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Phillips’ New Now Auction Realises £3.5 Million

London, 13 July 2023

Sale Total: £3,514,598 / $4,585,145 / €4,107,159

Lots Sold: 157 | Lots Offered: 194

Sold by Lot: 81% | Sold by Value: 85%

Charlotte Gibbs, Head of New Now, said “As the season comes to a close, we are pleased with the result of £3.5 million achieved today. In the true spirit of New Now our frontrun of auction newcomers and emerging artists attracted fierce bidding, with the sale overall seeing bidders from across 50 countries worldwide. We look forward to our 20th Century & Contemporary Art Sale in New York next week, our upcoming summer exhibitions in London Where the Land Meets the Sea: Damien Hirst, and Legacies of Modernism: A Selling Exhibition of Works by Günther Förg from the Collection of Mikael Andersen, and our autumn Frieze week sales.”

Top Ten Lots

Lot	Description	Estimate	Price Achieved
104	Maxim Kantor, The Cedar and Man, 2019-23	£60,000 - 80,000	£139,700 $182,253/€163,253
152	Jason Martin, Origin, 2003	£10,000 - 15,000	£114,300 $149,116/€133,571
34	George Condo, Visitation, 1992	£60,000 - 80,000	£105,410 $137,518/€123,182
13	Ben Sledsens, Two Girls in the Forest, 2015	£60,000 - 80,000	£101,600 $132,547/€118,730
86	Tunga, Braids, 1980	£50,000 - 70,000	£88,900 $115,979/€103,889
14	Rashid Johnson, The Funky Funktioneer, 2013	£80,000 - 120,000	£88,900 $115,979/€103,889
18	George Condo, Untitled, 2000	£60,000 - 80,000	£69,850 $91,126/€81,627
27	Banksy, Rude Copper, 2003	£60,000 - 80,000	£60,960 $79,528/€71,238
141	Jitish Kallat, Untitled (Stations of a Pause), 2010	£25,000 - 35,000	£57,785 $75,386/€67,528
36	Oscar Murillo, Movement and rhythm between one place and another #8, 2013	£60,000 - 80,000	£57,150 $74,558/€66,785

New Auction Records

Lot

Description

Estimate

Price Achieved

104

Maxim Kantor, The Cedar and Man, 2019-23

£60,000 - 80,000

£139,700

$182,253/€163,253

*previous record price: £87,650 set in 2008

Exchange Rate on 13 July 2023: GBP1 = $1.3046, €1.1686

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*Estimates do not include buyer’s premium; prices achieved include the hammer price plus buyer’s premium.