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RESULTS | Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction Achieves £45,179,450 / $57,558,619 / €50,510,625

Post-War & Contemporary Art
London EMEA 25 June 2019

Jean Dubuffet’s Cérémonie (Ceremony) (£8,718,750), Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Sabado por la Noche (Saturday Night) (£8,378,250) and Francis Bacon’s ‘Man at Washbasin’ (£5,109,450) achieved top prices in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction

Global participation with bidders from 27 countries across 4 continents

30% of registered bidders from Asia 

SPIRITED RESPONSE TO NEW ARTISTS IN CHRISTIE’S EVENING AUCTION

Dana Schutz, Home Birth, £467,250

Tschabalala Self, Out of Body, £371,250 (Artist Record)

Derek Boshier, Man Versus Look, Versus Life, Versus Time, Versus Man About, £237,500 (Artist Record)

LIVELY BIDDING FOR WELL PRICED WORKS

Jonas Burgert, Suchtpuls (Addicted to Pulse), £419,250

Kara Walker, Four Idioms on Negro Art #4 Primitivism, £395,250

René Daniëls, Borsalino, £137,500

*ARTIST RECORDS*

Derek Boshier, Man Versus Look, Versus Life, Versus Time, Versus Man About, £237,500

Jonas Burgert, Suchtpuls (Addicted to Pulse), £419,250

Tschabalala Self, Out of Body, £371,250

Kara Walker, Four Idioms on Negro Art #4 Primitivism, £395,250

Gerhard Richter, Musa, £1,031,250 – World Auction Record for a Tapestry by the Artist

For further commentary on the sale please view the post-sale Press Conference here.

View our online report here.

Auctions continue on 26 June 2019, with the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction.

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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.

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