Phillips’ 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale
Realizes $108 Million,
Marking a 22% Increase from the Previous Year
New York, 14 November 2019
Evening Sale Total: $108,143,000 / £83,962,225 / €98,096,515
Combined Total for the Week: $148,365,000 / £115,283,096 / €134,638,202
Lots Sold: 40 | Lots Offered: 42 Sold by Lot: 95% | Sold by Value: 98%
Jean-Paul Engelen and Robert Manley, Phillips’ Worldwide Co-Heads of 20th Century & Contemporary Art, said, “At $108 million, our November Evening Sale marked a 22% increase from the previous year, in addition to the 58% increase in our Day Sale. As we find ourselves in a more reserved and discerning market, buyers are still eager to acquire truly remarkable works. Jean-Michel Basquiat’s The Ring realized $15 million and we were delighted to see such enthusiasm for Norman Rockwell’s Before the Shot, which sold for $4.7 million to a contemporary collector, a testament to our deliberate strategy of bringing together works from across different collecting categories. As more and more private collectors are entrusting their works to Phillips, we were able to assemble a sale that was fresh-to-market, with all but one work hailing from private collections. This strong Evening Sale result came on the heels of the highest Day Sale total in company history, a record we have broken for six consecutive seasons, underscoring the continued growth of Phillips.”
TOP TEN LOTS
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
26 |
Jean Michel Basquiat, The Ring, 1981 |
$10,000,000 - 15,000,000 |
$15,035,000 £11,673,174 /€13,638,249 |
|
11 |
Philip Guston, Smoking II, 1973 |
$6,000,000 - 8,000,000 |
$7,657,500 £5,945,283 /€6,946,118 |
|
17 |
Andy Warhol, Late Four-Foot Flowers, 1967 |
$6,000,000 - 8,000,000 |
$7,430,500 £5,769,040 /€6,740,207 |
|
7 |
Pablo Picasso, Femme assise dans un fauteuil, 1948 |
$5,000,000 - 7,000,000 |
$4,820,000 £3,742,248 /€4,372,222 |
|
8 |
Norman Rockwell, Before the Shot, 1958 |
$2,500,000 - 4,500,000 |
$4,700,000 £3,649,080 /€4,263,370 |
|
5 |
Joan Miró, Paysan catalan inquiet par le passage d'un vol d'oiseaux, 1952 |
$7,000,000 - 10,000,000 |
$4,580,000 £3,555,912 /€4,154,518 |
|
6 |
Alberto Giacometti, Portrait of G. David Thompson, 1957 |
$5,000,000 - 7,000,000 |
$4,220,000 £3,276,408 /€3,827,962 |
|
25 |
Ed Ruscha, Start Over Please, 2015 |
$3,500,000 - 4,500,000 |
$4,220,000 £3,276,408 /€3,827,962 |
|
4 |
Yoshitomo Nara, Little Thinker, 2000 |
$3,500,000 - 4,500,000 |
$4,045,000 £3,140,538 /€3,669,220 |
|
35 |
Cy Twombly, Untitled, 1969 |
$2,500,000 - 3,500,000 |
$3,740,000 £2,903,736 /€3,392,554 |
NEW AUCTION RECORD
|
Description |
Estimate |
Price Achieved |
|
|
30 |
Sean Scully, Red Bar, 2003-2004 |
$900,000 - 1,200,000 |
$1,760,000 £1,366,464 /€1,596,496 |
|
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*previous record price: HKD13,375,000 set in 2019 |
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Please click here for images of the Top Ten lots from the Evening Sale, along with saleroom photographs:
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*Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Prices Achieved include the buyer's premium and are reported net of applicable fees.
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