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Phillips’ Modern & Contemporary Art: Evening & Day Sale Achieves £13 Million

London, 27 June 2024

Sale Total: £13,054,965 / $16,500,170 / €15,430,969

Lots Sold: 94 | Lots Offered: 132

Sold by Lot: 71% | Sold by Value: 84%

Olivia Thornton, Phillips’ Head of Modern & Contemporary Art, Europe, said, “Against the backdrop of an important month in the cultural calendar, our team assembled a balanced, curated June sale that featured a wonderful cross-section of both blue-chip masters and the most sought-after Contemporary names. Leading the auction was George Condo’s Green and Purple Head Composition, which realised over £1 million, while Michaela Yearwood-Dan’s That your lovin’ makes it better had strong international bidding, selling for over three times its estimate at £241,300. We also saw robust prices for photography, with both Cindy Sherman and Andreas Gursky figuring prominently in the top ten. The enthusiasm we have seen over the past few weeks in London carried into the saleroom today, which included participation from nearly 50 countries spanning four continents.”

Top Ten Lots

Lot	Description	Estimate	Price Achieved
8	George Condo, Green and Purple Head Composition, 2018	£700,000 - 900,000	£1,016,000 $1,284,122/€1,200,912
5	Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Minotaur To Matador, 2022	£900,000 - 1,500,000	£952,500 $1,203,865/€1,125,855
17	Andy Warhol, Campbell's Soup, 1986	£450,000 - 650,000	£850,900 $1,075,453/€1,005,764
18	Damien Hirst, Creed, 2006	£500,000 - 700,000	£685,800 $866,783/€810,616
13	Andreas Gursky, Los Angeles, 1998	£400,000 - 600,000	£546,100 $690,216€645,490
20	George Condo, Seated Bather, 2005	£400,000 - 600,000	£508,000 $642,061/€600,456
7	David Hockney, The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 2 June, 2011	£280,000 - 350,000	£406,400 $513,649/€480,365
11	Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #21, 1978	£300,000 - 500,000	£406,400 $513,649/€480,365
3	Lubaina Himid, The Bird Seller: Are You Listening, 2021	£300,000 - 500,000	£381,000 $481,546/€450,342
9	Günther Förg, Untitled, 2007	£300,000 - 500,000	£381,000 $481,546/€ 450,342

New Auction Records

Lot

Description

Estimate

Price Achieved

Wolfe von Lenkiewicz, Garden of Earthly Delights, 2012

£40,000 - 60,00

£88,900

$112,361/€105,080

*previous record price: 5,625 EUR set in 2021

*Lot 41 was sold after the lot closed, whilst the sale was ongoing and is therefore included in the total sale result.

Exchange Rate on 27 June 2024: GBP£1 = $1.2639, €1.1820