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29 June 2016

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RESULTS | Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale Top Ten - 29 June 2016

London EMEA 29 June 2016

 

Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction

London, Wednesday 29 June 2016, Sale 11797  

 [All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

 

36 lots sold

Total: £39,566,000 / $52,820,610 / € 47,637,464

92% sold by lot

39 lots offered

$1.335= £1 / €1.204=£1

  97% sold by value

Lot  

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

8

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)

Pork

Executed in 1981

2,500,000 - 3,500,000

£5,122,500

$6,838,538

€6,167,490

Anonymous

10

Andy Warhol (1928-1987),

Two Dollar Bills (Fronts) [40 Two Dollar Bills In Red]

Executed in 1962

4,000,000 - 6,000,000

£4,450,500

$5,941,418

€5,358,402

Anonymous

7

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)

Self-Portrait

Executed in 1981

1,000,000 - 1,500,000

£3,554,500

$4,745,258

€4,279,618

Anonymous

13

Yves Klein (1928-1962)

Sculpture Éponge Bleue Sans Titre (Se 284)

Executed in 1959

2,500,000 - 3,500,000

£3,218,500

$4,296,698

€3,875,074

Anonymous

16

Sigmar Polke (1941-2010)

Flucht (Blau) (Flight (Blue)

Executed in 1997

1,500,000 - 2,000,000

£2,546,500

$3,399,578

€3,065,986

Anonymous

28

Miquel Barceló (B. 1957)

Pinassi

Executed in July 1991

1,000,000 - 1,500,000

£1,706,500

$2,278,178

€2,054,626

Anonymous

19

Martin Kippenberger (1953-1997)

Untitled
Executed in 1984

1,000,000 - 1,500,000

£1,482,500

$1,979,138

€1,784,930

Anonymous

17

Georg Baselitz (B. 1938)

Der Halbierte (The Halved)

Painted in 1966

900,000 - £1,200,000

£1,426,500

$1,904,378

€1,717,506

Anonymous

18

Georg Baselitz (B. 1938)

Adler (Eagle)

Painted in 1982

500,000 - 700,000

£1,314,500

$1,754,858

€1,582,658

Anonymous

14

Nicolas De Staël (1914-1955)

Deux Vases De Fleurs (Two Vases Of Flowers)

Painted in 1953 

450,000 - 650,000

£1,202,500

$1,605,338

€1,447,810

Anonymous

       

*Please see separate post-sale press release for comment

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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.