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30 June 2015

RESULTS: Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale - London, 30 June 2015

London EMEA 30 June 2015

           

66 lots sold

Total: £95,646,500/$150,069,359/€134,287,686

    87% sold by lot

76 lots offered

$1.569 = £1 / €1.404 = £1

 88% sold by value

Lot

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

36

Francis Bacon (1909-1992), Study for Head of Isabel Rawsthorne and George Dyer, Painted in 1967

8,000,000-12,000,000

£12,178,500

$19,108,067

€17,098,614

Anonymous

24

Francis Bacon (1909-1992), Two Men Working in a Field, Painted in 1971

7,000,000-10,000,000

£10,722,500

$16,823,603

€15,054,390

Anonymous

18

Yves Klein (1928-1962), Peinture de feu couleur sans titre, (FC 27),

Executed in 1962

Estimate On Request

£5,906,500

$9,267,299

€8,292,726

Anonymous

15

Sigmar Polke (1941-2010), Mondlandschaft mit Schilf (Moonlit landscape with reeds), Executed in 1969

3,500,000-4,500,000

£3,890,500

$6,104,195

€5,462,262

Anonymous

47

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Five Deaths, Painted in 1963

2,200,000-2,800,000

£3,890,500

$6,104,195

€5,462,262

Anonymous

32

Christopher Wool (b. 1955), Mad Cow, Executed in 1997

4,000,000-6,000,000

£3,442,500

$5,401,283

€4,833,270

Anonymous

21

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, Attese, Executed in 1967

2,500,000-3,500,000

£3,274,500

$5,137,691

€4,597,398

Anonymous

33

Martin Kippenberger (1953-1997), Untitled (from the Hand-Painted Picture Series), Painted in 1992

2,500,000-3,500,000

£2,882,500

$4,522,643

€4,047,030

Anonymous

37

Chris Ofili (b. 1968), The Holy Virgin Mary, Executed in 1996

WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

1,400,000-1,800,000

£2,882,500

$4,522,643

€4,047,030

Anonymous

31

Sigmar Polke (1941-2010), IK MACH DASS SCHON JE$S (I’ll take care of it, Je$s), Executed in 1972

2,000,000-3,000,000

£2,770,500

$4,346,915

€3,889,782

Anonymous

       

 

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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.