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2004 (page in construction)

See also : Koons  Flowers  Bouquet  Doig  Hirst  Prince  Lalanne
2003

​2004 Tulips by Koons
2012 SOLD for $ 33.7M by Christie's

After exploiting the stupidity of the contemporary symbols conveyed by the popular imaging, Jeff Koons began in 1994 his great series of Celebrations.

On November 14, 2012, Christie's sold at lot 38 for $ 33.7M an example of Tulips, which is an even more complex step in the development of the art of Koons. Please watch the video featured by Christie's, in which the artist himself introduces this artwork.

The subject, a bouquet of seven flowers placed on a surface, is simple and universally recognizable, like all other themes in the Celebrations. The artwork, completed in 2004, can not go unnoticed: 203 x 457 x 520 cm. It weighs 3 tons.

The tulips within the bouquet are of different colors, so that the interaction of their reflections covers the entire spectrum of light. The work was carried out in five units with different arrangements of colors, extrapolating the logics of the previous Celebrations, and the reflection of the surroundings and of the public remains an essential element of the exhibition of the artwork.
Flowers
Bouquet
Koons
Decade 2000-2009

​2004 Bacchus by Twombly
​2016 SOLD for $ 15.4M by Sotheby's

In 2004, Cy Twombly works in his studio in Gaeta. Aged 76, he gathers in a series of paintings dedicated to Bacchus the major themes of his career. On May 11 in New York, Sotheby's sells Untitled (Bacchus 1st version V), lot 25.

This painting in acrylic, oilstick and wax on wood panel is monumental: 266 x 200 cm. The artist uses a brush attached to a long pole, as Matisse had done for murals. This leverage increases the physical strength, offering an unexpected parallel between Twombly and Shiraga's Gutai.

The legend of Bacchus interested Twombly by his earthiness that reaches pornography and transcends time. The paint is blood-red, to be considered here as a sign of vitality. The thick and energetic loops form a puddle from which the gravitation generates drippings.

This work is totally abstract but its unambiguous theme is reinforced by the words Baccho Mainomenos inscribed with the same red color at the top of the image, evoking the most licentious pursuits of this very special god who invited his followers to indecency.

The press release of March 18 indicates that this lot is expected in excess of $ 20M.

2002-2004 Gasthof by Doig
2014 SOLD for £ 10M by Christie's

Link to catalogue.
Doig

​2004 Abstraktes Bild by Richter
2013 SOLD for £ 8.4M by Christie's

The Abstraktes Bild from the 1990s are now the stars of the contemporary art market. Richter's rake is structuring the surface of the canvas where the colors clash. To our delight, Richter continued to explore the limitless language of abstraction.

On February 13 in London, Christie's sells an Abstraktes Bild, 225 x 200 cm, made in 2004.

The shiny surface of the canvas does not provide any more contrast but a wonderful blend of rare tones from green to purple, like a huge painter's palette where the colors were mixed together before drying.

Only interrupted by one small horizontal rectangle, the overall movement is much vertical, like a cathedral of colors or maybe like a great musicalist inspiration at a time when the artist was captivated by John Cage.

With such a work that has lost all idea of shape, with his unconventional colors that mix in a supreme harmony, Richter in his recent works is possibly overcoming Rothko.

Cautiously, the auction house does not publish an estimate. No large work from that period had yet appeared at auction. On 27 June 2012, Christie's sold £ 2.7 million including premium a 2005 Abstraktes Bild of smaller size, 113 x 75 cm.

​2004 Le Minotaure by Lalanne
2021 SOLD for € 8M by Sotheby's

The fancy tales of Greek mythology inspire François-Xavier Lalanne. The very first flock of his signature Moutons seats was titled Pour Polyphème.

In 1990, in a special project for the park of an artistic center close to their home near Fontainebleau, Claude Lalanne adds a recliner onto the bull in a piece which is no more a usable seat. The character is the life size nude Europe abducted by her loving bull. The bronze prototype, 200 cm high, 202 cm long and 85 cm wide, was sold for € 1.24M by the Fontainebleau auction house Osenat on October 3, 2021, lot 1.

François-Xavier takes the follow in a nice example of mutual inspiration in the couple. His Minotaure, 202 x 190 x 67 cm, is exactly scaled like L'Enlèvement d'Europe. Made in 2004 in eight copies in patinated bronze sheet with the foundry mark of Bocquel, it is also definitely not a seat. It features the raised torso and hanging arms of a man between the proud horned head and the body of a bull.

Coming from the collection of Dorothée Lalanne, the Minotaure 4/8 was sold for € 8M from a lower estimate of € 1M by Sotheby's on November 4, 2021, lot 14.
Lalanne

​2004 Kimpsons by KAWS
​2019 SOLD for HK$ 58M by Sotheby's

Brian Donnelly is a street artist. He began his career by adding zany attributes to posters in the New York bus shelters. He chooses KAWS as his artist name because he finds that the alignment of these four block letters is pretty.

He populates his universe with specific characters, as Disney had done. Like Koons and Murakami, he operates derivative products. His little toys are very popular. The largest of his inflatable dolls reaches 37 m and weighs 40 tons. The eyes in X, as on Haring's characters from beyond grave, are a signature feature of his art.

KAWS re-appropriates fictitious characters recognizable by the general public : Snoopy, Garfield, the Smurfs, Spongebob, Bibendum, and of course the Simpsons who take a parallel life under the name of Kimpsons.

An artwork painted in 2003 shows the Kimpson family sitting on a sofa. The father holds the TV remote control. This acrylic on canvas 102 x 102 cm painted in 2003 was sold for HK $ 21M including premium by Sotheby's on April 1, 2019 over a lower estimate of HK $ 4M. The sofa collapses without awakening its sitters : in the same sale, a painting of same date and size was sold for HK $ 20.6M including premium.

The meeting of the Japanese fashion designer Nigo, creator of the clothing line Bape, is decisive for KAWS. A work painted in 2004 on a commission from Nigo shows the same sofa but now the family floats in weightlessness. This 275 x 244 cm acrylic on canvas is estimated HK $ 48M for sale by Sotheby's in Hong Kong on October 6, lot 1136.

Also commissioned by Nigo and painted in 2005, The Kaws Album displays the entire Kimpson family and their neighbors in a compact group that is a second-level appropriation, directly from the Yellow Album of the Simpsons and indirectly from Sgt. Pepper of the Beatles. In the April 1, 2019 auction referred above, this 102 x 102 cm acrylic on canvas was sold for HK $ 116M including premium over a lower estimate of HK $ 6M.

PRINCE

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​2004 Nurse in Hollywood
2010 SOLD for $ 6.5M by Phillips de Pury

Painted in 2004, Nurse in Hollywood # 4 was sold for $ 6.5M by Phillips de Pury on May 13 2010, lot 8. A nurse in close-up bears her cap and mask as if it were a burqa, and starts an insisting look toward the observer. 

This painting with a numbered suffix, 175 x 107 cm, is certainly a remake of a larger opus.
2004

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​2004 Navy Nurse
​2020 SOLD for $ 5.7M by Christie's

​Link to catalogue.

2002-2004 Eternity by Hirst
2007 SOLD for £ 4.7M by Phillips de Pury

In his exploration of the borderline between life and death, Hirst early included the use of butterfly wings as an additional pictorial material. As early as 1991, he managed to exhibit dead and live insects together. The diversity of the vibrant natural colors brings the effect of a kaleidoscope. Conservationists may dispute the number of specimens required to fill large surfaces.

Dated 2002-2004, Eternity is an early example of the restart of that technique, made of butterflies and thick gloss household paint on canvas 215 x 535 cm. It was sold for £ 4.7M from a lower estimate of £ 2.5M by Phillips de Pury on October 13, 2007, lot 239. Art indeed brought eternity to these thousand of short lived insects.

Made in 2006, one of the largest of his kaleidoscopes of butterflies was sold for £ 2.17M by Christie's on October 14, 2010, lot 17. The vast surface of 213 x 533 cm is filled with two figures of concentric circles made of butterfly wings arranged on a background of thick deep red paint, reminding rose windows in a church. Its title is : I am Become Death, Shatterer of Worlds.
Hirst

2004 Ferrari Enzo
2022 SOLD for $ 4.1M by Gooding

Less than 20 Enzo were released in non standard colors, a privilege reserved for Ferrari's most valued clients.

Only one was finished in bianco avus. Completed in 2003 and originally owned by a wealthy Swiss client, it spent much of its early time in display on loan in the showroom of its dealer. 
Fully certified via Maranello’s Ferrari Classiche program, this white car with a nero leather interior is complete with full matching-numbers status, with about 9,600 km from new. It was sold by RM Sotheby's on June 30, 2022 in a single lot private auction.

Completed in September 2004, an Enzo is one of six finished in Grigio Titanio. With 4,400 km from new, it was sold for $ 4.1M by Gooding on August 19, 2022, lot 42. This car had a full certification by Ferrari Classiche in 2013 and was converted to US specification in 2019.
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