Phillips’ Day Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art Achieves
Over $24 Million, the Highest Total for a Day Sale in Company History
New Records Set for Jaume Plensa and Stanley Whitney
New York, 16 May 2018
Sale Total: $24,001,675/ £17,787,641 / €20,351,020
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Lots Sold: 211 | Lots Offered: 239 |
Sold by Lot: 88% | Sold by Value: 91% |
John McCord and Rebekah Bowling, Co-Heads of Phillips’ Day Sale, said, “We are thrilled with today’s results, which mark the highest total for a Day Sale in Phillips’ history. The auction was led by an extraordinary price for a work by Keith Haring – which, at $1.34 million, almost doubled its high estimate – and achieved strong prices for John Chamberlain, Yayoi Kusama, Max Ernst, Henry Moore and Hans Hoffman. We are also delighted with new records for Jaume Plensa, John Little, Yoan Capote, Sue Williams, and Stanley Whitney. After posting the highest total ever for a Phillips Evening Sale in London this March, followed by a record-breaking sale for our New Now auction in London and the highest total ever for our Editions auction in April, Phillips is clearly reaching new heights. We look forward to our 20th Century & Contemporary Evening Sale tomorrow.”
TOP TEN LOTS
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Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
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137 |
Keith Haring, Untitled, 1983 |
$500,000 – 700,000 |
$1,335,000 £989,369 /€1,131,947 |
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146 |
John Chamberlain, Chamooda, 1975 |
$600,000 – 800,000 |
$795,000 £589,175 /€674,081 |
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325 |
George Condo, Marc Jacobs, 2007 |
$500,000 – 700,000 |
$591,000 £437,990/€501,109 |
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372 |
Jaume Plensa, Kneeled Shadow, 2008 World auction record for the artist |
$200,000 – 300,000 |
$591,000 £437,990/€501,109 |
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105 |
Max Ernst, Clouds, Sun and Sea, 1952 |
$200,000 - 300,000 |
$579,000 £429,097 /€490,934 |
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162 |
Yayoi Kusama, Far End of Disappointment, 2015 |
$400,000 – 600,000 |
$555,000 £411,311 /€470,585 |
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117 |
Hans Hofmann, Wicker Chair No. II, 1942 |
$400,000 – 600,000 |
$495,000 £366,845 /€419,711 |
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154 |
Brice Marden, Untitled (#4), 1985 |
$400,000 – 600,000 |
$471,000 £349,058 /€399,361 |
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107 |
Henry Moore, Family Group, 1945 |
$400,000 –600,000 |
$447,000 £331,272 /€379,011 |
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106 |
Alberto Giacometti, Figurine, Conceived in 1953-1954 |
$150,000 – 200,000 |
$447,000 £331,272 /€379,011 |
NEW AUCTION RECORDS
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Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
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120 |
John Little, Tropic of Cancer, 1958 |
$20,000 - 30,000 |
$87,500 £64,846/€74,191 |
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*previous record price: $40,000 set in 2013 |
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308 |
Yoan Capote, Palangre (muro de mar I), 2016 |
$30,000 - 40,000 |
$42,500 £31,479/€36,036 |
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*previous record price: $25,000 set in 2018 |
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319 |
Stanley Whitney, Manet's Light, 2007 |
$80,000 - 120,000 |
$200,000 £148,220 /€169,580 |
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*previous record price: £87,500 /$121,291 set in 2018 |
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356 |
Sue Williams, Tighter Flocky with Green Yellow, 1997 |
$40,000 - 60,000 |
$137,500 £101,901/€116,586 |
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*previous record price: $106,250 set in 2016 |
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372 |
Jaume Plensa, Kneeled Shadow, 2008 |
$200,000 – 300,000 |
$591,000 £437,990/€501,109 |
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*previous record price: $447,750 set in 2013 |
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