PHILLIPS FIRST 20TH CENTURY AND CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTION TOTALS $66.9 / £44.1 / €62.2 MILLION
WORLD RECORDS FOR LE CORBUSIER AND TOSHIMITSU IMAI
NEW YORK – 8 NOVEMBER 2015 – The inaugural 20th Century and Contemporary Art Auction at Phillips totalled $66,894,000 / £44,150,040 / €62,211,420 selling 90% by value and 82% by lot.
“We are delighted with the results from our 20th Century and Contemporary Art Evening Sale,” said Jean-Paul Engelen, Worldwide Head of Contemporary Art, and Hugues Joffre, Worldwide Head of 20th Century Art. “We had very active bidding for a number of lots, including works by Jean Dubuffet, Yayoi Kusama, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Joan Mitchell, and Henry Moore, and we are pleased to see a new record for Le Corbusier, bolstering our expansion into 20th Century art. The contemporary market remains vibrant, and our international team worked hard to assemble a sale that offered desirable works across multiple categories and price points.”
TOP TEN LOTS
16 Willem de Kooning Untitled XXVIII, 1977 $11,365,000 / £7,500,900 / €10,569,450
21 Le Corbusier Femme rouge et pelote verte, 1932 $4,645,000 / £3,065,700 / €4,319,850
25 Giorgio de Chirico Gladiateurs au Repos, 1928 $3,973,000 / £2,622,180 / €3,694,890
15 Alexander Calder Untitled, 1941 $3,973,000 / £2,622,180 / €3,694,890
13 Christopher Wool Untitled (P271), 1997 $3,189,000 / £2,104,740 / €2,965,770
3 Michelangelo Pistoletto Gruppo di persone, 1962 $2,405,000 / £1,587,300 / €2,236,650
46 Wade Guyton Untitled, 2005 $2,405,000 / £1,587,300 / €2,236,650
5 Morris Louis Para IV, 1959 $2,285,000 / £1,508,100 / €2,125,050
10 Robert Gober The Sad Sink, 1985 $2,225,000 / £1,468,500 / €2,069,250
19 Joan Mitchell Untitled, 1975 $1,925,000 / £1,270,500 / €1,790,250
AUCTION RECORDS
21 Le Corbusier Femme rouge et pelote verte, 1932 $4,482,100 / £2,958,186 / €4,168,353
27 Toshimitsu Imai Lava, 1957 $413,000 / £272,580 / €384,090
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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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