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11 February 2015

RESULTS: POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART EVENING AUCTION

London EMEA 11 February 2015

           

57 lots sold

Total: £117,142,500 /$178,408,028 /€ 157,556,663

    92% sold by lot

62 lots offered

$1.523 = £1 / €1.345 =£1

 95% sold by value

Lot

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

26

Cy Twombly (1928-2011), Untitled (New York City), Executed in 1970

Estimate On Request

£19,682,500

$29,976,448

€26,472,963

Anonymous

8

Gerhard Richter (b. 1932), Vierwaldstätter See (Lake Lucerne), Painted in 1969

Estimate On Request

£15,762,500

$24,006,288

€21,200,563

Anonymous

17

Francis Bacon (1909-1992), Study for a Head, Painted in 1955

Estimate On Request

£10,050,500

$15,306,912

€13,517,923

Anonymous

31

Gerhard Richter (b. 1932), Karmin (Carmine), Painted in 1994

9,000,000-14,000,000

 

£9,602,500

$14,624,608

€12,915,363

Anonymous

45

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), Three Delegates, Painted in 1982

5,000,000-7,000,000

£4,394,500

$6,692,824

€5,910,603

Anonymous

35

Cy Twombly (1928-2011), Death of Pompey (Rome), Executed in 1962

4,000,000-6,000,000

£4,338,500

$6,607,536

€5,835,283

Anonymous

11

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Self-Portrait, Painted in 1966

2,500,000-3,500,000

£3,666,500

$5,584,080

€4,931,443

Anonymous

21

Damien Hirst (b. 1965), Lullaby Winter, Executed in 2002

2,500,000-4,000,000

£3,050,500

$4,645,912

€4,102,923

Anonymous

44

Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985), Bédouin sur l’âne (Bedouin on a donkey), Executed in May-June 1948

1,300,000-1,800,000

£2,658,500

$4,048,896

€3,537,683

Anonymous

13

Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985), L'heure de la hâte (The Hour of Anticipation), Painted on 28 December 1961

1,800,000-2,500,000

£2,434,500

$3,707,744

€3,274,403

Anonymous

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue. *Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.