RESULTS: POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART DAY AUCTION
Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
London, Friday 12 February 2016, Sale 11796
[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]
174 lots sold | Total: £ 14,343,450/$20,798,002/€18,431,333 | 85% sold by lot | ||||
206 lots offered | $1.450= £1 / €1.285=£1 | 90% sold by value | ||||
Lot | Description | Estimate (£) | Price Realised | Buyer | ||
162 | Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929), Statue of Venus Obliterated by Infinity Nets, 1998 | 280,000-350,000 | £458,500 $664,825 €589,172 | Anonymous | ||
112
| Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967), Untitled, 1948 |
120,000-180,000
| £446,500 $647,425 €573,752 | Anonymous | ||
123
| Thomas Schütte (b.1954), Wicht (Goblin) | 200,000-300,000 | £446,500 $647,425 €573,752 | Anonymous | ||
146 | Pierre Soulages (b. 1919), Peinture 73 x 54cm, 28 mai 1954, 1954 | 200,000-300,000 | £362,500 $525,625 €465,812 | Anonymous | ||
147 | Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002), Yunque de Sueños IV (Anvil of Dreams IV), 1958 | 180,000-250,000 | £338,500 $490,825 €434,972 | Anonymous | ||
207A | Damien Hirst (b. 1965), Purification, 2008 | 300,000-500,000 | £338,500 $490,825 €434,972 | Anonymous | ||
135 | Wade Guyton (b. 1972) Untitled, 2009 | 270,000-350,000 | £326,500 $473,425 €419,552 | Anonymous | ||
121 | Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945), Johannis, 2007 | 180,000-250,000 | £314,500 $456,025 €404,132 | Anonymous | ||
124 | Georg Baselitz (b. 1938), Der neue Typ (The New Type), 1966-1967 | 220,000-300,000 | £314,500 $456,025 €404,132 | Anonymous | ||
140 | Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Dollar Sign, 1981 | 250,000-350,000 | £314,500 $456,025 €404,132 | Anonymous | ||
175 | Michaël Borremans (b. 1963), The Banana, 2006 | 150,000-250,000 | £314,500 $456,025 €404,132 | Anonymous | ||
*Please see separate post-sale press release for comment |
PRESS CONTACT: Belinda Bowring | +44 207 389 2677 | bbowring@christies.com Next Sale: First Open–New York, 4 March 2016 Please click here to view the full international schedule of upcoming Post-War and Contemporary Art auctions at Christie’s. 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. |