2010
2010 Rain in the Autumn by Cui Ruzhuo
2017 SOLD for HK$ 142M by Poly
A cloudy landscape 5.20 m wide titled Rain in the Autumn or Misty Autumn in the Drizzling Rain, executed in 2010 by Cui Ruzhuo, was sold for HK $ 142M by Poly on April 3, 2017, lot 1218.
Face by GROTJAHN
Intro
Mark Grotjahn began with abstract paintings designed from two vanishing points spread over a central vertical. The radiating lines define triangles that are filled in several monochrome shades of a basic color. That Butterflies series offers the illusion of these insects with open wings.
His next series is the Faces, started around 2007. Vanishing points are now multiple. The radiant graphics are now flexible lines that get entangled in a thick impasto of many colors.
The figurative elements brought by scrapes and cuts in the supporting cardboard simulate a mouth, a nose and several eyes in a changing quantity before disappearing within the impasto. Such canceling of early elements within an abstraction follows Pollock, Johns, Klein and Richter and are contemporary to Bradford and Cecily Brown.
The colors are carefully chosen so that none of them is dominant. As for Rothko or Gaitonde, the artworks are glossy and their photographic reproductions are dull.
His next series is the Faces, started around 2007. Vanishing points are now multiple. The radiant graphics are now flexible lines that get entangled in a thick impasto of many colors.
The figurative elements brought by scrapes and cuts in the supporting cardboard simulate a mouth, a nose and several eyes in a changing quantity before disappearing within the impasto. Such canceling of early elements within an abstraction follows Pollock, Johns, Klein and Richter and are contemporary to Bradford and Cecily Brown.
The colors are carefully chosen so that none of them is dominant. As for Rothko or Gaitonde, the artworks are glossy and their photographic reproductions are dull.
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2009-2010 Side Swiped and Carved
2022 SOLD for $ 7.5M by Sotheby's
Side Swiped and Carved Face, 41.32 in the nomenclature of Mark Grotjahn, is dated 2010, and 2009-2010 on the overlap.
This oil on cardboard mounted on linen 270 x 180 cm was sold for $ 7.5M from a lower estimate of $ 6M by Sotheby's on May 16, 2022, lot 18 in the sale of the Macklowe collection.
This oil on cardboard mounted on linen 270 x 180 cm was sold for $ 7.5M from a lower estimate of $ 6M by Sotheby's on May 16, 2022, lot 18 in the sale of the Macklowe collection.
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2009-2010 Black over Red Orange - Mean as a Snake
2018 SOLD for $ 7.1M by Sotheby's
Black over Red Orange 'Mean a a Snake' Face, 842 in the nomenclature of Mark Grotjahn, is dated 2010, and 2009-2010 on the overlap.
This oil on cardboard mounted on linen 260 x 184 cm was sold for $ 7.1M from a lower estimate of $ 6M by Sotheby's on November 14, 2018, lot 8T in the sale of the Teiger collection.
The hovering anthropomorphic features are two pairs of elongated flaring nostrils and a downward slanting mouth exposing a set of jagged teeth.
This oil on cardboard mounted on linen 260 x 184 cm was sold for $ 7.1M from a lower estimate of $ 6M by Sotheby's on November 14, 2018, lot 8T in the sale of the Teiger collection.
The hovering anthropomorphic features are two pairs of elongated flaring nostrils and a downward slanting mouth exposing a set of jagged teeth.
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2010
2017 SOLD for $ 7M by Sotheby's
The Face 41.05 was executed in 2010 by Mark Grotjahn.
This oil in cardboard mounted on canvas 127 x 100 cm was sold for $ 7M from a lower estimate of $ 6M by Sotheby's on May 18, 2017, lot 4.
Amidst undulating bands of scarlet vermillion, deep phthalo blue, cadmium yellow and viridian green, the anthropomorphic features are three almond-shaped eyes.
This oil in cardboard mounted on canvas 127 x 100 cm was sold for $ 7M from a lower estimate of $ 6M by Sotheby's on May 18, 2017, lot 4.
Amidst undulating bands of scarlet vermillion, deep phthalo blue, cadmium yellow and viridian green, the anthropomorphic features are three almond-shaped eyes.
2010 Pumpkin by Yayoi Kusama
2019 SOLD for HK$ 54M by Sotheby's
The pumpkin became a major element of Yayoi Kusama's hallucinations in her childhood. Visiting a harvesting ground with her grandfather, she noticed a specimen on the size of a human head. The vegetable then began to speak to her friendly, counterbalancing the nasty flowers and dogs of her visions. The pumpkin provides a feeling of abundance and joy, enabling to cancel her desire of self obliteration.
She featured it repetitively from the 1990s as a support to reach a peaceful infinity. The vegetable painted in its natural golden orange on canvases and sculptures appealed to the public. They were decorated with tight patterns of her signature polka dots. Symmetrical and bulbous in a sharp contrast, it provides an illusion of tridimensionality. Its sunny color provides optimism.
A Pumpkin painted in 1993 in landscape format was sold for $ 4.9M by Christie's on May 15, 2023, lot 8 B. This early example, acrylic on canvas 73 x 91 cm, is of small size but already has the features of the later examples. In the style of the Op art, the polka dots are displayed in rows of decreasing sizes on each side of the vertical ribs of the pumpkin. The background is an infinite pattern knotted like a fishing net in yellow lines over ebony black.
An acrylic on canvas 112 x 146 cm painted in 1995 was sold for HK $ 56M by Phillips on March 30, 2023, lot 10.
The Pumpkin reference TWPOT is an acrylic on canvas 130 x 162 cm in landscape format painted in 2010. It was sold for HK $ 54M by Sotheby's on April 1, 2019, lot 1138.
She featured it repetitively from the 1990s as a support to reach a peaceful infinity. The vegetable painted in its natural golden orange on canvases and sculptures appealed to the public. They were decorated with tight patterns of her signature polka dots. Symmetrical and bulbous in a sharp contrast, it provides an illusion of tridimensionality. Its sunny color provides optimism.
A Pumpkin painted in 1993 in landscape format was sold for $ 4.9M by Christie's on May 15, 2023, lot 8 B. This early example, acrylic on canvas 73 x 91 cm, is of small size but already has the features of the later examples. In the style of the Op art, the polka dots are displayed in rows of decreasing sizes on each side of the vertical ribs of the pumpkin. The background is an infinite pattern knotted like a fishing net in yellow lines over ebony black.
An acrylic on canvas 112 x 146 cm painted in 1995 was sold for HK $ 56M by Phillips on March 30, 2023, lot 10.
The Pumpkin reference TWPOT is an acrylic on canvas 130 x 162 cm in landscape format painted in 2010. It was sold for HK $ 54M by Sotheby's on April 1, 2019, lot 1138.
2010 The Visitation by Ghenie
2018 SOLD for £ 4.9M by Sotheby's
In 2010 after the funerals of Dada and Duchamp, the next series by Ghenie is The Visitation, staging himself in the desire of being tempted by the Devil after St. Anthony and Dr Faust.
The largest opus of the series of ten is titled Boogeyman, the evil spirit entrusted by parents to frighten children for getting a good behavior. The artist is viewed from back in his studio, half hidden in an armchair while a man is standing, possibly the evil faun Pan in a modern dark attire.
This oil on canvas 200 x 335 cm was sold for £ 4.9M from a lower estimate of £ 2M by Sotheby's on October 5, 2018, lot 49.
Another example of The Visitation is The Fake Rothko appropriating an abstraction by the abstract artist. This oil on canvas 200 x 200 cm was sold for £ 1.43M by Sotheby's on June 30, 2014, lot 35.
The largest opus of the series of ten is titled Boogeyman, the evil spirit entrusted by parents to frighten children for getting a good behavior. The artist is viewed from back in his studio, half hidden in an armchair while a man is standing, possibly the evil faun Pan in a modern dark attire.
This oil on canvas 200 x 335 cm was sold for £ 4.9M from a lower estimate of £ 2M by Sotheby's on October 5, 2018, lot 49.
Another example of The Visitation is The Fake Rothko appropriating an abstraction by the abstract artist. This oil on canvas 200 x 200 cm was sold for £ 1.43M by Sotheby's on June 30, 2014, lot 35.
2010 McLaren-Mercedes MP4-25
2021 SOLD for £ 4.8M by RM Sotheby's
The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team of the 2010 Formula One season was made of the last two outgoing champions. In 2008 in the same team, Lewis Hamilton had been at 23 the youngest ever world champion. Jenson Button joined McLaren after his 2009 season with Ross Brawn who had succeeded to the Honda factory team.
The McLaren model used throughout the 2010 season was referenced MP4-25 and used a Mercedes-Benz engine. The chassis is made of carbon fiber molded into a honeycomb.
Both drivers raced all the 19 Grands Prix of the season. Escaping McLaren, the driver's title was won by Sebastian Vettel on Red Bull Renault. Red Bull won the constructor's championship.
The chassis MP4-25A-01 was raced with no crash or accident in eight 2010 Grands Prix, three with Hamilton and five with Button. Hamilton led it to a wheel to wheel battle with Schumacher in China and to a win in Turkey. As usual with that range of vehicles, the MP4-25 was retired after a single season.
This car was sold for £ 4.8M from a lower estimate of £ 3.6M in a single lot auction by RM Sotheby's at Silverstone on July 17, 2021, onsite between qualifying and race of the British Grand Prix. Please watch the video shared by Sotheby's.
The McLaren model used throughout the 2010 season was referenced MP4-25 and used a Mercedes-Benz engine. The chassis is made of carbon fiber molded into a honeycomb.
Both drivers raced all the 19 Grands Prix of the season. Escaping McLaren, the driver's title was won by Sebastian Vettel on Red Bull Renault. Red Bull won the constructor's championship.
The chassis MP4-25A-01 was raced with no crash or accident in eight 2010 Grands Prix, three with Hamilton and five with Button. Hamilton led it to a wheel to wheel battle with Schumacher in China and to a win in Turkey. As usual with that range of vehicles, the MP4-25 was retired after a single season.
This car was sold for £ 4.8M from a lower estimate of £ 3.6M in a single lot auction by RM Sotheby's at Silverstone on July 17, 2021, onsite between qualifying and race of the British Grand Prix. Please watch the video shared by Sotheby's.
2010 Pagani Zonda R
2023 SOLD for $ 5.3M by RM Sotheby's
The mastery of engineering allows smaller car brands to reach the top level, provided that they apply a great care to all details in a limited production. Pagani and Koenigsegg are the best examples. The Pagani brand was created in 1992 by a former collaborator of Lamborghini who is a specialist in carbon fibers.
The Pagani Zonda was created in 1999 and the Huayra coupe replaced it in 2012. Each of these models has evolved over time through a practice of continuous improvement of the composite materials and of weight balancing. Packages were available for upgrading to more recent standard the previously delivered cars.
The Zonda R is a coupe for track only, made from 2009 to 2011 with a 6 litre 740 hp Mercedes-Benz V 12 racing engine.
A rival to the Ferrari FXX and to the Maserati MC12 Corsa, it targeted to be one of the fastest cars on the circuits. 4.70 m long with a 2.80 m wheelbase, it has a beautiful aerodynamical body. It claims the 100 km/h in 2.8 seconds and a top speed of 375 km/h.
Made in 2010, a Zonda R was upgraded in 2014 by the factory to the Revolucion specifications with an engine uprated to 780 hp. It was sold for $ 5.3M by RM Sotheby's on March 4, 2023, lot 171.
The Pagani Zonda was created in 1999 and the Huayra coupe replaced it in 2012. Each of these models has evolved over time through a practice of continuous improvement of the composite materials and of weight balancing. Packages were available for upgrading to more recent standard the previously delivered cars.
The Zonda R is a coupe for track only, made from 2009 to 2011 with a 6 litre 740 hp Mercedes-Benz V 12 racing engine.
A rival to the Ferrari FXX and to the Maserati MC12 Corsa, it targeted to be one of the fastest cars on the circuits. 4.70 m long with a 2.80 m wheelbase, it has a beautiful aerodynamical body. It claims the 100 km/h in 2.8 seconds and a top speed of 375 km/h.
Made in 2010, a Zonda R was upgraded in 2014 by the factory to the Revolucion specifications with an engine uprated to 780 hp. It was sold for $ 5.3M by RM Sotheby's on March 4, 2023, lot 171.
2010 This Land so rich in Beauty by Zeng Fanzhi
2021 SOLD for HK$ 40M by Christie's
Zeng Fanzhi executed in 2006 a series of about 15 paintings titled This Land so rich in Beauty. The sceneries are common hills and shrubs half hidden behind a pattern of leafless winter branches.
The No. 1 confirms the mockery. A standing proud Mao is well centered before that desolated scenery while his shadow is broken in the frost lake of the foreground, demonstrating the nonsense of the Chairman's Ode to Snow. This oil on canvas 215 x 330 cm was sold for HK $ 9.9M by Sotheby's on April 5, 2013, lot 904.
The mocked Mao had introduced the series. Without him, the No. 2 was sold for HK $ 7.9M on September 30, 2017, lot 1049. The chaos is further increased by the absence of the white foreground in the No. 6, a diptych 5 m long overall sold for HK $ 22.5M by Sotheby's on April 5, 2014, lot 149. Going still closer to a dull abstraction, the No. 7 was sold for HK $ 6.6M by Sotheby's on October 4, 2010, lot 714.
The series was completed in 2010 with two triptychs of elements 250 x 350 cm, 250 x 1050 cm each overall. The No. 1 was sold for HK $ 15.5M by Christie's on November 30, 2022, lot 42. The No. 2 was sold for HK $ 40M from a lower estimate of HK $ 10M by Christie's on December 1, 2021, lot 15.
The No. 1 confirms the mockery. A standing proud Mao is well centered before that desolated scenery while his shadow is broken in the frost lake of the foreground, demonstrating the nonsense of the Chairman's Ode to Snow. This oil on canvas 215 x 330 cm was sold for HK $ 9.9M by Sotheby's on April 5, 2013, lot 904.
The mocked Mao had introduced the series. Without him, the No. 2 was sold for HK $ 7.9M on September 30, 2017, lot 1049. The chaos is further increased by the absence of the white foreground in the No. 6, a diptych 5 m long overall sold for HK $ 22.5M by Sotheby's on April 5, 2014, lot 149. Going still closer to a dull abstraction, the No. 7 was sold for HK $ 6.6M by Sotheby's on October 4, 2010, lot 714.
The series was completed in 2010 with two triptychs of elements 250 x 350 cm, 250 x 1050 cm each overall. The No. 1 was sold for HK $ 15.5M by Christie's on November 30, 2022, lot 42. The No. 2 was sold for HK $ 40M from a lower estimate of HK $ 10M by Christie's on December 1, 2021, lot 15.
2010 Crashed by Prince
2011 SOLD for $ 4.6M by Phillips de Pury
Wayward Nurse, so identified like a title on a book cover in 2006, was signed as is by the artist in 2006 and 2009 and R. Prince Crashed 2010 on the overlap for its exhibition in London by Gagosian, arguably after some rework. Such a Crash is a late achievement in the trend by Richard Prince to make his nurses increasingly lustful.
This acrylic and inkjet on canvas 166 x 127 cm was sold for $ 4.6M from a lower estimate of $ 4M by Phillips de Pury on May 12, 2011, lot 14.
The bright white blouse and bare forearms are covered with tight vivid red drippings while the turned piercing gaze assesses that the naughty caretaker is not afraid of whatsoever naughty is happening.
The re-appropriated novel of the 1950s narrates the life of a depraved private nurse. Her suitor from the cover page has been removed by Prince for a greater lust concentrated on the single girl.
This acrylic and inkjet on canvas 166 x 127 cm was sold for $ 4.6M from a lower estimate of $ 4M by Phillips de Pury on May 12, 2011, lot 14.
The bright white blouse and bare forearms are covered with tight vivid red drippings while the turned piercing gaze assesses that the naughty caretaker is not afraid of whatsoever naughty is happening.
The re-appropriated novel of the 1950s narrates the life of a depraved private nurse. Her suitor from the cover page has been removed by Prince for a greater lust concentrated on the single girl.
