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FEATURING WORK BY Chris Burden / Daniel Joseph Martinez / Sterling Ruby / Rodney McMillian / Gabriel Kuri / Edgar Bryan / William Leavitt / Walead Beshty / Kori Newkirk / Mary Weatherford / Karl Haendel / Amanda Ross-Ho / WIlliam Cordova / Miguel Angel Rios / Shana Lutker / Jedediah Caesar / Mark Hagen / Kara Tanaka / Kim Fisher / Erika Vogt / Mari Eastman / Julio Cesar Morales / Alexandra Grant / Rebecca Morris / Cameron Martin / Max Jansons / Emilie Halpern / Uri Nir / Laurie Simmons / Cindy Sherman / Scoli Acosta / Maya Schindler amongst others…
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Sterling Ruby
Pelican Bay, Orange 1
2008
Paint and collage on paper
8.5 x 11 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
Value: $7,000.00
Starting bid: $3,500.00

Chris Burden
Taller Narrower Erector Skyscraper
2008
Pencil and pen on Paper
11 x 8.5 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Value: $25,000.00
Starting bid: $10,000

Kim Fisher
Study for SEASHELL (phthalo blue)
2008
Collage on paper
18 x 16 inches
Courtesy of the artist and China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Value: $3,000.00
Starting bid: $1,300.00

Gabriel Kuri
Sin titulo / Untitled (Ruso II) [left]
2006
Adhesive labels on newspaper
22.05 x 13.78 inches
Courtesy the artist and Kurimanzutto, Mexico City
Value: $5,500.00
Starting bid: $2,000.00
Gabriel Kuri
Sin titulo / Untitled (A46) [right]
2007
Turn stubs on vintage magazine page
13.62 x 10.43 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Kurimanzutto, Mexico City
Value: $5,500.00
Starting bid: $2,000.00

Daniel Joseph Martinez
A meditation on the possibility of romantic love or where are you going with that gun in your hand, Bobby Seale and Huey Newton discuss the relationships between expressionism and social reality present in Hitler’s paintings.
2005
White Carrara marble
12 x 5 x 1 and 10 x 4 x 1 inches
Edition 33 of 50, 2 AP
Courtesy of the artist and The Project, New York
Value: $1,500.00
Starting bid: $1,000.00

Mary Weatherford
cave at Pismo
2007
Monoprint
Courtesy of the artist and Sister Gallery, Los Angeles
Printed at 10 Grand Press, Santa Fe
Value: $900.00
Starting bid: $350.00

Cameron Martin
Untitled
2006
Acrylic on paper
12 x 12 3/4 inches
Value: $5,500.00
Starting bid: $1800.00

Karl Haendel
The Vegetarian Future Group A: New Yorker Cartoon Drawing #34
2008
Pencil on paper
30 x 22 inches
Value (for the group of three drawings): $10,000.00
Starting bid: $5,000.00

Karl Haendel
The Vegetarian Future Group A: Karl, The Pencil Monkey #2
2008
Pencil on paper
22 x 15 inches
Value (for the group of three drawings): $10,000.00
Starting bid: $5,000.00

Karl Haendel
The Vegetarian Future Group A: III #2
2008
Pencil and charcoal on paper
11 x 15 inches
Value (for the group of three drawings): $10,000.00
Starting bid: $5,000.00

Brenna Youngblood
Mountain of Change
2008
Paper, paint and coins on panel
20 x 16 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Value: $6,500.00
Starting bid: $2,000.00


Jedediah Caesar
Untitled
2008
2 parts, each 11 x 17
Courtesy of the artist
Value: $1,600.00
Starting bid: $700.00

Jedediah Caesar
Untitled
2008
11 x 17 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Value: $1,000.00
Starting bid $600.00

Jedediah Caesar
Untitled
2008
11 x 17 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Value: $1,000.00
Starting bid $600.00

Julio Cesar Morales
Undocumented Intervention #4, Artist’s Proof
2007
LightJet print on watercolor paper
30 x 40 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Deborah Page Gallery, Santa Monica
Value: $5,000.00
Starting bid: $1,200.00

Maya Schindler
Who Wants To Be A MIllionaire (white)
2008
Paint on mylar
Value: $2,500.00
Starting bid: $800.00

Amanda Ross-Ho
Untitled Still Life (Anything Goes)
2008
Hand-drilled sheet rock, latex paint, found image, Tombo marker, linen tape
21 x 15 inches
Courtesy of the the artist and Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles.
Photo by Robert Wedemeyer
Value: $3,000.00
Starting bid: $1,000.00

Rebecca Morris
Untitled (110-08)
2008
Water-based media on paper
12 x 9 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Value: $1,650.00
Starting bid: $500.00

William Cordova
echo me, echo me (after Sonia Sanchez)
2008
photo collage, graphite on reclaimed paper
8 x 10 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Arndt and Partner, Berlin
Value: $2,500.00
Starting bid: $750.00

Shana Lutker
Curtain Rehearsal
2008
Light-jet print on paper
22 1/4 x 30 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Los Angeles
Value: $2,100.00
Starting bid: $900.00

Kara Tanaka
Chimerical Love
2008
22 x 18 inches
Acrylic ink on paper
Courtesy of the artist and Simon Preston Gallery, New York
Value: $1,800.00
Starting bid: $800.00

Miguel Angel Rios
From the Series “Crudo, White Suit” series # 0211
2008
14 x 11 inches
Pencil, cut-out and collage on paper
Courtesy of the artist
Value: $1,600.00
Starting bid: $500.00

Miguel Angel Rios
From the Series “Crudo, White Suit” series # 0217
2008
14 x 11 inches
Pencil and collage on paper
Courtesy of the artist
Value: $1,600.00
Starting bid: $500.00

Max Jansons
With Curves
2008
Oil on linen
13 x 10 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica
Value: $3,500.00
Starting Bid:$1,000.00

Scoli Acosta
Cranial Congratulations
2006
Graphite, paint marker and color pencil on paper
8.5 x 11 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Value: $1,300.00
Starting bid: $500.00

Mari Eastman
Untitled
Flashe and glitter on canvas
2008
16 x 20 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
Value: $6,000.00
Starting bid: $2,500.00

Alexandra Grant
Nimbo
2008
Etching, Pat Merrill Fine Art Prints
30 x 30 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Value: $1,250.00
Starting bid: $500.00

William Leavitt
Vistas
1992
Aquatint etching
14 x 30 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Value: $700.00
Starting bid: $350.00

Mark Hagen
A hundred guys flew this firm into a mountain
2008
Volcanic glass on burlap on panel
17 x 22 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Value: $800.00
Starting bid: $350.00

Laurie Simmons
Lying Objects
Suite of 4 offset photographs
15 x 20 inches
Edition of 50
Value: $5,000.00
Starting bid: $2,000.00

Erika Vogt
Number Portrait 4
2004
Lightjet C-print
16 x 20 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Messler&Hug, Los Angeles
Value: $1,100.00
Starting bid: $400.00

Emilie Halpern
Everything (Detail)
2007
C-print
24 x 36 inches
Edition 1 of 3
Courtesy of the Artist
Value: $4,000.00
Starting bid: $1,700.00

Edgar Bryan
The Surrealist
2008
Color spit bite aquatint with aquatint and soft ground etching on paper
23 x 22 1/2 inches
Edition of 25
Courtesy of the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Value: $1,500.00
Starting bid: $600.00