Achieves $113.9 Million
New Auction Records Set for Carmen Herrera & Hélio Oiticica
Pablo Picasso’s Portrait de femme endormie. III Sells for Nine Times Its Estimate
New York, 16 November 2017
Sale Total: $113,873,000 / £86,338,509 / € 96,700,952
COMBINED TOTAL FOR EVENING & DAY SALES: $134,644,500 / £102,116,540 / €114,267,410
Lots Sold: 39 | Lots Offered: 43
Sold by Lot: 91% | Sold by Value: 96%
TOP TEN LOTS
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
12 |
Peter Doig, Red House, 1995-1996 |
$18,000,000 -22,000,000 |
$21,127,500 £16,018,871 / €17,941,473 |
15 |
Franz Kline, Sawyer, 1959 |
$10,000,000 - 15,000,000 |
$9,990,000 £7,574,418 / €8,483,508 |
5 |
Pablo Picasso, Portrait de femme endormie. III, 1946 |
$1,000,000-1,500,000 |
$9,315,000 £7,062,633 / €7,910,298 |
29 |
Cy Twombly, Untitled, 2004 |
$6,000,000 - 8,000,000 |
$7,515,000 £5,697,873 / € 6,381,738 |
10 |
Rudolf Stingel, Untitled, 2012 |
$5,000,000 - 7,000,000 |
$6,390,000 £4,844,898 / €5,426,388 |
7 |
Henri Matisse, Jeune fille dormant à la blouse roumaine, 1939 |
$1,200,000-1,800,000 |
$4,815,000 £3,650,733 / €4,088,898 |
17 |
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled (Halloween), 1982 |
$3,500,000 - 4,500,000 |
$4,215,000 £3,195,813 / €3,579,378 |
9 |
Christopher Wool, Untitled (S134), 1996 |
$3,000,000 - 4,000,000 |
$3,735,000 £2,831,877 / €3,171,762 |
16 |
Joan Mitchell, Untitled, 1964 |
$1,800,000 - 2,500,000 |
$3,615,000 £2,740,893 / €3,069,858 |
13 |
Marlene Dumas, De gele vingers van de kunstenaar [The yellow fingers of the artist], 1985 |
$2,200,000-2,800,000 |
$3,615,000 £2,740,893 / €3,069,858 |
NEW AUCTION RECORDS
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
33 |
Carmen Herrera, Untitled (Orange and Black), 1956 |
$700,000-1,000,000 |
$1,179,000 £893,918 / €1,001,207 |
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*previous record price: $970,000 set in 2016 |
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34 |
Hélio Oiticica, P31 Parangolé, capa 24, Escrerbuto, 1972 |
$600,000-800,000 |
$615,000 £466,293 / € 522,258 |
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*previous record price: $362,500 set in 2010 |
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