RESULTS | Christie's Contemporary Art Evening Achieves £89,077,125 / $109,832,095 / €99,944,534
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction totalled
£64,507,125 / $79,537,285 / €72,376,994
Sold by lot: 87% and Sold by value: 95%
The top lot of the auction was Jean-Michel Basquiat, Four Big, which realised £8,605,250
Quality of collections continue with record-setting Matthys-Colle Collection, together with Selected Works from the UniCredit Group:
Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild, £7,016,250
Gerhard Richter, Wiese (Meadow), £3,371,250
Carl Andre, Copper-Steel Alloy Square, £2,411,250 (Artist Record)
Roman Opałka, 1965/1-∞ Detail 1330516 - 1348651, £791,250 (Record in the Medium)
Robert Mangold, Triangle within a Circle, £731,250
Gerhard Richter, 7.3.86, £1,067,250
Spirited bidding for works that have remained in private collections for five decades:
Pierre Soulages, Peinture 146 x 114 cm, 6 mars 1960, £5,484,000
Sigmar Polke, Alpenveilchen/Flowers, £5,654,250
Gerhard Richter, Brautpaar (blau) (Bride and Groom (blue)), £3,131,250
Record prices achieved with depth of bidding for fresh to market works:
Tschabalala Self, Sapphire, £395,250
Loie Hollowell, Lady in Green, £359,250
Thomas Bayrle, Tassenfrau (Milchkaffee) (Cup Woman (Milk Coffee)), £237,500
Thornton Dial, Trophies (Doll Factory), £225,000
Bob Law, Watercolour V, £81,250
Record in the medium achieved for:
Nicolas Party, Party, £200,000
Thinking Italian totalled £24,570,000 / $30,294,810 / €27,567,540
Sold by lot: 94% and Sold by value: 98%
The top lot of the auction was Alberto Burri, Sacco, £4,576,000
Great results representing pioneering artists across movements and throughout the 20th century:
Lucio Fontana [Concetto spaziale], which realised £3,724,750
Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, Attesa, £1,931,250
Giovanni Anselmo, Torsione, £1,811,250
Giorgio Morandi, Natura morta, £935,250
Salvatore Scarpitta, In tolda, £911,250
Enrico Castellani, Superficie bianca, £851,250
Giorgio Morandi, Fiori, £791,250
Emilio Vedova, Dal Ciclo della Natura N. 6, £623,250
Mimmo Rotella, Invitiamo il Papa, £287,250
Cristian Albu and Katharine Arnold, Co-Heads, Post-War & Contemporary Art, Europe: “Our London galleries have been host to the international collecting community during Frieze Week, which launched with The Jeremy Lancaster Collection. This evening’s contemporary art auctions saw strong results, with painting through the 20th and 21st centuries drawing spirited bidding from our global client base. The response we witnessed for contemporary artists and paintings that have remained in the same collection for decades emphasises the appetite for fresh material and exceptional provenance. It’s particularly pleasing to see records for Carl Andre and Roman Opalka, and for artists who are new to our evening auction and have recently had critically acclaimed exhibitions, including Thornton Dial, Loie Hollowell and Thomas Bayrle.”
For further commentary and auction insights from the post-sale Press Conference please click HERE and read our online report HERE.
Auctions continue on 5 October 2019, with the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction.
*Artist Records:
Carl Andre, Copper-Steel Alloy Square, £2,411,250
Tschabalala Self, Sapphire, £395,250
Loie Hollowell, Lady in Green, £359,250
Thomas Bayrle, Tassenfrau (Milchkaffee) (Cup Woman (Milk Coffee)), £237,500
Thornton Dial, Trophies (Doll Factory), £225,000
Bob Law, Watercolour V, £81,250
*Record in the Medium:
Roman Opałka,1965/1-∞ Detail 1330516 - 1348651, £791,250
Nicolas Party, Party, £200,000
