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12 February 2016

RESULTS: POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART DAY AUCTION

London EMEA 12 February 2016

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

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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.