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CHRISTIE'S JUNE 27, 2012 EVENING SALE OF POST-WAR AN CONTEMPORARY ART TOTAL OVER 132 MILLION GBP
28 June 2012
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Christie's Post-War &
Contemporary Art Evening Auction held on June 27, 2012 in London
totalled £132,819,400 ($207,331,083 / €165,891,431),
selling 98% by
value and 87%
by lot. This
is the highest
total for any
auction of Post-War
& Contemporary Art in Europe.
The top
lot of the sale
was Yves Klein's “Le Rose du bleu
(RE 22)”, which sold for
£23,561,250 ($36,779,111 / €29,428,001; a world record price
for any French
post-war artist at auction. In total, 4 lots sold above £10
million / 21 lots sold above £1 million and record prices were established for
David Altmejd, Jean -Michel Basquiat “Untitled, 1981” (12,921,250 GBP), Marcel
Broodthaers, Yves Klein and Beatriz Milhazes.
Totalling more than
£132.8 million, at the foundation of the auction's success were five
masterworks by Yves Klein, Francis Bacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Gerhard
Richter's “Struktur” (2) (1989) (12,697,250 GBP). The price (21,545,250 GBP)
for the Bacon was particularly satisfactory following the discovery that this
self-portrait carries the body of Lucian Freud.
Another Yves Klein's
work, “Relief Eponge” went for 7,657,250 GBP while Alexander Calder's “Rouge
Triomphant”, 1959-1963) sold for 6,201, 250 GBP.
Lucian
Freud's “Naked Portrait II” (circa 1974) fetched 4,297,250 GBP, Roy
Lichtenstein's “Reflections on Jessica” went for 4,017,250 GBP, Lucian Freud's “Head
of a Greek Man” (1946) more than doubled its low estimate at 3,401,250 GBP and
Lucio Fontana's “Concetto Spaziale, Attese", 1963-64) sold for 2,729,250 GBP.
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Christie's Post-War &
Contemporary Art Evening Auction held on June 27, 2012 in London
totalled £132,819,400 ($207,331,083 / €165,891,431),
selling 98% by
value and 87%
by lot. This
is the highest
total for any
auction of Post-War
& Contemporary Art in Europe.
The top
lot of the sale
was Yves Klein's “Le Rose du bleu
(RE 22)”, which sold for
£23,561,250 ($36,779,111 / €29,428,001; a world record price
for any French
post-war artist at auction. In total, 4 lots sold above £10
million / 21 lots sold above £1 million and record prices were established for
David Altmejd, Jean -Michel Basquiat “Untitled, 1981” (12,921,250 GBP), Marcel
Broodthaers, Yves Klein and Beatriz Milhazes.
Totalling more than
£132.8 million, at the foundation of the auction's success were five
masterworks by Yves Klein, Francis Bacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Gerhard
Richter's “Struktur” (2) (1989) (12,697,250 GBP). The price (21,545,250 GBP)
for the Bacon was particularly satisfactory following the discovery that this
self-portrait carries the body of Lucian Freud.
Another Yves Klein's
work, “Relief Eponge” went for 7,657,250 GBP while Alexander Calder's “Rouge
Triomphant”, 1959-1963) sold for 6,201, 250 GBP.
Lucian
Freud's “Naked Portrait II” (circa 1974) fetched 4,297,250 GBP, Roy
Lichtenstein's “Reflections on Jessica” went for 4,017,250 GBP, Lucian Freud's “Head
of a Greek Man” (1946) more than doubled its low estimate at 3,401,250 GBP and
Lucio Fontana's “Concetto Spaziale, Attese", 1963-64) sold for 2,729,250 GBP.
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