Phillips' Evening Sale of 20th Century and Contemporary Art Realizes £17,867,750
Sale Total: £17,867,750 / $22,692,043 / €20,369,235
Lots Sold: 24 | Lots Offered: 28
Sold by Lot: 86% | Sold by Value: 94%
Peter Sumner, Head of Contemporary Art, London: "The results of this evening’s auction show a healthy market and highlight that demand and prices remain strong for quality works of art. We’re particularly pleased with the results for Mark Bradford’s ‘Rat Catcher of Hamelin III’ which sold for over £3.7 million, just shy of the record price achieved here in October last year, and for the result of Andy Warhol’s ’20 Pink Mao’s’, our cover lot for the sale. We saw a fairly even number of European and American bidders this evening, and were also delighted to welcome a noticeable increase in the number of Asian clients ahead of our first auction of art and design in Hong Kong on 27 November.”
Top Ten Lots
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
9 |
Andy Warhol, 20 Pink Mao's, 1979 |
£4,000,000
- £6,000,000 |
£4,741,000 $6,021,070/€5,404,740 |
6 |
Mark Bradford, Rat Catcher of Hamelin III, 2011 |
£1,500,000-
£2,000,000 |
£3,733,000 $4,740,910/€4,255,620 |
4 |
Rudolf Stingel, Untitled, 2007 |
£1,500,000-
£2,000,000 |
£1,805,000 $2,292,350/€2,507,700 |
5 |
Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (White Butterfly Hawaiian Lapis), 2001 |
£1,000,000
- £1,500,000 |
£1,265,000 $1,606,550/€1,442,100 |
13 |
Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild (767-2), 1992 |
£800,000
- £1,200,000 |
£1,085,000 $1,377,950/€1,236,900 |
8 |
Sean Scully, Grey Red, 2012 |
£600,000
- £800,000 |
£665,000 $844,550/€758,100 |
7 |
Mark Bradford, Click, 2001 |
£500,000
- £700,000 |
£665,000 $844,550/€758,100 |
16 |
Anselm Kiefer, Odi Navali, 1997 |
£600,000
- £900,000 |
£605,000 $768,350/€689,700 |
20 |
Damien Hirst, Untitled #2 (Spot Painting), 1992 |
£300,000
- £500,000 |
£509,000 $646,430/€580,260 |
17 |
Antony Gormley, Mountain and Sea, 1987-88 |
£200,000
- £300,000 |
£401,000 $509,270/€457,140 |
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Phillips is a leading global platform for buying and selling 20th and 21st century art and design. With dedicated expertise in the areas of Art, Design, Photographs, Editions, Watches, and Jewelry, Phillips offers professional services and advice on all aspects of collecting. Auctions and exhibitions are held at salerooms in New York, London, Geneva, and Hong Kong, while clients are further served through representative offices based throughout Europe, the United States and Asia. Phillips also offers an online auction platform accessible anywhere in the world.
*Estimates do not include buyer’s premium; prices achieved include the hammer price plus buyer’s premium.
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