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PHILLIPS de PURY& COMPANY’S CONTEMPORARY EVENING SALE TOTALS $4,747,500

WORKS SELLING ABOVE HIGH PRE SALE ESTIMATE INCLUDING URS FISCHER, CHRISTOPHER WOOL, ALBERT OEHLEN, JACK GOLDSTEIN


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New York – March 4 – In a lively bidding room, Phillips de Pury & Company’s Contemporary Evening sale at 450 Park Avenue, comprising 24 lots, sold 84% by value and 80% by lot totaling $4,747,500 (including premium).

“This evening’s results reaffirm the resilience of today’s market and bode well for a strong May season. The demand for high quality works by Rudolf Stingel, Keith Haring and Mark Grotjahn translated into active bidding that are an indication of the market’s sophisticated and discerning tastes.” Zach Miner, Head of Contemporary Evening Sale.

Top 10 lots:
Lot 16 Rudolf Stingel Untitled (After Sam) $902,500
Lot 15 Andy Warhol Detail of the Last Supper / Be a Somebody with a Body $602,500
Lot 8 Mark Grotjahn Untitled (Pink butterfly green mg03) $434,500
Lot 24 Keith Haring Untitled $386,500
Lot 12 Piotr Uklanski Untitled (Eagle, American) $242,500
Lot 5 Cady Noland No Title $230,500
Lot 7 Albert Oehlen Das Gewicht der Ladung $230,500
Lot 4 Christopher Wool Untitled $194,500
Lot 27 Ugo Rondinoe Sunrise, august, west $182,500
Lot 10 Michaël Borremans The Veils $170,500

Contacts:

London
Giulia Costantini
Head of Communications
gcostantini@phillipsdepury.com
+ 44 20 7318 4010

Fiona McGovern
Communications Assistant
fmcgovern@phillipsdepury.com
+ 44 20 7318 4010

New York
Anne Huntington
Communications Manager
ahuntington@phillipsdepury.com
+1 212 940 1210


CONTACT

Tiana Webb-Evans
Director of Communications, New York
twebbevans@phillips.com
+1 212 940 1300

Alex Godwin-Brown
Communications and Marketing Manager, London
agodwin-brown@phillips.com
+ 44 20 7318 4010

Fiona McGovern
Communications and Marketing, London
fmcgovern@phillips.com
+ 44 20 7318 4010

Cecile Demtchenko
Communications, Paris
cdemtchenko@phillips.com
+ 33 1 42 78 67 77

Alexander Blanar
Press, Moscow
ablanar@phillips.com
+ 7 903 285 82 32