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17 October 2015

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RESULTS: Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Auction, London - 17 Otober 2015

Post War & Contemporary Art Day Auction realises £ 11,387,275/$ 17,616,114/€15,441,145
London EMEA 17 October 2015

Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Auction

 London, Saturday 17 October 2015, Sale 10384

[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

           

152 lots sold

Total: £ 11,387,275/$ 17,616,114/€15,441,145

    89% sold by lot

171 lots offered

$1.547 = £1 / €1.356 = £1

91 % sold by value

Lot

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

238

Yves Klein (1928-1962), Peinture de feu sans titre, (F 63) (Untitled Fire Painting, (F 63)), Executed in 1961

220,000 - 280,000

£818,500 

$1,266,219 

1,109,886 

Anonymous

249

Sigmar Polke (1941-2010), Untitled, Executed in 1999

350,000 - 450000

£338,500 

$523,659 

459,006 

Anonymous

229

Michelangelo Pistoletto (b. 1933), Maria a colori,  Executed in 1962-1993

250000 – 350,000

£302,500

$467,967

410,190

Anonymous

350

EDUARDO CHILLIDA (1924-2002), Lurra G-105, Executed in 1985

150,000 - 200,000

£290,500

$449,403

393,918

Anonymous

232

Arnaldo Pomodoro (b. 1926), Sfera (Sphere), Executed in 1990

 

150,000 - 200,000

£242,500

$375,147

328,830

Anonymous

241

Joseph Beuys (1921-1986), Toter Mann auf Hirschskeletten (Dead Man on Deer Skeletons), Executed in 1955

60,000 - 80,000

£242,500

$375,147

328,830

Anonymous

250

Georg Baselitz (b. 1938), Der Abgarkopf (The Head of Abgar), Painted in 1984

200,000 - 300,000

£242,500

$375,147

328,830

Anonymous

260

Duane Hanson (1925-1996), Security Guard, Executed in 1990

150,000 - 200,000

£242,500

$375,147

328,830

Anonymous

280

Ugo Rondinone (b. 1964) The Second Hour of the Poem, Executed in 2005

100,000 - 150,000

£224,500

$347,301

304,422

Anonymous

274

Anish Kapoor (b. 1954) Spire, Executed in 2004

200,000 - 300,000

£218,500

$338,019

296,286

Anonymous

       

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Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, third-party financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits.

 

 

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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.