THE HIGHEST EVER AUCTION TOTAL FOR THE CATEGORY AT CHRISTIE’S ASIA
21st Century Art Day Sale 100% sold
Combined Sell-Through Rate of 97%
24 Artist World Auction Records Established
Hong Kong – On 1 and 2 December, works offered across the four auctions of 20th and 21st Century Art realised HK$2,007,615,000/ US$258,733,286, the highest ever auction total for the category at Christie’s Asia. The two evening auctions – Worlds In A Hand, a thematic sale, achieved a total of HK598,817,500/ US$77,163,922; the 20th / 21st Century Art Evening Sale, totalled HK$896,185,000/ US$115,482,847; the 21st Century Art Day Sale, a white-glove sale, fetched HK$314,056,250/ US$40,469,445; while the 20th Century Art Day Sale generated HK$198,556,250/ US$25,617,072.
MASTERWORKS SURPASSING THE HK$100M THRESHOLD
TOP LOTS OF THE DAY SALES
ARTISTS AT PEAK DEMAND SMASHED ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
Notes To Editors
24 Artist Records set in the 20th & 21st Century Art Auction Series on 1 and 2 December 2021:
Artist | Artwork Title | Price Realised |
Huang Yuxing | Seven Treasure Pines | HK$64,830,000 |
Yayoi Kusama | Pumpkin (LPASG) | HK$62,540,000 |
Avery Singer | Untitled (Tuesday) | HK$35,050,000 |
Yoshitomo Nara & Hiroshi Sugito | White Light; & White Night | HK$33,850,000 |
Amoako Boafo | Hands Up | HK$26,650,000 |
Bernard Buffet | Les clowns musiciens, le saxophoniste | HK$16,450,000 |
Georgette Chen | Still Life (Mid Autumn Festival) | HK$10,090,000 |
Françoise Gilot | Living Forest | HK$9,850,000 |
MR. | Such a Thrill… It’s Crazy | HK$6,730,000 |
Rhee Seundja | Le vent en témoigne (The Wind Testifies) | HK$5,625,000 |
Pratuang Emjaroen | Grand Canyon | HK$4,250,000 |
Ye Linghan | Lucy-E-001 | HK$2,875,000 |
Tran Binh Loc | La sœur et le petit frere (Siblings) | HK$2,500,000 |
Song Kun | Garden of Auspicious Animals | HK$2,375,000 |
Liu Kang | To The Temple | HK$2,000,000 |
Nguyen Tien Chung | Ladies in a Garden | HK$1,250,000 |
Lim Tze Peng | Singapore River Scene | HK$1,250,000 |
Cho Sung Hee | Light Red Blossoms | HK$875,000 |
Mike Lee | Dear God | HK$525,000 |
Philip Colbert | Hunt Scene II | HK$400,000 |
Lim Hak Tai | Singapore River | HK$350,000 |
Super Future Kid | Bavarian Bromeister | HK$250,000 |
Chen Cheng Mei | China Town Back Alley II | HK$225,000 |
Esiri Erheriene-Essi | Everything is Illuminated (and Declining in Value) | HK$200,000 |
An Action Record for Any Sculptures by Yayoi Kusama
Lot 72: PUMPKIN, sold for HK$ 55,450,000/ US$7,145,314
Top 10 Works Sold Across The Auction Series:
Artist | Artwork Title | Price Realised |
Jean-Michel Basquiat | Donut Revenge | HK$163,300,000 |
Gerhard Richter | Abstraktes Bild 747-1 | HK$140,400,000 |
Sanyu | Vase de lys sur fond marron | HK$100,325,000 |
Huang Yuxing | Seven Treasure Pines | HK$64,830,000 |
Yayoi Kusama | Pumkin (LPASG) | HK$62,540,000 |
Adrian Ghenie | Charles Darwin at the Age of 75 | HK$57,850,000 |
Yayoi Kusama | Pumpkin | HK$55,450,000 |
Zao Wou-Ki | Sans titre (Bateaux au claire de lune) | HK$54,250,000 |
Pablo Picasso | Homme au chapeau | HK$52,450,000 |
Zeng Fanzhi | This Land so Rich in Beauty No.2 | HK$39,850,000 |
