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PHILLIPS’ MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART EVENING SALE ACHIEVES £15 MILLION
London, 6 March 2025
Sale Total: £15,386,940 / $19,821,456 / €18,350,465
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Lots Sold: 26 | Lots Offered: 29
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Sold by Lot: 90% | Sold by Value: 87%
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Olivia Thornton, Phillips’ Head of Modern & Contemporary Art, Europe, said, “Tonight’s sale stands as a testament to the robust confidence placed in Phillips. In a more measured market, we remain focused and adaptable, curating thoughtful sales and delivering strong results for our clients, resulting in a 90% sell-through rate. We were excited to secure fresh-to-market works—nearly 75% of the sale had never been offered at auction before— with blue-chip names alongside cutting-edge artists, underscoring our commitment to bringing both fresh material and exceptional provenance to our auctions. We look forward to carrying this momentum into tomorrow’s Day Sale and upcoming auctions in New York and Hong Kong.”
Top Ten Lots
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Lot
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Description
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Estimate
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Price Achieved
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9
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Joan Mitchell, Canada II, 1975
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£3,000,000 - 5,000,000
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£2,710,000 $3,491,022/€3,231,946
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18
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Pattya, 1984
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£2,000,000 - 3,000,000
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£1,681,500 $2,166,108/€2,005,357
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16
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Christopher Wool, Lester's Sister (My Brain), 2000
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£1,200,000 - 1,800,000
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£1,379,000 $1,776,428/€1,644,595
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6
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Christopher Wool, Untitled, 1997
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£600,000 - 800,000
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£927,100 $1,194,290/€1,105,659
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14
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Yayoi Kusama, INFINITY-NETS [APPGF], 2017
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£700,000 - 1,000,000
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£762,000 $981,608/€908,761
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7
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Sean Scully, Landline Inward, 2015
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£600,000 - 800,000
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£736,600 $948,888/€878,469
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20
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Yayoi Kusama, Pumpkin, 2006
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£400,000 - 600,000
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£635,000 $818,007/€757,301
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10
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Anselm Kiefer, Für Gérard de Nerval, 2015-2021
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£600,000 - 800,000
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£635,000 $818,007/€757,301
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5
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled, 1982
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£400,000 - 600,000
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£609,600 $785,287/€727,009
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27
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KAWS, GONE, 2018
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£600,000 - 800,000
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£571,500 $736,206/€681,571
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New Auction Records
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Lot
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Description
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Estimate
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Price Achieved
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2
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Nathanaëlle Herbelin, Max, 2015-2022
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£25,000 - 35,000
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£57,150
$73,621/€68,157
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*previous record price: £16,380 set in 2025
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3
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Florian Krewer, Untitled, 2015.
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£30,000 - 50,000
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£40,640
$52,352/€48,467
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*previous record price: £20,160 set in 2024
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