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Phillips Achieves Highest Total in Company History for

20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening and Day Sales,

At $172.5 Million

Day Sale Realizes $33.3 Million, Setting 18 Records, Including those for Anne Truitt, Bernar Venet, and Ron Gorchov

8 Artists Introduced to Auction, Including Jerrell Gibbs, Tyler Ballon, and Ben Sledsens

New York, 18 November 2021

Sale Total: $33,373,094 / £24,760,166 / €29,493,806

COMBINED TOTAL FOR THE WEEK: $172,539,044 / £128,010,168 / €152,483,106

Lots Sold: 246 | Lots Offered: 269

Sold by Lot: 91% | Sold by Value: 93%

John McCord and Rebekah Bowling, Co-Heads of Phillips’ Day Sale, New York, said, “The momentum from last night’s Evening Sale – the most successful auction in Phillips’ history – continued straight on into the Day Sales, as we brought forward an exciting selection of works by some of the most significant names in the art historical canon of the 20th and 21st century. After just setting a new auction record for him yesterday, works by Raymond Pettibon led the Day Sale, cementing the current strength of his market. Stanley Whitney’s Stay Song 21 also saw fierce competition, pushing the 2018 painting to sell for $693,000, over 8 times its low estimate. 18 artists records were set, including those for Anne Truitt, Bernar Venet, Ron Gorchov, and Sarah Crowner, and we were delighted to uphold our reputation for debuting new artists to the secondary market to great acclaim, as works by Jerrell Gibbs, Tyler Ballon, and Ben Sledsens all soared past their estimates. Today’s sale now brings our weekly total to $172.5 million, a new record for a week of 20th Century & Contemporary Art sales at Phillips.”

Top Ten Lots

Lot	Description	Estimate	Price Achieved
339	Raymond Pettibon, Untitled (The view from beyond the breakers), 1988–1994	$300,000 - 400,000	$1,022,200 £650,664/€775,058
134	Bernar Venet, 221.5° Arc x 15, 2007 World Auction Record for the Artist	$400,000 - 600,000	$877,000 £650,664/€775,058
338	Raymond Pettibon, No Title (When I went), 2001	$300,000 - 400,000	$877,000 £650,664/€775,058
132	Frank Stella, Jarmolince III, 1973	$600,000 - 800,000	$828,600 £614,755/€732,284
313	Stanley Whitney, Stay Song 21, 2018	$80,000 - 120,000	$693,000 £514,151/€612,446
118	Sturtevant, Johns White Target (First Study), 1986–1988	$200,000 - 300,000	$655,200 £486,106/€579,040
337	Julie Mehretu, Untitled, 2005	$200,000 - 300,000	$630,000 £467,410/€556,769
101	Max Ernst, Delicate Arch (Zion National Park), 1946	$70,000 - 90,000	$604,800 £448,713/€534,498
348	George Condo, Smiling Young Woman, 2008	$450,000 - 650,000	$604,800 £448,713/€534,498
115	Anne Truitt, Spring Dryad, 1975	$300,000 - 400,000	$567,000 £420,669/€501,092

New Auction Records

Lot	Description	Estimate	Price Achieved
115	Anne Truitt, Spring Dryad, 1975	$300,000 - 400,000	$567,000 £420,669/€501,092
	*previous record price: $325,000 set in 2018
134	Bernar Venet, 221.5° Arc x 15, 2007	$400,000 - 600,000	$877,000 £650,664/€775,058
	*previous record price: $722,500 set in 2009
183	Ron Gorchov, Comedy, 1975	$40,000 - 60,000	$189,000 £140,223/€167,031
	*previous record price: $118,750 set in 2019
214	Tom of Finland, Eleven works: (i-xi) Untitled (Motorcycle Series), 1959–1960	$180,000 - 250,000	$189,000 £140,223/€167,031
	*previous record price: $87,500 set in 2021
302	Rebecca Ness, I See You, 2020	$40,000 - 60,000	$252,000 £186,964/€222,708
	*previous record price: $89,460 set in 2021
303	Amani Lewis, Into the Valley, the Boy Walks (Psalms 23:4), 2020	$30,000 - 50,000	$107,100 £79,460/€94,651
	*previous record price: $90,722 set in 2021
321	Sarah Crowner, Rotated Stretched Stems, Cropped, 2016	$60,000 - 80,000	$378,000 £280,446/€334,061
	*previous record price: $137,500 set in 2019
324	Emmanuel Taku, Sisters in Pink, 2021	$25,000 - 35,000	$189,000 £140,223/€167,031
	*previous record price: $95,956 set in 2021
330	Soimadou Ali Ibrahim, Relax and take notes, 2020	$12,000 - 18,000	$107,100 £79,460/€94,651
	*previous record price: $47,880 set in 2021
339	Raymond Pettibon, Untitled (The view from beyond the breakers), 1988–1994	$300,000 - 400,000	$1,022,200 £650,664/€775,058
	World Auction Record for a Work on Canvas by the Artist
368	Isshaq Ismail, Self 20, 2020	$20,000 - 30,000	$201,600 £149,571/€178,166
	*previous record price: $189,681 set in 2021
369	Cy Gavin, Untitled, 2016	$50,000 - 70,000	$91,980 £68,242/€81,288
	*previous record price: $62,500 set in 2020
374	Beau Dunn, Six Works: (i-vi) Glam Barbie [#1-6], 2021	$70,000 - 100,000	$126,000 £93,482/€111,354
	*previous record price: $15,673 set in 2015
435	Antonio Santin, Rules were made to be Brooklyn, 2019	$30,000 - 50,000	$176,400 £130,875/€155,895
	*previous record price: $75,000 set in 2017

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19 November 2021

Phillips Achieves Highest Total in Company History for 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening and Day Sales, At $172.5 Million