Phillips’ Tenth Anniversary Editions Auction
Achieves Over $7.2 Million
The Highest Total For the Category in Company History
New York, 24 April 2018
Sale Total: $7,275,375/ £5,212,079 / €5,959,987
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Lots Sold: 392 | Lots Offered: 417 |
Sold by Lot: 94% | Sold by Value: 97% |
Cary Leibowitz and Kelly Troester, Worldwide Co-Heads of Editions, said, “We have been honored to build Phillips’ Editions department over the last 10 years and have been thrilled to see the category’s continued growth. Today’s results increase the momentum gained over the last decade, as we have seen strong prices for historically significant and popular prints and multiples. The huge auction sold an astonishing 392 lots (out of 417) for 94% sold and the high prices resulted in 97% by value. We had nearly 900 bidders in this sale from 38 different countries and, in addition to achieving the highest sale total ever for our department (besting Editions London January result), this sale broke our company’s record for the most online sale registrants. Also of note is that over 80% of lots received an online bid. The top lots in the sale sold to either in-room bids or from the active phones, underscoring the international appeal and variety of methods available to clients in this vibrant area of collecting. Robert Indiana’s NUMBERS ONE through ZERO led the auction at $915,000, with records by Josef Albers, Andy Warhol, Sam Gilliam, Kerry James Marshall, Ellsworth Kelly, John McLaughlin and Yoshitomo Nara amongst others (see below). In addition works by Brice Marden, Helen Frankenthaler, Roy Lichtenstein, Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, Jean Dubuffet and Keith Haring also performed exceptionally well. We were particularly pleased to see the cover lot, Josef Albers’ Homage to the Square break the six-figure mark and SP soar to $125,000, over four times its estimate. We look forward to our final sale of the Spring season in London on 7 June.”
TOP TEN LOTS
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Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
74 |
Robert Indiana, NUMBERS ONE through ZERO, 1978-2003 |
$700,000-1,000,000 |
$915,000 £655,506 /€749,568 |
|
64 |
Roy Lichtenstein, Reverie, from 11 Pop Artists, Volume II, 1965 |
$60,000-90,000 |
$181,250 £129,848 /€148,480 |
|
66 |
Roy Lichtenstein, Reflections on Crash, from Reflections Series, 1990 |
$100,000-150,000 |
$175,000 £125,370 /€143,360 |
|
110 |
Yoshitomo Nara, Don't Cry; Backwards and Forwards; Broken Treasures; and Damn It All, 2012 World auction record for this set |
$50,000-70,000 |
$156,250 £111,938 /€128,000 |
|
77 |
Andy Warhol, Marilyn, 1967 World auction record for this print |
$70,000-100,000 |
$137,500 £98,505 /€112,640 |
|
10 |
Pablo Picasso, Large corrida bird (Gros oiseau corrida), 1953 |
$80,000-120,000 |
$137,500 £98,505 /€112,640 |
|
36 |
Josef Albers, SP, 1967 World auction record for this set |
$30,000-50,000 |
$125,000 £89,550 /€102,400 |
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35 |
Josef Albers, Homage to the Square: Edition Keller Ia-Ik, 1970 World auction record for this set |
$40,000-60,000 |
$118,750 £85,073 /€97,280 |
|
75 |
Andy Warhol, Tomato Soup, from Campbell's Soup I, 1968 |
$50,000-70,000 |
$106,250 £76,118 /€87,040 |
|
76 |
Andy Warhol, Bald Eagle, from Endangered Species, 1983 World auction record for this print |
$50,000-70,000 |
$106,250 £76,118 /€87,040 |
ADDITIONAL AUCTION RECORDS
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
17 |
Pablo Picasso, Sable mouvant (Quicksand), 1966 World auction record for this deluxe suite |
$30,000-50,000 |
$60,000 £42,984 /€49,152 |
|
25 |
Joan Miró, Trés Joans (Three Joans), 1978 World auction record for this print |
$10,000-15,000 |
$18,750 £13,433 /€15,360 |
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37 |
Ellsworth Kelly, Colored Paper Image VI (White Curve with Black II), from Colored Paper Images, 1976 World auction record for this print |
$8,000-12,000 |
$26,250 £18,806 /€21,504 |
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38 |
Ellsworth Kelly, Dark Gray Curve, from Fans series, 1988 World auction record for this print |
$8,000-12,000 |
$21,250 £15,224 /€17,408 |
|
41 |
Sam Gilliam, Ichi; Two; Tre; and Cuatro, 1994 World auction record for any set of prints for this artist |
$12,000-18,000 |
$25,000 £17,910 /€20,480 |
|
44 |
Sol Lewitt, Color Grids, 1975 World auction record for this set |
$25,000-35,000 |
$43,750 £31,343 /€35,840 |
|
57 |
David Hockney, Walking Past Two Chairs, from Moving Focus Series, 1984-86 World auction record for this print |
$30,000-50,000 |
$93,750 £67,163 /€76,800 |
|
78 |
Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger, 1975 World auction record for this print |
$40,000-60,000 |
$98,750 £70,745 /€80,896 |
|
60 |
Niki De Saint Phalle, L'arbre de vie (The Tree of Life), from Mémorie de la Liberté suite, 1991 World auction record for this multiple |
$10,000-15,000 |
$27,500 £19,701 /€22,528 |
|
88 |
Ed Ruscha, Clock, 1995 World auction record for this print |
$10,000-15,000 |
$40,000 £28,656 /€32,768 |
|
95 |
Bruce Nauman, Raw-War, 1971 World auction record for this print |
$12,000-18,000 |
$30,000 £21,492 /€24,576 |
|
99 |
Ellen Gallagher, Duke, 2004 World auction record for this multiple |
$12,000-18,000 |
$12,500 £8,955 /€10,240 |
|
112 |
Yoshitomo Nara, Green Eyes, 2002 World auction record for this print |
$7,000-10,000 |
$27,500 £19,701 /€22,528 |
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