Phillips' Day Sale of 20th Century and Contemporary Art Realizes £3,846,275
Sale Total:£21,714,025 / $27,576,812 / €24,536,848
Lots Sold: 113 | Lots Offered: 157
Sold by Lot: 72% | Sold by Value: 79%
Tamila Kerimova, Head of Day Sale, said: “We are very pleased with the results from today’s auction of 20th Century & Contemporary Art. The sale attracted spirited bidding for works by both young and established artists, achieving strong results for Yayoi Kusama, Yoshitomo Nara and Marlene Dumas. We are especially pleased with the result of Adrian Ghenie’s ‘Study for Pie Fight Interior’, which ignited competitive participation from international bidders and realised fifteen times its pre-sale estimate. The results have shown that there is high demand for young artists when priced with attractive estimates, exemplified by Sascha Braunig’s ‘Reef’ which set a new auction record for the artist.”
Top Ten Lots
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
118 |
Yayoi
Kusama, Infinity Nets (OHWNT), 2006 |
£100,000
- £150,000 |
£197,000 $250,190
/€222,610 |
|
159 |
Georg
Baselitz, Eintausend Nachtigallen (One Thousand Nightingales), 2001 |
£150,000
- £200,000 |
£151,400 $192,278
/€171,082 |
|
117 |
Yoshitomo
Nara, I Think, Therefore I Am...A Dog, 2003 |
£80,000
- £120,000 |
£137,000 $173,990
/€154,810 |
|
125 |
Marlene
Dumas, Couple, 1996 |
£120,000
- £180,000 |
£131,000 $166,370
/€148,030 |
|
107 |
Adrian
Ghenie, Study for Pie Fight Interior, 2012 |
£8,000
- £12,000 |
£125,000 $158,750
/€141,250 |
|
176 |
Manolo
Valdés, A Menage a Picasso, 2011 |
£120,000
- £180,000 |
£106,250 $134,938
/€120,063 |
|
158 |
Günther
Förg, Untitled, 2006 |
£80,000
- £120,000 |
£100,000 $127,000
/€113,000 |
|
143 |
Damien
Hirst, 17 Sausages, 1993 |
£60,000
- £80,000 |
£100,000 $127,000
/€113,000 |
|
119 |
Yayoi
Kusama, The Ripple, 1985 |
£40,000
- £60,000 |
£93,750 $119,063
/€105,938 |
|
124 |
Andy
Warhol, Jackie, 1998 |
£60,000
- £80,000 |
£93,750 $119,063
/€105,938 |
New Auction Records
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
135 |
Giosetta
Fioroni, Gli Occhiali (The Glasses), 1968 |
£50,000
- £70,000 |
£62,500 $79,375/€70,625 |
|
|
*previous record
price: £45, 564 set in 2016 |
||
|
102 |
Sascha
Braunig, Reef, 2015 |
£4,000
- £6,000 |
£23,750 $30,163/€26,838 |
|
|
*previous record
price: £19,753 set in 2016 |
||
|
200 |
Erin
Shirreff, Monograph, 2011 |
£10,000
- £15,000 |
£22,500 $28,575/€25,425 |
|
|
*previous record
price: £11,875 set in 2016 |
||
|
113 |
Jessica
Jackson Hutchins, Couch For A Long
Time, 2009 |
£20,000-
£30,000 |
£18,750 $23,813/€21,188 |
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