Provenance
Waddington Galleries Ltd., London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1988
Exhibited
London, Waddington Galleries Ltd., William Turnbull, 4 March-28 March 1981 (another example exhibited)
Literature
Amanda Davidson, The Sculpture of Wiliam Turnbull, Hertfordshire, 2005, no. 195, pp. 68, 150 (another example mentioned and illustrated, p. 68)

165

William Turnbull

Tragic Mask

incised with the artist's monogram, numbered and dated '6/9 T 79' on the reverse
bronze, on wooden base
bronze: 16.1 x 14.9 x 3.2 cm (6 3/8 x 5 7/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
base: 4.4 x 9.6 x 6.9 cm (1 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
overall: 21 x 14.9 x 6.9 cm (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Conceived in 1979 and cast circa 1988, this work is number 6 from an edition of 9.

Estimate
£15,000 - 20,000 Ω♠

Sold for £10,160

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Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 7 March 2025

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103
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104
Pam Evelyn
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105
Raymond Pettibon
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Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £20,320
106
Raymond Pettibon
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Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £12,700
107
Cecily Brown
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Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠
Sold for £120,650
108
William Monk
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Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ♠†
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109
Katherine Bradford
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Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
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110
Jennifer J Lee
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Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
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111
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Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
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112
Xiyao Wang
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Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,900
113
André Butzer
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £63,500
114
Oscar Murillo
untitled (news), 2017-2018
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠
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115
Antony Gormley
BELT 1 (MEME) III
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116
Rebecca Warren
Totem (b.)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
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117
Tracey Emin
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118
David Hockney
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Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,940
119
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Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡
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120No Reserve
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Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 •
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121
KAWS
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Estimate £180,000 - 250,000 ‡
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122
KAWS
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Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
123
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124
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125
Franz West
Cool Book
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ♠
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126
Andreas Gursky
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127
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128
Georg Baselitz
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129
Thomas Struth
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130
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Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
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131
Thomas Schütte
United Enemies
Estimate £45,000 - 65,000 ♠
Sold for £57,150
132
Anselm Kiefer
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Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
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133
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Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ♠
134
This lot is no longer available.
135
Rudolf Stingel
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Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £82,550
136
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Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
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137
Ugo Rondinone
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Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
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138
Mike Kelley
Unwashed Abstraction Nr. 2
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
139
This lot is no longer available.
140
Dame Elisabeth Frink Ra
Chinese Horse III (Standing)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ‡♠
Sold for £22,860
141
Dame Elisabeth Frink Ra
Seated Man II
Estimate £300,000 - 400,000 ‡♠
Sold for £444,500
142
This lot is no longer available.
143
Jean Dubuffet
Donnée
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000 ♠
144
Chico da Silva
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £9,525
145
Carla Accardi
Senza Titolo
Estimate £18,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,510
146
Antoni Tàpies
En Forma de Cama (In the Form of a Leg)
Estimate £180,000 - 250,000 ♠
Sold for £152,400
147
Salvador Dalí
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £58,420
148
William Kentridge
Drawing from 'Woyzeck on the Highweld'
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £63,500
149
William Kentridge
Drawing from 'Preparing the Flute' (Stage with Black Curtain)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £53,340
150
Gilbert & George
DUSTY CORNERS NO. 4
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £215,900
151
This lot is no longer available.
152
David Salle
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Estimate £90,000 - 150,000 †
Sold for £88,900
153
John Baldessari
Noses & Ears, Etc. (Part Two): (Blue) Face with Nose and Tangled Rope
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £82,550
154
Tom Wesselmann
Monica Sitting, Arm on Knee (Gray)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £88,900
155
Andy Warhol
Male Seated on Ledge
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £16,510
156
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol, ‘Sixteen Jackies’, 1964
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £41,910
157
Richard Pettibone
Andy Warhol "Electric Chair", 1963
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
158
Rodney Graham
Cactus Fan
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £38,100
159
Brent Wadden
Tangerine Grey (Double Face)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠†
Sold for £33,020
160
Richard Hamilton
Untitled (alternative image for 'The Shock of the New' poster)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £9,525
161
This lot is no longer available.
162
Robyn Denny
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £38,100
163
Dame Elisabeth Frink Ra
Tribute IV
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
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164
William Turnbull
Arrowhead Torso
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 Ω♠
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165
William Turnbull
Tragic Mask
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 Ω♠
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166
William Turnbull
Mask I
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 Ω♠
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167
Tracey Emin
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Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
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168
Cerith Wyn Evans
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Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,160
169No Reserve
Mona Hatoum
Untitled (Baalbeck Birdcage)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 •‡♠
Sold for £15,240
170
Gilbert & George
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Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £78,740
171
Mona Hatoum
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Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £53,340
172
Damien Hirst
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Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £35,560
173
Damien Hirst
Typhoid
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £60,960
174
Keith Tyson
Nature Painting (Nested)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,970
175
This lot is no longer available.
176
Banksy
Met Ball
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £44,450
177
Abraham Cruzvillegas
A Weak Blind Date
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
178
Thomas Demand
Laboratory (Labor)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,400
179
Louise Lawler
Black and White and Blue
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £10,160
180
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Puits Monceau Fontaine No. 14, Charleroi, Belgien
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
181
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Lavoro - Rotoli di passacavi
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £114,300
182
Agostino Bonalumi
Bianco
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
183
Mario Schifano
Senza titolo
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,780
184
Giuseppe Penone
Verde del bosco
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
185
Gilberto Zorio
Stella
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £38,100
186
Niele Toroni
Empreintes
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £53,340
187
Kim Tschang-Yeul
Waterdrops
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £38,100
188
On Kawara
I Got Up
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £165,100
189
Jack Goldstein
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £40,640
190
Ross Bleckner
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Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
191
John Baldessari
Double Bill (Part 2)… and De Chirico
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £35,560
192
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £30,480
193
Glenn Ligon
Silver Self-Portrait
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,795
194
Tom Sachs
Chill Out Japan or be Nuked Again
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £38,100
195
Takashi Murakami
Murakami.Flower #6463 Meander
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £63,500
196
Jordy Kerwick
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £10,795
197
Francis Alÿs
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £63,500
198
Manolo Valdés
Ribera como pretexto
Estimate £110,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £127,000
199
Rainer Fetting
Im Boot
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
200
Gerrit Benner
Untitled (Ruiters)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £19,050
201
André Derain
Village d’Espagne
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £13,970
202
Marcel Broodthaers
Le Corbeau et le Renard
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
203
William Kentridge
Second-hand Reading
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £158,750
204
Marcel Broodthaers
Model: The Pipe (Modèle: La Pipe)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
205
Marcel Broodthaers
La pipe – Modèle: La pipe
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,350
206
Marcel Broodthaers
La pipe - ABCDEF
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £2,540
207
Wilhelm Sasnal
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £33,020
208
Jonas Burgert
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
209
Angela Heisch
Rolled Up Hills
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,334
210
Julie Mehretu
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £22,860
211
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £25,400
212
Umar Rashid
Tennyson 2nd Movement (Le Morte D'Arthur) Noah defeats Wilander on Mars
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £12,700
213
Mehdi Ghadyanloo
Inside of Doubt
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
Sold for £21,590
214
Alejandro Cardenas
Stage Collapse
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £25,400
215
Sayre Gomez
Precious Moments
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £33,020
216
Maria Yelletisch
Mar de otoño
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160
217
Matthias Weischer
Two works: Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £25,400
218
George Shaw
So We Came To Jazz It Up
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
219
Cristof Yvoré
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,080
220
William Mackinnon
When the roads turn into rivers
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
221
Thierry Noir
I am too busy to be impressed by this long straight street
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 7 March 2025

Provenance

Exhibited

Literature

165

William Turnbull

Tragic Mask

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale