PHILLIPS UNVEILS HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART
EVENING & AFTERNOON SALE
David Hockney Leads the Sale on 26 June in London
David Hockney, The Only One with Waves, 1991
Estimate: £1,800,000–2,500,000
LONDON – 10 JUNE 2026 – Phillips is proud to present highlights of the Modern & Contemporary Art Evening & Afternoon Sale, taking place on 26 June in London. Led by David Hockney’s The Only One with Waves, a significant work from a pivotal moment in the artist’s career, the sale brings together an important selection of British art including works by Bridget Riley, Frank Auerbach and Tracey Emin. Further highlights include a prominent group of South Asian artists, in response to growing international recognition and market demand, alongside contemporary voices such as Andrew Cranston, Anna Weyant, Julie Mehretu and Jadé Fadojutimi. The preview exhibition will open at Phillips’ Berkeley Square from 19 June until the auction on 26 June at 2pm BST.
Olivia Thornton, Deputy Chairwoman, Modern & Contemporary Art, Europe, said, “June in London is a key moment in the international art calendar and we are delighted to be building on the strong momentum of our White Glove Evening Sale in New York last month. On the heels of that success, we are excited to showcase important names from the Post-War avant-garde to leading contemporary artists working today. We look forward to welcoming clients to a sale that reflects the depth, energy and internationalism of today’s market.”
British Art Highlights
Leading the sale is David Hockney’s The Only One with Waves, created during a pivotal period in his career. Painted in 1991, shortly after acquiring his home in Malibu, the work revisits Hockney’s celebrated motif of water while anticipating the groundbreaking Very New Paintings series begun the following year. Reflecting the inspiration he drew from the Southern Californian coast, the flattened perspective and schematic approach to form reveals Hockney’s innovative approach to landscape painting.
Bridget Riley’s Measure for Measure 40 is
a striking example of the artist’s enduring
exploration of perception, rhythm and
colour. Created in the same year as her
retrospective at the Scottish National
Gallery and Hayward Gallery, the work is
closely related to Messengers, Riley’s
celebrated wall installation at the National
Gallery, London.
The sale opens with Andrew Cranston’s
Meditation in a tenement, painted in 2023. Further highlights include Tracey Emin’s I hated you - I hated you - I hated you (2019),
Bridget Riley
Measure for Measure 40, 2019 Estimate: £500,000–700,000
a psychologically charged work that was exhibited at the Musée d’Orsay as part of the artist’s first exhibition at a major French institution.
Andrew Cranston
Meditation in a tenement, 2023
Estimate: £60,000–80,000
International Blue-Chip Contemporary Art
Tracey Emin
I hated you - I hated you- I hated you, 2019 Estimate: £150,000–200,000
The sale includes other major works by contemporary artists such as El Anatsui’s Delta (2014), which exemplifies his transformation of discarded materials into monumental sculptural forms. With its cascading surface the sculpture of aluminium bottle caps draws on West African visual traditions and reflects Anatsui’s exploration of material, history and collective memory. In contrast, Donald Judd’s Untitled (1991) embodies the precision and conceptual clarity that defined his contribution to Minimalism. Marlene Dumas’ Blue Cross (1993–95) is also featured from the Collection of Marcel Brient, Paris, which demonstrates the artist’s distinctive ability to distil figuration into evocative fields of colour and emotion.
El Anatsui
Delta, 2014
Estimate: £700,000–900,000
South Asian Modern and Contemporary Voices
Donald Judd
Untitled, 1991
Estimate: £300,000–500,000
The sale showcases a strong group of South Asian artists who have played a defining
role in shaping the discourse of Modern and Contemporary art. Among them are
Maqbool Fida Husain’s vibrant Untitled and Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar’s Elephant
Parade at Night, both of which exemplify the artists’ pioneering fusion of modernist
aesthetics with Indian cultural traditions. After achieving a world auction record for
Lancelot Ribeiro in March 2026, when Landscape at Noon sold for £516,000, Phillips
will offer another example of the artist’s celebrated paintings, Landscape.
Maqbool Fida Husain
Untitled, 1974
Estimate: £150,000–250,000
Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar
Elephant Parade at night, circa 1946 Estimate: £100,000–150,000
Women Abstract Artists
Lancelot Ribeiro
Landscape, circa 1965 Estimate: £25,000–35,000
The sale brings together a powerful group of women working in abstraction. Yayoi Kusama’s INFINITY-NETS (MAE) exemplifies her iconic exploration of repetition and infinity, while Jadé Fadojutimi’s O! The Climate Has A Temper Today showcases the artist’s dynamic, layered surfaces that oscillate between landscape and psyche. Further highlights include notable works by Martha Jungwirth, Katharina Grosse and Julie Mehretu.
Yayoi Kusama
INFINITY-NETS (MAE), 2013
Estimate: £800,000–1,200,000
Martha Jungwirth
Untitled, 2017
Estimate: £200,000–300,000
Jadé Fadojutimi
O! The Climate Has A Temper Today, 2024 Estimate: £300,000–500,000
Katharina Grosse
O.T., 2013
Estimate: £120,000–180,000
Julie Mehretu
Not Quite Armageddon, 1997 Estimate: £120,000–180,000
Modern & Contemporary Art Evening & Afternoon Sale Auction: 26 June 2pm BST 2026
Auction viewing: 19 – 26 June 2026
Location: 30 Berkeley Square, London
Click here for more information: https://www.phillips.com/auction/UK010526
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