• Auction 19872

    20th Century Evening Sale

    6 October 2020, New York

    SALE TOTAL: 340,851,500 (USD)
46 Lots for Sale 19872
Lot 1
Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
Mickey
bronze
35 7/8 x 28 x 24 in. (91 x 71 x 61 cm.)
estimate
$700,000 - $1,000,000

price realized
$2,310,000
Lot 2
René Magritte (1898-1967)
La découverte du feu
gouache and watercolor on paper
9 7/8 x 7 5/8 in. (25 x 19.5 cm.)
estimate
$1,000,000 - $1,500,000

price realized
$1,590,000
Lot 3
Jasper Johns (b. 1930)
Cicada
ink and graphite on plastic
image: 26 ¼ x 20 ¼ in. (66.7 x 51.4 cm.)
sheet: 32 ½ x 25 5/8 in. (82.6 x 65.1 cm.)
estimate
$1,200,000 - $1,800,000

price realized
$1,590,000
Lot 4
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Rythmische Baumlandschaft
oil and pen and black ink on board
18 ¾ x 11 ½ in. (47.4 x 29.3 cm.)
estimate
$2,000,000 - $3,000,000

price realized
$3,990,000
Lot 5
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
Red Composition
oil on Masonite
19 x 23 ¾ in. (48.3 x 60.3 cm.)
estimate
$12,000,000 - $18,000,000

price realized
$13,000,000
Lot 6
Cecily Brown (b. 1969)
I Will Not Paint Any More Boring Leaves (2)
oil on canvas
80 x 84 ¼ in. (203.2 x 214 cm.)
estimate
$3,000,000 - $5,000,000

price realized
$5,070,000
Lot 7
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)
Woman (Green)
oil and charcoal on canvas
30 ¼ x 23 ¼ in. (76.8 x 59.1 cm.)
estimate
$20,000,000 - $30,000,000

price realized
$23,260,000
Lot 8
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Femme dans un fauteuil
oil on canvas
51 1/8 x 38 in. (130 x 97 cm.)
estimate
$20,000,000 - $30,000,000

price realized
$29,557,500
Lot 9
Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
Liegendes Mädchen in dunkelblauem Kleid
gouache and watercolor over pencil on paper
17 ½ x 12 ¼ in. (44.5 x 31 cm.)
estimate
$1,500,000 - $2,000,000

price realized
$1,470,000
Lot 10
Emil Nolde (1867-1956)
Herbstmeer XVI
oil on canvas, in the artist's hand-carved frame
Canvas: 29 x 35 in. (73.7 x 88.9 cm.)
Frame: 36 ½ x 42 ½ in. (92.7 x 108 cm.)
estimate
$6,000,000 - $8,000,000

price realized
$7,344,500
Lot 11
Mark Rothko (1903-1970)
Untitled
oil on canvas
68 x 60 ¼ in. (172.7 x 153 cm.)
estimate
$30,000,000 - $50,000,000

price realized
$31,275,000
Lot 12
Joan Mitchell (1925-1992)
Untitled
oil on canvas
38 ¼ x 51 ¼ in. (97.2 x 130.2 cm.)
estimate
$3,500,000 - $5,500,000

price realized
$4,110,000
Lot 13
Paul Cézanne (1839-1906)
Nature morte avec pot au lait, melon et sucrier
watercolor and gouache over pencil on paper
18 ¾ x 24 ½ in. (47.7 x 62.3 cm.)
estimate
$30,000,000 - $40,000,000

price realized
$28,650,000
Lot 14
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Boerin met een kind op haar schoot (Peasant Woman with Child on her Lap)
oil on canvas
17 x 13 5/8 in. (43.3 x 34.5 cm.)
estimate
$3,200,000 - $3,800,000

price realized
$4,470,000
Lot 16
Cy Twombly (1928-2011)
Untitled [Bolsena]
oil-based house paint, wax crayon, graphite and felt-tip pen on canvas
78 ½ x 94 ½ in. (199.4 x 240 cm.)
estimate
$35,000,000 - $50,000,000

price realized
$38,685,000
Lot 18
Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)
An Invasion of Privacy
grass stain on canvas
54 3/8 x 59 7/8 in. (138.1 x 152.1 cm.)
estimate
$2,500,000 - $3,500,000

price realized
$3,150,000
Lot 20
Vija Celmins (b. 1938)
Untitled (Ocean)
graphite on acrylic ground on paper
14 1/8 x 18 7/8 in. (35.9 x 47.9 cm.)
estimate
$3,000,000 - $5,000,000

price realized
$3,030,000
Lot 21
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
L’église de Vernon
oil on canvas
25 ¾ x 32 in. (65 x 81.4 cm.)
estimate
$4,000,000 - $6,000,000

price realized
$4,710,000
Lot 22
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Nu couché
Peinture à l’essence and brush and pen and India ink on paper
10 x 14 in. (25.2 x 35.7 cm.)
estimate
$300,000 - $500,000

price realized
$250,000
Lot 23
Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015)
Red Curve V
oil on shaped canvas
90 ¾ x 151 ½ (230.5 x 384.8 cm.)
estimate
$5,000,000 - $7,000,000

price realized
$5,430,000
Lot 24
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Femme au chapeau
oil on canvas
28 ¾ x 23 5/8 in. (73 x 60 cm.)
estimate
$8,000,000 - $12,000,000

price realized
$9,520,000
Lot 25
Sam Francis (1923-1994)
Blue Composition
oil on canvas
38 ¼ x 51 ¼ in. (97.2 x 130.2 cm.)
estimate
$2,000,000 - $3,000,000

price realized
$3,150,000
Lot 26
Cy Twombly (1928-2011)
Solar Barge of Sesostris
acrylic, wax crayon and graphite on paper
58 ¾ x 51 ¾ in. (149.2 x 131.4 cm.)
estimate
$3,000,000 - $5,000,000

price realized
$3,990,000
Lot 27
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
Bouche mystérieuse apparaissant sur le dos de ma nurse
gouache on magazine cover
17 5/8 x 11 7/8 in. (44.7 x 30.3 cm.)
estimate
$1,200,000 - $1,800,000

price realized
$1,650,000
Lot 28
René Magritte (1898-1967)
Le nu couché
oil on canvas
31 ¾ x 45 5/8 in. (80.7 x 116 cm.)
estimate
$4,000,000 - $6,000,000

price realized
$6,870,000
Lot 29
Tamara De Lempicka (1898-1980)
Les deux amies
oil on panel
28 ¾ x 15 in. (73 x 38 cm.)
estimate
$6,000,000 - $8,000,000

price realized
$9,405,500
Lot 30
Frank Stella (b. 1936)
Benjamin Moore Paintings [6 Works]
estimate
$8,000,000 - $12,000,000

price realized
$8,833,000
Lot 31
Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015)
Blue Relief Over White
oil on two joined canvases mounted on panel
65 x 62 ¼ x 2 ½ in. (165.1 x 158.1 x 6.4 cm.)
estimate
$3,000,000 - $5,000,000

price realized
$3,450,000
Lot 32
Jasper Johns (b. 1930)
Flags 1
silkscreen ink on J.B. Green paper
27 ½ x 35 in. (69.9 x 88.9 cm.)
estimate
$1,000,000 - $1,500,000

price realized
$1,470,000
Lot 33
Mark Bradford (b. 1961)
Ghost Money
mixed media collage on canvas
101 7/8 x 143 ¾ in. (258.5 x 365 cm.)
estimate
$5,500,000 - $7,500,000

price realized
$7,344,500
Lot 34
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)
MP
acrylic and Xerox collage on canvas
86 x 68 in. (218.4 x 172.8 cm.)
estimate
$4,000,000 - $6,000,000

price realized
$4,590,000
Lot 36
Kenneth Noland (1924-2010)
Spring Call
acrylic on canvas
82 ½ x 82 ½ in. (209.6 x 209.6 cm.)
estimate
$2,800,000 - $3,500,000

price realized
$2,765,000
Lot 37
Philip Guston (1913-1980)
Stack (Roma)
oil on paper
30 1/8 x 40 1/8 in. (76.5 x 101.9 cm.)
estimate
$500,000 - $700,000

price realized
$834,000
Lot 38
George Condo (b. 1957)
Lost at Sea
acrylic, charcoal and pastel on canvas
80 x 76 in. (203.2 x 193 cm.)
estimate
$2,000,000 - $3,000,000

price realized
$2,550,000
Lot 40
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)
Red Barn I
oil and Magna on canvas
30 x 44 in. (76.2 x 111.8 cm.)
estimate
$4,000,000 - $6,000,000

price realized
$4,470,000
Lot 41
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
La Poule
oil on panel
31 7/8 x 39 ½ in. (81 x 100.4 cm.)
estimate
$3,000,000 - $5,000,000

price realized
$4,350,000
Lot 42
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
Untitled
ink and watercolor on Howell paper
13 x 15 7/8 in. (33 x 40.3 cm.)
estimate
$350,000 - $550,000

price realized
$600,000
Lot 45
Richard Prince (b. 1949)
Nurse for Mercy’s Mission
inkjet and acrylic on canvas
52 x 30 in. (132.1 x 76.2 cm.)
estimate
$2,000,000 - $3,000,000

price realized
$3,150,000
Lot 46
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Uitzicht over Den Haag met de Nieuwe Kerk (View of The Hague with Nieuwe Kerk)
watercolor, gouache and pen and brown ink on paper
10 3/8 x 14 5/8 in. (26.2 x 37.1 cm.)
estimate
$700,000 - $1,000,000

price realized
$1,050,000
Lot 47
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Falaise près de Dieppe
oil on canvas
25 ½ x 39 3/8 in. (65 x 100 cm.)
estimate
$1,500,000 - $2,000,000

price realized
$2,190,000
Lot 49
Agnes Martin (1912-2004)
Untitled #10
acrylic on canvas
72 x 72 in. (182.9 x 182.9 cm.)
estimate
$3,000,000 - $5,000,000

price realized
$3,390,000
Lot 50
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Joueur de flute et mangeur de pastèque
oil on canvas
63 x 50 ¼ in. (160 x 130 cm.)
estimate
$5,000,000 - $7,000,000

price realized
$5,430,000
Lot 52
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Vase d'anémones
oil on canvas
16 5/8 x 13 in. (42.2 x 33 cm.)
estimate
$800,000 - $1,200,000

price realized
$2,790,000
Lot 56
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
La femme aux bas bleus
oil on board laid down on canvas
25 ½ x 19 5/8 in. (65 x 50 cm.)
estimate
$1,000,000 - $1,500,000

price realized
$1,470,000
Lot 58
Rembrandt Bugatti (1885-1916)
Panthère à l’affût
bronze with dark brown patina
Length: 25 in. (63.5 cm.)
estimate
$800,000 - $1,200,000

price realized
$1,110,000
Lot 59
TYRANNOSAURUS REX
SOUTH DAKOTA, USA
37 x 13 x 6ft. (1128 x 396 x 183cm.)
estimate
$6,000,000 - $8,000,000

price realized
$31,847,500
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