PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY ANNOUNCES RESULTS TOTALING $89,912,300 FOR THE NOVEMBER CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTIONS
CONTEMPORARY ART EVENING SALE TOTALS $79,904,500 & CONTEMPORARY ART DAY SALE TOTALS $10,007,800
WORLD RECORDS ACHIEVED FOR WORK-ON-PAPER BY JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, TAUBA AUERBACH, RASHID JOHNSON, STERLING RUBY, AND DAN COLEN
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New York – November 16, 2012 – Phillips de Pury & Company’s November Contemporary Art auctions total $89,912,300 marking the close of a successful week in the auction market. The Contemporary Art Evening Auction totaled $79,904,500, selling 83% by lot and 98% by value. The Contemporary Art Day Auction followed today, selling 73% by lot and 75% by value, totaling $10,007,800.
“We are proud of the results of today’s sale and the records that we set. We witnessed extremely competitive phone bidding right through the sale. Collectors were actively engaged throughout the week and continued the momentum in today’s auction. We saw bidders from around the world, many of which were new to participate, showing the overall strength in today’s international art market.” Sarah Mudge, Head of Day Sale, New York.
Top Ten Lots Evening Sale:
12 ANDY WARHOL, Mao, 1973, $13,522,500
18 ANDY WARHOL, Nine Jackies, 1964, $12,402,500
8 GERHARD RICHTER, Kegel (Cone), 1985, $12,402,500
10 JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, Humidity, 1982, $10,162,500
7 JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, Self-Portrait, 1982, $4,058,500
13 ALEXANDER CALDER, The Whiffletree, circa 1936, $4,002,500
28 JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, Radium 23, 1982-1983, $3,666,500
20 ALEXANDER CALDER, Model for Rosenhof, 1953, $3,218,500
16 CADY NOLAND, Clip on Method, 1989, $1,762,500
19 JOAN MITCHELL, The Lake, 1981, $1,762,500
Artist Records Evening Sale:
7 JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, Self-Portrait, 1982, $4,058,500
1 TAUBA AUERBACH, Untitled (Fold), 2010, $290,500
2 RASHID JOHNSON, Fly, 2011, $182,500
3 STERLING RUBY, SP 17, 2008, $626,500
6 DAN COLEN, S & M, 2010, $578,500
Top Ten Day Sale:
133 RICHARD PRINCE, Untitled , 2010, $542,500
180 GERHARD RICHTER, Grün Blau Rot 789-5, 1993, $410,500
152 YAYOI KUSAMA, Pumpkin Chess Set, 2003, $398,500
202 KENNETH NOLAND, Till, 1966, $266,500
195 ANDY WARHOL, Campell's Onion Soup Box, 1986, $254,500
127 MARK GROTJAHN, Untitled (Black and Cream Butterfly #548), 2005, $242,500
131 TIM NOBLE AND SUE WEBSTER, Two Works: Puny Undernourished Kid and Girlfriend From Hell, 2004, $242,500
187 JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT, Untitled (It's All The Same), circa 1984-1985, $218,500
194 ANDY WARHOL, Campell's Onion Soup Box, 1986, $218,500
203 KENNETH NOLAND, Hade, 1973, $212,500
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