Provenance
303 Gallery, New York
Exhibited
Velbert, Germany, Museum Schlob Hardenberg, Thomas Ruff: Portraits, 1988, P.20 (illustrated)
Tel Aviv Museum, On the Edge, New Art from Private Collections in France, November 1998 - January 1999, pp. 70-71 (illustrated)
Literature
M. Winzen, ed., Thomas Ruff: 1979 to the present, 2001, p.180 (illustrated)

205

Thomas Ruff

Porträt (Bettina Ebert)

1984
Chromogenic colour print, in the artist’s wooden frame
206.5 x 65.5 cm (81 1/4 x 25 3/4 in.)
Signed, dated and numbered of four 'Th Ruff 1984' on the reverse. This work is from an edition of 4.

Estimate
£15,000 - 20,000 ♠

Sold for £18,750

Contact Specialist
Henry Highley
Head of Sale
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+ 44 20 7318 4061

Contemporary Art Day Sale

London 17 October 2013

101
Fredrik Værslev
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,500
102
Klara Lidén
Ich brauch Mas
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
103
Hugh Scott-Douglas
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
104
Oscar Murillo
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £134,500
105
Dan Colen
Dick for Brains
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £37,500
106
Dan Rees
Artex Painting
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
107
Rob Pruitt
Bons amis (Eclats de rire / tâches de couleur)
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
108
Walead Beshty
Combine Print (CMY/Six Magnet/2 of 5: Irvine, California, March 26th 2010, Fujicolor Crystal Archive Super Type C, Em. No. 148-006, 80510)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
109
Walead Beshty
Selected Works (2009-2011 / March 17th – July 6th 2011)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
110
Oscar Tuazon
I gave my name to it
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 Ω
Sold for £32,500
111
Adam McEwen
Bomber Harris
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,250
112
Valentin Carron
Pendulum Cold
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
113
Kerstin Brätsch
Untitled (from the Psychics series)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
114
Matias Faldbakken
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
115
Adel Abdessemed
Sphere I
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
116
Barbara Kruger
Face It! (Yellow)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
117
This lot is no longer available.
118
Jacob Kassay
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £30,000
119
Xylor Jane
Via Crucis XI
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
120
Josephine Meckseper
Das Ende des Panoptikums lV
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
121
Oliver Laric
Discobolus Guilloche
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
122
Joe Bradley
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £13,750
123
Phyllida Barlow
Anvil
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
124
Nate Lowman
Fallon
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £30,000
125
Rashid Johnson
Untitled Triangle Shelf
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £18,750
126
John Armleder
La Cantina dei Pescatori
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £92,500
127
Dan Rees
Untitled (Triptych)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £74,500
128
Sol LeWitt
Continuous forms
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £27,500
129
Sol LeWitt
Flat-top pyramid
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
130
Ahmed Alsoudani
We Die Out of Hand
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £98,500
131
Liam Gillick
Discussion Island Legitimation Platform
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
132
Jenny Holzer
Arno
Estimate £35,000 - 55,000
Sold for £40,000
133
Barbara Kruger
Untitled (Let Go)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £110,500
134
Erwin Wurm
Eiswerk - My Studio
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
135
Erwin Wurm
Art Basel f. Documenta
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £31,250
136
Raqib Shaw
Triptych: Untitled (squid, monkey, fish)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
137
Maurizio Cattelan
Untitled (in 30 parts)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
138
Peter Fischli and David Weiss
Stewardess
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £290,500
139
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡
140
Takashi Murakami
Born to kill! - M. Matsubara
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £96,100
141
Mel Ramos
The Pause that Refreshes
Estimate £70,000 - 110,000
142
Zhang Huan
Memory Door (War Age)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
143
Anselm Kiefer
Aaron's rod turning into a snake
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
144
Yan Pei-Ming
Double (Artist's Father)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
145
Karen Kilimnik
Two works: (i) Miss Iceland, 1993; (ii) Untitled (Chateau)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
146
Elizabeth Peyton
Princess Elizabeth
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £43,750
147
Andy Warhol
American Man (Portrait of Watson Powell)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £92,500
148
Andy Warhol
Small Flower
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £7,500
149
Andy Warhol
Playboy Bunny
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £22,500
150
Matthew Monahan
Mixed Messenger
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
151
Xavier Veilhan
Sophie no. 1
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £52,500
152
Takashi Murakami
House
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 Ω
153
Marlene Dumas
Fingers
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
154
Ugo Rondinone
Thank you Silence
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 Ω
155
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
156
George Condo
Playboy Bunny
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £21,250
157
Jonathan Meese
Napoleon
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
158
Hermann Nitsch
Das letzte Abendmahl (The Last Supper)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,875
159
Hermann Nitsch
Relic of the 50th Action
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
160
Gelitin
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
161
Rineke Dijkstra
Dobrovnik, Kroatien 13 July 1996
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
162
Wolfgang Tillmans
Kate Sitting
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £37,500
163
Vanessa Beecroft
US Navy Seals, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego - vb39.290.te
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £41,250
164
Vanessa Beecroft
The Silent Service, Intrepid, New York, NY - vb42.090.te
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
165
Rineke Dijkstra
Amit, Golani Brigade, Elyacim, Israel, May 26, 1999 (C)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
166
Wim Wenders
Jerusalem Seen from the Mount of Olives
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
167
Jeppe Hein
No Presence Green
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £11,875
168
Kerstin Brätsch
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
169
Banks Violette
Motorhead (Inverted)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
170
Jacob Kassay
Untitled (triptych)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
171
Francesco Clemente
Head
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,750
172
Sara Vanderbeek
Four Photographers
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
173
Elad Lassry
Two works: i) Black Man, 2007; ii) Mother, Son and Daughter
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
174
Cyprien Gaillard
Two works: Field of Rest
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
175
Matthew Barney
Cremaster 3: Level
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £22,500
176
This lot is no longer available.
177
Paola Pivi
Untitled (zebras)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000
178
Olafur Eliasson
Spring puddle series (set of 12)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
179
Olafur Eliasson
Shadow Lamp
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £31,250
180
Roni Horn
Clowd Cloun (Blue) Group 5
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
181
Billy Childish
Man in a landscape - North Beach San Franscisco
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
182
Francis Alÿs
AMZ Presidente Figueiredo
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
183
Harland Miller
Dresden
Estimate £20,000 - 25,000 ♠
184
Wim Delvoye
Five Delft Shovels
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
185
Chris Johanson
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
186
David Hockney
Mountain, Tree, Palace and Seashore from Le Rossignol
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,000
187
Os Gêmeos
Boy with Dog
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £62,500
188
Wim Delvoye
Armoire
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
189
Jim Lambie
Psychedelic Soul Stick
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠†
Sold for £7,500
190
Jim Lambie
Dubmental
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
191
Elmgreen & Dragset
Powerless Structures, Fig 80
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
192
David Noonan
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
193
Thomas Schütte
Pot de Feu
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
194
Richard Deacon
Band of Gold
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
195
Allan McCollum
Perfect Vehicles
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £23,750
196
Vik Muniz
Untitled Blue, after Yves Klein (Pictures of Pigment)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £35,000
197
Vik Muniz
No 46 (Red, Ochre, Black on Red), after Rothko (Pictures of Pigment)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £50,000
198
Olafur Eliasson
Waterfall
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
199
Thomas Ruff
jpeg vs01
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠
Sold for £52,500
200
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled (Worthington Street), (from Beneath the Roses series)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £21,250
201
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled, Summer 2003 (Clover Street), (from Beneath the Roses series)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £22,500
202
Cindy Sherman
Two works: i) Untitled (#342); Untitled (#349)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 †
Sold for £7,500
203
Ugo Rondinone
I don't live here anymore
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £15,000
204
Candida Höfer
Kaiserliches Hofmobiliendepot Wien II
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
205
Thomas Ruff
Porträt (Bettina Ebert)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
206
Ryan McGinley
Untitled (Nude Tube)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
207
Marilyn Minter
Blue Shower
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £18,750
208
David LaChapelle
Deluge
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £68,500
209
Marilyn Minter
Swell
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
210
Vik Muniz
Catherine Deneuve (Diamond Divas)
Estimate £45,000 - 65,000
211
Marilyn Minter
Porn Grid #Eight (Sepia Singer)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
212
Ghada Amer
Untitled
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
Sold for £33,750
213
Bjarne Melgaard
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
214
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Ava
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
215
Johannes Wohnseifer
Ich bin unangreifbar
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
216
Oleg Tistol
Polyptych (from the Food series)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £13,750
217
Marc Quinn
Character Head II
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠†
Sold for £6,250
218
Tracey Emin
Love Poem
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
219
Damien Hirst
Happiness
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ♠†
220
Andy Warhol
Flowers in Hand
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 †
Sold for £21,250
221
Christo
Running fence (Project for Sonoma County and Marin County, State of California)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
222
Jaume Plensa
Tel Aviv Man XIV
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ♠
Sold for £194,500
223
Francesco Vezzoli
Study for the November 2011 Art Issue Cover of W Magazine featuring a Rococo Portrait of Nicki Minaj as Jeanne Bécu Comtesse du Barry crying the eye of Virginia Oldoini Contessa di Castiglione
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
224
Arman
Barracudas
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
225
Marc Quinn
Maquette for a Siren
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £80,500
226
Andy Warhol
Self Portrait
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £15,000
227
Richard Prince
Two works: Untitled (from Adult, Comedy Action Drama)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
228
This lot is no longer available.
229
Dash Snow
Untitled (Gotcha)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
230
Dash Snow
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
231
Terence Koh
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
232
Terence Koh
The Voyage of Lady Midnight Snowdrops through Double Death Star (the Comet I Destroyed Again and Again, ii)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
233
Sterling Ruby
Red, White, Blue
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
234
Aaron Young
Skid Mark (24kt gold)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £16,250
235
Ryan McGinley
Two works: (i) Untitled (Nude, Grass), (ii) Untitled (Nude, Sand)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £7,500
236
Jim Shaw
Untitled
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,750
237
Sam Francis
Triangle
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 †
Sold for £15,000
238
Bernar Venet
Combinaison aléatoire de lignes indéterminées
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,875
239
This lot is no longer available.
240
Leonid Sokov
Marilyn Monroe and the Russian Bear
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
241
Alexander Ney
Future
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
242
Pavel Pepperstein
Talking Clouds at 2999
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
243
Edouard Steinberg
Composition
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
244
Mikhail Roginsky
Moscow
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
245
William Anastasi
Blind Drawing
Estimate £30,000 - 35,000
246
Markus Oehlen
Coral Mix
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
247
Daniel Spoerri
Br3 Flüssig feucht (Liquid moisture) (from the Trompe l'oeil series)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
248
Raymond Hains
Daddy Daddy avec Nikki
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ♠
249
Andreas Slominski
Mausefalle
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
250
Roxy Paine
Amanita Muscaria #16
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,625
251
Klara Kristalova
A little sculpture about falling in love
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
252
Ricky Swallow
Picture a Screaming Sculpture
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
253
Mona Hatoum
Lugh
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
254
Kendell Geers
Two works: (i) Demon est Deus Inversus 24, 2011; (ii) La Sainte Vierge
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
255
Rashid Johnson
Crosshair Brand
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £9,375
256
Gabriel Kuri
Untitled (and thanks in advance)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £22,500
257
Julian Opie
Roadscape 19
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
258
Donald Baechler
FLOWERS #13
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
259
Donald Baechler
Flower
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
260
Muntean/Rosenblum
Untitled (Nothing can be beautiful...)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
261
Muntean/Rosenblum
Untitled (Everything high above passes on…)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
262
Vanessa Beecroft
Vb48 591 dr, performance Palazzo Ducale, Genoa
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
263
Eberhard Havekost
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
264
Richard Wathen
Hebe
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠†
Sold for £13,750
265
David LaChapelle
Gisele: Snake Charmer
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,250
266
Sarah Morris
High Heels (Pink)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
267
Chiho Aoshima
Gushing Zombies
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,250
268
Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra
Dominus Aeris, Mirage XX
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
269
Koen van den Broek
Cohesion
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
270
Wang Du
Luxe Populaire (Le Monde)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
271
Mike Kelley and Paul McCarthy
Heidi
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
272
Paul McCarthy
Pinocchio Twingo Service Stop
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
273
Anselm Reyle
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
274
Jonathan Meese
Nietzsche, Hallo
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
275
Mykola Matsenko
Love to a coffin (Polyptych)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
276
Vinni Reunov
This cultural novelty will change the way high-exclusive art is presented to mass audience
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
277
Max Vityk
The Guardian
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £20,000
278
Pavlo Kerestey
Gruppendynamik
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
279
Meredyth Sparks
Two works: (i) Untitled (Gudrun with Painting); (ii) Untitled (Gudrun with Red Lines)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 †
280
John Bauer
Poltergeist
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
281
Thoralf Knobloch
Strandgut
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠†
Sold for £6,250
282
Frank Nitsche
MBC 14-2000
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠†
Sold for £13,750
283
Paul Winstanley
Interior 5
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
284
Jonathan Monk
7 attempts at monoblue using my father old water colors
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
285
Robin Rhode
Black Fist
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 †
Sold for £3,750
286
Dawn Mellor
The Wake Up Call (Judy Garland)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
287
Craigie Horsfield
Terence Horsfield. Haysfield Park, Bath. August 1979
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
288
Philippe Perrot
La Chute
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £16,250
289
Elke Krystufek
The Best Sex I Ever Had
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
290
Thomas Scheibitz
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
291
Angelo Filomeno
Bearded Carrion (diptych)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
292
Lara Favaretto
Twistle
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
293
Russell Young
Marilyn Portrait "Reach out and touch Faith"
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
294
Marcello Lo Giudice
Sun/Sole
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £35,000

Contemporary Art Day Sale

London 17 October 2013

Provenance

Exhibited

Literature

205

Thomas Ruff

Porträt (Bettina Ebert)

Contemporary Art Day Sale