PHILLIPS NEW YORK MID SEASON CONTEMPORARY ART
AND DESIGN AUCTIONS TOTAL $8.7m / £5.7m / €7.8m
AUCTION RECORDS SET FOR MARILYN MINTER AND THOMAS HEATHERWICK
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New York – 5 March 2015 – The Phillips Mid Season Contemporary Art and Design Auction realized a combined total $8,700,300 / £5,742,200 / €7,830,300 selling 85% by value and 73% by lot. The Contemporary Art and Design evening Auction totaled $5,618,500 / £3,708,200 / €5,056,600 selling 86% by lot and 87% by value. The Under the Influence Sale totaled $3,081,800 / £2,034,000 / €2,773,600 selling 70% by lot and 81% by value.
“We are pleased with the results of both our Contemporary Art & Design Evening Sale and Under The Influence Sale. Highlights include the record price achieved for Marilyn Minter’s iconic Wave which fetched $269,000. Global participation in the sales was punctuated by an increased activity in the live online bidding component of both auctions.” August Uribe and David Georgiades, Co-Worldwide Heads of Contemporary Art, Phillips.
Contemporary Art and Design Top Ten
8 RICHARD PRINCE, Untitled (cowboy) $1,145,000 / £755,700 / €1,030,500
5 ED RUSCHA, Cherry $665,000 / £438,900 / €598,500
26 TOM WESSELMANN, Blue Nude Drawing (12/17/99) $389,000 / £256,740 / €350,100
18 STURTEVANT, Study for Stella Bethlehem's Hospital $317,000 / £209,220 / €285,300
21 LUC TUYMANS, Exhibit #2 $305,000 / £201,300 / €274,500
7 PETER DOIG, Untitled $293,000 / £193,380 / €263,700
9 MARILYN MINTER, Wave $269,000 / £177,540 / €242,100
27 KEITH HARING, Pyramid $245,000 / £161,700 / €220,500
22 MARC NEWSON, "Extruded Table 2" $179,000 / £118,140 / €161,100
3 WYATT KAHN, Pair $137,000 / £90,420 / €123,300
Contemporary Art and Design Auction Records
9 MARILYN MINTER, Wave $269,000 / £177,540 / €242,100
31 THOMAS HEATHERWICK, "Extrusion" bench $112,500 / £74,250 / €10,250
Under the Influence Top Ten
284 ANDRÉ BUTZER, Calvin Cohn Pong! $143,000 / £94,380 / €128,700
181 KORAKRIT ARUNANONDCHAI, My Trip to the White Temple #5 $81,250 / £53,625 / €73,125
290 KEHINDE WILEY, Passing/Posing (Santus Phillipus A) $75,000 / £49,500 / €67,500
282 ANDRÉ BUTZER, Neue Schwester $68,750 / £45,375 / €61,875
200 GERHARD RICHTER, 23.2.92 $65,000 / £42,900 / €58,500
213 VIK MUNIZ, Irises, after Van Gogh (from Pictures of Magazines) $62,500 / £41,250 / €56,250
196 GÜNTHER FÖRG, Untitled 87/88 $62,500 / £41,250 / €56,250
199 GERHARD RICHTER, Sils Maria $60,000 / £39,600 / €54,000
166 JONAS WOOD, Bowe $60,000 / £39,600 / €54,000
128 MARK FLOOD, Not For Sale $56,250 / £37,125 / €50,625
PHILLIPS:
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