provenance

Literature

135

Salvatore Scarpitta

Tête de Nègre

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale