PRESS RELEASE
PHILLIPS ANNOUNCES HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE APRIL UNDER THE INFLUENCE AUCTION
SALE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE WORKS BY FREDERIK VAERSLEV, MARC QUINN, CHRISTIAN ROSA, ADAM MCEWEN, SARAH MORRIS, JULIAN OPIE, OSCAR MURILLO, DAVID OSTROWSKI, MARK FLOOD AND ISRAEL LUND
AUCTION: 13 APRIL 2015
AUCTION LOCATION: 30 BERKELEY SQUARE, LONDON W1J 6EX
VIEWING: 7-13 APRIL 2015
OPENING TIMES: Monday – Saturday 10am-6pm | Sunday 12pm-6pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LONDON – 1 APRIL 2015 – Phillips is pleased to announce highlights from the Under the Influence Sale at 30 Berkeley Square. The auction, which presents a selection of important and young artist’s will offer 189 lots, carrying a total pre-sale low estimate of £1.3 million / $1.9 million/ €1.8 million and a pre-sale high estimate of £1.9 million/$2.8 million/ €2.6 million.
“We are pleased to present a strong offering at our Berkeley Square space. Our highlights include Marc Quinn and his canvas painting Separation of Body and Soul from 2011 at £80,000 - 120,000, Frederick Vaerslev’s Untitled (Terrazzo) from 2011 at £60,000 – 80,000, Untitled from 2014 by Christian Rosa, New York, New York by Adam McEwen, Sarah Morris and her Midtown Madison Square Garden (Stairwell) painting from 1998, as well as stunning pieces by Julian Opie, Oscar Murillo, Jacob Kassay, David Ostrowski, Mark Flood and Israel Lund.
We are delighted to have Chris Succo, who we introduced to auction last February, gracing the catalogue’s cover, and to feature a basketball drawing by Jonas Wood, one of the most sought young after artists of today, on our back cover. Continuing to create access for young collectors and art lovers to much sought-after Contemporary Art, this season, Phillips is introducing to auction the young American Brooklyn-based figurative painter Jamian Juliano-Villani, and LA-based abstract painter Joe Reihsen.” – Tamila Kerimova, Head of Sale, Under The Influence.
Highlights include:
FREDERIK VAERSLEV
Untitled (Terrazzo), 2011
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
MARC QUINN
Separation of Body and Soul, 2011
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
ADAM MCEWEN
New York, New York, 2006
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
MARK FLOOD
Manipulated Comic Book, 2009
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
JULIAN OPIE
Woman taking off summer dress, 2003
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
CHRISTIAN ROSA
Untitled, 2014
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
SARAH MORRIS
Midtown Madison Square Garden (Stairwell), 1998
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
ISRAEL LUND
Untitled 2, 2013
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
DAVID OSTROWSKI
F (Deutscher Film in Russland), 2013
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
OSCAR MURILLO
Untitled, 2011
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
JACOB KASSAY
Untitled, 2008
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
PHILLIPS:
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