Freud Drawings
Freud Drawings
Freud Drawings
32 Etchings
London, 15 October 2015
Cataloguer
Rebecca Tooby-Desmond +44 20 7318 4079
rtooby-desmond@phillips.com
Administrator
Eliza Allan +44 20 7318 4069
eallan@phillips.com
What a treat to see over 30 Lucian Freud etchings In the early evening I sat under a tree wearing
in one place; it’s like seeing a bunch of old friends. a low-front top chatting to a couple of people;
when I went to my room I was shocked to see
Leigh Bowery gave me several books on Lucian’s that my décolletage was a rather angry shade
work before I started sitting for him. I pored over of red. I rubbed some cream on it in the hope
them and was thrilled to meet most of the sitters that it would go away. Of course, it didn’t.
in ‘real life’, working out how they related to, or
knew one another. I have often compared Lucian’s I returned to work at Lucian’s a couple of days
exhibitions to Tracey Emin’s tent, but instead of later ensuring that I was well covered up as I
‘Everyone I Have Ever Slept With’ they should be wanted to delay the moment he found out.
called ‘Everyone I Have Ever Known’. I was hoping he might not notice which was rather
ridiculous as he could spot one streak of mascara
I sat for two of the etchings that appear in this on an eyelash. As we went into the studio I slowly
collection; the first one came about entirely removed my clothes, his eyes almost popped out
by accident. of his head and he rushed back to the kitchen.
Lucian was halfway through painting ‘Sleeping by I heard him shouting down the phone at his
the Lion Carpet’ when I begged him to let me go daughter, Bella, as if it was her fault. He said
to the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, she should have kept an eye on me. He came
which was staging an exhibition of works by Freud harrumphing back into the studio and then
and Bacon. said while pointing at my chest, “I’m going
have to do an etching while THAT fades away”.
He gave me strict instructions to stay out of the
sun, as any change to my skin colour would ruin I was secretly thrilled as I knew it was tradition
the painting he was in the middle of. to give the sitter an etching, but at the same
time I was disappointed in myself. Although
There was a large crowd of people staying in the I like to think I am well behaved, some small
same hotel for the exhibition, including several rebel gene inside me had escaped yet again
Benefits Supervisor Resting, 1994
of Lucian’s daughters and some collectors. There and I had let myself get burnt.
Oil on canvas was also a large pool and, as I loved swimming,
Private Collection
© The Lucian Freud Archive /
I couldn’t resist getting in but I covered myself Sure enough, when the etching was finished he
Bridgeman Imagess with very strong sunscreen. gave me one. Although he had used the same pose
as ‘Sleeping by the Lion Carpet’, he had left out the chair so When I told him the value of the etching he just
I just looked like a huge barrage balloon floating in space. screwed up his face in disbelief and went on to ask
the cost of my electric kettle.
I loved having the etching on my wall and it was later
joined by another one, ‘Woman with an Arm Tattoo’. After a few years my spending overtook my income
It was strange that he featured the tattoo as when he so I had no choice but to sell one of my etchings.
painted me he had covered it in flesh-coloured paint I would miss it, but I’m not a sentimental person and
so he didn’t have to look at it as it jarred his eyes. I always luckily I sold it to one of my friends who only lived
felt that the etchings were slightly incongruous in an round the corner so I could go and see it whenever
ex-council flat in Camden Town. I liked. Several years after he bought it, he had a big
tax bill and was forced to sell it too. He made a good
It was great to be able to study them in great detail as profit so kindly paid for me to go to Cape Town with
the more you look, the more you find. Lucian only took up him. In a bizarre form of serendipity the etching,
etching in 1982 after a brief experimentation in the 1940s. which had been made because of an accidental sun
They are much harder to produce than drawings as the tan, ended up allowing me to soak up the sun for a
artist scratches them back to front and the thickness of full week as I no longer worked for Lucian.
the ink depends on the depth of the scratch on the copper
plate. The background then depends on how cleanly the I love that there is more than one copy of the etchings
copper plate has been wiped before printing. and that they are affordable compared to Lucian’s
paintings. They pop up all over the place and friends
Lucian loved the mystery and chance of not knowing are always sending me photos when they have seen
what they would look like until they came out of the press. them. Recently, etchings of me and Leigh were next
You can see all the changes in the drawing where Lucian to each other in New York’s Met Museum. As we were
was not happy with the first attempt. facing each other, I like to think that we had a good
old chat once the place had closed for the night.
Studying ‘Woman with an Arm Tattoo’, you can see
that Lucian has noticed all the multiple piercings in my Although I eventually had to sell my etchings I had
ear. I am a little disturbed with the way my nose looks like them on show when I owned them. I hate that
it’s squashed into my face, but he has captured the bump people buy art just as a commodity and hide it away
that both my sister and brother have as well as me. in a safe to be sold at a later date for a vast profit.
Fair enough, sell it if you need to and at least it means
As I’ve always lived above my means I forgot to pay my that someone else can enjoy it; but while you have it,
council tax so ended up with the bailiff at my door. I had show it and love it. There’s a story behind all of them The painter in his chair, 2010
David Dawson (b.1960)
the money to pay him but before we went to the bank, he and as they pass along from person to person their Private Collection
insisted on going round my flat pricing up my possessions. history only grows richer and more fascinating. Bridgeman Images
Landscape, 1993
Etching, on BFK Rives 250gsm paper,
with full margins, signed with initials
and numbered 4/30 in pencil (there were
also 12 artist’s proofs), published by
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, framed.
I. 14.9 x 19.7 cm (5 7⁄8 x 7 3⁄4 in.)
S. 34.6 x 38.1 cm (13 5⁄8 x 15 in.)
Estimate
£15,000-20,000 $22,800-30,400
€20,400-27,200 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian
Freud: The Painter’s Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 -
10 Mar 2008 (another impression exhibited
and illustrated p.125)
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery,
Lucian Freud: Recent Drawings and
Etchings, 11 Dec 1993 - 24 Jan 1994 (another
impression exhibited and illustrated pl.22)
Literature
Catherine Lampert 78
Craig Hartley 48
Starr Figura 95
Bruce Bernard and Derek Birdsall 275
William Feaver 265
Estimate
£20,000-30,000 $30,400-45,500
€27,200-40,800 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud:
The Painter’s Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 - 10 Mar 2008
(another impression exhibited and illustrated p.67)
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Lucian Freud:
Recent Drawings and Etchings, 11 Dec 1993 -
24 Jan 1994 (this impression exhibited and
illustrated pl.3)
Literature
Catherine Lampert 30
Craig Hartley 33
Starr Figura 36
Print Quarterly 34
Bruce Bernard and Derek Birdsall 217
Estimate
£5,000-7,000 $7,600-10,600 €6,800-9,500 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud:
The Painter’s Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 - 10 Mar 2008
(this impression exhibited and illustrated p.79)
Literature
Catherine Lampert 48
Craig Hartley 39
Starr Figura 46
Print Quarterly 39
Estimate
£8,000-12,000 $12,100-18,200
€10,900-16,300 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud:
The Painter’s Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 - 10 Mar 2008
(another impression exhibited and illustrated p. 70)
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Lucian Freud:
Recent Drawings and Etchings, 11 Dec 1993 -
24 Jan 1994 (another impression exhibited and
illustrated pl.17)
Literature
Craig Hartley 44
Starr Figura 38
Kai, 1991-92
Etching, on Somerset Satin Textured 350gsm
paper, with full margins, signed with initials
and numbered 23/40 in pencil (there
were also 10 artist’s proofs), published by
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, framed.
I. 69.9 x 54.6 cm (27 1⁄2 x 21 1⁄2 in.)
S. 79.4 x 62.9 cm (31 1⁄4 x 24 3⁄4 in.)
Estimate
£50,000-70,000 $75,900-106,000
€68,000-95,200 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Robert Wood Johnson, Jr., Gallery of Prints
and Drawings, permanent collection, another
impression currently on view, summer 2015.
London, National Portrait Gallery, Lucian
Freud: Portraits, 9 Feb - 27 May 2012 (another
impression exhibited and illustrated p.194)
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud:
The Painter’s Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 - 10 Mar 2008
(this impression exhibited and illustrated p.67)
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Lucian Freud:
Recent Drawings and Etchings, 11 Dec 1993 -
24 Jan 1994 (another impression exhibited
and illustrated pl.16)
Literature
Catherine Lampert 84
Craig Hartley 45
Starr Figura 64
Sarah Howgate 117
Bruce Bernard and Derek Birdsall 246
William Feaver 52; 262
Estimate
£50,000-70,000 $75,900-106,000
€68,000-95,200 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert
Wood Johnson, Jr., Gallery of Prints and Drawings,
permanent collection, another impression currently
on view, summer 2015.
London, National Portrait Gallery, Lucian Freud:
Portraits, 9 Feb - 27 May 2012 (another impression
exhibited and illustrated p.194)
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud:
The Painter’s Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 - 10 Mar 2008
(this impression exhibited and illustrated p.103)
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Lucian Freud:
Recent Drawings and Etchings, 11 Dec 1993 - 24 Jan
1994 (this impression exhibited and illustrated pl.21)
Literature
Catherine Lampert 75
Craig Hartley 47
Starr Figura 72
Sarah Howgate 118
Bruce Bernard and Derek Birdsall 264
William Feaver 59; 97; 267
Estimate
£12,000-18,000 $18,200-27,300 €16,300-24,500 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud:
The Painter’s Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 - 10 Mar 2008
(another impression exhibited and illustrated p.105)
Literature
Craig Hartley 50
Starr Figura 75
Estimate
£8,000-12,000 $12,100-18,200
€10,900-16,300 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Robert Wood Johnson, Jr., Gallery of Prints
and Drawings, permanent collection, another
impression currently on view, summer 2015.
London, National Portrait Gallery, Lucian
Freud: Portraits, 9 Feb - 27 May 2012 (another
impression exhibited and illustrated p.197)
Literature
Craig Hartley 49
Sabine Haag and Jasper Sharp p.136
Sarah Howgate 124
William Feaver p.14
Estimate
£120,000-180,000 $182,000-273,000
€163,000-245,000 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery,
Lucian Freud: Recent Drawings and Etchings,
11 Dec 1993 - 24 Jan 1994 (this impression
exhibited and illustrated pl.4)
Literature
Craig Hartley 28
Starr Figura 45
Estimate
£30,000-50,000 $45,500-75,900
€40,800-68,000 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Robert Wood Johnson, Jr., Gallery of Prints
and Drawings, permanent collection, another
impression currently on view, summer 2015.
London, National Portrait Gallery, Lucian
Freud: Portraits, 9 Feb - 27 May 2012 (another
impression exhibited and illustrated p.196)
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian
Freud: The Painter’s Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 -
10 Mar 2008 (another impression exhibited
and illustrated p.72)
Literature
Craig Hartley 54
Starr Figura 40
Bruce Bernard and Derek Birdsall 279
Sebastian Smee 4
William Feaver 65; 102; 275
Yale 40
Estimate
£60,000-80,000 $91,100-121,000
€81,600-109,000 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
London, National Portrait Gallery,
Lucian Freud: Portraits, 9 Feb -
27 May 2012 (another impression
exhibited and illustrated p.197)
New York, Museum of Modern Art,
Lucian Freud: The Painter’s Etchings,
16 Dec 2007 - 10 Mar 2008 (another
impression exhibited and illustrated p.76)
Literature
Craig Hartley 55
Starr Figura 76
Sarah Howgate 123
Sebastian Smee 1
William Feaver 66
Yale 41
Conversation, 1998
Etching, on Somerset Textured paper,
with full margins, signed with initials and
numbered 4/30 in pencil (there were also
12 artist’s proofs), published by Matthew
Marks Gallery, New York, framed.
I. 20 x 25.1 cm (7 7⁄8 x 9 7⁄8 in.)
S. 33.3 x 38.1 cm (13 1⁄8 x 15 in.)
Estimate
£10,000-15,000 $15,200-22,800
€13,600-20,400 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Literature
Craig Hartley 57
Yale 44
Estimate
£50,000-70,000 $75,900-106,000
€68,000-95,200 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian
Freud: The Painter’s Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 -
10 Mar 2008 (another impression exhibited
and illustrated p.127)
Literature
Craig Hartley 58
Starr Figura 97
Sebastian Smee 32
William Feaver 67; 298
Estimate
£18,000-25,000 $27,300-38,000
€24,500-34,000 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
London, National Portrait Gallery, Lucian
Freud: Portraits, 9 Feb - 27 May 2012 (another
impression exhibited and illustrated p.195)
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian
Freud: The Painter’s Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 -
10 Mar 2008 (another impression exhibited
and illustrated p.109)
Literature
Craig Hartley 59
Starr Figura 79
Sarah Howgate 120
Sebastian Smee 42
William Feaver 70; 300
Estimate
£30,000-50,000 $45,500-75,900
€40,800-68,000 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
London, National Portrait Gallery, Lucian Freud:
Portraits, 9 Feb - 27 May 2012 (another impression
exhibited and illustrated p.199)
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud:
The Painter’s Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 - 10 Mar 2008
(another impression exhibited and illustrated p.111)
Literature
Craig Hartley 60
Starr Figura 81
Sarah Howgate 127
Sebastian Smee 29
Estimate
£50,000-70,000 $75,900-106,000
€68,000-95,200 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
London, National Portrait Gallery, Lucian Freud:
Portraits, 9 Feb - 27 May 2012 (another impression
exhibited and illustrated p.198)
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud:
The Painter’s Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 - 10 Mar 2008
(another impression exhibited and illustrated p.121)
Literature
Starr Figura 91
Sarah Howgate 126
Sebastian Smee 45
William Feaver 303
Pluto, 1988
Oil on canvas
Private Collection
© The Lucian Freud Archive / Bridgeman Images
Lucian Freud
Estimate Literature
£35,000-45,000 $54,000-69,400 Starr Figura 101
€47,600-61,300 ‡ z Sebastian Smee 43 (image erroneously cropped)
William Feaver 308
Estimate
£15,000-25,000 $22,800-38,000 €20,400-34,000 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud:
The Painter’s Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 - 10 Mar 2008
(another impression exhibited and illustrated p.131)
Literature
Starr Figura 101
Sebastian Smee 43 (image erroneously cropped)
William Feaver 308
Estimate
£4,000-6,000 $6,100-9,100 €5,400-8,200 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Literature
William Feaver 311
Estimate
£20,000-30,000 $30,400-45,500 €27,200-40,800 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
New York, Acquavella Contemporary Art, Inc., Lucian
Freud: Recent Paintings & Etchings, 28 April - 27 May
2004 (another impression exhibited and illustrated pl.5)
Literature
Sabine Haag and Jasper Sharp p.72 (detail); 84
William Feaver 82; 314
Eli, 2002
Oil on canvas
Private Collection
© The Lucian Freud Archive /
Bridgeman Images
Estimate
£30,000-50,000 $45,500-75,900 €40,800-68,000 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud:
The Painter’s Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 - 10 Mar 2008
(another impression exhibited and illustrated p.129)
Literature
Starr Figura 99
Sebastian Smee 97
William Feaver 85; 352
Susanna, 1996
Etching, on Somerset Textured paper, with full
margins, signed with initials and numbered 38/40
in pencil (there were also 12 artist’s proofs), published
by Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, framed.
I. 29.8 x 29.8 cm (11 3⁄4 x 11 3⁄4 in.)
S. 49.8 x 49.8 cm (19 5⁄8 x 19 5⁄8 in.)
Estimate
£12,000-18,000 $18,200-27,300 €16,300-24,500 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
London, National Portrait Gallery, Lucian Freud:
Portraits, 9 Feb - 27 May 2012 (another impression
exhibited and illustrated p.196)
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud:
The Painter’s Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 - 10 Mar 2008
(another impression exhibited and illustrated p.88)
Literature
Craig Hartley 53
Starr Figura 57
Bruce Bernard and Derek Birdsall 274 (Head of a Woman)
Sebastian Smee 8
Yale 42
Susanna, 1999
Oil on canvas
Private Collection
© The Lucian Freud Archive /
Bridgeman Images
Estimate
£15,000-20,000 $22,800-30,400
€20,400-27,200 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud:
The Painter’s Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 - 10 Mar 2008
(another impression exhibited and illustrated p.91)
Literature
Starr Figura 60
William Feaver 317
Estimate
£18,000-25,000 $27,300-38,000
€24,500-34,000 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian
Freud: The Painter’s Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 -
10 Mar 2008 (another impression exhibited
and illustrated p.92)
Literature
Starr Figura 61
Sebastian Smee 44
Estimate
£7,000-10,000 $10,800-15,400
€9,500-13,600 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Estimate
£8,000-12,000 $12,100-18,200
€10,900-16,300 ‡ z
Provenance
The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Exhibited
London, National Portrait Gallery, Lucian
Freud: Portraits, 9 Feb - 27 May 2012 (another
impression exhibited and illustrated p.200)
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian
Freud: The Painter’s Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 -
10 Mar 2008 (another impression exhibited
and illustrated p.93)
New York, Acquavella Contemporary Art, Inc.,
Lucian Freud: Recent Paintings & Etchings,
28 April - 27 May 2004 (another impression
exhibited and illustrated pl.10)
Literature
Starr Figura 62
Sarah Howgate 128
Sebastian Smee 80
William Feaver 337
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Buyers intending to export, repair, restore or alter lots under temporary admission
should notify the Shipping Department before collection. Failure to do so may
result in the import VAT becoming payable immediately and Phillips being unable
to refund the VAT charged on deposit.
(d) The sale will be conducted in pounds sterling and payment is due in pounds (e) As a courtesy to clients, Phillips will accept American Express, Visa,
sterling. For the benefit of international clients, pre-sale estimates in the auction MasterCard, UnionPay (for in-person transactions only) and UK-issued debit cards
catalogue may be shown in US dollars and/or euros and, if so, will reflect to pay for invoices of £50,000 or less. A processing fee will apply.
approximate exchange rates. Accordingly, estimates in US dollars or euros should
be treated only as a guide. If a currency converter is operated during the sale, it is (f) Title in a purchased lot will not pass until Phillips has received the Purchase
done so as a courtesy to bidders, but Phillips accepts no responsibility for any Price for that lot in cleared funds. Phillips is not obliged to release a lot to the buyer
errors in currency conversion calculation. until title in the lot has passed and appropriate identification has been provided,
and any earlier release does not affect the passing of title or the buyer’s
(e) Subject to the auctioneer’s reasonable discretion, the highest bidder accepted unconditional obligation to pay the Purchase Price.
by the auctioneer will be the buyer and the striking of the hammer marks the
acceptance of the highest bid and the conclusion of a contract for sale between the 7 Collection of Property
seller and the buyer. Risk and responsibility for the lot passes to the buyer as set (a) Phillips will not release a lot to the buyer until we have received payment of its
forth in Paragraph 7 below. Purchase Price in full in cleared funds, the buyer has paid all outstanding amounts
due to Phillips or any of our affiliated companies, including any charges payable
(f) If a lot is not sold, the auctioneer will announce that it has been ‘passed’, pursuant to Paragraph 8 (a) below, and the buyer has satisfied such other terms as
‘withdrawn’, ‘returned to owner’ or ‘bought-in’. we in our sole discretion shall require, including completing any anti-money
laundering or anti-terrorism financing checks. As soon as a buyer has satisfied all
(g) Any post-auction sale of lots offered at auction shall incorporate these of the foregoing conditions, he or she should contact us at +44 (0) 207 318 4081 or
Conditions of Sale and Authorship Warranty as if sold in the auction. +44 (0) 207 318 4082 to arrange for collection of purchased property.
6 Purchase Price and Payment (b) The buyer must arrange for collection of a purchased lot within seven days of
(a) The buyer agrees to pay us, in addition to the hammer price of the lot, the the date of the auction. After the auction, we will transfer all lots to our fine art
buyer’s premium, plus any applicable value added tax (VAT) and any applicable storage facility located near Wimbledon and will so advise all buyers. Purchased
resale royalty (the ‘Purchase Price’). The buyer’s premium is 25% of the hammer lots are at the buyer’s risk, including the responsibility for insurance, from (i) the
price up to and including £50,000, 20% of the portion of the hammer price above date of collection or (ii) seven days after the auction, whichever is the earlier. Until
£50,000 up to and including £1,000,000 and 12% of the portion of the hammer risk passes, Phillips will compensate the buyer for any loss or damage to a
price above £1,000,000. Phillips reserves the right to pay from our compensation purchased lot up to a maximum of the Purchase Price paid, subject to our usual
an introductory commission to one or more third parties for assisting in the sale of exclusions for loss or damage to property.
property offered and sold at auction.
(b) VAT is payable in accordance with applicable law. All prices, fees, charges and (c) As a courtesy to clients, Phillips will, without charge, wrap purchased lots for
expenses set out in these Conditions of Sale are quoted exclusive of VAT. hand carry only. We do not provide packing, handling, insurance or shipping
services. We will coordinate with shipping agents instructed by the buyer, whether
(c) If the Artist’s Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to the lot, the buyer agrees or not recommended by Phillips, in order to facilitate the packing, handling,
to pay to us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those regulations insurance and shipping of property bought at Phillips. Any such instruction is
and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist’s collection agent. entirely at the buyer’s risk and responsibility, and we will not be liable for acts or
In circumstances where (i) we are on notice that the resale royalty is payable or (ii) omissions of third party packers or shippers.
we have not been able to ascertain the nationality of the artist, we will identify the
lot with the symbol z next to the lot number and will invoice the resale royalty to (d) Phillips will require presentation of government-issued identification prior to
the buyer. If we subsequently determine that the nationality of the artist does not release of a lot to the buyer or the buyer’s authorized representative.
entitle him/her to the resale royalty on the lot, we will arrange a refund to the
buyer of the amount of the royalty paid to us. If, after a sale in which we did not 8 Failure to Collect Purchases
collect the resale royalty on a particular lot, we become aware that information (a) If the buyer pays the Purchase Price but fails to collect a purchased lot within
provided to us prior to the auction concerning an artist’s nationality was incorrect 30 days of the auction, the buyer will incur a storage fee of £10 per day for each
and the artist is entitled to the resale royalty on the lot, the buyer shall pay the uncollected lot. Additional charges may apply to oversized lots. We will not release
resale royalty to us upon receipt of an invoice. purchased lots to the buyer until all such charges have been paid in full.
11 Export, Import and Endangered Species Licences and Permits (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 13, none of Phillips, any of our
Before bidding for any property, prospective buyers are advised to make their own affiliated companies or the seller (i) is liable for any errors or omissions, whether
enquiries as to whether a licence is required to export a lot from the United orally or in writing, in information provided to prospective buyers by Phillips or any of
Kingdom or to import it into another country. Prospective buyers are advised that our affiliated companies or (ii) accepts responsibility to any bidder in respect of acts
(c) All warranties other than the Authorship Warranty, express or implied, (a) Phillips gives this Authorship Warranty only to the original buyer of record (i.e.,
including any warranty of satisfactory quality and fitness for purpose, are the registered successful bidder) of any lot. This Authorship Warranty does not
specifically excluded by Phillips, our affiliated companies and the seller to the extend to (i) subsequent owners of the property, including purchasers or recipients
fullest extent permitted by law. by way of gift from the original buyer, heirs, successors, beneficiaries and assigns;
(ii) property where the description in the catalogue states that there is a conflict of
(d) Subject to sub-paragraph (e) below, none of Phillips, any of our affiliated opinion on the authorship of the property; (iii) property where our attribution of
companies or the seller shall be liable to the buyer for any loss or damage beyond authorship was on the date of sale consistent with the generally accepted opinions
the refund of the Purchase Price referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above, whether of specialists, scholars or other experts; (iv) property whose description or dating is
such loss or damage is characterised as direct, indirect, special, incidental or proved inaccurate by means of scientific methods or tests not generally accepted
consequential, or for the payment of interest on the Purchase Price to the fullest for use at the time of the publication of the catalogue or which were at such time
extent permitted by law. deemed unreasonably expensive or impractical to use or likely in our reasonable
opinion to have caused damage or loss in value to the lot or (v) property where
(e) No provision in these Conditions of Sale shall be deemed to exclude or limit the there has been no material loss in value from the value of the lot had it been as
liability of Phillips or any of our affiliated companies to the buyer in respect of any described in the heading of the catalogue entry.
fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation made by any of us or in respect of death or
personal injury caused by our negligent acts or omissions. (b) In any claim for breach of the Authorship Warranty, Phillips reserves the right,
as a condition to rescinding any sale under this warranty, to require the buyer to
14 Copyright provide to us at the buyer’s expense the written opinions of two recognized experts
The copyright in all images, illustrations and written materials produced by or for approved in advance by Phillips. We shall not be bound by any expert report
Phillips relating to a lot, including the contents of this catalogue, is and shall produced by the buyer and reserve the right to consult our own experts at our
remain at all times the property of Phillips and, subject to the provisions of the expense. If Phillips agrees to rescind a sale under the Authorship Warranty, we shall
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, such images and materials may not be refund to the buyer the reasonable costs charged by the experts commissioned by
used by the buyer or any other party without our prior written consent. Phillips and the buyer and approved in advance by us.
the seller make no representations or warranties that the buyer of a lot will acquire
any copyright or other reproduction rights in it. (c) Subject to the exclusions set forth in subparagraph (a) above, the buyer may
bring a claim for breach of the Authorship Warranty provided that (i) he or she has
15 General notified Phillips in writing within three months of receiving any information which
(a) These Conditions of Sale, as changed or supplemented as provided in Paragraph 1 causes the buyer to question the authorship of the lot, specifying the auction in
above, and Authorship Warranty set out the entire agreement between the parties which the property was included, the lot number in the auction catalogue and the
with respect to the transactions contemplated herein and supersede all prior and reasons why the authorship of the lot is being questioned and (ii) the buyer returns
contemporaneous written, oral or implied understandings, representations and the lot to Phillips to the saleroom in which it was purchased in the same condition as
agreements. at the time of its auction and is able to transfer good and marketable title in the lot
free from any third party claim arising after the date of the auction. Phillips has
(b) Notices to Phillips shall be in writing and addressed to the department in charge of discretion to waive any of the foregoing requirements set forth in this
the sale, quoting the reference number specified at the beginning of the sale subparagraph (c) or subparagraph (b) above.
catalogue. Notices to clients shall be addressed to the last address notified by them in
writing to Phillips. (d) The buyer understands and agrees that the exclusive remedy for any breach of
the Authorship Warranty shall be rescission of the sale and refund of the original
(c) These Conditions of Sale are not assignable by any buyer without our prior Purchase Price paid. This remedy shall constitute the sole remedy and recourse of
written consent but are binding on the buyer’s successors, assigns and the buyer against Phillips, any of our affiliated companies and the seller and is in
representatives. lieu of any other remedy available as a matter of law or equity. This means that
none of Phillips, any of our affiliated companies or the seller shall be liable for loss
(d) Should any provision of these Conditions of Sale be held void, invalid or or damage beyond the remedy expressly provided in this Authorship Warranty,
unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force whether such loss or damage is characterized as direct, indirect, special, incidental
and effect. No failure by any party to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, any right or consequential, or for the payment of interest on the original Purchase Price.
or remedy under these Conditions of Sale shall act as a waiver or release thereof in
whole or in part.
(e) No term of these Conditions of Sale shall be enforceable under the Contracts
(Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by anyone other than the buyer.
(b) For the benefit of Phillips, all bidders and sellers agree that the Courts of
England are to have exclusive jurisdiction to settle all disputes arising in
connection with all aspects of all matters or transactions to which these Conditions
of Sale and Authorship Warranty relate or apply. All parties agree that Phillips shall
retain the right to bring proceedings in any court other than the Courts of England.
(c) All bidders and sellers irrevocably consent to service of process or any other
documents in connection with proceedings in any court by facsimile transmission,
personal service, delivery by mail or in any other manner permitted by English law,
the law of the place of service or the law of the jurisdiction where proceedings are
instituted at the last address of the bidder or seller known to Phillips.
President
Michael McGinnis
London London
Peter Sumner, Head of Contemporary Art, London +44 20 7318 4063 Madalena Horta e Costa, Head of Sale +44 20 7318 4019
Henry Highley, Head of Day Sale +44 20 7318 4061 Domenico Raimondo +44 20 7318 4016
Tamila Kerimova, Head of New Now Sale +44 20 7318 4065 Marine Hartogs +44 20 7901 7913
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Iori Endo +44 20 7318 4039 Marta De Roia +44 20 7318 4096
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New York
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Photographs
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Zach Miner +1 212 940 1256 and Worldwide Head, Photographs
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Latin American Art Caroline Deck +1 212 940 1247
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Isabel Suarez +1 212 940 1227
Jewels
Modern and Contemporary Editions Nazgol Jahan, Worldwide Director +1 212 940 1283
Cary Leibowitz, Worldwide Co-Director +1 212 940 1222
London
Kelly Troester, Worldwide Co-Director +1 212 940 1221
Lane Clements McLean +44 20 7318 4010
London
New York
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Watches
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New York
Geneva
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Exhibitions
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London
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New York
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