Post-War & Contemporary Art Featuring works sold to benefit Modern Art Oxford
8 March 2017, 4pm London, 101 New Bond Street
Enquiries: Gareth Williams Departmental Director Post-War & Contemporary Art +44 (0) 20 7468 5879 www.bonhams.com/contemporaryart
Viewing times: Saturday 4 th March 11am - 5pm Sunday 5 th March 11am - 5pm Monday 6 th March 9am - 6pm Tuesday 7 th March 9am - 6pm Wednesday 8 th March 9am - 2pm
AR JAKE & DINOS CHAPMAN (B. 1962 AND 1966) Barrel of Laughs 2015 enamel, resin and metal
8 by 14 by 16 cm. 3 1/8 by 5 1/2 by 6 5/16 in.
This work was executed in 2015, and is unique.
£10,000-15,000
Provenance Donated by the artists
Turner Prize nominees (2003) and art world enfants terribles, Jake and Dinos Chapman have achieved notoriety since the 1990s for their deliberately shocking works ranging from their early disturbing tableaux of conjoined child mannequins to their 2008 series of work appropriating original watercolours by Hitler. Their exhibition at Modern Art Oxford, The Rape of Creativity in 2003 included a collection of Goya’s celebrated Disasters of War etchings, which they controversially defaced by overdrawing. This new work, created for Modern Art Oxford, relates to their epic masterwork Hell which was destroyed in a storage warehouse fire in 2004.
Jake & Dinos Chapman: The Rape of Creativity was presented at Modern Art Oxford, 12 April to 8 June 2003.
LYNN HERSHMAN LEESON (B. 1941) Roberta's Construction Chart 1 1975-2004 signed and numbered 10/12 archival digital print and dye transfer
Image : 58 by 40.5 cm. 22 13/16 by 15 15/16 in.
Sheet : 62 by 45 cm. 24 7/16 by 17 11/16 in.
This work was conceived in 1975 and executed circa 2004, and is number ten from an edition of twelve plus two artist's proofs.
£7,000-10,000
Provenance Donated by the artist
Widely considered one of the most influential media artists of her generation, American artist and film-maker Lynn Hershmann Leeson has made pioneering contributions to photography, video, film, performance, installation and interactive, net-based art for over five decades. This work originates from her seminal The Roberta Breitmore Series (1974- 78) in which the artist adopted a fully developed alter ego, Roberta Breitmore, for four years. Roberta had her own mannerisms, handwriting, clothing, wig and makeup, apartment, psychiatrist and credit cards. She went on dates and advertised for flatmates, hiring a private detective to evidence her existence, as part of a pioneering early body of work that explored identity in a society in which we are documented by our consumer patterns, surveillance and governmental processes. This piece, generously donated by the artist, provides detailed instructions as to how Roberta does her make- up, highlighting the constructed nature of personal identity and offering a performative tool whereby anyone can become Roberta Breitmore.
Lynn Hershmann Leeson: Origins of the Species (Part 2) was presented at Modern Art Oxford, 29 May to 9 August 2015.
AR MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ (B. 1946) Portrait with Falcon 2010 digital pigment print
Image : 30.5 by 30.5 cm. 12 by 12 in.
Sheet : 45.7 by 45.7 cm. 18 by 18 in.
This work was executed in 2010, and is number twelve from an edition of twenty-five plus three artist's proofs.
£3,000-4,000
This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
Provenance Donated by the artist
Internationally renowned Serbian-born artist, Marina Abramović is perhaps the best-known performance artist working in the art world today. Working since the 1970s, her vanguard practice interrogates the relationship between performer and audience, the limits of the body and the possibilities of the mind, exploring themes of emotional and spiritual transfiguration. This piece Portrait with Falcon , captures the intensity of an encounter with the artist, heightened by spiritual symbolism of the regal falcon, an animal associated throughout history with vision, freedom and victory.
Marina Abramović : Objects, Performance, Video, Sound was presented at Modern Art Oxford, 9 April to 2 July 1995
AR TRACEY EMIN (B. 1963) Landscape 2015 signed, titled and dated 2015 acrylic on paper
28 by 38 cm. 11 by 14 15/16 in.
£6,000-8,000
Provenance Donated by the artist
Turner Prize nominee (1999), Tracey Emin garnered international attention and sometimes controversy as one of the Young British Artists emerging in the 1980s. Working across a wide range of media, Emin is known for autobiographical and confessional works, often involving confrontational subject matter and taboo subjects, in which her experience of being female and of her body are central. Her 2002 exhibition at Modern Art Oxford for example, included a large-scale replica of the pier in Margate in Kent where Emin’s early adolescent sexual experiences, including exploitation and abuse, occurred. Current Professor of Drawing at the Royal Academy Schools, the artist has generously donated one of her psychologically- charged drawings of a solitary, reclining female form.
Tracey Emin: This Is Another Place was presented at Modern Art Oxford, 10 November 2002 to 19 January 2003.
AR RICHARD HAMILTON (1922-2011) Lobby 1984 signed and numbered 62/88 collotype and screenprint on paper
Image : 38 by 52.2 cm. 14 15/16 by 20 9/16 in.
Sheet : 42.9 by 58.2 cm. 16 7/8 by 22 15/16 in.
This work was executed in 1984, and is number sixty-two from an edition of eighty-eight plus nine artist's proofs.
£2,000-3,000
Provenance Courtesy of Alan Cristea Gallery and the Estate of Richard Hamilton
Founding member of the Independent Group in the 1950s and pioneer of Pop Art, Richard Hamilton exhibited at Modern Art Oxford in 1988. This work, generously donated by the Richard Hamilton estate, entered Tate’s collection in 2009.
Richard Hamilton: Installations was presented at Modern Art Oxford, 22 May to 3 July 1988.
AR KARLA BLACK (B. 1972) Fed 2015 sugar paper, oil paint, body paint, cotton wool, ribbon
Dimensions of Cloud: 49 by 54 by 23 cm. 19 1/4 by 21 1/4 by 9 1/8 in.
This work was executed in 2015.
£5,000-7,000
Provenance Donated by the artist
Scottish artist and Turner Prize nominee (2011) Karla Black creates abstract sculptures using a combination of everyday materials including powder, soap, gels, and pastes, along with more traditional media such as plaster, chalk, paint, and paper. Carefully arranged on the floor or suspended from the ceiling, they are typically made on site, such as in her direct response to the spaces of Modern Art Oxford, and include direct evidence of the process of their creation through fingerprints and dust. Delicate, messy, sensuous, and visceral, they testify to a physical experience of the world that lies beyond metaphorical and symbolic references. Poised between form and anti-form, they emerge like transitional states or naturally occurring sediments.
Karla Black exhibited at Modern Art Oxford, 30 September to 29 November 2009.
AR HOWARD HODGKIN (B. 1932) Picture Frame 2015 signed, titled, dated 2015 and inscribed For Modern Art Oxford on the reverse of the frame oil and watercolour on paper
36 by 42 cm. 14 3/16 by 16 9/16 in.
£20,000-30,000
Provenance Donated by the artist
Howard Hodgkin is one of Britain’s most celebrated living artists. Working since the 1960s and inspired by locations, travel, personal encounters and the seasons, he is mostly associated with abstract painting and print-making as a brilliant colourist and master of gestural painting, Howard Hodgkin first showed at Modern Art Oxford in 1977 and then returned more than thirty years later with a major solo exhibition in 2010. This is a new unique work that the artist has very generously made for this fundraising auction to benefit Modern Art Oxford.
Howard Hodgkin: Time and Place was presented at Modern Art Oxford, 23 June - 12 September 2010.
AR JIM LAMBIE (B. 1964) Untitled 2012 spray paint on steel
40 by 17.8 by 18 cm. 15 3/4 by 7 by 7 1/16 in.
This work was executed in 2012, and is unique.
£3,000-5,000
Provenance Donated by the artist
Scottish artist and Turner Prize nominee (2005) Jim Lambie is well known for his trademark multi-coloured vinyl tape floor installations and playful sculptures and installations. Lambie often appropriates everyday modern materials into his work, including pop culture objects such as posters and album covers, and household accessories and clothing such as with this piece, generously donated by the artist.
Jim Lambie: Male Stripper was presented at Modern Art Oxford, 13 September to 9 November 2003.
AR BRIDGET RILEY (B. 1931) Rose Red modulations with Green and blue contrasts 1985 signed, titled and dated 85 gouache on paper
82 by 58 cm. 32 5/16 by 22 13/16 in.
£30,000-40,000
Provenance Juda Rowan Gallery, London Private Collection, London (acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1986) Donated by the above
The work of iconic British Op artist, Bridget Riley is instantly recognisable, perhaps forever associated with the swinging ‘60s in which she first emerged to international celebrity. Working initially only in black and white, producing the works for which she is perhaps best known, from 1967 she began exploring colour producing her first stripe painting. During the 1980s, her palette was influenced by her travels to Egypt where she was inspired by the colourful hieroglyphic decorations, and to Venice where she returned in 1983 to study the masterpieces of the Venetian Renaissance. This unique work on paper from 1985 has been generously donated by Dasha Shenkman OBE, Modern Art Oxford Patron.
AR ANISH KAPOOR (B. 1954) Untitled (I) 1988 signed, dated 1988 and numbered AP 2(I) aquatint
Image : 112.8 by 89.5 cm. 44 7/16 by 35 1/4 in.
Sheet : 134 by 107 cm. 52 3/4 by 42 1/8 in.
This work is the artist's proof number two of ten, aside from the edition of twenty.
£2,000-3,000
Provenance Donated by a Private Collection, London
British-Indian artist Anish Kapoor is one of the most influential sculptors of his generation. Perhaps most famous for public sculptures that are both adventures in form and feats of engineering, he manoeuvers between different scales and contexts, working in series. This work on paper has been generously donated by Dasha Shenkman OBE, Modern Art Oxford Patron.
AR RICHARD WENTWORTH (B. 1947) Caledonian Road, London, 2007 2013 c-print and nails, in the artist's frame
Sheet : 31.6 by 48 cm. 12 7/16 by 18 7/8 in.
Overall : 39 by 55.1 by 7 cm. 15 3/8 by 21 11/16 by 2 3/4 in.
This work was executed in 2013, and is unique.
£1,000-1,500
Provenance Donated by the artist
Wentworth has played a leading role in New British Sculpture since the end of the 1970s. His work, exploring the notion of objects and their use as part of our day-to-day experiences, has altered the traditional definition of sculpture as well as photography. This work, generously donated by the artist, forms a part of his ongoing photographic series Making Do and Getting By in which Wentworth registers chance encounters of oddities and discrepancies in the modern urban landscape, paying attention to objects, occasional and involuntary geometries, as well as uncanny situations that often go unnoticed.
Richard Wentworth was Master of Drawing, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University from 2002 to 2010.
YOKO ONO (B. 1933) add color painting I LOVE U 2004 signed with the artist's initials die-cut plexiglass on canvas
33 by 45 by 2.8 cm. 13 by 17 11/16 by 1 1/8 in.
This work was executed in 2004, and is number three from an edition of eighty-one plus nine artist's proofs.
£2,000-3,000
Provenance Donated by the artist
Japanese artist Yoko Ono is a global cultural icon and activist. Emerging as a Fluxus artist in New York in the early 1960s, Ono has worked across performance, installation, music and new media as a conceptual artist exploring a wide range of artistic ideas and practices. A central aspect of her practice has been interactivity and participation, collapsing the distinction between artist and audience, as with this work, generously donated by the artist, which is completed by the viewer.
Yoko Ono: Have You Seen The Horizon Lately? was presented at Modern Art Oxford, 23 November to 15 March 1998.
AR CALLUM INNES (B. 1962) Untitled 2010 signed and dated 2010 on the overlap oil on canvas
82 by 79.8 cm. 32 5/16 by 31 7/16 in.
£15,000-20,000
Provenance Donated by the artist
Scottish artist and Turner Prize nominee (1995) Callum Innes belongs to a generation of British artists who continue to explore the possibilities of paint on canvas, specifically the language of the monochrome, an established format of abstract painting since the 1960s. His paintings are created through a painstaking process of addition and subtraction, skillfully removing sections of paint from the canvas surface with turpentine to leave only the faintest traces of what was there before. As is the case with this work, generously donated by the artist, where the painted surface of the canvas has been reduced to a simple black line.
Callum Innes: From Memory was presented at Modern Art Oxford, 13 February to 15 April 2007.
AR CECILY BROWN (B. 1969) Untitled (Ladyland) 2012-2015 signed and dated 2012-15 on the reverse gouache, watercolour, ink and pastel on paper
45.8 by 60.8 cm. 18 1/16 by 23 15/16 in.
£5,000-7,000
Provenance Donated by the artist
British artist Cecily Brown is one of the leading painters of her generation, attracting international critical acclaim for her large-scale works that combine gestural abstraction expressionism with figurative elements. This unique work on paper, generously donated by the artist, evidences her skilful handling of form and colour for which she has become so admired.
Cecily Brown: Paintings was presented at Modern Art Oxford, 28 June to 28 August 2005.
AR ANTONY GORMLEY (B. 1950) BODY LXV 2014 signed, titled, dated 2014 and inscribed for Modern Art Oxford on the reverse carbon and casein on paper
77.2 by 55.8 cm. 30 3/8 by 21 15/16 in.
£18,000-25,000
Provenance Donated by the artist
British artist Antony Gormley is widely acclaimed for his sculptures, installations and public artworks that investigate the relationship of the human body to space. Always taking the human form as a starting point, Gormley’s work has developed the potential opened-up by sculpture since the 1960s through a critical engagement with both his own body and those of others in a way that confronts fundamental questions of where human beings stand in relation to nature and the cosmos.
Anthony Gormley featured in the group show, Enclosed and Enchanted at Modern Art Oxford, 16 July to 8 October 2000.
AR TP MONA HATOUM (B. 1952) Bunker (cube bldg) 2011 mild steel tubing
90 by 120 by 80 cm. 35 7/16 by 47 1/4 31 1/2 in.
This work was executed in 2011.
£50,000-70,000
Provenance Donated by the artist
Lebanese-born Palestinian artist, Mona Hatoum makes installations and sculptures in a wide range of materials. Her work often has a close relationship to architecture – as with this major piece, generously donated by the artist – and she often uses the grid or geometric forms to reference systems of control within society. Frequently, her sculptures incorporate everyday household objects which are scaled up or changed in some way to make them appear familiar but also alien and threatening.
Mona Hatoum exhibited at Modern Art Oxford, 5 April to 28 June 1998.
AR ALISON TURNBULL (B. 1956) Grain Elevator 2000 signed and dated 2000 on the reverse oil on linen laid on board
91.5 by 61 cm. 36 by 24 in.
£3,000-5,000
Provenance Donated by the artist
British artist Alison Turnbull transforms readymade information – plans, diagrams, blueprints and charts – into abstract paintings. The found source material is reimagined and made vivid through colour and through the intensity of the worked picture surface. In 2001, Alison Turnbull presented a new body of paintings originating in architectural drawings, including this piece, based on a grain elevator, which the artist has generously donated for sale to support Modern Art Oxford.
Alison Turnbull: Houses Into Flats was presented at Modern Art Oxford, 28 January 28 to 22 April 2001.
AR JANNIS KOUNELLIS (B. 1936) Untitled 2017 iron plate, i-beam and rope
71 by 51 cm. 27.9 by 20 in.
This work was executed in 2017.
£20,000-30,000
Provenance Donated by the artist
Associated with the Arte Povera movement from 1967 onwards, Greek artist Jannis Kounellis’s work is characterised by the juxtaposition of diverse elements, including ready-made objects such as bed frames, doors and shelves and raw materials such as stone, cotton, wool, coal, fire and soot. Throughout his prolific career, Kounellis has extended the boundaries of contemporary art, making works that reflect the ever-changing world around us while also deeply resonating with his own traditions and culture. This piece is a new work that the artist has very generously made specifically for this auction to raise funds for Modern Art Oxford.
Jannis Kounellis exhibited at Modern Art Oxford, 11 December 2004 to 6 March 2005.
WILLIAM KENTRIDGE (B. 1955) Bird Catcher 2006 signed and numbered AP 1/12 archival pigment print
Image : 144.1 by 101.5 cm. 56 3/4 by 39 15/16 in.
Sheet : 151.1 by 108 cm. 59 1/2 by 42 1/2 in.
This work was executed in 2006, and is number one of twelve artist's proofs aside from an edition of sixty.
£8,000-12,000
Provenance Donated by the artist
South African artist William Kentridge is renowned for his animated drawings and films exploring time, the history of colonialism and the aspirations and failures of revolutionary politics. This print, generously donated by the artist, features one of his leitmotifs – birds – a symbol of freedom and peace, here shown in a vice-like apparatus, a metaphor of oppression and control, which are recurring themes throughout this work.
William Kentridge featured in the group show Art from South Africa at Modern Art Oxford, 17 June to 23 September 1990.