Christie's Post-War & Contemporary Art Morning and Afternoon Sessions Today's Morning and Afternoon Sessions of Post-War & Contemporary Art achieved $82,553,350.
News-Antique.com - May 22,2008 - Today's Morning and Afternoon Sessions of Post-War & Contemporary Art achieved $82,553,350. Coming after a stellar Evening Sale, the Morning and Afternoon Sessions succeeded in continuing the strong performance of the previous night. Highlights in the Morning Session included David Park's Louise ($2,729,000) and Louise Bourgeois's Quarantania ($2,505,000) while the Afternoon Session continued to demonstrate strong prices and interest for contemporary artists with Donald Judd's (90-3 Donaldon) ($1,721,000) and Sherrie Levine's Fountain (After Duchamp) ($713,000), which made over seven times its pre-sale estimate.
Today’s results, combined with the $348,263,600 achieved last night brings Christie’s May auctions of Post-War and Contemporary Art to a grand total of $430,816,950.
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale
The Kaufmann House Sale*
New York – Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Sales: 1997 & 2114* Top Ten
[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]
Sold: $348,263,600 £178,596,718 €224,686,194
Lots Sold: 54 Lots Offered: 57 Sold by Lot: 95% Sold by $:95%
Exchange Rate: £ = $1.95/ € = $1.55
Lot Description Estimate ($) Purchase Price
Buyer
23 Mark Rothko, No.15, oil on canvas, 1952 Estimate on request $50,441,000
£25,867,179
€32,542,581 Anonymous
37 Lucian Freud, Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, oil on canvas, 1995
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A LIVING ARTIST $25,000,000-35,000,000 $33,641,000
£17,251,795
€21,703,871 Anonymous
12 Andy Warhol, Double Marlon, silkscreen ink on unprimed linen, 1966 Estimate on request $32,521,000
£16,677,436
€20,981,290 Anonymous
10 Francis Bacon, Three Studies for Self-Portrait, oil on canvas, in three parts, 1976 $25,000,000-35,000,000 $28,041,000
£14,380,000
€18,090,968 Anonymous
42* Richard Neutra, Tha Kaufmann House 470 West Vista Chino, Palm Springs, CA, created between 1946-1947 – Offered by Christie’s Realty International
Post-War & Contemporary Art Morning Session
New York – Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Sale no: 1998 – Top Ten
[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]
Sold: $47,945,700 £24,587,538 €30,932,710
Lots Sold: 116 Lots Offered: 148 Sold by Lot: 78% Sold by $: 88%
Exchange Rate: £ = $1.95 / € = $1.55
Lot Description Estimate ($) Purchase Price Buyer
120 David Park, Louise, oil on canvas, 1959
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST 900,000- 1,200,000 $2,729,000
£1,399,487
€1,760,645 US Private
124
Louise Bourgeois, Quarantania, bronze with dark patina, cast in 1986 1,200,000- 1,800,000 $2,505,000
£1,284,615
€1,616,129 Asian Private
127 Andy Warhol, Crosses, synthetic polymer and silkscreen inks on canvas, 1981-82 2,500,000- 3,000,000
$2,001,000
£1,026,154
€1,290,968 US Trade
150 Jean-Paul Riopelle, Untitled, oil on canvas, 1952
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST 1,000,000- 1,500,000
$1,889,000
£968,718
€1,218,710 European Private
168 Ed Ruscha, Time, acrylic on canvas, 1987 700,000-900,000 $1,609,000
£825,128
€1,038,065 Asian Trade
179 Joan Mitchell, Field for Two I, oil on canvas, 1973 600,000-800,000 $1,385,000
£710,256
€8893,548 US Private
156 Andy Warhol, Rebel Without a Cause (James Dean)
synthetic polymer and silkscreen inks on canvas, 1985 1,000,000- 1,500,000 $1,329,000
£681,538
€857,419 European Private
170 Frank Stella, Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 1974 1,000,000- 1,500,000
