As a dedicated champion of California artists, LAMA is especially proud to have established new world auction records for Southern California modernists: Mary Corse's Copper - Four Crosses (1979) realized $ 100,000, a John Lautner floor lamp (1939) brought $ 43,750 (Lot 96), and a James Gill painting from 1968, when the artist worked in Los Angeles, achieved $ 22,500. (lamodern.com)
The opening evening sale of works from The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller generated huge international interest, which resulted in new world auction records being set for a number of the most revered artists of the past 150 years. (christies.com)
Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art sale on Wednesday, November 15, 2016 established four new world auction records for artists Willem de Kooning, Jonathan Horowitz, John Currin and Giuseppe Gallo, according to Christie's. (hamptonsarthub.com)