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6 October 2016

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RESULTS | POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART EVENING SALE - TOP 10

London EMEA 6 October 2016

 

Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening

London, Thursday 6th October 2016, Sale 12243  

 [All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

 

37 lots sold

Total: £34,266,000 / $43,517,819 / €38,823,379

    90% sold by lot

41 lots offered

$1.270 = £1 / €1.133 = £1

   96% sold by value

Lot  

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

5

Adrian Ghenie (b. 1977), Nickelodeon, Painted in 2008.

WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST

1,000,000 - 1,500,000

£7,109,000

$9,028,430

€8,054,497

Anonymous

8

Thomas Schütte (B. 1954), Bronzefrau Nr. 13, Executed in 2003.

1,200,000 - 1,800,000

£3,749,000

$4,761,230

€4,247,617

Anonymous

24

Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985), La Vie Agreste (The Rural Life), Painted in 1949.

1,000,000 - 1,500,000

£2,629,000

$3,338,830

€2,978,657

Anonymous

26

Cy Twombly (1928-2011), Untitled, Executed in 1972.

1,000,000 - 1,500,000

£2,629,000

$3,338,830

€2,978,657

Anonymous

18

Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945), Grab des unbekannten Malers (Tomb of the Unknown Painter), Executed in 1983.

700,000 - 1,000,000

£2,405,000

$3,054,350

€2,724,865

Anonymous

10

Gerald Laing (1936-2011), Beach Wear, Painted in 1964.

WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST

1,000,000 - 1,500,000

£1,565,000

$1,987,550

€1,773,145

Anonymous

7

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

WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST*

500,000 - 700,000

£1,325,000

$1,682,750

€1,501,225

Anonymous

31

Kazuo Shiraga (b. 1924), Choji Haten (Unprecedented Leap), Painted in 1988.

1,000,000 - 1,500,000

£1,265,000

$1,606,550

€1,433,245

Anonymous

12

Bridget Riley (b. 1931), Greensleeves, Painted in 1983.

400,000 - 600,000

£905,000

$1,149,350

€1,025,365

Anonymous

11

David Hockney (b. 1937), Figure in a Flat Style, Painted in 1961.

300,000 - 500,000

£785,000

$996,950

€889,405

Anonymous

       

 

*Please see separate post-sale press release for comment

PRESS CONTACT: Belinda Bowring | +44 207 389 2677 | BBowring@christies.com

 

Next Sale: Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Auction – 7 October 2016, London.

 

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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.