Provenance
Metro Pictures, New York
Phillips de Pury & Company, London, Contemporary Art Day Sale, June 30, 2008, lot 521
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, The Drawing Center, Sterling Ruby: CHRON, February 22 - March, 27, 2008 (another example exhibited)
Literature
A. R Rabottini, Sterling Ruby, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy, 2009, p. 7 (illustrated)

216

Sterling Ruby

Inscription Suite

2006
21 lambda prints, mounted in matted frame
each 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (29.8 x 22.2 cm.); overall 53 x 94 7/8 in. (134.6 x 241 cm.)
This work is number 1 from an edition of 3.

Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000

Sold for $32,500

Contact Specialist
Amanda Stoffel
Head of Sale
astoffel@phillips.com
+1 212 940 1261

Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York 17 May 2013 10am

101
Joe Bradley
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $245,000
102
Julia Dault
Bunga Bunga
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $22,500
103
R.H. Quaytman
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $58,750
104
Nathan Hylden
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $37,500
105
Walead Beshty
Walead Beshty: Natural Histories. Texts by Nicolas Bourriaud, Suzanne Hudson, and Bob Nickas. Zurich: JRP Ringier, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 84
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $68,750
106
Oscar Tuazon
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $60,000
107
Walead Beshty
FedEx® Medium Kraft Box © 2004 FEDEX 155143 REV 10/04 B), Standard Overnight, Los Angeles – New York trk#797507007510, September 12-13, 2011, Standard Overnight, New York- New Castle trk# 798659205644, July 25-26, 2012, Priority Overnight, New Castle – New York trk#799409496088, April 1-2, 2013
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $75,000
108
Jacob Kassay
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $233,000
109
Garth Weiser
Baseboard Outlet
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $56,250
110
Ned Vena
Untitled (Lozenge 11)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
111
Ned Vena
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $16,250
112
Kaari Upson
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $30,000
113
Kristin Baker
Overleaf
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $87,500
114
Wade Guyton
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000
115
Garth Weiser
Sherwood
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,000
116
Andisheh Avini
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,000
117
Adam McEwen
Untitled (Malcolm)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $62,500
118
Tauba Auerbach
B
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $40,000
119
Dana Schutz
Sneeze
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $245,000
120
Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Black Butterfly)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $161,000
121
Sterling Ruby
Headless Dick / Deth Till
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
122
Elliott Hundley
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
123
Elliott Hundley
Euripides after de Chirico Obscured by Flowers No. II
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
124
David Altmejd
FEBRUARY
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $112,500
125
Dan Colen
TBT
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $305,000
126
Kelley Walker
Black Star Press; Star Press, Black Star Press, Black Press
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $269,000
127
Richard Prince
Untitled
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
128
Dana Schutz
Black Tulips
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $75,000
129
Louise Bourgeois
House
Estimate $180,000 - 220,000
130
This lot is no longer available.
131
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA
Boy on Flying Machine
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $106,250
132
Subodh Gupta
Still Steal Steel #1
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $149,000
133
KAWS
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $149,000
134
Takashi Murakami
DOB b
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
135
Takashi Murakami
Untitled
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $173,000
136
Andy Warhol
Flash Sharivan Robot
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $93,750
137
Andy Warhol
Hamburger
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $179,000
138
Andy Warhol
Portrait of Paul Jenkins
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $167,000
139
Andy Warhol
Fashion - Two Female Torsos with Necklaces
Estimate $180,000 - 220,000
140
Andy Warhol
Open This End
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $989,000
141
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Great American Nude #90
Estimate $175,000 - 250,000
142
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Bedroom Painting #2
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
143
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Swinging Diamonds
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
144
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Three Kinds of Fences
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $37,500
145
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (Origin of Cotton)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,000
146
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (House with "S" and Baseball)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $68,750
147
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (Jail)
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $125,000
148
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Astronaut
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
149
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Dog Shit in the Head of the Pope
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
150
Tom Wesselmann
Embossed Nude #3 (Legs Spread)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
151
Tom Wesselmann
Drawing for Great American Nude #87
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,500
152
Andy Warhol
Torso
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $173,000
153
Andy Warhol
Flowers & Bees
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
154
Roy Lichtenstein
Untitled (Landscape Red Sunset)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $112,500
155
Alexander Calder
Flower Seeds
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $57,500
156
Fernand Léger
Untitled (for Arthur Rimbaud Illuminations)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
157
Robert Motherwell
Untitled (Black Ochre Pink)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
158
Willem de Kooning
Study for Seated Woman
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
159
Willem de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
160
Arshile Gorky
Untitled
Estimate $90,000 - 120,000
161
This lot is no longer available.
162
Franz Kline
Untitled (Composition)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $125,000
163
Sam Francis
Saraband
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
164
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
165
Claes Oldenburg
Standing mitt with ball in Greenwich site – back view
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
166
Hans Hofmann
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $18,750
167
Robert Motherwell
Lakerol with Black Stripe
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
168
Dan Christensen
Fiesta Red
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,750
169
Christo
The Umbrellas
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $68,750
170
John Chamberlain
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,875
171
John Chamberlain
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $75,000
172
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (Twilite Doubleheader...)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
173
Ed Ruscha
Face Shield
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $185,000
174
Sol LeWitt
Wall Drawing #354F: Isometric figure drawn with India ink washes [Parallelogram]
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $209,000
175
Richard Pettibone
Neo-Plasticism
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,875
176
Richard Pettibone
Piet Mondrian, "Lozenge Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow," 1925
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $47,500
177
Kenneth Noland
Glean
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $155,000
178
Jack Goldstein
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $60,000
179
Peter Halley
Blue Prison
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $52,500
180
Jack Goldstein
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $81,250
181
Paul Feeley
ACRUX
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $118,750
182
Fred Tomaselli
Green on Red
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
183
Charles Bell
Untitled (Monkey & Doll)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
184
George Condo
German Nights
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
185
David Salle
Snowflake
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $112,500
186
Georg Baselitz
Teolie
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
187
George Condo
Double Seated Couple
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
188
George Condo
St. Lucy Collage
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $97,500
189
Inka Essenhigh
"Mass Suicide" from Special Forces #2
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
190
Inka Essenhigh
"The Great Beyond" from Special Forces #3
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $37,500
191
Komar and Melamid
The Allies from The Anarchistic Sintesis and Yalta Conference Series
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
192
Natalya Nesterova
Hammock
Estimate $40,000 - 50,000
193
Oleg Tselkov
With The Hatches
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
194
Andreas Gursky
Untitled 1 (Carpet)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $173,000
195
Andreas Gursky
Heidelberg, Ost
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $185,000
196
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Baltic Sea, Rügen
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $37,500
197
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Bass Strait, Table Cape
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,000
198
Shinichi Maruyama
Kusho #2
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $18,750
199
Richard Avedon
Rudolf Nureyev, Paris, France, July 25, 1961
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
200
Thomas Ruff
Nudes PI 08
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $75,000
201
Andres Serrano
Discobolo from Piss Series
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $18,750
202
Nan Goldin
Greer Lankton, 21 April, 1958 - 18 November
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
203
Gilbert & George
Aklis
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $173,000
204
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #142
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $87,500
205
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
No Title
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $50,000
206
Andreas Gursky
Hong Kong, Grand Hyatt Park
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $81,250
207
Roni Horn
Clowd and Cloun (Gray) Group 2
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $56,250
208
Mike Kelley
Poetry of Form: Part of an Ongoing Attempt to Develop an Auteur Theory of Naming
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $60,000
209
Matthew Day Jackson
The Lower 48, Wyoming
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $50,000
210
Vik Muniz
Valentine, The Fastest from The Sugar Children Series
Estimate $20,000 - 25,000
Sold for $81,250
211
Vik Muniz
Creature from the Black Lagoon from Pictures of Caviar
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
212
Vik Muniz
Maria Callas from Pictures of Diamonds
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
213
Slater Bradley
CODA X
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,750
214
Jacob Kassay
Untitled
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $47,500
215
Sterling Ruby
Spectrum Series: Trunk
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $35,000
216
Sterling Ruby
Inscription Suite
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $32,500
217
Maurizio Cattelan
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $20,000
218
Seth Price
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
219
Tracey Emin
When I Think about Sex …
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $56,250
220
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
221
Iván Navarro
Shortcut
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $161,000
222
Adam McEwen
Popular Music
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
223
Adam McEwen
Bomber Harris
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $18,750
224
Gavin Turk
Trash
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $60,000
225
Aaron Young
Focus on the Four Dots in the Middle of the Painting for Thirty Seconds
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $30,000
226
Elad Lassry
Wall
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,625
227
Elad Lassry
Sea (Puzzle)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,625
228
Rudolf Stingel
STI-014
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $22,500
229
Glenn Ligon
Study for Negro Sunshine #78
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $47,500
230
Glenn Ligon
Malcolm X, Sun, Frederick Douglass, Boy with Bubbles #2
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
231
Adrian Ghenie
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $32,500
232
Katy Moran
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $81,250
233
Franz West
Emilio Prini
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $25,000
234
Robin Rhode
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
235
Robert Longo
Chair and Window, 1938
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $21,250
236
Martin Kippenberger
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
237
Thomas Hirschhorn
Lines
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
238
Thomas Zipp
A. World Health. Mental Health
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $15,000
239
Stephan Balkenhol
Column Figure IV (Monk)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
240
Marc Quinn
Under the Volcano, Batur Lesser Sunda Island
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $161,000
241
Enoc Pérez
Daisies
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,750
242
Julie Heffernan
Self Portrait Setting Up Camp
Estimate $35,000 - 55,000
Sold for $43,750
243
Fred Tomaselli
Sep. 4
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
244
Os Gêmeos
Silvester Está Longe
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $50,000
245
Os Gêmeos
Untitled (Storm of Love)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $106,250
246
Carroll Dunham
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $11,875
247
John Wesley
Joke
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,500
248
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
249
Elizabeth Peyton
Elliott 1969-2003
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
250
Kerry James Marshall
Preliminary Sketch for Black Painting
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
251
Mike Bidlo
Not Warhol (Marilyn)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,250
252
Ruud van Empel
World #16
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $43,750
253
Marilyn Minter
Bullet
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,500
254
Catherine Opie
Untitled #14 (Wall Street)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,750
255
Catherine Opie
Untitled #11 (Wall Street)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
256
Collier Schorr
Her head from The Series Jens F.
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
257
Phil Frost
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $17,500
258
Eddie Martinez
Up In Arms #2
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $22,500

Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York 17 May 2013 10am

Provenance

Exhibited

Literature

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Sterling Ruby

Inscription Suite

Contemporary Art Day Sale