Sam Gilliam

Focus II

signed and dated "Sam Gilliam '14" lower right; titled "FOCUS II" lower left
watercolor on rice paper
28 1/2 x 46 1/2 in. (72.4 x 118.1 cm)
Executed in 2014, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000

Sold for $88,900

Contact Specialist

Annie Dolan

Specialist, Head of Sale, Morning Session
+1 212 940 1288
adolan@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 16 May 2023

101
Lois Dodd
Burning House with Clapboards
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $215,900
102
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai)
I See Red: Redskin War Shirt
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $76,200
103
Sylvia Snowden
Salvation
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $127,000
104
Lynne Drexler
Matoaka Aflame
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $114,300
105
Vivian Springford
Untitled (VS 20)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $95,250
106
Joan Mitchell
Untitled
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $825,500
107
Sam Francis
Untitled SFF.771
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $571,500
108
James Brooks
Noran
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $69,850
109
Ed Clark
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $152,400
110
Vivian Springford
Untitled (Tanzania Series)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $241,300
111
This lot is no longer available.
112
Alex Katz
White Band (Katherine)
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $444,500
113
Alex Katz
Danielle 3
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $304,800
114
John Wesley
Phone
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $88,900
115
Andy Warhol
O.J. Simpson
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $482,600
116
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $952,500
117
Roy Lichtenstein
Brushstroke Sculpture
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $1,016,000
118
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $406,400
119
John Chamberlain
TAOIST TOAST
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $444,500
120
Tom Wesselmann
Cross Motion II
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
121
Sol LeWitt
Wall Drawing #1111 Circle with broken bands of color
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
122
Dan Flavin
untitled (for Ad Reinhardt) 1b
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $152,400
123
Donald Judd
untitled (Menziken #91-175)
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $698,500
124
Brice Marden
Untitled (#2A)
Estimate $450,000 - 650,000
Sold for $482,600
125
Kenneth Noland
Pairs
Estimate $180,000 - 220,000
Sold for $241,300
126
Mary Heilmann
Shaped Serape
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $152,400
127
Sturtevant
Warhol Gold Marilyn
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $190,500
128
Tom Wesselmann
Study for first face #4
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $114,300
129
Tom Wesselmann
Mouth Fragment
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $101,600
131
Wayne Thiebaud
Red Farm
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $127,000
132
Philip Guston
Lemonade and Doughnuts
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $457,200
133
Romare Bearden
Sunset Limited from Profile/Part I, The Twenties: Mecklenburg County
Estimate $220,000 - 350,000
134
Ernie Barnes
Hustlers
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $254,000
135
Gertrude Abercrombie
Shell
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $63,500
136
Gertrude Abercrombie
Doors with Cat and Shell
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $209,550
137
Max Ernst
Taya's Sun
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $304,800
138
Lucio Fontana
Concetto spaziale
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $482,600
139
Jean Dubuffet
La liquidité du monde
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $444,500
140
Francis Picabia
Suzanne
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $203,200
141
Barry Flanagan RA
Hare
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $330,200
142
Jean Dubuffet
Le fantasque
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $508,000
143
Andy Warhol
Nosepicker II
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $228,600
144
Andy Warhol
Girl in Park (Phipps)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
145
Andy Warhol
Boy and Tree
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
146
George Condo
Take Yourself Away
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $482,600
147
Julian Schnabel
Mi vida es una cumbre de mentiras
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $139,700
148
David Wojnarowicz
The Anatomy and Architecture of June 19, 1953 (for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
149
David Wojnarowicz
Untitled (Time/Money) from the Ant series
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $57,150
150
Martin Wong
St. Joseph's
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $190,500
151
Martin Wong
Mandala
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $63,500
152
Hugh Steers
At the Armoire
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $133,350
153
Futura 2000
Self-Portrait of Picasso 1969
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $114,300
154
This lot is no longer available.
155
Kenny Scharf
Somnoplaya
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $292,100
156
Peter Saul
Chinese Cubist
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $120,650
157
Josef Albers
Study for Homage to the Square: Bright
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $844,550
158
Tom Wesselmann
Little Still Life #20
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $190,500
159
Claes Oldenburg
Flying Pizza (Original Drawing for New York Ten)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,800
160
Roy Lichtenstein
Prototype for Fish and Sky
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
161
Roy Lichtenstein
Collage for Seascape
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $101,600
162
Robert Mangold
A Rectangle and a Circle Within a Square
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $88,900
163
Robert Mangold
Four Color Frame Painting #3
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $196,850
164
Sol LeWitt
Open Cube Structure
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $63,500
165
Ilya Bolotowsky
Rectangle Within a Circle
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $107,950
166
Frank Stella
Fortín de las flores (Original Drawing for Ten from Leo Castelli)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $190,500
167
Sol LeWitt
Three-Part Drawing Using Three Colors In Each Part
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $44,450
168
Sol LeWitt
Vertical Brushstrokes
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $95,250
169
Ad Reinhardt
Untitled (Study for New York International)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $76,200
170
Stuart Davis
Study for a Drawing #1
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $38,100
171
Giacomo Balla
Sottobicchiere
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $33,020
172
Sonia Delaunay
Rythme couleur
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $76,200
173
Joan Miró
Femmes devant le soleil (Women in Front of the Sun)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $381,000
174
Fernand Léger
Composition américaine aux éléments mécaniques
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $40,640
175
Hannah Höch
Komposition
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $21,590
176
Ben Nicholson
Red to Black
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $88,900
177
František Kupka
Quatre histoires de blanc et noir
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,860
178
Paul Klee
Schatten Fürstin (Princess of the Shadows)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $50,800
179
Auguste Herbin
Composition cubiste
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
180
Adolf Wölfli
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $63,500
181
Jean Dubuffet
Personnage
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $60,960
182
Lee Lozano
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $38,100
183
Gerhard Richter
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $88,900
184
Tom Sachs
118 Composition No. III; Composition with Red, Blue, Yellow, and Black (Mondrian)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $158,750
185
Tom Sachs
Gucci Vice on Pedestal
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
186
Jacques Villeglé
Rue de Beaune
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,890
187
Alfred Jensen
Magic in Egypt II
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $16,510
188
Adolf Richard Fleischmann
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,065
189
Arman
The Seven Muses / Galaxiale
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $24,130
190
Arman
Poubelle organique
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,510
191
Christo
Valley Curtain (Project for Colorado) Grand Hogback, 7 Miles North from Rifle
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $107,950
192
Christo
Otterlo Mastaba (Project for Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $19,050
193
George Rickey
Sedge with Trapezoids
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,640
194
Mark di Suvero
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $66,040
195
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Nude (Study for 7 Objects in a Box)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
196
Tom Wesselmann
Open Ended Nude (Drawing Edition)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
197
Keith Haring
Untitled (Elvis Presley)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
198
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate $180,000 - 220,000
199No Reserve
Francesco Clemente
Tale
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000 •
Sold for $41,910
200
John Wesley
Good Night Mary
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $38,100
201
Andy Warhol
Dollar Sign
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $95,250
202
Andy Warhol
Ladies and Gentlemen
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $27,940
203
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (Insect Order)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $35,560
204
Robert Rauschenberg
Sherbet Tree (Slide)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $48,260
205
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $139,700
206
Grace Hartigan
Chapeau de Castella
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
207
Helen Frankenthaler
Coyote Dawn
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $304,800
208
Sol LeWitt
Horizontal Lines in Color (More Or Less)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
209
Sam Gilliam
Focus II
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $88,900
210
Beauford Delaney
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $57,150
211
Adolph Gottlieb
The Hunter
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
212
Arshile Gorky
Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $66,040
213
Adolph Gottlieb
Liberation
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
214
Fernand Léger
Jeune fille à la branche
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $228,600
215
Moïse Kisling
Nu allongé
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $82,550
216
Françoise Gilot
Nude on the Beach by the Sea
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $22,860
217
Milton Avery
Young Mother and Child
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
218
This lot is no longer available.
219
Reginald Marsh
Coney Island
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
220
Milton Avery
Pilgrim Tower
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,640
221
Milton Avery
Still Life
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $20,320
222
Leonora Carrington
Four works: (i) Study for Snake-Bite Floripondio; (ii) Study for Mural El Mundo Magico de Los Mayas; (iii) Untitled; (iv) Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $25,400
223
Francisco Toledo
Pez con toro
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
224
Pedro Coronel
Danza mágica
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $120,650
225
Mario Carreño
La lavandera (The Laundress)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
226
Fernando Botero
The Gardener
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $139,700
227
Fernando Botero
Reclining Woman (Donna sdraiata)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $279,400
228
Alfredo Ramos Martínez
La India de las tunas (Indian Woman with Prickly Pears)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
229
Aldo Bonadei
Landscape
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
230
Sergio Camargo
Sem título
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
231
León Ferrari
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $31,750
232
Sergio Camargo
Sem título (#425-A)
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $35,560
233
Louise Nevelson
Model for the Torah Ark Doors of Temple Beth El
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $30,480
234
Louise Nevelson
Volcanic Magic XXIV
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $30,480
235
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,800
236
Bruce Nauman
Untitled (Cross Beams)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $27,940
237
Bernar Venet
9 Acute Unequal Angles
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,850
238
Victor Vasarely
Hazay-a
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,850
239
Kenneth Noland
Reborn
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $114,300
240
Deborah Remington
Cambay
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $76,200
241
Thomas Downing
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $44,450
242
Ralph Humphrey
October Light
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $24,130
243
Thomas Nozkowski
Untitled (8-64)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $48,260
244
Maurice Sievan
Zoogarluk
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $279,400
245
Shusaku Arakawa
Sculpting
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $69,850
246
George Condo
Untitled (Impressions)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $127,000
247
Alex Katz
Ada (Orange)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $101,600
248
Alex Katz
Study for Bird
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $40,640
249
Robert Indiana
Spring Gold
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $53,340
250
Richard Estes
Venice-imbarcadero a palazzo ducale
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $88,900
251
George L. K. Morris
St. Étienne-du-Mont, No. 2
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,160
252
Max Weber
The Refugees
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,620
253
Sir Jacob Epstein
Sir Winston Churchill
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $95,250
254
Pablo Picasso
Head of a Boy
Estimate $60,000 - 90,000
Sold for $107,950
255
Alexander Calder
Flyball Governor
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $76,200
256
Alexander Calder
Untitled (Cartoon for Centre Square, Philadelphia Banner)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $69,850
257
Hermann Nitsch
Wiener Sezession
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $21,590
258
Sam Gilliam
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,640
259
Sol LeWitt
Wavy Vertical Brushstrokes
Estimate $16,000 - 20,000
Sold for $21,590
260
Sol LeWitt
Tangled Bands
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,700

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale,...

New York Auction 16 May 2023

Provenance

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Sam Gilliam

Focus II

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session