EVENING SALE OF 20TH CENTURY & CONTEMPORARY ART
London, 27 June 2016
Sale Total: £11,873,000 / $15,672,360/ €14,247,600
Lots Sold: 21 | Lots Offered: 31
Sold by Lot: 68% | Sold by Value: 85%
Jean-Paul Engelen, Worldwide Head of Contemporary Art, and Hugues Joffre, Worldwide Head of 20th Century Art, said, “We are pleased with tonight’s results, which demonstrated a healthy market despite an uncertain economic backdrop. The sale saw bidders from more than 20 countries across 4 continents, demonstrating that we operate in a truly global market. We were also pleased to set a new world record for a work by Anselm Kiefer, and we saw strong results for paintings by Michelangelo Pistoletto and Rudolf Stingel. The contemporary market remains vibrant, and our international team worked hard to assemble a sale that offered attractive works across multiple categories and price points.”
TOP TEN LOTS
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
11 |
Anselm Kiefer, Für Velimir Khlebnikov: Die Lehre vom Krieg: Seeschlachten, 2004-2010 |
£400,000-600,000 |
£2,389,000 $3,153,480/€2,866,800 |
|
5 |
Rudolf Stingel, Untitled, 2014 |
£1,000,000-1,500,000 |
£1,325,000 $1,749,000/€1,590,000 |
|
10 |
Domenico Gnoli, Inside of Lady's Shoe, 1969 |
£1,000,000-1,500,000 |
£965,000 $1,273,800/€1,158,000 |
|
4 |
Rudolf Stingel, Untitled (Topolino), 2002 |
£700,000 - 1,000,000 |
£905,000 $1,194,600/€1,086,000 |
|
7 |
Michelangelo Pistoletto, Violet Dog, 1968 |
£400,000-600,000 |
£905,000 $1,194,600/€1,086,000 |
|
22 |
Alexander Calder, Critter Bleue Assise, 1974 |
£500,000-700,000 |
£605,000 $798,600/€726,000 |
|
12 |
Dame Barbara Hepworth, Stringed Figure (Curlew) (Version I), 1956 |
£450,000-550,000 |
£581,000 $766,920/€697,200 |
|
20 |
Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild, 1978 |
£400,000-600,000 |
£449,000 $592,680/€538,800 |
|
24 |
Chung Sang-Hwa, Untitled 85-7-14, 1985 |
£300,000-400,000 |
£449,000 $592,680/€538,800 |
|
3 |
Adrian Ghenie, Untitled, 2009 |
£350,000-450,000 |
£425,000 $561,000/€510,000 |
NEW AUCTION RECORDS
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Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
11 |
Anselm Kiefer, Für Velimir Khlebnikov: Die Lehre vom Krieg: Seeschlachten, 2004-2010 |
£400,000-600,000 |
£2,389,000 $3,153,480/€2,866,800 |
|
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*previous record price: £1,819,134 set in 2007 |
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*Estimates do not include buyer’s premium; prices achieved include the hammer price plus buyer’s premium.
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