Christie's Fall Sales of Prints and Multiples Total $21,439,875
A Graphic Dialogue: Prints from the Collection of Lois B. Torf | 15 September 2021
95% sold by lot | 136% hammer above low estimate
A Graphic Dialogue: The Collection of Lois B. Torf totaled $5,469,125 across dedicated live and online sales. One of the most significant collections of Prints and Multiples to come to market in the United States, the collection sparked competitive bidding globally, including 16% of registrants who were new to Christie’s.
Notable results include the top lot of the sale, a rare impression of Cy Twombly’s Untitled I, which achieved $437,500 and Robert Rauschenberg’s Booster, which realized $275,000. Both lots set new auction records for prints by the artists.
Prints and Multiples | 21-22 October 2021
92% sold by lot | 142% hammer above low estimate
The live sale of Prints and Multiples totaled $14,651,375, the highest sale total since 2007. The sale was led by Pablo Picasso’s Séries 347, which realized $2,190,000, the sale was 96% sold by value and 92% sold by lot. Among the wide selection of works were highlights from Andy Warhol, Myths, which achieved $930,000; Edvard Munch’s Madonna, which sold for $870,000; and Henri Matisse’s Jazz, Tériade, Paris, 1947 which realized $774,000.
A Graphic Century - 1875-1975 | 4-18 November 2021
90% sold by lot | 141% hammer above low estimate
The online-only sale of A Graphic Century – 1875-1975 achieved a sale total of $1,319,375. Leading the sale were Joan Miro’s Pic de la Mirandole and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Napoléon both of which achieved $50,000. Following the pair of top lots was Pablo Picasso’s Nature morte à la pastèque, which achieved $ 43,750, and Roy Lichtenstein’s Brushstroke which achieved $40,000.
