the Highest Total for the Category in Company History
Works from the Piero Crommelynck Collection Achieve $896,438
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New York, 18 April 2017
Sale Total: $6,173,875/ £5,068,447/ €5,771,055
Lots Sold: 345 | Lots Offered: 392
Sold by Lot: 88% | Sold by Value: 95%
Kelly Troester, Phillips’ Worldwide Co-Director, Modern Editions, and Cary Leibowitz, Phillips’ Worldwide Co-Director, Contemporary Editions, said, “Realizing $6.1 million, this sale marks the highest total for an Editions auction at Phillips. On the heels of our record-breaking Editions sale in London at the beginning of the year, we are delighted to see such keen interest from collectors across the globe for prints and multiples of the highest quality and rarity. There is a continued demand for contemporary masters, with iconic images by Lichtenstein and Warhol leading the sale and performing well across collecting levels. A Warhol Liz lithograph that was purchased for just $12.50 in 1965 sold for $40,000, demonstrating the lasting appeal of these editioned works. The enthusiasm and prices achieved for works from the renowned Piero Crommelynck Collection are a testament to this master printmaker’s tremendous contributions to the field. The collection realized a total of $896,438 (doubling the estimate) and was led by Richard Hamilton’s Picasso's meninas: three state impressions, which soared to $187,500, against an estimate of $40,000-60,000. The groups of Miró working proofs and bon-à-tirers garnered the most competitive bidding. Other record prices were set for works by Miró, Braque, Hockney, Le Corbusier and Dine. Our next Modern & Contemporary Editions sale will be on June 7th in London.”
TOP TEN LOTS
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
33 |
Roy Lichtenstein, Nude with Blue Hair, from Nudes Series, 1994 |
$350,000-450,000 |
$430,000 £353,009/€401,944 |
|
37 |
Andy Warhol, Campbell's Soup I, 1968 |
$300,000-500,000 |
$346,000 £284,049/€323,425 |
|
34 |
Roy Lichtenstein, The Den - Unique State, 1990-1996 |
$200,000-300,000 |
$310,000 £254,495/€289,774 |
|
8 |
Pablo Picasso, Nature morte au verre sous la lampe (Still Life with Glass under the Lamp), 1962 |
$200,000-300,000 |
$250,000 £205,238/€233,689 |
|
145 |
Richard Hamilton, Picasso's meninas: three impressions, 1973 |
$40,000-60,000 |
$187,500 £153,928/€175,266 |
|
52 |
James Turrell, First Light, 1989 |
$50,000-70,000 |
$143,750 £118,012/€134,371 |
|
55 |
Brice Marden, Etchings to Rexroth, 1986 World Auction Record for the Set of Prints |
$70,000-100,000 |
$137,500 £112,881/€128,529 |
|
87 |
KAWS, Companions, three works, 2007 World Auction Record for this Artwork |
$50,000-70,000 |
$112,500 £92,357 /€105,160 |
|
17 |
David Hockney, March 19; March 21; May 16; and May 18, from The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven), 2011 |
$100,000-150,000 |
$100,000 £82,095 /€93,475 |
|
42 |
Andy Warhol, Alexander the Great, 1982 |
$40,000-60,000 |
$100,000 £82,095 /€93,475 |
NEW AUCTION RECORDS
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
19 |
David Hockney, Illustrations for Six Fairytales from the Brothers Grimm, 1969 World Auction Record for this Set of Prints |
$9,000 - $12,000 |
$27,500 £22,576 /€25,706 |
|
20 |
Wayne Thiebaud, Cake Window,from Delights,1964 World Auction Record for this Print |
$10,000 - $15,000 |
$22,500 £18,471 /€21,032 |
|
31 |
James Rosenquist, Sister Shrieks, from Secrets in Carnations, 1987 World Auction Record for this Print |
$7,000 - $10,000 |
$27,500 £22,576 /€25,706 |
|
49 |
Richard Serra, Vesturey II, 1991 World Auction Record for this Print |
$8,000- $12,000 |
$30,000 £24,629 /€28,043 |
|
50 |
Richard Serra, Transversal I, 2004 World Auction Record for this Print |
$8,000 - $12,000 |
$37,500 £30,786/€35,053 |
|
55 |
Brice Marden, Etchings to Rexroth, 1986 World Auction Record for the Set of Prints |
$70,000-100,000 |
$137,500 £112,881/€128,529 |
|
58 |
Sol LeWitt, Cube, 1979 World Auction Record for this Artwork |
$15,000-$25,000 |
$32,500 £26,681 /€30,380 |
|
66 |
Vija Celmins, Untitled (Galaxy), 1986 World Auction Record for this Print |
$7,000 - $9,000 |
$13,750 £11,288 /€12,853 |
|
76 |
After Jean-Michel Basquiat, Hollywood Africans in Front of the Chinese Theater with Footprints of Movie Stars, 1983/2015 World Auction Record for this Print |
$50,000 - $70,000 |
$68,750 £56,440 /€64,264 |
|
87 |
KAWS, Companions: three works, 2007 World Auction Record for this Artwork |
$50,000 - $70,000 |
$112,500 £92,357 /€105,160 |
|
167 |
Henri Matisse, Nu au miroir marocain, 1929 World Auction Record for this Print |
$6,000 - $8,000 |
$16,250 £13,340 /€15,190 |
|
179 |
Josef Albers, JHM-II, 1973 World Auction Record for this Print |
$4,000-6,000 |
$20,000 £16,419 / €18,695 |
|
182 |
Jean Dubuffet, Territoire et payson, 1975 World Auction Record for this Print |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
$6,875 £5,644 /€6,426 |
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