Provenance
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Turske & Turske Gallery, Zurich
Knoedler Gallery, Zurich
Private Collection, Europe
Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2014
Exhibited
New York, Hollis Taggart Galleries, Theodoros Stamos: A Communion with Nature, May 13 - June 19, 2010, no. 18, p. 102 (illustrated, p. 74)
Literature
Daniel Grant, "The Case of Theodoros Stamos", Artnet Magazine, May 25, 2010, (illustrated, online)

Property from an Important East Coast Collection

54

Theodoros Stamos

Classic Yellow Sun-Box

signed, titled and dated ""CLASSIC YELLOW SUN-BOX" 1968 STAMOS" on the overlap
acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 in. (91.4 x 121.9 cm.)
Painted in 1968.

Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000

Sold for $35,000

Contact Specialist
Sam Mansour
Associate Specialist, Head of New Now Sale
New York
+1 212 940 1219
smansour@phillips.com

New Now

New York Auction 27 February 2019

1
Awol Erizku
Tell Me The Price
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,250
2
Katherine Bernhardt
Cigarette (brown)
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $8,750
3
Louisa Gagliardi
8:30 p.m.
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,500
4
Alex Da Corte
Elephant Bends
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
5
Petra Cortright
its youth ''fat-free vegan
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $47,500
6
Petra Cortright
24_Hour_Lightning Dolls
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $27,500
7
David Ostrowski
F (dann lieber nein)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
8
Tomoo Gokita
Mexican Actress
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $25,000
9
Tomoo Gokita
Prince
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $17,500
10
Eddie Martinez
Untitled (Matador Series)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $32,500
11
Caitlin Keogh
Big Names
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $4,000
12
Garth Weiser
Drawing #26
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,500
13
Matt Connors
King Diamond
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $9,375
14
Andrew Dadson
Make up
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $22,500
15
Olivier Mosset
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $43,750
16
Ryan Sullivan
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
17
Christian Rosa
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
18
Oscar Murillo
Contemporary Takeaway #2
Estimate $75,000 - 100,000
Sold for $105,000
19
Carol Bove
Sand Dollar Sculpture
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,125
20
The Haas Brothers
Two works: (i) Accretion vase; (ii) Father Accretion vase
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $32,500
21
Nicolas Party
Blakam's stone (watermelon)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $30,000
22
Ken Price
Interior with Sculpture
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $37,500
23
Angel Otero
Frozen Patios
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $62,500
24
Sterling Ruby
Gator
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $40,000
25
Sterling Ruby
VAMPIRE 24
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $35,000
26
Sterling Ruby
Monument Stalagmite/Pink Plague
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $137,500
27
Rob Pruitt
Midnight Snack (Panda)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
28
Peter Halley
Three Prisons
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $100,000
29
Cory Arcangel
Photoshop CS: 84 by 50 inches, 300 DPI, RGB, square pixels, default gradient "Spectrum", mousedown y=2000 x=1000, mouseup y=2000 x=14000; tool "Wand", select y=14000 x=8720, tolerance=40, contiguous= off; default gradient "Spectrum", mousedown y=24000 x=1
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $150,000
30
Gary Simmons
Saturday Night Live
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
31
Richard Prince
Untitled (Joke)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $40,000
32
Jack Pierson
Bobby
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $68,750
33
Allora & Calzadilla
Intermission (Halloween Iraq): Portrait III
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
34
Michael Krebber
Untitled (42)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $37,500
35
Doug Aitken
the handle comes up, the hammer comes down
Estimate $75,000 - 100,000
Sold for $87,500
36
Kehinde Wiley
Untitled (The World Stage: Brazil)
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $150,000
37
Kehinde Wiley
Portrait of Garrett Gray
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $243,750
38
Tom Wesselmann
Nude Painting Print
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $56,250
39
Andy Warhol
Rollover Mouse from the series Toy Paintings
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $137,500
40
Jenny Holzer
Truisms: All things are delicately interconnected...
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $312,500
41
Mary Weatherford
Truxtun
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $325,000
42
Jim Dine
Work, Christian, Work! (after Creeley)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $118,750
43
Milton Resnick
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,750
44
Sol LeWitt
Wavy Vertical Brushstrokes
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $32,500
45
David Smith
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
46
David Smith
ΔΣ 87-12-57
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,500
47
Theodoros Stamos
Granite Shore
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $30,000
48
Herbert Ferber
Richmond I
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
49
Richard Pousette-Dart
Within the Room
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $37,500
50
John Chamberlain
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $43,750
51
Mark di Suvero
Rumpus
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,000
52
Friedel Dzubas
Flowering II
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $50,000
53
Norman Bluhm
Untitled (X)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $25,000
54
Theodoros Stamos
Classic Yellow Sun-Box
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $35,000
55
Frank Stella
Steller's Albatross
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $75,000
56
Frank Stella
K. 32
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $47,500
57
Larry Poons
Handmaiden
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $137,500
58
Sam Gilliam
So They Can
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $125,000
59
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
60
Jules Olitski
Zeno's Half
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $62,500
61
Nabil Nahas
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $93,750
62
Caio Fonseca
Pietrasanta Painting C98.20
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,250
63
Bernard Aubertin
Tableau Clous
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $10,000
64
Paul Jenkins
Phenomena Compass Star
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $35,000
65
Wang Yigang
Abstract H4
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $100,000
66
Max Cole
Seneca
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $18,750
67
Max Cole
Havasu II
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $18,750
68
Thomas Schütte
Plate
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
69
Thomas Schütte
Pantry
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
70
Thomas Schütte
Table and Benches
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,000
71
Jose Dávila
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $37,500
72
Ernesto Neto
Topologic fluency on a structural camp for high density point
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $43,750
73
Los Carpinteros
Urbanización flotante
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $17,500
74
Fernando Botero
La Diva (La fille du régiment)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $62,500
75
Omar Rayo
Tucano
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
76
Adriana Lara
Symbol Face #5 (Colored)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
77
Los Carpinteros
Rayos X
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $17,500
78
Alex Katz
Two works: (i) Beach Encounter; (ii) Vincent
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
79
Alex Katz
Two works: (i) Ann; (ii) Croile
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
80
Willem de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
81
This lot is no longer available.
82
Mel Ramos
Leta and the Swan
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $6,875
83
Eric Fischl
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
84
Haim Steinbach
Untitled (Jamaican head, Möbius strip)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $27,500
85
This lot is no longer available.
86
Thomas Houseago
Oxford Mask
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $32,500
87
David Kim Whittaker
Gender Reversals
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $31,250
88
Gelitin
Untitled
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $16,250
89
Tala Madani
Sunglasses
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $13,750
90
Paul McCarthy
Dwarf Head (chocolate)
Estimate $25,000 - 50,000
Sold for $68,750
91
Erin Shirreff
Catalogue, 16 parts
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
92
Cyprien Gaillard
Untitled (rim structure)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
93
Olafur Eliasson
Shadow Lamp
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $20,000
94
Lori Hersberger
Intergalactic Totem XIV
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $22,500
95
Tracey Emin
Only God Knows I'm Good
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,500
96
Jeff Koons
Three works: (i) Balloon Swan (Yellow); (ii) Balloon Rabbit (Red); (iii) Balloon Monkey (Blue)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $37,500
97
Jonathan Meese
DER KÄMPFER de LARGE (Der Zeushagen von Troja de NEUTRAL)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $181,250
98
A.R. Penck
Willst Du oder willst Du nicht (Do you want to or not)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,500
99
Carroll Dunham
Four Works: (i) Untitled (11/7/82); (ii) Untitled (11/13/82); (iii) Untitled (12/24/82); (iv) Untitled (7/7/83)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $5,250
100
Carroll Dunham
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,250
101
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (Raising a Hand to the Clouds...)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $9,375
102
William Nelson Copley
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $9,375
103
William Nelson Copley
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $15,000
104
Eric Fischl
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,000
105
Richard Tuttle
Untitled #34
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,250
106
Silvia Bächli
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $43,750
107
Silvia Bächli
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $4,375
108
Barry Le Va
(Blown Chalk Studies 1969) London Ex.
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,750
109
Barry Le Va
Three works: (i) Double Drawing; (ii) Untitled (feld & glas); (iii) Sheets to Strips to Particles
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $22,500
110
Barry Le Va
Three works: (i) Particles; (ii) Corner Sections (Separately Projected); (iii) Partition Sections (3 Perspectives)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,500
111
William Anastasi
Untitled (Subway Drawing)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $15,000
112
Barry Le Va
Two works: (i) Maroon Felt; (ii) Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $13,750
113
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $16,250
114
Robert Barry
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,750
115
Terry Winters
Three works: (i) Genova; (ii) Untitled #10; (iii) Untitled #12
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
116
Ross Bleckner
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Sold for $2,500
117
Dan Flavin
Untitled (best wishes to Gisela, Köln 11 16 70)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,000
118
This lot is no longer available.
119
Fred Sandback
Three Works: (i) No. 70; (ii) No. 83; (iii) No. 128
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,750
120
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,000
121
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $8,125
122
Walead Beshty
Selected Works (2009-2010 / March 20, 2010-November 15, 2010)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
123
This lot is no longer available.
124
Ralph Goings
Salt Shaker
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,500
125
Tom Blackwell
Parked Harley - Third St. Naples
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
126
John Baeder
Pappy's Place, Nashville, TN
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $21,250
127
John Chamberlain
Four Works: (i-iv) Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,750
128
Roe Ethridge
Liberty Square, Liberty NY
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
129
Roe Ethridge
Ceaderhurst Mall Sign
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,250
130
Pierre et Gilles
L’Innocence
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,750
131
Douglas Gordon
Self Portrait of You + Me (Bob Dylan 01)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $18,750
132
Matthew Barney
CREMASTER 3: Pediment
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
133
Josh Kline
Dress Jeans
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,250
134
Wolfgang Tillmans
Diamantring
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,500
135
Elad Lassry
Dachshunds, Poodles
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
136
Elad Lassry
Ghost, Scarecrow
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,250
137
Elad Lassry
Woman (Painting)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $4,750
138
Jonathan Horowitz
Coke / Pepsi (594 CANS)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
139
Nate Lowman
Untitled (Ceiling painting for Steven)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $52,500
140
Cheyney Thompson
1998
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
141
Rosson Crow
Canyons of Heroes
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,000
142
Garth Weiser
Monochrome #1
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
143
Mark Hagen
To Be Titled (Additive Painting #29)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
144
Hugh Scott-Douglas
Untitled (Torn Cheque)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
145
Chris Succo
Edge of Seventeen
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $27,500
146
Alex Hubbard
Calavera
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,375
147
Louise Fishman
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $7,500
148
Analia Saban
Decant (Black and White Pigments) #2
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,000
149
Analia Saban
Ink on Paper, Offset: Grid #2
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
150
Gardar Eide Einarsson
Los Angeles (The Insurrection)
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
151
Adam McEwen
Untitled Text Msg (Teddy)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
152
This lot is no longer available.
153No Reserve
Barnaby Furnas
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $5,250
154
William Baziotes
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,500
155
Jack Tworkov
Study for Nausica
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
156
Joe Bradley
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
157
Jakub Julian Ziółkowski
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $11,875
158
Eddie Peake
Molten Lava Death
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,875
159
Eddie Peake
Smiling Bacchante 1
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
160
Scott Olson
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $3,750
161
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet
Study for Sunset - 28 (After Frederic Church)
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,000
162
Louis Eisner
Congo Rothko I
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
163
Dean Levin
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
164
Joe Reihsen
Into Me
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $2,000
165
Hiroshi Sugito
Table 3
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,250
166
Jan Dibbets
Colour Studies
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $7,500
167
Lionel Estève
Sans Titre
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $5,625
168
Deborah Kass
Six Red Barbras from the series Jewish Jackie
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,625
169No Reserve
Kiki Seror
Not of Her Body, Her Thoughts Can Kill, Dulcinea
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $12,500
170
Dimitri Hadzi
Centaur
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,000
171
Jon Isherwood
Singer of Tales I
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
172
Alain Kirili
Plastiras
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $7,500
173
Egor Zigura
Kore that Awakening
Estimate $8,000 - 10,000
Sold for $15,000

New Now

New York Auction 27 February 2019

Provenance

Exhibited

Literature

54

Theodoros Stamos

Classic Yellow Sun-Box

New Now