Phillips has revealed highlights from the forthcoming Evening & Day Editions Auction, taking place in London on 23rd and 24th 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 17th January.
“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.”
Rebecca Tooby-Desmond, Specialist, Head of Sale, Editions, and Auctioneer
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 (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’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’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.
31 x 12.2 x 14 cm (12 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.) Signed in black felt-tip pen and stamp-numbered 075/150 on the accompanying Certificate of Authenticity plaque, published by HOW2WORK, Hong Kong. Estimate £25,000 – 35,000
Additional highlights include pieces by Cy Twombly, Mel Bochner, KAWS, Ed Ruscha, Yoshitomo Nara, and David Hockney, alongside further works by Banksy.
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.
Evening & Day Editions London, Viewing 17th January – 23rd January, Phillips, 30 Berkeley Square, London, Auction 23rd – 24th January 2025
