PHILLPS CONTEMPORARY ART EVENING SALE ACHIEVES £31.5 / $47.8 / €41.8 MILLION
AUCTION RECORDS SET FOR MARK BRADFORD, YOSHIMOTO NARA AND DANH VO
CONTEMPORARY ART EVENING SALE DOUBLES OCTOBER 2014 TOTAL AND SELLS 100% BY LOT
LONDON – 14 OCTOBER 2015 – Phillips Contemporary Art Evening Sale totalled £31,502,000 / $47,883,040 / €41,897,660 selling 100% by lot.
“We are very pleased with tonight’s results,” said Peter Sumner, Head of the Contemporary Art, London. “We sold 100% of our lots to a broad array of buyers. The contemporary market remains a dynamic space with collectors actively engaged across multiple price points. Our international team worked hard to put together a sale that offered desirable works and we’re pleased that collectors reacted this evening with such an appetite.”
TOP TEN LOTS
20 Cy Twombly Untitled, 2006 £7,922,500 / $12,042,200 / €10,536,925
21 Mark Bradford Constitution IV, 2013 £3,778,500 / $5,743,320 / €5,025,405
6 Christopher Wool Untitled, 1994 £2,266,500 / $3,445,080 / €3,014,445
9 Yoshitomo Nara Missing in Action, 2000 £1,986,500 / $3,019,480 / €2,642,045
8 Rudolf Stingel Untitled, 1996 £1,930,500 / $2,934,360 / €2,567,565
22 Tauba Auerbach Untitled (Fold), 2011 £1,426,500 / $2,168,280 / €1,897,245
7 Christopher Wool Untitled (Jazz death), 2003 £1,314,500 / $1,998,040 / €1,748,285
19 Lucio Fontana Concetto Spaziale, Attese 1964 £1,314,500 / $1,998,040 / €1,748,285
30 Neo Rauch Die Lage, 2006 £866,500 / $1,317,080 / €1,152,445
5 Mark Grotjahn Untitled (Three-Tiered Perspective), 2000 £842,500 / $1,280,600 / €1,120,525
AUCTION RECORDS
9 Yoshitomo Nara Missing in Action, 2000 £1,986,500 / $3,019,480 / €2,642,045
21 Mark Bradford Constitution IV, 2013 £3,778,500 / $5,743,320 / €5,025,405
23 Danh Vo VJ Star, 2010 £602,500 / $915,800 / €801,325
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*Estimates do not include buyer’s premium; prices achieved include the hammer price plus buyer’s premium.
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