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16 October 2015

Belinda Bowring

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RESULTS: POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART EVENING AUCTION, London, Friday 16 October 2015, Sale 10383

London EMEA 16 October 2015

Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction

 London, Friday 16 October 2015, Sale 10383

[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

           

46 lots sold

Total: £35,562,500/$55,015,188/€48,222,750  

    85% sold by lot

54 lots offered

$1.547 = £1 / €1.356 = £1

 92% sold by value

Lot

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

11

Peter Doig (b. 1959), Cabin Essence, Painted in 1993-1994

Estimate On Request

£9,602,500

$14,855,068

€13,020,990

Anonymous

22

Gerhard Richter (b. 1932), Abstraktes Bild, Painted in 1992

1,800,000 - 2,500,000

£2,658,500

$4,112,700

€3,604,926

Anonymous

33

Martin Kippenberger (1953-1997), Bekannt durch Film, Funk, Fernsehen und Polizeinotrufsäulen (A celebrity in film, radio, television and police call boxes), Painted in 1981

1,800,000 - 2,500,000

£2,434,500

$3,766,172

€3,301,182

Anonymous

16

 

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Flowers, Executed in 1964

 

1,500,000 - 2,000,000

£1,846,500

$2,856,536

€2,503,854

Anonymous

15

Gerald Laing (1936 - 2011), Commemoration, Painted in 1965

WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION 

450,000 - 650,000

£1,202,500

$1,860,268

€1,630,590

Anonymous

20

Alexander Calder (1898-1976), Pequeña Cara Roja (Little Red Face), Executed circa 1955

1,000,000 - 1,500,000

£1,166,500

$1,804,576

€1,581,774

Anonymous

32

Albert Oehlen (b. 1954), Untitled, Painted in 1989

WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

400,000 - 600,000

£1,142,500

$1,767,448

€1,549,230

Anonymous

47

Keith Haring (1958-1990), Untitled, Painted in 1983

500,000 - 700,000

£1,010,500

$1,563,244

€1,370,238

Anonymous

31

Joe Bradley (b. 1975), Untitled, Executed in 2011

MATCHED THE CURRENT WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

500,000 - 700,000

£986,500

$526,116

€1,337,694

Anonymous

10

Robert Ryman (b. 1930), Untitled, Executed circa 1964

500,000 - 700,000

£962,500

$1,488,988

€1,305,150

Anonymous

       

 

*Please see separate post-sale press release for comment

PRESS CONTACT: Belinda Bowring | +44 207 389 2677 | 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.