$20.8 Million, the Highest Total for a Day Sale in Company History
New Auction Record Set for Shara Hughes
New York, 15 November 2017
Sale Total: $20,771,500/ $15,778,031/ €17,566,458
Lots Sold: 178 | Lots Offered: 199
Sold by Lot: 89% | Sold by Value: 89%
John McCord, Head of Day Sale, Morning Session, and Rebekah Bowling, Head of Day Sale, Afternoon Session, said “On the heels of Phillips’ record-breaking Day Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art in May, this season successfully launched our new sale format with separate Morning and Afternoon Sessions, beating our own recent record. Bidders from 44 countries participated in a packed saleroom, as well as through phone-bidding and our multiple online channels. There was enthusiasm for blue-chip modern and post-war artists, such as Henry Moore, John Chamberlain, Roy Lichtenstein, and Josef Albers, as well as for contemporary artists like George Condo and Damien Hirst. Mark Tobey’s intricate works on paper performed extremely well, with each of his lots in the morning session selling well above estimate, and Shara Hughes’ Sailing soared to $85,000, setting a new record for the Whitney Biennial artist. We look forward to tomorrow’s Evening Sale, Phillips’ final auction of 20th Century & Contemporary Art for the year.”
TOP TEN LOTS
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
334 |
Damien Hirst, Adenylosuccinate Lyase, 1992 |
$600,000 - 800,000 |
$855,000 £649,458 /€723,074 |
|
121 |
Roy Lichtenstein, Brushstroke, 1965 |
$500,000 - 700,000 |
$591,000 £448,924 /€499,809 |
|
329 |
George Condo, Full Figure Combination, 1990 |
$100,000-150,000 |
$591,000 £448,924 /€499,809 |
|
117 |
Josef Albers, Study for Homage to the Square: Decided, 1957 |
$450,000 - 650,000 |
$555,000 £421,578 /€469,364 |
|
123 |
John Chamberlain, Lucy Snaggletooth, 1976 |
$400,000 - 600,000 |
$543,000 £412,463 /€459,215 |
|
178 |
Henry Moore, Draped Seated Figure against Curved Wall, 1956 |
$200,000 - 300,000 |
$447,000 £339,541 /€378,028 |
|
122 |
Roy Lichtenstein, Ceramic Sculpture #16, 1965 |
$350,000-450,000 |
$435,000 £330,426 /€367,880 |
|
342 |
Michelangelo Pistoletto, La Ragazza della scala, 2005 |
$250,000 - 350,000 |
$435,000 £330,426 /€367,880 |
|
161 |
Jiro Takamatsu, Shadow No. 1432, 1997 |
$150,000-200,000 |
$399,000 £303,080 /€337,434 |
|
333 |
Damien Hirst, Untitled aaaa, 1992 |
$300,000 - 400,000 |
$399,000 £303,080 /€337,434 |
|
357 |
Frank Stella, Enter Ahab; To Him, Stubb, 1988 |
$250,000 - 350,000 |
$399,000 £303,080 /€337,434 |
NEW AUCTION RECORDS
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
303 |
Sanya Kantarovsky, Untitled, 2011 World Auction Record for the Artist |
$10,000-15,000 |
$32,500 £24,687/€27,485 |
|
|
*previous record price: $15,000 set in 2014 |
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|
304 |
Shara Hughes, Sailing, 2006 World Auction Record for the Artist |
$10,000-15,000 |
$85,000 £64,566/€71,884 |
|
|
*previous record price: $68,750 set in 2017 |
||
|
307 |
Kon Trubkovich, Out of the black and into the white, 2012 World Auction Record for the Artist |
$25,000-35,000 |
$56,250 £42,728/€47,571 |
|
|
*previous record price: $43,750 set in 2015 |
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|
308 |
Titus Kaphar, Tina Vesper, 2009 World Auction Record for the Artist |
$10,000-15,000 |
$40,000 £30,384/€33,828 |
|
|
*previous record price: $12,500 set in 2015 |
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|
309 |
Pietro Roccasalva, Il Traviatore, 2011 World Auction Record for the Artist |
$50,000-70,000 |
$100,000 £75,960/€84,570 |
|
|
*previous record price: $43,750 set in 2015 |
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|
178 |
Henry Moore, Draped Seated Figure against Curved Wall, 1956 World Auction Record For this Sculpture by the Artist |
$200,000 - 300,000 |
$447,000 £339,541 /€378,028 |
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*previous record price: $68,750 set in 2017 |
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*Lots 120, 138, 188, 346 sold immediately after the auction.
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