. . . we also ran into ANDREW GUENTHER strolling around, checking out the openings on 27TH St, in CHELSEA. MAY 15, 2008.
. . . we recently noticed one of his small, hand painted canvas ?, unique & ticking.. as in – it really works !! – clocks in PRINTED MATTER. at the time – it was hanging in the front room, on the North wall, just back of the front desk office area.
the small white label read:
ANDREW GUENTHER, ‘clock’, BROOKLYN, N.Y. – $75.00 (& yep, that’s a steal !!)
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
. . . we first noticed Andrew’s clocks at that short-lived, (only a 2 week run, FEB 8-14, 2008) but mighty, group show – ‘BREVITY’S RAINBOW’ – ‘A GALAXY OF TINY ARTWORKS’ – curated by MAXWELL WILLIAMS at CINDERS in BROOKLYN !!
check out the: original post !!/BREVITY’S RAINBOW
PRINTED MATTER
~ANDREW GUENTHER/CLOCKS !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 22nd, 2008, 2:30pm
‘IT’ COUPLE – cabaret performance/salon curator, PATI HERTLING and GBE painter ELIZABETH PEYTON, drop by the ‘NUL’ show – curated by DICK EVANS, FOXY PRODUCTION, MAY 15, 2008
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
ELIZABETH PEYTON, retained her star status in the recent auctions as well.
Her early, oil on panel portrait of ‘John Squires’, 1977, 17 x 14 ins. went for $421,000, well above its estimate – at the MAY 16, 2008 – PHILLIPS de PURY CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTION PART II NEW YORK. It was estimated to sell for between $200,000-$300,000.
ELIZABETH PEYTON, ‘JOHN SQUIRES’/IMAGE COURTESY: PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY
see: original auction post
~ELIZABETH PEYTON & PATI HERLING at NUL |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 22nd, 2008, 2:29pm
‘NUL’ – curated by DICK EVANS
featuring work by: SALVATORE ARANCIO, ANDERS CLAUSEN, DICK EVANS, SIMONE GILGES, LARS LAUMANN, NEDKO SOLAKOV & VALIE EXPORT
MAY 15 – JUNE 21, 2008
FOXY PRODUCTION – 617 W 27TH ST – CHELSEA – NY
FOXY PRODUCTION PRESENTS ‘Nul’ – a group exhibit curated by London-based artist DICK EVANS. ‘Nul’ brings together seven European artists, including Evans, Salvatore Arancio, Anders Clausen, VALIE EXPORT, Simone Gilges, Lars Laumann, and Nedko Solakov, whose work relates in differing ways to loss, reduction or vacancy. Combined, the works in ‘Nul’ produce an uncanny sense of dissolution.” – press release
SOME PIX FROM THE OPENING – MAY 15, 2008
currently going live – WED MAY 28/7:32 PM
London-based artist DICK EVANS curated the show and, luckily, also presents some of his own plexiglas boxes.
an array of DICK EVANS plexiglas boxes starts off the show – to good effect.
DICK EVANS’ plexiglas boxes – “consider the possibility of absolute zero. these almost empty vitrines contain remnants of works that have been abandoned by the artist, left to gather dust in a corner of his studio for year.” – press release
DICK EVANS. . . “wax, candles and dust produce landscapes of comic emptiness that are at nce aportrait, an envoronmenta; calendar, and an image in negative of his studio” – press release
.. what about, just a thing of tender beauty to consider…
LARS LAUMANN beside his ‘Hatful of Cocteau’. Lars Laumann lives and works in Olso, Norway.
ANDERS CLAUSEN. Anders Clausen lives and works in London.
ANDERS CLAUSEN, ‘Untitled #8c (black head)’, 2007, plaster, wood, paint.
(Photo-etchings by SALVATORE ARANCIO in the background.)
ANDERS CLAUSEN, ‘Untitled #26c (white head)’, 2007, plaster, wood, paint.
SALVATORE ARANCIO, ‘The Circular crest of a Submerged Crater Looms Above The sea’, 2006. Photo-etching on paper.
Salvatore Arancio lives and works in London.
SALVATORE ARANCIO, ‘Contour of The Mountain Following its Collapse’, 2006, Photo-etching on paper.
HANNE MUGAAS, independent curator, and co-director of the gallery project, GALERIE ART SINCE THE SUMMER OF ’69, New York – they had a booth at the DARK FAIR.
check out: Galerie Art Since The Summer of ’69
(on the floor behind her, DICK EVANS, ‘Purple Beach Ball’.)
CORY ARCANGEL, also of GALERIE ART SINCE THE SUMMER OF ’69.
MICHAEL MAGNAN.
DOUGLAS KELLEY, of the now defunct DKS online gallery listings site, who was
overheard saying: “there’d be twice as many people here – if I was still posting ….!!”
works by SIMONE GILGES. Simone Gilges lives and works in Berlin.
EVAN GREENFIELD. beside him at right, work by NEDKO SOLAKOV.
Nedko Solakov lives and works in Sofia, Bulgaria.
MATTHEW STEINBERG shows up in his newly acquired KEITH HARING ’50th Birthday’ T shirt. He says the key to wearing bright T’s – is to keep the shoes – low profile.
FOXY PRODUCTION co-director JOHN THOMPSON, with work by gallery stars, STERLING RUBY at the left, and DAVID NOONAN, at the right.
a small collage by STERLING RUBY, star of the recent auctions, in the back room. don’t bother jumping for the phone – its already sold. (heard somewhere between $4,000-$5,000)
an interesting piece by DAVID NOONAN, its actually a thinly layered canvas piece.
detail – DAVID NOONAN canvas collage portrait.
back out on 27th St – STEVEN KLEE and ZOE COLEMAN
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
see more of the installation: here !!
FOXY PRODUCTION
~NUL/FOXY PRODUCTION |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 22nd, 2008, 1:51pm
ANNE EASTMAN & BENJAMIN BUTLER
MAY 15 – JUNE 21, 2008
atm Gallery – 619 W 27TH ST – CHELSEA – NY
PIX FROM THE OPENING – MAY 15, 2008
BENJAMIN BUTLER & ANNE EASTMAN, Anne’s ‘Let Go of Your Ego’, to the right.
ANNE EASTMAN, ‘Let Go of Your Ego’, 2008, 3 x 4 fabric on stretcher, 4 hanging mirrors (10ins. diameter), steel, wire, aluminum tubing
BENJAMIN BUTLER, ‘Leafless Tress’, 2008, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 ins.
BENJAMIN BUTLER, ‘Dark Tree’, 2008, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 ins.
BENJAMIN BUTLER, ‘Dark Tree’
BENJAMIN BUTLER, ‘Dark Tree (Blue, Violet, Black)’, 2008, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 ins.
GORDON TERRY, with his daughter, THEA, who is looking just like mom, CAROL BOVE !!
multi media artist/sculptor RACHEL HAYES
atm’s BILL BRADY
ANDREW GUENTHER – one of his small working clock pieces is hanging in the front room at PRINTED MATTER.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
atm Gallery
~ANNE EASTMAN & BENJAMIN BUTLER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 22nd, 2008, 12:54pm
. . . I dunno – you’re gonna have to figure this one out – for yourself.
JOSEPHINE MECKSEPER – ‘TOTAL WAR / SALES EVENT’
MAY 1 – JUNE 7, 2008
ELIZABETH DEE GALLERY – 545 W 20Th ST – CHELSEA – NY
PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING – MAY 1, 2008
JOSEPHINE MECKSEPER arrives at the opening
JOHN CURRAN and RACHEL FEINSTEIN
TIMOTHY HULL, SEAN DACK and PAUL SEPUYA.
SEAN DACK opens, ‘GHOST HARDWARE’ – this SAT MAY 24, 6-8pm – at DANIEL REICH GALLERY
ELIZABETH DEE
JOSEPHINE MECKSEPER, ‘Ten High’, 2008, plexiglas platform, 3 mannequins, cane, bottle of whiskey, Bible, ash tray with cigarettes, broken mirror on wooden panel, poster mounted to aluminum, mixed media on canvas, aluminum sign, T-shirt & tie
“IF YOU LOVE YOUR FREEDOM/THANK A VET”
JOSEPHINE MECKSEPER, video frame, ‘0% Down’, 2008 – duration 6 mins.
JOSEPHINE MECKSEPER, ‘We Quit, Going out of Business’, 2008, Plexiglas cube, motorized display and rotating glass shelves, shoes (pair), 2 plastic shoe stands, Styrofoam mannequin head and wig, mini toilet plunger, spray painted rubber dog, plastic card holder, Republican pin and small umbrella. 67 x 24 x 24 ins.
JOSEPHINE MECKSEPER, ‘Bankrupt’, 2008, Metal cylinder, motorized display and rotating glass shelves, mannequin foot and sock, miniature Statue of Liberty and feathers, plastic card holder, Brillo pad, martini glass, disco ball and feather duster with American flag. 70 x 24 x 24 ins.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
ELIZABETH DEE
~JOSEPHINE MECKSEPER |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 22nd, 2008, 9:26am
. . . . last days to catch:
RICCI ALBENDA at THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK !!
the show runs MARCH 21 – MAY 23, 2008, which means this FRIDAY is the last day..
The Horticultural Society of New York – 148 WEST 37TH ST. 13TH FLOOR – MIDTOWN – NYC
. . . it’s not often one finds a show as zen as this in NYC. its so light-handed, it even includes a small glass vase of tiny hand picked flowers from Ricci’s garden, plucked fresh from the earth, by the show’s curator JODIE VICENTA JACOBSON, on her way to work that very morning – at The Horticultural Society of New York, which is itself tucked away in a quiet, but inspired corner of the city, with lots of sunlight streaming in from a large bank of windows (in a standard type office building near MACY’S, though you’d never know it, once inside) … where she is the resident artist/curator. As part of the show, RICCI ALBENDA opened his delightful backyard garden, behind his small ground floor apt in Brooklyn, to the public for 3 Sunday afternoons. The opening reception at HSNY, was timed to mark the vernal equinox.
RICCI ALBENDA greets guests in his small, but lush !! backyard garden.
at THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY of NEW YORK exhibit – RICCI ALBENDA, ‘Garden’, 2007, acrylic and charcoal on paper, 55 x 98 ins.
the word painting features the Latin names of plants to be found in Ricci’s garden – using a font of the artist’s own design.
what’s in a word – ypsilandra thibetica: “a rare gem for the dappled shade… a little-grown member of the lily family, it has handsome rosettes of long & narrrow foliage, 5 x 5 ins. In late winter or early spring, it tosses up 5-8 in. spikes of fragrant strikingly clean snow white flowers that fade to salmon-pink.” (Heronswood.com)
across from the word painting – a glass topped display table – on it: is Ricci’s, ‘Table Top Sculpture from COLOR-I-ME-TRY. (O-Green)’, 2008, made from low density fiberboard and paint. 4.5 x 10 x 4.75 ins. nothing, if not direct, tactile, subtle & pure. Collection of Andrew Kreps, New York
closer up, RICCI ALBENDA, ‘Table Top Sculpture from COLOR-I-ME-TRY. (O-Green)’, 2008
Table Top Sculpture – a view from the side.
inside the glass top display table: RICCI ALBENDA, ‘spoke’. (apology to Tony)
Hand-painted acrylic on daisy, pressed in Walt Whitman’s leaflet Leaves of Grass, 4.5 x 6.5 ins. Collection of Janine Antoni, New York.
detail, ‘spoke’.
The Horticultural Society of New York – a view towards the sunlight & Ricci’s ‘Kitchen Table’ at right, further down, towards the windows.
RICCI ALBENDA, ‘Kitchen Table’, 2008 – all of the potted plants are from ‘the artist’s kitchen table’, reclaimed wood table, paint, candelabra, candles, plates.
detail candelabra, ‘Kitchen Table’
a tiny vase not more than 6 ins. in height
floral arrangements “will periodically change to reflect the emerging flora of the artist’s garden”
ALEX FELEPPA, Director of Horticulture, and JODIE VICENTA JACOBSON, Curator, (and curator of this show specifically), The Horticultural Society of New York
KATE CHURA, Vice President/COO, The Horticultural Society of New York
Ms. Chura shows us a model for a ‘green’ New York City public library – designed by HSNY/The Horticultural Society of New York
an early childhood work by Ricci Albenda, said to be one of his first, made when he was about 4 or 5 yrs. old, in kindergarten !! – on the wall in Ms. Jacobson’s office.
we notice a poster from a previous show – ‘TREE PANTS’ by PETER COFFIN, also curated by Jodie Vicenta Jacobson
HSNY curator JODE VICENTA JACOBSON at her desk. the whole place is light and airy, and in the office area – all the desks and work space dividers are home to growing plants.
JODIE VICENTA JACOBSON, is also an artist/photographer. She just happens to have a show of her own work up currently (May 10-July 31, 2008) at a new gallery on the Lower East Side – called WILD PROJECT. Her show is called ‘hint’.
check it out: WILD PROJECT
walking back out into the wilds of New York – the MACY’S HERALD SQ. intersection, no less – in a completely different frame of mind – than when we had entered – we noticed something – we had missed on the way on – one of those white ‘ghost’ bikes – chained to city traffic poles – at the site of a fatal bicycle accident – in a grassroots attempt to raise city & car driver consciousness.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
check out: The Horticultural Society of New York
~RICCI ALBENDA/HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY of NEW YORK/last days !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 20th, 2008, 2:00pm
LOT 213
THOMAS RUFF
Nudes br16, 2004
C-print with Diasec face in artist’s wooden frame. 43-3/8 x 60 1/2 in.
Signed, dated, and numbered of five “Thomas Ruff 2004” on the reverse.
This work is from an edition of five.
ESTIMATE: $70,000-90,000
SOLD FOR: $169,000
in the MAY 16, 2008 – NEW YORK / CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTION PART II
PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY
. . . there is still quite a strong market for the THOMAS RUFF ‘porn’ photos – which are ‘found’ images pulled off the web.
we had a chance encounter with some – a little while back, while strolling about Soho – looking for the next party – just after the RYAN McGINLEY opening at TEAM, APRIL 3, 2008.
it was young artist, MATTHEW STEINBERG – who pointed them out, amongst a rather extensive photography collection, (and very surprisingly – the real goods, no faux here) – that decorated the KIKI DE MONTPARNASSE boutique – a mostly vintage collection of classic, female only, nudes – that might just as well have been ‘wallpaper’ to the assembled party crowd, (mostly sub D-list, if that !!), but, obviously – photography !!, not to mention, lingerie model !! – heaven to the discerning visitor.
KATHERINE BROWN, MATTHEW STEINBERG & IRINA meet up.
we first spot one, in a back room ensemble. this black & white RUFF, being about the only non-female image, in the entire place.
there’s a full color one on the opposite wall.
another look at the vintage black & white collection in the front.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, KIKI de MONTPARNESSE, 79 GREENE ST., SOHO, NY.
APRIL 3, 2008
P.S.>
IMAGE/COURTESY: PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY
. . . . it’s interesting to note that one of these exact THOMAS RUFF (2000) images was up at auction at PHILLIPS de PURY way back in 2005 – when it was estimated to go for between $25,000-35,000 and sold for the final price of: $28,000 !!
LOT 165 – NEW YORK – CONTEMPORARY ART/PART II, NOVEMBER 11, 2005
PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY
see: the original artlovers post
~THOMAS RUFF/KIKI & MATTHEW |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 20th, 2008, 9:06am
. . . . GAVIN BROWN & URS FISHER …. rock !! TONY SHAFRAZI !!
RICHARD BELZER aka DET. JOHN MUNCH – tries to get to the bottom of the smoke & mirrors, not to mention the VIAGRA-laden waterfall – running down the long entry stairwell – at TONY SHAFRAZI GALLERY. ok ok GAVIN BROWN & URS FISCHER have rocked the island – AGAIN !! . . . . but ROB PRUITT’S ‘Viagra Falls’ stole the show !! (first posted/home page 5/13/2008)
‘WHO’S AFRAID OF JASPER JOHNS?’
A SHOW CONCEIVED BY URS FISCHER & GAVIN BROWN
MAY 9 – JULY 12, 2008
TONY SHAFRAZI GALLERY – 544 WEST 26 STREET – CHELSEA, NY
URS FISCHER, ALEX ZACHARY, and GAVIN BROWN at the opening.
. . conceived is the right word – how to explain it, is another !!
take one big part trompe l’oeil “wallpaper” of SHAFRAZI’S previous show, (‘FOUR FRIENDS’) – by URS FISCHER; an integrated display of several hand picked GAVIN BROWN gallery artists; a sprinkling of hi-lites from PETER BRANT’S blue chip collection; and a light hearted hand painted pink and blue scroll by LILY VAN der STOKKER – and you begin to get the picture… but you gotta go see it = to believe it.
TONY SHAFRAZI and LOU REED.
who’s real and who isn’t ?
RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA, who has work in the show, with SHAFRAZI security, ANTONIO VARGAS.
what’s real and what isn’t ?
and, yes that’s a FRANCIS BACON in the middle.
LILY VAN der STOKKER, of the pink & blue … Buh !
just the right touch to make sure this heavyweight conception takes flight !!
ROB PRUITT constructed a waterfall down the long entry stairs. if you want the 21st C equivalent of LSD in the lemonade pitcher – grab a handful of this rushing water – its got over 1,000 crushed VIAGRA pills in its coursing stream.
ROB PRUITT’S – ‘VIAGRA FALLS’ !!
ROB PRUITT’S – 2 story ‘VIAGRA FALLS’ – greets and astounds, when you enter & when you leave !!
PETER BRANT – his face says it all – !!
and that’s before – this week’s hugely successful auction results starting rolling in.
SIMON de PURY. likewise. in fact, he was overheard saying that: “this was one of the best shows he had ever seen” – and, that’s saying a lot.
SIMON de PURY is head honcho of PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY/the auction house.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH, MAY 9, 2008
TONY SHAFRAZI GALLERY
~GAVIN & URS rock TONY !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 15th, 2008, 11:38am
some selections from – PART II – 10AM & 2PM
CONTEMPORARY ART
16 MAY 2008 / NEW YORK / PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY
note: as of SAT MAY 17/1PM – these results have not been posted yet.
LOT 201
DAN COLEN (WITH NATE LOWMAN)
Holy War, 2005-2006
oil on a nate Lowman silkscreen ink print on canvas. 45 2/3 x 59 in.
Signed and dated “Nat Lowman + Daniel Colen 2005-2006”
ESTIMATE: $15,000-20,000
SOLD FOR: $15,000
LOT 215
DASH SNOW
Incest The Game the Whole Family Can Play, 2006
unique photograph, vintage record player with hand painted record and hand painted cinderblocks. Installation dimensions variable: photograph: 48 x 30 in.; record player: 3 x 12 5/8 x 14 1/2 in.; concrete blocks: 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. each.
ESTIMATE: $10,000-15,000
SOLD FOR: $8,750
LOT 222
JACK PIERSON
Heaven, 1992
Found plastic and wooden letters with metal hardware. Installation dimensions variable: 20 x 69 x 3 in. as illustrated. Signed, titled, and dated “Jack pierson 92 Heaven” on the reverse of the letter “V”.
ESTIMATE: $200,000-300,000
SOLD FOR: $313,000
LOT 228
FRED TOMASELLI
Portrait of Amy, 1995
Prismacolor colored pencil and graphite on unique photogram.
16 x 20 in. Signed and dated “Tomaselli March 23, 1995” lower right;
inscribed “libra” on the reverse.
ESTIMATE: $30,000-40,000
SOLD FOR: $40,600
LOT 235
CHRISTIAN HOLSTAD
Tree (in two parts), 2001
Wool yarn, wool felt, cotton, synthetic fabric, thread, silk ribbon, and foam rubber.
Installation dimensions variable: tree 160 x 8 x 5 in. and deer head: 40 x 13 x 5 1/4 in.
ESTIMATE: $20,000-30,000
SOLD FOR: $39,400
LOT 264
ANDY WARHOL
A Gold Book, 1957
Bound book with 22 pages consisting of 19 plates: 13 offset lithographs on gold paper, four offset lithographs and watercolor on paper, and two offset lithographs on white paper. Cover: 15 x 11 5/8 in.; pages 14 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. each.
The work is from a limited edition of 100 copies signed by the artist.
ESTIMATE: $10,000-15,000
SOLD FOR: $27,400
LOT 272
ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG
Egyptian Series No. 3, 1973
Acrylic, paper, charcoal and pencil on paper. 31 x 22 1/2 in.
Signed and dated “Rauschenberg 73” lower right.
ESTIMATE: $20,000-30,000
SOLD FOR: $43,000
(ed. note: ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG died this past Monday, May 13, 2008.
A pioneer of pop art – he was 82.)
LOT 286
DONALD BAECHLER
Auditing the Auditors, 2002
Acrylic and fabric collage on canvas. 60 x 60 in.
Initialed, titled, and dated “DB ’02 Auditing the Auditors” on the reverse.
ESTIMATE: $30,000-40,000
SOLD FOR: $37,000
LOT 293
ROBERT CRUMB
Untitled (Double sided drawing). circa 1960
ink on lined paper. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.
ESTIMATE: $18,000-25,000
NO SALE
LOT 302
ERIK PARKER
Sukey Jump, 2001
Gloss household paint o canvas. 30 x 24 in.
Signed, titled, inscribed and dated “Erik Parker “sukey Jump’ Leadbelly 2001′, on the turning edge; inscribed “This was stole by Germanman” on the overlap.
ESTIMATE: $8,000-12,000
NO SALE
LOT 363
OLAFUR ELIASSON
Striped Eye Lamp, 2005
Metal, glass, and electrical fittings. 116 1/2 x 38 2/3 x 33 2/3 in.
This is from an edition of 10.
ESTIMATE: $60,000-80,000
SOLD FOR: $73,000
LOT 403
CINDY SHERMAN
Untitled #304, 1994
Color photograph. 58 7/8 x 38 3/4 in.
Signed, dated, and numbered of six on the reverse “Cindy Sherman 1994”.
This work is form an edition of six.
ESTIMATE: $50,000-70,000
SOLD FOR: $47,800
LOT 461
BARRY McGEE
Untitled, not dated
Oil and ink on plastic laminated paper. 36 x 23 1/2 in.
ESTIMATE: $15,000-20,000
NO SALE
LOT 465
ELIZABETH PEYTON
John Squires, 1977
Oil on panel. 17 x 14 in.
ESTIMATE: $200,000-300,000
SOLD FOR: $421,000
LOT 475
SPENCER TUNNICK
New York, 1997
Gelatn silver print mounted on aluminum. 60 x 49 in.
Signed and dated “Spencer Tunnick 1997” and numbered of isx on the reverse.
This work is from an edition of six.
ESTIMATE: $10,000-15,000
SOLD FOR: $10,000
LOT 491
VANESSA BEECROFT
VB 29.008. VB Le Nouveau Musee, Lyon, 1997
Vibracolor print. 40 x 53 1/2 in. This work is from an edition of six.
ESTIMATE: $15,000-20,000
NO SALE
PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY
~PHILLIPS/PART II/MAY 16/10AM/2PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 14th, 2008, 1:43pm
some selections from – PART I – 7PM
CONTEMPORARY ART
MAY 15 2008 / NEW YORK / PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY:
LOT 104
STEVEN PARRINO
Skeletal Implosion #3, 2001
Enamel paint and gesso on canvas. Diameter 84 1/4 in.
Signed and dated “Steven Parrino 2001” on wooden support.
ESTIMATE: $600,000-800,000
SOLD FOR: $657,000
LOT 109
DAMIEN HIRST
Amphotericin B, 1993
Gloss household paint on canvas. 116 1/8 x 132 1/8 in.
ESTIMATE: $3,000,000-4,000,000
SOLD FOR: $3,177,000
LOT 110
TAKASHI MURAKAMI
Superflat Monogram, 2003
Acrylic on canvas mounted pn board. 70 7/8 x 70 7/8 in.
Signed and dated “Takashi ’03” on reverse.
ESTIMATE: $700,000-900,000
SOLD FOR: $724,200
LOT 116
JEFF KOONS
Jim Beam – Caboose, 1986
Stainless steel and bourbon. 9 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.
This work is form an edition of three plus one artist’s proof.
ESTIMATE: $1,200,000-1,800,000
SOLD FOR: $1,385,000
LOT 117
DAMIEN HIRST
Since the Majority of Me Rejects the Majority of You-Vision, 2006
Butterflies and gloss household paint on canvas. Diameter: 72 in.
Signed, titled, and dated “Damien Hirst ‘Vision’ 2006” on the reverse.
ESTIMATE: $1,500,000-2,000,000
SOLD FOR: $1,609,000
LOT 121
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
Untitled (Fallen Angel), 1981
Acrylic and oilstick on canvas. 66 x 78 in.
Signed and dated “Jean-Michel Basquiat 1981” on the reverse.
ESTIMATE: $8,000,000-12,000,000
SOLD FOR: $11,241,000
LOT 139
HERNAN BAS
Monster (from the series A Little Moby Dick in All of Us), 2003
Gouache and graphite on masonite board. 40 x 50 in.
Initialed, titled, and dated “Monster HB 03” on the reverse.
ESTIMATE: $150,000-200,000
SOLD FOR: $175,000
LOT 151
ANDREAS GURSKY
Dusseldorf Flughafen II, 1994
C-print in artist’s wooden frame. 73 x 91 3/4 in.
Signed, titled, and dated “Flughafen Dusseldorf II ’94 Andreas Gursky and numbered of six on a label adhered to the reverse. This work is from an edition of six.
ESTIMATE: $200,000-300,000
SOLD FOR: $217,000
LOT 153
DANA SCHUTZ
Sword Rack, 2002
Oil on canvas,. 83 x71 5/8 in. Signed and dated “Dana Schutz 2002” on the reverse.
ESTIMATE: $100,000-150,000
SOLD FOR: $133,000
PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY
~PHILLIPS/PART I/MAY 15/7 PM |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | May 14th, 2008, 12:25pm
