Phillips' 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale Realizes $40.2 Million,
Marking the Highest Day Sale Total in Company History
And a 58% Increase from the Previous Year
New York, 13 November 2019
Sale Total: $40,222,000 / £31,320,871 / €36,541,687
Lots Sold: 289 | Lots Offered: 339 Sold by Lot: 85% | Sold by Value: 88%
Rebekah Bowling and John McCord, Co-Heads of Phillips’ 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, said, “The middle market continues to grow exponentially, with today’s result marking the highest total for a Day Sale in Phillips’ history – a record we have broken season on season. Our Morning and Afternoon Sessions brought together fresh-to-market works with exceptional provenance, drawing participation from around the globe. Works from the collection of Florence Knoll Bassett performed exceptionally well, with Josef Albers’ Homage to the Square: Silent Gray leading the auction at $1,316,000. There was particularly fierce competition for Jaume Plensa’s Twins I and II, as well as Dorothea Rockburne’s Oxymoron, both of which set auction records for the artists. This steadfast and robust area of the market remains a vibrant area for collectors across the globe, and we are confident this momentum will continue into 2020.”
TOP TEN LOTS
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
138 |
Josef Albers, Homage to the Square: Silent Gray, 1955 |
$400,000 - 600,000 |
$1,316,000 £1,024,769 /€1,195,586 |
|
157 |
Larry Poons, Jessica's Hartford, 1965 |
$800,000 - 1,200,000 |
$1,150,000 £895,505 /€1,044,775 |
|
359 |
Jaume Plensa, Twins I and II, 2009 World Auction Record for the Artist |
$600,000 - 800,000 |
$1,130,000 £879,931 /€1,026,605 |
|
409 |
George Condo, The Picture Gallery, 2002 |
$700,000 - 1,000,000 |
$920,000 £716,404 /€835,820 |
|
127 |
Robert Indiana, LOVE (Blue Outside Red Inside), 1995 |
$800,000 - 1,200,000 |
$890,000 £693,043 /€808,565 |
|
168 |
Keith Haring, Untitled (Self Portrait), 1989 |
$500,000 - 700,000 |
$860,000 £669,682 /€781,310 |
|
324 |
KAWS, Companion (Passing Through), 2011 |
$300,000 - 400,000 |
$836,000 £650,993 /€759,506 |
|
126 |
Roy Lichtenstein, Brushstroke Head IV (Barcelona Head), 1987 |
$600,000 - 800,000 |
$800,000 £622,960 /€726,800 |
|
396 |
Maria Lassnig, Competition III, 2000 World Auction Record for the Artist |
$280,000 - 350,000 |
$704,000 £548,205 /€639,584 |
|
125 |
Andy Warhol, Campbell's Soup Can #2, 1962 |
$600,000 - 800,000 |
$680,000 £529,516 /€617,780 |
NEW AUCTION RECORDS
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
101 |
Dorothea Rockburne, Oxymoron, 1987-1988 |
$40,000 - 60,000 |
$93,750 £73,003 /€85,172 |
|
|
*previous record price: $66,300 set in 1997 |
||
|
157 |
Larry Poons, Jessica's Hartford, 1965 World Auction Record for a Hammer Price for Larry Poons |
$800,000 - 1,200,000 |
$1,150,000 £895,505 /€1,044,775 |
|
|
*Hammer Price on 13 November: $1,000,000 | previous record hammer price: $960,000 set in 2014 |
||
|
184 |
Elizabeth Murray, 2. B.!, October 1990 |
$40,000 - 60,000 |
$200,000 £155,740 /€181,700 |
|
|
*previous record price: $132,000 set in 2007 |
||
|
198 |
Louise Fishman, Ida's Special, 1986 |
$15,000 - 20,000 |
$52,500 £40,882 /€47,696 |
|
|
*previous record price: $33,600 set in 2018 |
||
|
308 |
Ann Craven, Big Blue Song, 2004 |
$18,000 - 22,000 |
$81,250 £63,269 /€73,816 |
|
|
*previous record price: $36,250 set in 2018 |
||
|
311 |
Sascha Braunig, Ponytail, 2011 |
$15,000 - 20,000 |
$45,000 £35,042 /€40,883 |
|
|
*previous record price: £23,750 set in 2016 |
||
|
317 |
Noah Davis, Single Mother with Father out of the Picture, 2007-08 |
$40,000 - 60,000 |
$168,750 £131,406 /€153,309 |
|
|
*previous record price: $47,500 set in 2019 |
||
|
318 |
Jeff Sonhouse, Bubonic Bling, 2002 |
$40,000 - 60,000 |
$162,500 £126,539 /€147,631 |
|
|
*previous record price: $106,250 set in 2019 |
||
|
359 |
Jaume Plensa, Twins I and II, 2009 |
$600,000 - 800,000 |
$1,130,000 £879,931 /€1,026,605 |
|
|
*previous record price: $591,000 set in 2018 |
||
|
396 |
Maria Lassnig, Competition III, 2000 |
$280,000 - 350,000 |
$704,000 £548,205 /€639,584 |
|
|
*previous record price: €491,000 set in 2014 |
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*Lots 129, 137, 314, 328, and 337 were sold immediately following the auction and included in the sale results.
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