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4 October 2016

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RESULTS| THE LESLIE WADDINGTON SALE

London EMEA 4 October 2016

The Leslie Waddington Collection

London, Tuesday 4 October 2016, Sale 14175  

 [All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

44 lots sold

Total: £28,285,525/ $36,092,328/ €32,273,784

100% sold by lot

44 lots offered

$1.276 = £1 / €1.141 = £1

   100% sold by value

Lot  

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

14

Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) Visiteur au chapeau bleu (Visitor with Blue Hat). Painted in 1955.

2,000,000 - 3,000,000

£4,813,000

$6,141,388

€5,491,633

Anonymous

20

Alexander Calder (1898-1976), Le Serpent rouge (The Red Snake). Executed in 1958.

2,000,000 - 3,000,000

£4,421,000

$5,641,196

€5,044,361

Anonymous

9

Francis Picabia (1879-1953), Lampe. Executed circa 1923.

800,000 - 1,500,000

£3,637,000

$4,640,812

€4,149,817

Anonymous

7

Agnes Martin (1912-2004), Praise. Executed in 1985.

2,000,000 - 3,000,000

£2,853,000

$3,640,428

€3,255,273

Anonymous

17

Francis Picabia (1879-1953) Chariot. Executed circa 1922-23.

800,000 - 1,200,000

£1,565,000

$1,996,940

€1,785,665

Anonymous

24

Milton Avery (1885-1965), Dark Inlet. Painted in 1963.

900,000 - 1,500,000

£1,445,000

$1,843,820

€1,648,745

Anonymous

6

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), Spanish Elegy. Painted in 1959.

200,000 - 300,000

£905,000

$1,154,780

€1,032,605

Anonymous

5

Josef Albers (1888-1976), Study for Homage to the Square: "Containt". Painted in 1969.

150,000 - 200,000

£665,000

$848,540

€758,765

Anonymous

15

Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985), Clochepoche. Conceived in 1973 and executed in 1988.

500,000 - 700,000

£665,000

$848,540

€758,765

Anonymous

19

Josef Albers (1888-1976), Study for Homage to the Square. Painted in 1973.

100,000 - 150,000

£665,000

$848,540

€758,765

Anonymous

       

*Please see separate post-sale press release for comment

PRESS CONTACT: Sara Macdonald | +44 207 752 3136 | SaraMacdonald@christies.com

                       Belinda Bowring | +44 207 389 677 | BBowring@christies.com 

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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.