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16 October 2015

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RESULTS: THE ITALIAN SALE, London, Friday 16 October 2015, Sale 11005

London EMEA 16 October 2015

THE ITALIAN SALE

London, Friday 16 October 2015, Sale 11005

[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

           

53 lots sold

Total: £43,166,500/$66,778,576/€58,533,774  

    90% sold by lot

59 lots offered

$1.547 = £1 / €1.356 = £1

 96% sold by value

Lot

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

128

Alberto Burri (1915-1995), Rosso Plastica M1, Executed in 1961

2,000,000 - 3,000,000 

£3,442,500

$5,325,548

€4,668,030

Anonymous

129

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

1,000,000 - 1,500,000 

£2,770,500

$4,285,964

€3,756,798

Anonymous

116

Luciano Fabro (1936–2007), Italia dell’emigrante (Italy of the Emigrant), Executed in 1981

WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

600,000 - 800,000 

£2,714,500

$4,199,332

€3,680,862

Anonymous

108

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, Attese, Executed in 1964

1,000,000 - 1,500,000

£2,658,500

$4,112,700

€3,604,926

Anonymous

111

Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964),  Natura morta, Painted in 1939

WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

1,800,000 - 2,500,000 

£2,546,500

$3,939,436

€3,453,054

Anonymous

127

Michelangelo Pistoletto (b. 1933), Donna seduta che prende il the (Seated woman drinking tea), Executed in 1971

800,000 - 1,200,000 

£2,210,500

$3,419,644

€2,997,438

Anonymous

147

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, Attese, Executed in 1963-64

1,700,000 - 2,500,000 

£2,098,500

$3,246,380

€2,845,566

Anonymous

106

Enrico Castellani (b. 1930), Superficie Bianca, Executed in 1973

800,000 - 1,200,000

£1,762,500

$2,726,588

€2,389,950

Anonymous

123

Michelangelo Pistoletto (b. 1933), Lei e lui abbracciati (Michelangelo e Maria) (Her and him hugging (Michelangelo and Maria)), Executed in 1968

800,000 - 1,200,000 

£1,762,500

$2,726,588

€2,389,950

Anonymous

145

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, Attese, Executed in 1964

1,400,000 - 1,800,000 

£1,538,500

$2,380,060

€2,086,206

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.