Provenance
Galerie Schmela, Dusseldorf
Private Collection, North Rhine-Westphalia
Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, May 31, 2014, lot 786
Tilton Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

170

Sigmar Polke

Untitled

signed and dated "S. Polke 83" lower left edge
acrylic on paper
27 1/4 x 39 in. (69.3 x 99.2 cm.)
Executed in 1983.

We are most grateful to Mr. Michael Trier, Cologne, for his assistance with the cataloguing of this work.

Estimate
$60,000 - 80,000

Sold for $112,500

Contact Specialist
John McCord
Head of Day Sale, Morning Session
New York
+1 212 940 1261

20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 13 November 2019

101
Dorothea Rockburne
Oxymoron
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $93,750
102
Yayoi Kusama
Sun Green
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $212,500
103
Ed Ruscha
Words #2
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $225,000
104
Sam Gilliam
Blue
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
105
Max Ernst
Personnage
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000 ♠
106
Wifredo Lam
The Warrior (Personnage avec lézard)
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $312,500
107
Wifredo Lam
Deux personnages
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
108
Amelia Peláez
Piña
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
109
Amelia Peláez
Flores
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
110
This lot is no longer available.
111
Dan Flavin
untitled (to Bob and Pat Rohm)
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $275,000
112
This lot is no longer available.
113
Yayoi Kusama
Untitled
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $150,000
114
Ed Ruscha
Two Sheets with Whisky Stains
Estimate $280,000 - 350,000
Sold for $524,000
115
Gerhard Richter
Rot-Blau-Gelb
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $375,000
116
Cy Twombly
Untitled
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $350,000
117
Philip Guston
Untitled
Estimate $280,000 - 350,000
Sold for $412,500
118
Philip Guston
Drawing for Cellar
Estimate $280,000 - 350,000
Sold for $350,000
119
Brice Marden
Rock 4
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $112,500
120
Willem de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,000
121
Willem de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $21,250
122
Gerhard Richter
Quattro Colori
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $68,750
123
Andy Warhol
Three works: (i-iii) Self-Portrait
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $106,250
124
Andy Warhol
Four works: (i-iv) Man Ray
Estimate $350,000 - 500,000
Sold for $400,000
125
Andy Warhol
Campbell's Soup Can #2
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $680,000
126
Roy Lichtenstein
Brushstroke Head IV (Barcelona Head)
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $800,000
127
Robert Indiana
LOVE (Blue Outside Red Inside)
Estimate $800,000 - 1,200,000
Sold for $890,000
128
Willem de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $187,500
129
Willem de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $71,250
130
Josef Albers
Study to Homage to the Square - Endless
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $287,500
131
Jim Dine
Heart and Venus
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $156,250
132
Claes Oldenburg
Soft Screw
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $30,000
133
Paul Klee
Der Exkaiser
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $250,000
134
Paul Klee
Ostern
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $187,500
135
Paul Klee
Stoppelfeld
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $137,500
136
Paul Klee
Lucia
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $87,500
137
Lyonel Feininger
In the Days of Sail
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
138
Josef Albers
Homage to the Square: Silent Gray
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $1,316,000
139
Josef Albers
Gay Desert
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $287,500
140
Josef Albers
Homage to the Square: In Wide Light B
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $250,000
141
Isamu Noguchi
Small Wonder
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
142
Victor Vasarely
CTA 102
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $112,500
143
Walter Leblanc
Torsions B.V. 9
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $40,000
144
Luis Tomasello
Atmosphère chromoplastique No. 280
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $60,000
145
Francisco Narváez
Dos Volúmenes
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $17,500
146
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Radar, studio
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $68,750
147
Charles Demuth
Tulips
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
148
Charles Demuth
Daylilies
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
149
John Marin
Wave and Rock
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
150
Georgia O'Keeffe
Red and Green III
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $43,750
151
Salvador Dalí
Vénus à la girafe
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $75,000
152
Niki de Saint Phalle
Unicorn
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $125,000
153
William Baziotes
Untitled
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $350,000
154
Louise Bourgeois
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $93,750
155
Franz Kline
Study for Harleman
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $150,000
156
Robert Motherwell
Open No. 116: La France Open
Estimate $1,000,000 - 1,500,000
157
Larry Poons
Jessica's Hartford
Estimate $1,000,000 - 1,500,000
Sold for $1,150,000
158
Jean-Paul Riopelle
Port Coton
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $596,000
159
Theodoros Stamos
Grand White Sun-Box
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $121,250
160
Richard Pousette-Dart
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
161
Philip Guston
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $100,000
162
Roy Lichtenstein
Entablature #11
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $112,500
163
Andy Warhol
Campbell's Tomato Juice Box
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $300,000
164
Duane Hanson
Flea Market Lady
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $275,000
165
Ed Ruscha
The End #45
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $212,500
166
Yayoi Kusama
Two works: (i) Infinity Nets (S.I.T); (ii) Infinity Nets (UIT)
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $312,500
167
Gerhard Richter
Donnerstag
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
168
Keith Haring
Untitled (Self Portrait)
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $860,000
169
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $325,000
170
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $112,500
171
Sturtevant
Stella Getty Tomb (First Study)
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $572,000
172
Daniel Buren
Zu Unterstreichen, travail situé
Estimate On Request
173
Donald Judd
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $100,000
174
Robert Mangold
A Triangle within Two Rectangles
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $125,000
175
James Turrell
Hologram #10
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $150,000
176
Richard Serra
Large Reversal #14
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $300,000
177
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Physichromie 1496
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $250,000
178No Reserve
Jesús Rafael Soto
Vibración y Color
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000 •
179
Kenneth Noland
Hot Blue
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $337,500
180
Tony Smith
New Piece
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $68,750
181
John McCracken
Amara
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $75,000
182
Beverly Pepper
Normanno Column II
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $62,500
183
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $90,000 - 150,000
Sold for $81,250
184
Elizabeth Murray
2. B.!
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $200,000
185
Deborah Butterfield
Jerusalem Horse II
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
186
Frank Stella
DADAAP
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,000
187
John Chamberlain
BASTINADO
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $118,750
188
Yayoi Kusama
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $37,500
189
Yayoi Kusama
Nets
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $100,000
190
Jiro Takamatsu
Two works: (i) Shadow No. 1467; (ii) Shadow No. 1468
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $57,500
191
Andy Warhol
Nine works: (i) Large Female; (ii) By the Beautiful Sea Shirley Booth; (iii) Boys Upper Torso with Marbelized Background; (iv) Male Head; (v) Boys Head; (vi) Caterpillars and Weaving; (vii) Male Upper Torso; (viii) Necklace; (ix) Abstract Stenciled Image
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $60,000
192
Roy Lichtenstein
Screen with Brushstrokes
Estimate $180,000 - 220,000
193
Tom Otterness
Nero's Apartment House
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
194
Tom Otterness
Podium Figure
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
195
Robert Graham
Fountain Figure II
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $22,500
196
Keith Haring
Untitled (Beast)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $118,750
197
Sam Gilliam
Plaster Nights
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $93,750
198
Louise Fishman
Ida's Special
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $52,500
199
Susan Rothenberg
Red Trunk
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $75,000
200
Ed Clark
Summer in Paris #8
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $100,000
201
Sam Gilliam
A Series 4
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $83,750
202
Malcolm Morley
Landscape with Horses
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $412,500
203
Robert Motherwell
Drunk With Turpentine
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $62,500
204
Alexander Calder
Bowling
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $87,500
205
Andy Warhol
Still Life (Hammer and Sickle)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $100,000
206
Sol LeWitt
Black, Yellow, Blue Squares
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
207
Roberto Matta
Scie le désir
Estimate $50,000 - 60,000
Sold for $68,750
208
Roberto Matta
Conversation
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $35,000
209
Marino Marini
Portrait of Lamberto Vitali
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
210
Georg Kolbe
Kniende
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $35,000
211
Alberto Giacometti
Deux têtes
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $137,500
212
Henri Matisse
Nu campé bras sur la tête
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,000
213
Georges Rouault
Sodome ou Gomorrhe (Visage tragique)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $35,000
214
Pablo Picasso
Nu féminin / Deux études de danseuses espagnoles
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
215
Manolo Valdés
Las señoritas de Avignon (Les Demoiselles d'Avignon)
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
216
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Figures at the Shore
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $37,500
217
Tomás Sánchez
Orilla: Espejo de las Nubes
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $93,750
218
Arnaldo Pomodoro
Rotante primo sezionale
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $56,250
219
André Masson
Sémiramis et le Minotaure
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $16,250
220
Maurice Utrillo
Rue à Stains (Seine-Saint-Denis)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
221
Fernando de Szyszlo
Casa Ocho
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,500
222
Hector Poleo
Cabeza de niña
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $25,000
223
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol, 'Two Marilyns', 1962
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $37,500
224
Ed Ruscha
Nine Swimming Pools
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $143,750
225
Richard Artschwager
D.M.B.R.T.W. and Potato
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $56,250
226
James Rosenquist
Nails #2
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750

20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning...

New York Auction 13 November 2019

Provenance

170

Sigmar Polke

Untitled

20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session