Auction Results
Marion Maneker0May 11, 2012

Basquiat and Guarantees Bolster Phillips Sale

Katya Kazakina had these observations on Bloomberg:

  • “Things that are desirable and iconic sell very well,” said Simone Battisti, who recently joined the Gladstone Gallery in New York and Brussels as associate director. “Others don’t.”
  • The seller of Claes Oldenburg’s humorous sculpture “Popsicle, Hamburger, Price” (1961-1962) wasn’t as lucky. The work sold for $458,500, a 27 percent decline from the seller’s purchase price of $632,000 at Christie’s in 2006.
The Master, Judd Tully, does his detailed duty on Artinfo:
  • there was plenty of wonga around for the Willem de Kooning’s handsome, 80-by-70-inch cover lot abstraction, “Untitled VI” (1975), which sold to a telephone bidder for $12,402,500 (est. $10-15 million). New York dealer Robert Mnuchin was the underbidder. The guaranteed de Kooning last sold at auction in May 2000 at Sotheby’s New York for $1,380,750.
  • “Mao” (1973), which sold to New York dealer Hugo Nathan of Simon Dickinson Gallery for $10,386,500 (est. $9-12 million). It last sold at auction in November 1991 at Sotheby’s New York for a hard-to-believe $165,000.
Carol Vogel chatted up Philippe Ségalot and observed this sale:
  • Twombly’s “Untitled (Bolsena),” a canvas of scrawled white lines painted in 1969, was bought by a lone bidder for $5.5 million, or $6.2 million with fees; its low estimate had been $6 million. Still, it was a big price considering that the last time it was on the market, at Sotheby’s in 2004, it sold for $2.9 million.

Basquiat, Schutz Boost $87 Million Phillips de Pury Sale (Bloomberg)

Phillips de Pury & Company Nets $86.9 Million, Crowned by a Record $16.3-Million Basquiat (Artinfo)

Basquiat Painting Brings $16.3m at Phillips Sale (New York Times)

Auction Results
Marion Maneker0May 10, 2012

Phillips de Pury NY Cont Eve = $89.9m

  1. Jean-Michel Basquiat ($8-12m) $16.3m
  2. Willem de Kooning Untitled VI ($10-15m) $12.4m
  3. Christopher Wool, Untitled (S69) ($2.5-3.5m) $4m
  4. Joan Mitchell, Sunflowers ($1-1.5m) $1.65m
  5. Andreas Gursky, Prada II ($500-700k) $782,500 
  6. Dana Schutz, Death Comes to Us All ($300-400k) $482,500
  7. George Condo, The Three Graces ($350-450k) $458,500
  8. Sterling Ruby, Kiss Trap Kismet ($150-200k) $206,500
  9. Seth Price, Repossessed Audi ($50-70k) $92,500
Top Ten

Lot 6 Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled, $16,322,500

Lot 19 Willem de Kooning Untitled VI, $12,402,500

Lot 8 Andy Warhol, Mao, $10,386,500

Lot 4 Andy Warhol, Gun, $7,026,500

Lot 25 Cy Twombly, Untitled (Bolsena), $6,242,500

Lot17 Roy Lichtenstein, Brushstroke Nude, $5,458,500

Lot 3 Christopher Wool, Untitled (S 69), $4,002,500

Lot10 Roy Lichtenstein, Still Life with Cash Box, $3,442,500

Lot 5 Maurizio Cattelan, Daddy Daddy, $2,546,500

Lot 14 Andy Warhol, Statue of Liberty, $2,434,500

Artist World Records:

Lot 6 Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled, $16,322,500

Lot 42 Seth Price, Untitled, $92,500

Lot 44 Dana Schutz, Death Comes to All, $482,500

Auction Results
Marion Maneker0May 10, 2012

Sotheby’s NY Cont Day = $63.9m

 

  • Alexander Calder’s standing mobile The Orange Table which has been in the same family collection for nearly 70 years. The 1943 piece sold for $2,546,500 – the highest price achieved for a work in a Contemporary Art Day sale at Sotheby’s since May 2008.
  • Gerhard Richter, whose Abstraktes Bild (595-3) from 1986 continued a series of strong prices for the artist when it sold for $2,098,500
  • Andy Warhol Jackie from 1964 beating the estimate to fetch $1,202,500
  • Andy Warhol, 1963 Ambulance Disaster also exceeding the estimate to sell for $962,500.
  • Takashi Murakami, Kanye Bear which comfortably exceeded the high estimate to sell for $1,202,500 
  • David Hockney’s Palm Reflected in Pool, Arizona which sold for $962,500, well over the $250/300,000 estimate.
  • Jean Dubuffet, Arabe gesticulante selling for 1,258,500, many multiples of the $50/70,000 estimate

 

Auction Results
Marion Maneker0May 10, 2012

Bonhams NY Cont Late Afternoon = ~$1.05m

Auction Results
Marion Maneker1May 09, 2012

Sotheby’s NY Cont Eve Sale = $266.6m

  1. Francis Bacon, Figure Writing Reflected in Mirror ($30-40m) $44.88m
  2. Lichtenstein, Sleeping Girl ($30-40m) $44.88m
  3. Warhol, Double Elvis ($30-50m) $37m
  4. Richter, Abstraktes Bild 768-2 ($8-10m) $16.88m 
  5. Lichtenstein, Sailboats III ($6-8m) $11.84m 
  6. J-M Basquiat, Ring ($4-6m) $7.64m 
  7. Alexander Calder, Sumac VI ($2.5-3.5m) $5.9m
  8. Richter, Abstraktes Bild 748-6 ($2.8-3.5m) $4.95m
  9. Cy Twombly, Roma ($2-3m) $3.44m  
  10. Fontana, Concetto Spaziale ($1.2-1.8m) $3.05m
  11. Calder, Red Tooth ($500-700k) $2.88m 
  12. Christopher Wool, Untitled (P70) ($600-800k) $2.04m 
  13. Robert Ryman, Duration ($1-1.5m) $1.65m
  14. Damien Hirst, Awakening ($1-1.5m) $1.65m 
  15. Yves Klein, Untitled Monogold ($700-900k) $1.538m
  16. Glenn Ligon, Black Like Me #1 ($600-800k) $1.3m
  17. Andrea Gursky, May Day V ($600-800k)$902,500 
  18. Anish Kapoor, Untitled ($500-700K) $902,500 
  19. Mark Bradford, GRRR ($450-650k) $866,500 
Auction Results
Marion Maneker0May 09, 2012

Christie’s PWC Total = $465m

US$465 MILLION (£288.5 MILLION/ €358.3 MILLION) 

  • 21 New World Auction Records Set
  • 50 Works Sell Above $1 million

·         May 8 Evening Session    $388,488,000         Sold by Lot: 95%

·         May 9 Morning Session    $47,162,025           Sold by Lot: 88%

·         May 9 Afternoon Session $29,665,275           Sold by Lot: 89%

Auction Results
Marion Maneker0May 09, 2012

Christie’s NY PWC Day (Highlights)

  1. Calder, The Yellow Loop ($900-1.2m) $2.3m
  2. Calder, Horizontal with Pendants ($500-800k) $1.628m
  3. Jasper Johns, Untitled ($600-800k) $1.48m
  4. Twombly, Untitled (Roman Note 15) ($600-800k) $1.48m
  5. David Park, Two Heads ($600-800k) $1.02m
  6. Morris Louis, Addition IV ($500-700k) $902,500
  7. Warhol, Brillo Soap Pads ($400-600k) $812,500
  8. Norman Bluhm, Winter Nights ($400-600k) $722,500
  9. Lichtenstein, Waterlillies with Willows ($400-600k)$722,500
  10. Ruth Asawan, Untitled ($70-100k) $374,500
  11. Robert Motherwell, Australia II ($70-100k) $182,500
Auction Results
Marion Maneker0May 03, 2012

Sotheby’s NY IM Day Sale = $41.7m

  1. Picasso, Tete de Jeune Garcon ($800-1.2m) $2.7m
  2. Henri Martin, La Joie de Vivre ($600-800k) $1.7m
  3. Laszlo Moholy-Nagy ($300-400k) $1.3m
  4. Salvador Dalí, Nature Morte ($400-600k) $1m
  5. Barbara Hepworth, Three Squares and Circles ($180-250k) $962,500
  6. Henri Le Sidaner, Les Hortensias ($500-700k) $932,500
  7. Georges Braque, Nature Morte ($600-800k) $872,500
  8. Georges Braque, Nature Morte aux arums ($600-800k) $872,500
  9. Andre Breton, Chanson-Objet ($250-350k) $866,500
  10. Joan Miro, Painting ($180-250k) $722,500
  11. Gabriele Munter, Hof im Schnee ($250-350k) $578,500
  12. Renoir, Le Village de Cagnes Vu de la Terrase des Collettes ($300-400k) $590,500
  13. Alberto Giacometti, Rare Lampadaire ($120-180k) $530,500
  14. Alberto Giacometti, Lampadaire ($150-250k) $482,500
  15. Salvador Dali, Victory, A Song of Thanksgiving ($40-60k) $314,500
  16. Diego Giacometti, Tabouret En X ($70-90k) $266,500
  17. Max Ernst, Janus ($70-90k) $242,500
  18. Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Les Amants, 5eme Etat ($70-90k) $230,500
  19. Tsuguharu Foujita, Le Petit Chaperon Blanc ($100-150k) $206,500
  20. Lynn Chadwick, Maquette for Teddy Boy & Girl ($40-60k) $206,500
  21. Henry Moore, Draped Reclining Figure, Knee ($60-80k) $170,500
  22. Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Torse de Jeune Homme ($40-60k) $158,500
  23. Henri Lebasque, Vue de L’Esterel ($60-80k) $158,500
Auction Results
Marion Maneker1May 02, 2012

Sotheby’s NY IM Eve = $330.6m

  1. Edvard Munch, The Scream ($80m) $119.9m
  2. Picasso, Femme Assise dans un fauteuil ($20-30m) $29.2m
  3. Dalí, Printemps Necrophilique ($8-12m) $16.3m
  4. Joan Miro, Tete Humaine ($10-15m) $14.8m
  5. Constantin Brancusi, Promethe ($6-8m) $12.68m
  6. Gauguin, Cabane sous les arbes ($5-7m) $8.48m
  7. Max Ernst, Leonora in the Morning Light ($3-5m) $7.9m
  8. Picasso, Tete de Femme ($4-6m) $6.9m
  9. Leger, La Femme au Miroir ($2-3m) $4.1m
  10. Alfred Sisley, Un Noyer dans la Prairie de Thomery ($2.8-3.5m) $4m
  11. Joan Miro, Personnage Fascinnant ($2.5-3.5m) $3.78m
  12. Monet, Champ a Giverny ($1-1.5m) $2.66m
  13. Giacometti, Buste de Diego ($600-900k) $1.76m
  14. Jean Arp, Torse ($800-1.2m) $1.65m
  15. Magritte, La Vie Heureuse ($800-1.2m) $1.53m
  16. Magritte, La Voix du Sang ($600-800k) $1.3m

Auction Results
Marion Maneker0May 02, 2012

Christie’s NY IM Works on Paper = $10.15m

  1. Wassily Kandinsky, Vibrierend ($500-700k) $782,500
  2. Van Gogh, Head of Peasant Woman ($250-350k) $722,500
  3. Odilon Redon, Vision sous-marine ($200-300k) $518,500
  4. Marc Chagall, Au village ($150-200k) $290,500
  5. Edouard Manet, Le Gamin et Le Chien ($50-70k) $230,500
  6. Fernand Leger, Nature Morte au broc rouge ($120-180k) $218,500
  7. Giacometti, Portrait de Soshana ($40-60k) $116,500
  8. Joan Miro, Chien ($50-70k) $134,500
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