PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY’S INAUGURAL LONDON UNDER THE INFLUENCE AUCTION TOTALS £1,009,788/$1,625,759
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
London – 13 DECEMBER 2012 – Phillips de Pury & Company’s inaugural London Under The Influence auction totaled £1,009,788/$1,625,759 selling 71% by value and 66% by lot.
“The inaugural London Under The Influence sale was a concrete success, representing the start of a great new auction series at Phillips de Pury & Company London and a fantastic way to wrap up the 2012 auction season.” George O’Dell, Head of Sale, Phillips de Pury & Company, London.
Top Ten:
19 MARC QUINN, Bismarck Archipelago, £97,250/$156,573
155 JITISH KALLAT, Universal Recipient 4, £49,250/$79,293
12 ALLAN MCCOLLUM, The Shapes Project, Collection of One Hundred and Forty-four Monoprints, £34,850/$56,109
143 SUBODH GUPTA, Untitled (Pot de Fleurs), £27,500/$44,275
11 BERNAR VENET, Three Indeterminate Lines, £23,750/$38,238
51 DON BROWN, Yoko V (shroud), £22,500/$36,225
3 GUYTON\WALKER, Untitled, £21,250/$34,213
4 NINA BEIER, Potrait Mode, £20,000/$32,200
77 HARLAND MILLER, Incurable Romantic Seeks Dirty Filthy Whore, £18,750/$30,188
98 DAMIEN HIRST, Oleoylsarcosine, £17,500/$28,175
Artist World Records:
1 NIKOLAS GAMBAROFF, Untitled Painting, £5,250/$8,453
4 NINA BEIER, Potrait Mode, £20,000/$32,200
6 GIANNI CARAVAGGIO, Cause, £4,750/$7,648
58 CHRISTIAN ECKART, White Painting #615, £17,500/$28,175
77 HARLAND MILLER Incurable Romantic Seeks Dirty Filthy Whore £18,750/$30,188 (work on paper)
112 JAMES ALDRIDGE, Little Owl, £11,250/$18,113
144 ROBERTO CODA ZABETTA, Untitled, £13,750/$22,138
155A DIMITRY SOKOLENKO, Triptych: I (from the series TIME),..., £6,250/$10,063
164 CLEMENS KRAUSS, Untitled (from the series The Bodybody-Problem), £4,375/$7,044
165 FRANCESCA DIMATTIO, White Peacock, £10,000/$16,100
167 RAFFI KALENDARIAN, Gwendolyn, £5,000/$8,050
201 JOHN TREMBLAY, Honey Bucket, £4,375/$7,044
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