Phillips Evening & Day Editions Auction, London - Artists & Artworks Highlights

Phillips Evening & Day Editions Auction, London

Auction viewing: 17 January - 23 January 2025

Auction: 23 - 24 January 2025

Mel Bochner

Amazing, 2012

Estimate: £30,000 - 50,000

Photo © Phillips

Cy Twombly

Roman Notes II, from Roman Notes (B. 22), 1970

Estimate: £30,000 - 50,000

Photo © Phillips

KAWS

UPS AND DOWNS, 2013

Estimate: £30,000 - 50,000

Photo © Phillips

Phillips announces highlights from the Evening & Day Editions Auction, taking place in London on 23 and 24 January. Featuring over 240 works spanning the early 20th century to today, the sale brings together renowned printmakers and contemporary artists, including Banksy, Jasper Johns, and Jonas Wood. Additional highlights include works by Andy Warhol, including a dedicated section inspired by newspapers, alongside pieces by Gerhard Richter, Cy Twombly, KAWS, Yoshitomo Nara, David Hockney, and a selection of editions from The Herbig Collection. The full sale catalogue is now live online, with the public exhibition on view at 30 Berkeley Square from 17 January.

Rebecca Tooby-Desmond, Specialist, Head of Sale, Editions, and Auctioneer, said, “We are excited to kick off the new auction season with a dynamic and diverse offering of works spanning the Modern, Post-War, and Contemporary eras. From the surreal to the sublime, our auctions showcase innovation in edition making, from the ephemeral, avant-garde world of Marcel Broodthaers, through Pop portraits, to the enigmatic, graphic abstraction of Jasper Johns, Cy Twombly and Jonas Wood. Our sale brings together over 240 exceptional lots and we look forward to welcoming collectors and art enthusiasts to our Berkeley Square galleries for the public preview, opening on 17 January.”

Leading the sale is Banksy’s Flower Thrower Triptych (Grey) (2019) [estimate: £100,000–150,000], one of the artist’s most iconic and socially charged images. Depicting a masked figure hurling a bouquet of flowers like a Molotov cocktail, the work juxtaposes themes of resistance and hope, becoming a global symbol of peace. First created as Love is in the Air for Banksy’s 2002 Los Angeles exhibition, the motif gained further significance when stencilled onto Jerusalem’s West Bank Wall in 2003, underscoring its enduring resonance as a timeless call for peace.

Jasper Johns

Corpse and Mirror (U.L.A.E. 169), 1976 

Estimate: £60,000 - 80,000

Photo © Phillips

Jasper Johns’ Corpse and Mirror (1976) is a striking exploration of order and ambiguity, transforming the crosshatch motif into a mesmerising composition. Inspired by a fleeting glimpse of slanted lines on a passing car, Johns executed the work using 36 screens, layering wax-infused ink to create luminous depth and tactility. Produced in collaboration with Simca Print Artists, the screenprint exemplifies Johns’ seamless dialogue between painting and printmaking, inviting viewers into a meditative study of repetition, variation, and perception.

Jonas Wood

Four Majors, 2018

Estimate: £40,000 - 60,000

Photo © Phillips

Jonas Wood’s Four Majors (2018), is a vibrant quartet of screenprints reimagining iconic tennis courts in Melbourne, Paris, London, and New York. Rendered in bold, flat colours with simplified geometric forms, the works blur the line between reality and abstraction, transforming physical spaces into playful, imagined compositions.

Gerhard Richter

Goldberg-Variationen (Goldberg Variations), 

from Hommage à Cladders (B. 60), 1984

Estimate: £40,000 - 60,000

Photo © Phillips

Gerhard Richter’s Goldberg-Variationen (Goldberg Variations) (1984) transforms a phonograph record of Glenn Gould’s 1982 The Goldberg Variations into a vibrant abstract composition, testament to Richter’s fascination with materiality and music. Swathes of cobalt blue and bright yellow paint merge and contrast, with glimpses of the record’s black surface emerging beneath.

Additional highlights include pieces by Cy Twombly, Mel Bochner, KAWS, Ed Ruscha, Yoshitomo Nara, and David Hockney, alongside further works by Banksy.

Yoshitomo Nara

Hand Searching, 2017

Estimate: £25,000 - 35,000

Photo © Phillips

David Hockney

4th February 2021, Flowers in a White Vase with Chair, 2021

Estimate: £25,000 - 35,000

Photo © Phillips

Ed Ruscha

History Kids, from Mountain Prints, 2013

Estimate: £25,000 - 35,000

Photo © Phillips

The sale features 19 works by Andy Warhol, including Saint Apollonia. Inspired by a 15th-century painting attributed to Piero della Francesca, Warhol’s depiction retains much of the original’s detail, including the cracked tempera and gold leaf, while transforming the religious icon into a Pop aesthetic exploration of commodification and originality. Part of his broader engagement with Renaissance art in the 1980s, Saint Apollonia aligns with Warhol’s Details of Renaissance Paintings series, where he likened the cultural prominence of classical masterpieces to modern celebrity. Further Warhol highlights include his celebrated depictions of advertisements.

Andy Warhol

Saint Apollonia (F. & S. 330-333), 1984

Estimate: £25,000-35,000

Photo © Phillips

Andy Warhol

Steaks 99¢ (F. & S. IIIA.68), circa 1986

Estimate: £10,000 – 15,000

Photo © Phillips

Andy Warhol

New York Post (Judge Blasts Lynch) (F. & S. IIIA.46), circa 1983

Estimate: £8,000 – 12,000

Photo © Phillips

After debuting works by Marcel Broodthaers from the Herbig Collection in the fall 2024 Modern & Contemporary Art sales, Phillips is pleased to offer further works from this esteemed collection, including Citron - Citroen Réclame pour la Mer du Nord and Les animaux de la ferme (Farm Animals).

Marcel Broodthaers

Citron - Citroen Réclame pour la Mer du Nord 

(Lemon - Citroen Ad for the North Sea) (V. 19), 1984

Estimate: £5,000 – 7,000

Photo © Phillips

Marcel Broodthaers

Les animaux de la ferme (Farm Animals) (V. 22), 1974

Estimate: £4,000 – 6,000

Photo © Phillips

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Phillips' Editions, Photographs & Design Hong Kong Auction - Highlights

Editions, Photographs, and Design Auction  

Phillips Hong Kong  

Auction: 14 June 2024

Exhibition: 5 - 14 June 2024

Keith Haring

Dog (L. pp. 48-49), 1986-87 

Estimate: HK$500,000 - 700,000/ US$64,100-89,700

Photo courtesy of Phillips

Andy Warhol

Shoes (F. & S. II.257), 1980

Estimate: HK$500,000 - 700,000/ US$64,100-89,700

Photo courtesy of Phillips

Damien Hirst

The Virtues (H9), 2021 

Estimate: HK$600,000-800,000/ US$76,900-103,000

Photo courtesy of Phillips

Phillips presents a new cross-category auction, Editions, Photographs, and Design, which will take place live in Hong Kong on 14 June. The inaugural sale will feature over 100 lots, ranging from an extensive selection of Editions by sought-after artists alongside emerging names; stand-out works by some of the world’s most celebrated visual artists and photographers, including the Asia auction debut of Steven Klein’s unique Polaroid works; and a diverse array of Design works spanning the 20th and 21st Centuries, including works from notable makers such as Thomas Heatherwick, Sofu Teshigahara, Studio Drift, among others. Ahead of the auction, the sale will be on view at Phillips’ Asia headquarters in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District from 5 to14 June.

Nick Wilson, Head of Editions, Photographs and Design, Phillips Asia, said, “Phillips has a strong track record of selling these categories in our global auctions, we are excited to present them together in a dedicated sale, allowing us to not only meet buyer demand for broader collecting opportunities but also to formally offer sales across the full spectrum of Phillips' categories in Asia for the first time. As a good place to start for collecting fine art, Editions (prints and multiples) are typically more affordable than unique paintings and sculpture, but usually require highly complicated techniques with a master printer to create an edition. Photographs is also one of the more accessible types of work to add to an art collection. The most appealing attraction behind photography collecting is that it’s an approachable medium that people can immediately relate to whether it be a landscape, cityscape, portrait，or any other theme they gravitate to. Iconic Photographs and Editions by some of the world’s most sought-after artists continue to increase in popularity around the world. Our Design category has been very well received by collectors in Asia, in which the Design session featured in the 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale in Hong Kong from 2016 to 2022 always achieved a high sell through rate. We are delighted to present such a strong selection of works by a wide range of creators in the inaugural sale this summer and look forward to welcoming everyone through our galleries when the exhibition opens to the public on 5 June.”

HIGHLIGHTS FROM EDITIONS

Leading the Editions section is Keith Haring’s 'Dog' (L. pp. 48-49) from 1986-87, featuring his celebrated barking dog motif which originated in the artist’s New York subway drawings of the early 1980s. Another standout highlight by Pop Art pioneers is Andy Warhol’s iconic Shoes (F. & S. II.257), from 1980 with diamond dust, which epitomizes his fascination with glamour and celebrity. Also on offer is Damien Hirst’s complete set of The Virtues (H9), which is inspired by Bushidō, the Japanese samurai code of ethics.

Yoshitomo Nara

Walk On (M. & S. E-2010-012), 2010

Estimate: HK$300,000-500,000/ US$38,500-64,100

Photo courtesy of Phillips

Yayoi Kusama

Pumpkin (White Y) (K. 150), 1992

Estimate: HK$300,000 - 500,000/ US$38,500-64,100

Photo courtesy of Phillips

Jonas Wood

Fish Pot; Matisse Pot 4; and Snoopy Pot, 2019-2020

Estimate: HK$400,000-600,000/ US$51,300-76,900

Photo courtesy of Phillips

Further sale highlights include Yoshitomo Nara’s Walk On (M. & S. E-2010-012), a Ukiyo-e woodcut which depicts Nara’s iconic little girl with almond shaped eyes and a menacing smile set in a hard straight line. Yayoi Kusama’s Pumpkin (White Y) (K. 150) brings together three of Kusama’s most recognisable motifs: a pumpkin, dots, and infinity nets. Additional works on offer include Jonas Wood’s Fish Pot; Matisse Pot 4; and Snoopy Pot. Jonas Wood’s incorporation of ceramic vessels into his body of work stems from his collaborative working relationship with his wife, the ceramic artist Shio Kusaka.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS

Phillips is pleased to present ULTIMATE STEVEN KLEIN for the Photographs section. Steven Klein is one of the most innovative and provocative artists in photography and film. A highly sought-after figure, he has landed coveted covers of magazines such as Vogue and W with his riveting body of work being featured globally and has shot high-profile advertising campaigns for the likes of Alexander McQueen, Tom Ford and Dior. This exclusive curation of 18 unique Polaroids from the celebrated photographer’s archive was personally chosen by Steven Klein and marks the first time his works are being offered in Asia. Showcasing Klein’s distinctive approach to photography as a means of storytelling, this exceptional grouping offers a window into the intimate relationship between photographer and subject. Taken between 1999 and 2015, the Polaroids feature striking portraits of icons in fashion, music, and film, including Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Britney Spears, David Bowie, Madonna, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer, among others.

Steven Klein

Kate Moss, New York City, 8 May 2003 

Estimate: HK$50,000-70,000/ US$6,400-9,000

Photo courtesy of Phillips

Steven Klein 

Justin Bieber, Los Angeles, 4 June 2015 

Estimate: HK$20,000-30,000/ US$2,600-3,800

Photo courtesy of Phillips

Steven Klein 

Madonna, Los Angeles from Confessions 

on a Dance Floor, 11 August 2005 

Estimate: HK$50,000-70,000/ US$6,400-9,000

Photo courtesy of Phillips

Other notable highlights include Francis Giacobetti’s 1988 Zebra #17, which demonstrates the artist’s unorthodox approach to technique, light and shadow and expresses the full beauty of the human body. Moreover, a print from Tim Parchikov’s Burning News, shows a person clutching a burning newspaper in the snow, which explores how humans react when the flow of information reaches a critical point.

Francis Giacobetti

Zebra #17, 1988

Estimate: HK$150,000 – 200,000/ US$19,200-25,600

Photo courtesy of Phillips

Tim Parchikov

Burning News, 2011

Estimate: HK$100,000 – 150,000/ US$12,800- 19,200

Photo courtesy of Phillips

HIGHLIGHTS FROM DESIGN 

The Design section will showcase a diverse range of works spanning the 20th and 21st Centuries, led by Sofu Teshigahara’s Six-panel folding screen. With forms and lines inspired by the dynamism of nature, the present work immediately strikes for its calligraphic, gestural and sculptural brushstrokes, reminiscent of traditional Chinese landscape as well as calligraphy. Further highlights include a seating structure made from a single piece of aluminium titled “Extrusion” bench by the multi-award-winning British architect Thomas Heatherwick, who designed Hong Kong’s Pacific Place; Studio Drift’s 'Fragile Future 3.12' explores the unexpected connection between nature and technology, and Alvar Aalto’s Early “Paimio” armchair, model no 41, whose work brought a refreshing breath of humanism to modern design.

Sofu Teshigahara

Six-panel folding screen, circa 1970

Estimate: HK$250,000 – 350,000/ US$32,100-44,900

Photo courtesy of Phillips

Thomas Heatherwick

‘Extrusion’ bench, 2011

Estimate: HK$250,000 – 350,000/ US$32,100-44,900

Photo courtesy of Phillips

Studio Drift

'Fragile Future 3.12', 2017

Estimate: HK$150,000 – 250,000/ US$19,200-32,100

Photo courtesy of Phillips

Alvar Aalto

Early ‘Paimio’ armchair, model no 41, circa 1933

Estimate: HK$80,000 – 120,000/ US$10,300-15,400

Photo courtesy of Phillips

PHILLIPS' Editions, Photographs and Design Hong Kong Auction 

Auction: 14 June 2024, 2pm HKT

Public Exhibition: 5 - 14 June, 11am – 7pm HKT

Location: G/F, WKCDA Tower, West Kowloon Cultural District, No. 8 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong

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Jacob Samuel and Contemporary Etching @ MoMA, New York - "New Ground: Jacob Samuel and Contemporary Etching" Exhibition

New Ground: Jacob Samuel 

and Contemporary Etching 

MoMA, New York

October 29, 2023 – March 16, 2024

Barry McGee 

Untitled from Drypoint on Acid, 2006 

Etching and aquatint with chine collé and 

collage addition from a portfolio of seven drypoints 

with chine collé (three with collage additions), 

one drypoint and aquatint with chine collé and collage additions, 

one etching with chine collé and spraypaint additions, 

and one etching and aquatint with chine collé 

and collaged screenprint additions. 

Composition and sheet: 7 13/16 x 6 3/8″ (19.8 x 16.2 cm). 

Ann and Lee Fensterstock Fund 

The Museum of Modern Art, New York 

© 2022 Barry McGee

Wangechi Mutu  

Untitled from Eve, 2006. 

Etching and aquatint with collage additions 

from a portfolio of five etchings 

(two with aquatint and collage additions, 

one with collage additions) and three aquatints 

(two with collage additions) 

Composition (irreg): 8 9/16 x 5 1/2″ (21.7 x 14 cm); 

sheet: 10 7/16 x 7 7/8″ (26.5 x 20 cm). 

Linda Barth Goldstein Fund 

The Museum of Modern Art, New York 

© 2022 Wangechi Mutu

Jannis Kounellis 

Untitled from 1999, 1999 

One from a portfolio of twelve etching, drypoint, 

and aquatints with chiné colle (one with blind embossing) 

Plate: 5 5/16 × 7 5/8″ (13.5 × 19.4 cm); 

sheet: 13 3/4 × 15 1/8″ (35 × 38.4 cm) 

Acquired through the generosity of John Baldessari, 

Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer 

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 

© 2022 Jannis Kounellis

The Museum of Modern Art presents New Ground: Jacob Samuel and Contemporary Etching, a focused exhibition on the work of master printer and publisher Jacob Samuel (American, b. 1951). The exhibition highlights Jacob Samuel’s championing of the foundational printing technique of etching, his innovative approach to collaborating with contemporary artists, and works that push the limits of the medium. MoMA began acquiring works published by Jacob Samuel in 1988 and, three decades later, it holds his entire catalogue of more than 60 projects. New Ground selectively draws from this expansive body of work by a diverse range of artists, including Mona Hatoum, Rebecca Horn, Jannis Kounellis, Wangechi Mutu, Barry McGee, and Christopher Wool.

Over the course of four decades, Jacob Samuel collaborated with more than 60 artists, traveling extensively to do so. Through a traditional but maximally flexible approach, he was driven to prove that etching could be a successful contemporary medium. The exhibition will draw from a range of these collaborative projects. For example, Jacob Samuel made it possible for the artist Rebecca Horn to avoid working in reverse, generally considered a requirement in printmaking, by printing her delicate webs of red lines on custom-made transparent paper, which was ultimately inverted. Moreover, his design and use of a portable aquatint box allowed him to travel to artists’ studios, which allowed Jannis Kounellis to use sculptural processes, not easily transferred to a printshop setting, on copper etching plates. But this belief in traditional processes did not prevent him from embracing other techniques in order to achieve an artist’s vision. Works by Wangechi Mutu and Barry McGee include elements of collage, and are trimmed to the image size, without the expected borders of a printed image. Successive projects with Christopher Wool over the course of over twenty years are particular evidence of a generative partnership. New Ground highlights Jacob Samuel’s breadth of knowledge, historical expertise, and unwavering commitment, which made him an ideal partner for artists new to the medium.

Mona Hatoum 

Untitled from hair there and every where, 2004 

One from a portfolio of ten etchings with chine collé. 

Plate: 7 7/8 x 6 7/8″ (20 x 17.5 cm); 

sheet: 16 x 14″ (40.6 x 35.6 cm). 

Carol and Morton H. Rapp Fund 

The Museum of Modern Art, New York 

© 2022 Mona Hatoum

Charline von Heyl 

Untitled from Black Sun: 

The Brief Transit and Violent Eclipse of Harry Crosby, 2013 

One from a portfolio of eight etchings with drypoint, roulette, 

aquatint, and chine collé. Plate: 7 13/16 × 6 7/8″ (19.9 × 17.4 cm); 

sheet: 16 15/16 × 15″ (43 × 38.1 cm). 

Acquired through the generosity of John Baldessari, 

Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer. 

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 

© 2022 Charline von Heyl

Jonas Wood 

Untitled from 8 Etchings, 2014 

One from a portfolio of eight etchings with chine collé. 

Plate: 8 3/4 × 7 13/16″ (22.3 × 19.9 cm); 

sheet: 15 15/16 × 13 15/16″ (40.5 × 35.4 cm). 

Acquired through the generosity of John Baldessari, 

Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer. 

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 

© 2022 Jonas Wood

Installation view of New Ground: Jacob Samuel 

and Contemporary Etching, on view at 

The Museum of Modern Art from October 29, 2023, 

through March 16, 2024. 

Photo: Jonathan Dorado

Born and raised in Santa Monica, California, JACOB SAMUEL began his career as a master printer for the Abstract Expressionist painter Sam Francis. Having worked extensively on Francis’s monumental, multicolour aquatints for eighteen years, Jacob Samuel was drawn instead to publish a very different type of work under his own name: small scale, serial, and generally printed in a single tone. A continually expanding network of friends and creators made introductions, and Jacob Samuel began to work with some of the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st century. He collaborated with painters, sculptors, performance artists, and musicians to make etchings that reflected their overall artistic practices. Despite the diverse range of artists, certain common themes arise with consideration of Jacob Samuel’s imprint as a whole: the depiction or impression of the body on a printing matrix, for example, or a system of images that unfolds across multiple sheets of paper. Many of the projects include texts written by the artists, a further invitation to close looking. As with everything published by Jacob Samuel, each project has a custom-designed housing that expands the work’s presence into three dimensions. The breadth, variety, and, above all, creativity in the works he published with an exceptional list of artists is evidence of his success in bringing the tradition of old master printmaking to contemporary artistic practices.

The exhibition is accompanied by the first publication dedicated to the work of the master printer Jacob Samuel. The richly illustrated catalogue features an essay by curator Esther Adler, interviews with a dozen of the artists Jacob Samuel has worked with, and a highly researched checklist detailing every project published by Jacob Samuel.

New Ground: Jacob Samuel and Contemporary Etching is organized by Esther Adler, Curator, and Margarita Lizcano Hernandez, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Drawings and Prints.

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