~PHILLIPS/PART I/MAY 15/7 PM
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