Literature
Jörg Schellmann 134-141
Jörg Schellmann, ed., Forty Are Better Than One, Munich/New York, 2009, pp. 300-301
Catalogue Essay
Including Maschinen 0946, 0947, 0980, 1220, 1553, 3262, 3397, and 3440

149

Thomas Ruff

Maschinen (Machines)

2005
The complete set of eight digital pigment prints (Ditone) in colours, on Hahnemühle photo rag paper, with full margins.
all I. approx. 35 x 25 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.)
all S. 50 x 40 cm (19 5/8 x 15 3/4 in.) three horizontal
All signed and annotated 'ARCHIVE PROOF' in pencil on the reverse (the edition was 30 and 6 artist's proofs), published by Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York, all framed.

Estimate
£2,000 - 3,000 ♠

Sold for £4,375

Contact Specialist

Anne Schneider-Wilson

Head of Sale, Senior Specialist
London
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Edition Schellmann: Fifty Are Better Than One

London Auction 6 June 2019

1
Richard Artschwager
Corner Splat, from Wall Works
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
2
Richard Artschwager
Corner Splat II
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
3
John Baldessari
Eyebrow
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £13,750
4
Georg Baselitz
Melancholie, drei Rosen (Melancholy, Three Roses)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £3,500
5
Georg Baselitz
Frau am Abgrund, zwei Rosen (Woman at Abyss, Two Roses)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
6
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Kies-und Schotterwerke (Gravel Plants), image III, from Typologies series
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
7
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Gasbehälter (Gas Tanks), image VII, from Typologies series
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
8
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Fachwerkhäuser, Siegener Industriegebiet (Framework Houses, Industrial District of Siegen) 1959–1973
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
9
Joseph Beuys
Sonnenscheibe (Sun Disc)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
10
Joseph Beuys
zeige deine Wunde (Show Your Wound)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
11
Joseph Beuys
Cuprum 0.3% unguentum metallicum praeparatum
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
12
Joseph Beuys
Painting Version 1-90
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
13
Joseph Beuys
4 Bücher aus: "Projekt Westmensch" (4 Books, from: "Project West Man")
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £2,125
14
Joseph Beuys
Triptychon (Triptych)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
15
Daniel Buren
1 + 2 = 3 (Triptych), from Sequences
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
16
Daniel Buren
1 + 2 = 3 (Triptych), from Sequences
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £3,000
17
Daniel Buren
25 Enamel Plates, from Wall Works
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
18
Vanessa Beecroft
Vogue Hommes (Vogue Men), from Double Exposure
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,250
19
Glenn Brown
Sympathy for the Poor
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £2,000
20
Maurizio Cattelan
Bregenz
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
21
Francesco Clemente
Peso (Weight)
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £875
22
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Explaining Christians to Dinosaurs
Estimate £800 - 1,200 ♠
23
Tony Cragg
Palette, from For Joseph Beuys
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
24
Michael Craig-Martin
Signs of Life
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £3,000
25
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Wrapped Payphone
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £52,500
26
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Show Window
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000 ♠
27
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Red Store Front, Project
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,750
28
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Wrapped Automobile, Project for Volvo 122 S Sport Sedan
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £4,750
29
Chuck Close
Phil (Philip Glass)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
30
Chuck Close
Self Portrait
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,750
31
Marlene Dumas
United Europe
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £7,500
32
Tacita Dean
Lord Byron Died
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £2,000
33
Thomas Demand
Pile (Stapel), from Double Exposure
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
34
Thomas Demand
Five Drafts (Simulator)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,000
35
Hanne Darboven
Sunrise - Sunset (To: New York)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
36
Hanne Darboven
ABC-Arbeit (A-Ω)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £5,625
37
Hanne Darboven
24 Gesänge (24 Chants)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
38
Hanne Darboven
Geigensolo (Violin Solo)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £1,500
39
William Eggleston
Untitled (Mayfield, Kentucky) ca. 1999-2000
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,250
40
Olafur Eliasson
Jökulsgilskvisl (Glacier Canyon Fork), from Double Exposure
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £2,000
41
Olafur Eliasson
Sunset Door, from Door Cycle
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
42
Elmgreen & Dragset
Belly Door, from Door Cycle
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
43
Dan Flavin
Untitled (to Mary Elizabeth)
Estimate £100,000 - 120,000
Sold for £125,000
44
Dan Flavin
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £40,000
45
Dan Flavin
Projects 1963-95
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £12,500
46
Dan Flavin
Untitled (Triptych), from Sequences
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Sold for £2,375
47
Günther Förg
Untitled, from 9 Farben (9 Colours)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £11,250
48
Günther Förg
Leaves
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £9,250
49
Günther Förg
Coda, from Sequences
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,250
50
Katharina Fritsch
Lexikonzeichnung (2. Serie: Mensch) (Lexicon Drawing (2nd Series: Human)), from Door Cycle
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
51
Sylvie Fleury
IĈONE (ICON)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
52
Sylvie Fleury
Happy Clinique, from Sequences
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £1,250
53
Ellen Gallagher
Bouffant Pride
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,125
54
Gilbert & George
The Singing Sculpture 1969-91
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,625
55
Gilbert & George
Hearts of Plane
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,063
56
Gilbert & George
Fingers of Fate
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,125
57
Liam Gillick
Multiplied Discussion Structure
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
58
Liam Gillick
A short text on the possibility of creating an economy of equivalence, from Door Cycle
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
59
Liam Gillick
Weekday in Sochaux
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
60
Liam Gillick
Shelf System A
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
61
Jack Goldstein
Untitled #1; and #2
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Sold for £2,000
62
Nan Goldin
Joey in my mirror, Berlin 1992; and Joey in my vanity mirror, NYC 1999, from Double Exposure
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £3,750
63
Peter Halley
Static Wallpaper, from Wall Works
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
64
Peter Halley
Relief
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £7,500
65
Peter Halley
Nowhere
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £3,000
66
Peter Halley
Elsewhere
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £2,500
67
Peter Halley
Core; Display; and Fluke
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,750
68
Peter Halley
A Tour of Monuments of Passaic, New Jersey
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £2,750
69
Keith Haring
Dog
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000
Sold for £362,500
70
Keith Haring
Dog
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £50,000
71
Keith Haring
Totem (Wood)
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000
Sold for £150,000
72
Keith Haring
Totem (Concrete)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £137,500
73
Keith Haring
Totem
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £43,750
74
Keith Haring
Three Lithographs: one plate
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £52,500
75
Keith Haring
Three Lithographs: one plate
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £17,500
76
Keith Haring
Three Lithographs: one plate
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £15,000
77
Keith Haring
Pyramid
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £37,500
78
Keith Haring
Pyramid
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £40,000
79
Keith Haring
Untitled (Free South Africa)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £47,500
80
Keith Haring
Portrait of Joseph Beuys, from For Joseph Beuys
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £4,750
81
Richard Hamilton
Bathroom - fig. 1
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
82
Mona Hatoum
Puzzled, from Wall Works
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
83
Mona Hatoum
Set in Stone
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
84
Candida Höfer
Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg 2000 (University Library Hamburg 2000), from Double Exposure
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £3,500
85
Candida Höfer
Barock Brasilien 2005 (Baroque Brazil 2005)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £4,750
86
Jenny Holzer
Green Survival
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £8,750
87
Jenny Holzer
Amber Truisms Living
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £20,000
88
Jenny Holzer
Blue Laments Arno
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £30,000
89
Jenny Holzer
Truth Before Power
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,375
90
Axel Hütte
Sunset 1; and Sunset 2, from Double Exposure
Estimate £1,800 - 2,200 ♠
91
Alfredo Jaar
Gold in the Morning
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
92
Donald Judd
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £100,000
93
Donald Judd
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £93,750
94
Donald Judd
Untitled (Wall Project), from Wall Works
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
95
Donald Judd
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £93,750
96
Donald Judd
Untitled (Folded Meters)
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000
97
Donald Judd
Untitled (Folded Meters): one work
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £56,250
98
Anish Kapoor
Reverse Perverse, from Door Cycle
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
99
Anish Kapoor
Untitled (ring object)
Estimate £800 - 1,200 ♠
Sold for £4,750
100
Anish Kapoor
Svayambh (Selfish)
Estimate £800 - 1,200 ♠
Sold for £1,000
101
Imi Knoebel
IT
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
102
Imi Knoebel
Mennige (Red Lead)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £2,625
103
Imi Knoebel
Gelbe Fahne (Yellow Flag)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,188
104
Imi Knoebel
Tür und Tor (Door and Gate), from Sequences
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,813
105
Jeff Koons
Puppy
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000
Sold for £4,375
106
Jeff Koons
FUN, from Sequences
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,250
107
Jeff Koons
Donkey (Colored)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £3,000
108
Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £25,000
109
Various Artists
Re-Object/Mythos
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
110
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled (Finestra)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
111
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled (Smoke)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
112
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled, from Wall Works
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
113
Jannis Kounellis
Frammenti di danza (Fragments of Dance)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
114
Jannis Kounellis
Senza titolo (Untitled), Trittico (Triptych), from Sequences
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,375
115
William Kentridge
Atlas Confessions (Maps)
Estimate £1,800 - 2,000
Sold for £4,000
116
William Kentridge
Atlas Confessions
Estimate £1,200 - 1,800
Sold for £3,375
117
Joseph Kosuth
L'Essence de la rhétorique est dans l'allégorie IV (The Essence of Rhetoric is in Allegory IV), from Sequences
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
118
Joseph Kosuth
Sigla, Finnegans Wake, from Wall Works
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,500
119
Sherrie Levine
Pharmacie, from Wall Works
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £7,500
120
Sol LeWitt
Wall Piece (16 Modules High)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £43,750
121
Sol LeWitt
Arcs and Bands in Color
Estimate £7,000 - 10,000
Sold for £10,625
122
Sol LeWitt
Red, Yellow, Blue, and Gray Squares Bordered by a Black Band
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £6,000
123
Sol LeWitt
Circles Divided into Eight Equal Parts with Colors Superimposed in Each Part
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,250
124
Sol LeWitt
Wavy Lines on Gray, from Sequences
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £8,125
125
Richard Long
River Avon Mud Drawings, from Sequences
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £2,250
126
Robert Longo
Joanna and Larry, from Men in the Cities
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £68,750
127
Robert Longo
Government
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £8,125
128
Robert Longo
Essentials, from Forty Are Better Than One
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £3,750
129
Robert Longo
End of the Season
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £2,750
130
Robert Mapplethorpe
Mirror Image
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £13,750
131
Paul Morrison
Hilum, from Door Cycle
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
132
Sarah Morris
Endeavor (Los Angeles), from Door Cycle
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
133
Sarah Morris
William Morris (Los Angeles)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,750
134
Sarah Morris
1980 (Rings)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,188
135
Tony Oursler
Fool, from Door Cycle
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,625
136
Jorge Pardo
Untitled, from Door Cycle
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £4,750
137
Sigmar Polke
S. schmeckt Pfirsich von H. (S. Tastes Peach from H.)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,625
138
Nam June Paik
Video Sonata op. 56
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £5,250
139
Nam June Paik
TV Tulips: three works
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £4,750
140
Nam June Paik
Born Again
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £30,000
141
Nam June Paik
Self-Portrait
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £25,000
142
Giulio Paolini
Vis-à-vis (Hera), from Wall Works
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £47,500
143
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Affresco - 5, from Wall Works
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
144
Thomas Ruff
Portraits
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
145
Thomas Ruff
Nudes
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
146
Thomas Ruff
l.m.v.d.r
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
147
Thomas Ruff
Houses
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £6,563
148
Thomas Ruff
Zeitungsphotos (Newspaper Photographs)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
149
Thomas Ruff
Maschinen (Machines)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
150
Thomas Ruff
Sterne (Stars)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
151
Thomas Ruff
Jpegs II
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
152
Ed Ruscha and Jean-Marc Bustamante
L'Horizon Chimérique (The Chimeric Horizon)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £3,000
153
Julian Schnabel
Malfi, from Sequences
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £2,750
154
Cindy Sherman
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
155
Santiago Sierra
Door Plate
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
156
Santiago Sierra
Aviso Público (Public Notice), from Door Cycle
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
157
Wilhelm Sasnal
Untitled, from Door Cycle
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
158
Thomas Schütte
Regal (Shelf), from Door Cycle
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
159
David Salle
Theme for an Aztec Moralist
Estimate £1,200 - 1,800
Sold for £1,250
160
Rosemarie Trockel
Bibliothek Babylon (Library Babylon)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £13,750
161
Rosemarie Trockel
Falling Blue, Rising Red, from Sequences
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
162
Luc Tuymans
Wenn der Frühling kommt (When Spring Comes)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £2,125
163
Luc Tuymans
Altar
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £3,750
164
Luc Tuymans
Slide, from Door Cycle
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £8,125
165
Richard Tuttle
Onoma
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £3,250
166
Jeff Wall
Torso
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £3,750
167
Franz West
Haini
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £4,000
168
Rachel Whiteread
Poly Shelf
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £1,000
169
Rachel Whiteread
Untitled (Nets)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £21,250
170
Kara Walker
Pastoral, from Wall Works
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £17,500
171
Lawrence Weiner
Aphorism-Archimedes, from Wall Works
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £21,250
172
Andy Warhol
Neuschwanstein
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £35,000
173
Andy Warhol
Details of Renaissance Paintings (Piero Della Francesca, Madonna del Duca da Montefeltro, circa 1472)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £22,500
174
Andy Warhol
Details of Renaissance Paintings (Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1482)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £243,750
175
Andy Warhol
Details of Renaissance Paintings (Paolo Uccello, St. George and the Dragon, 1460)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £32,500
176
Andy Warhol
Details of Renaissance Paintings (Leonardo da Vinci, The Annunciation, 1472)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £32,500
177
Andy Warhol
Joseph Beuys
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £62,500
178
Andy Warhol
Joseph Beuys
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £27,500
179
Andy Warhol
Joseph Beuys in Memoriam, from For Joseph Beuys
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £32,500
180
Andy Warhol
Goethe
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £100,000

Edition Schellmann: Fifty Are Better Than One

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Maschinen (Machines)

Edition Schellmann: Fifty Are Better Than One