Sentences with phrase «artist auction records»

Seven artist auction records set for: Christopher Wool, Sigmar Polke, Mark Bradford, Mark Grotjahn, Danh Vô, Thomas Struth, Helen Frankenthaler

Auctions held at Christie's during London's Frieze Week totalled # 91,092,925 / $ 115,611,199 / $ 103,296,512, establishing 19 artist auction records and attracting registered bidders from 53 countries.

On the same evening The Italian Sale totalled # 18,680,250 / $ 23,723,918 / $ 21,164,723, establishing seven artist auction records, and demonstrating continued global interest in Italian artists, covering movements from Spatialism to Arte Povera.

Ruscha's «Smash,» a vivid blue and yellow Pop painting with the words of the title, also set an artist auction record at $ 3.4 million.

Not exact matches

HONG KONG, April 24 - A painting of a reclining nude by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani is set to go under the hammer in New York on May 14 with a record sale estimate of $ 150 million, auction house Sotheby's announced on Tuesday.

A Frida Kahlo painting has sold for just over $ 8 million at auction, a world auction record for the late Mexican artist.

Sotheby's sold «Reclining Nude,» an Amedeo Modigliani painting of a naked brunette lounging on tousled bedsheets, for an artist record, making it one of the few paintings to surpass $ 150 million at auction.

A statue of Hitler on his knees was auctioned Sunday for $ 17.2 million, a record for a work by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.

Einstein letter sells for record price Artist Lucian Freud wasn't the only one to break his own auction record this week.

The artist's current auction record, for the 1987 — 89 piece Mexico Crucifix, is $ 312,500, set at a Christie's day sale of contemporary art last November.

Ruscha's Talk About Space (1963) sold for $ 3.5 million in May 2002, an auction record; another 1960s painting by the artist recently sold for close to $ 5 million privately, according to sources.

Kiehl said that, though he admires Science Lesson, there are other pieces he'd rather see set the artist's auction record, like a series of lithographs, titled Four Elements (1990).

Tonight at Christie's sale of 19th - and 20th - century works from the collection of the late Peggy and David Rockefeller, Henri Matisse's Odalisque couchée aux magnolias (1923) went for $ 80.8 million, a record for a work by the artist at auction.

Pollock's work, alongside Lichtenstein's «Woman with Flowered Hat» and Basquiat's «Dustheads,» set records for the highest prices ever fetched for the artists at auction.

It set a new auction record for the artist and became the sixth most expensive artwork ever to sell at auction.

Minutes before that 500 - year - old piece hit the block, a two - year - old Kerry James Marshall painting, Still - Life with Wedding Portrait, went up for sale and drew strong bidding, eventually selling for $ 5.04 million with buyer's premium, a new record for the artist at auction, and a figure well above the $ 1.5 million high estimate the auction house had tagged to the piece.

The record for a work by the artist at auction is the $ 1.3 million paid for the oil painting The Valencia Wall, 2006, at Sotheby's in London in July of last year, far surpassing the estimate of $ 686,000 / 881,500.

Both artists have had their auction records set at a Christie's auction, he noted proudly.

Like the auction - record $ 82.5 million paid in 1990 for van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet (1890), eight - figure sums typically are reserved for works by artists no longer with us.

In 2013, Zeng's painting The Last Supper broke the auction record for the most expensive work by an Asian contemporary artist when it sold for $ 23.3 million at Sotheby's in Hong Kong.

The artist's Science Lesson leads off the Christie's evening sale in New York later this month — and could set an auction record for the artist.

, there are other pieces he'd rather see set the artist's auction record, like a series of lithographs, titled

The previous record for a painting by the artist at auction was $ 40.9 million, which was set in 2009 at Christie's in Paris when a 1911 painting by the French master was offered with a similar impressive provenance, coming from the collection Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé.

It was a record for the artist, according to sales results and auction records kept by multiple sources including Blouin Art Sales Index and Iris Index.

The vibrant mixed - media painting sold for $ 78,000 ($ 97,500 including fees), more than twice the high estimate and, according to Swann Auction Galleries, a record for the artist.

Last year, his 2008 mixed - media collage «Mithra,» sold for more than $ 2.6 million at auction, a record for the artist.

Her latest canvases in bold, colorful patterns, which she completes at a ferocious pace, retail in the mid — six figures at New York's Gagosian Gallery and London's Victoria Miro; one of her rare early paintings sold at auction in November 2008 for $ 5.79 million, a record at the time for a living woman artist.

One achieved an auction record for the late artist.

AUCTION An untitled 1989 work by Martin Puryear, composed of red cedar and pine, sells at Christie's New York on May 13 for more than $ 1.8 million (including fees), more than twice the estimate and a record for the artist.

AUCTION On July 1 at Christie's London, «Afrosheen,» a 2009 painting by Hurvin Anderson (above) sells for more than $ 2.2 million (including fees), nearly four times the estimate and a record for the British artist.

Yves Klein's FC1 (Fire Color 1) sold for $ 36,482,500, setting a work auction record for the artist, at New York, Rockefeller Plaza on 8 May 2012 in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale.

Aside from the record sales Ligon registered at the Nov. 11 auction, interest in lots by black artists so far this week has been fairly tepid to average, with most works selling safely within estimates.

Auction Results: New Records Set for Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Henry Taylor, and Alma Thomas, Compelling Works by El Anatsui Among Many Others by Black Artists Sold Too

Estimated at $ 70 million, it will probably set an auction record for the French artist, whose current high is $ 48.8 million.

Interest in the work was exceptional and the mixed - media sculpture sold for $ 8,005,000, surpassing its $ 5 million to $ 7 million estimate, and setting a record for the artist at auction.

In 2012, his untitled black - and - white work from 1957 was sold for $ 36 million, a record price for the artist at auction.

Last September, the museum purchased the quilt from Swann Auction Galleries for $ 460,000 (including fees), an artist record.

«Plunge» (1992), a large - scale painting by the Chicago artist sold for more than $ 2.1 million (including fees), a new auction record for the artist, according to Christie's and Iris Index.

One such example is Kerry James Marshall, whose Plunge captivated the imagination of so many collectors and set a world auction record for the artist.»

Two solo booths at the city's Frieze Art Fair will be dedicated to the British artist's work A solo show of 17 new paintings is on view at Pace Gallery «s 25th Street location plus A Hockney painting is expected to shatter his auction record will be on view at Sotheby's Upper East Side headquarters on May 4.

His mixed - media collage of the same name, Mithra (2008), which sold at Sotheby's in 2013 for $ 2,629,000 (more than four times its low estimate of $ 600,000), holds the artist's record at auction.»

Gorvy also secured the winning bid for Mark Rothko's Orange, Red, Yellow, 1961, in May 2012, which remains a record for the artist at auction.

In addition to Marshall, auction records were established for five other artists at Christie's May 10 Post-War and Contemporary Art evening sale, including Jean - Michel Basquiat (1960 - 1988).

With an estimate of $ 16 - 20 million, the painting is positioned to realize a new world auction record for the artist.

AUCTION Six artist records emerged at Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on Oct. 7 in London, including an artist record for «Walking with Vito,» a 2008 painting by Los Angeles - based Henry Taylor, which sold for $ 173,990 (including fees).

SIX BLACK ARTISTS made news recently when their work set sales records at Swann Auction Galleries.

Many works have exceeded estimates and set auction records over the years — Charles White, Norman Lewis, many artists.

The total hammer price, which included the buyer premium and all fees came to just north of $ 84 million and thus set a new world auction record for the artist.

Only two works from this series have come to auction in the last 20 years and each time they established a new record for the artist and a new benchmark for European art.

But that's cold comfort for any artist who feels they've been ripped off by the man who, in 2008, set a record for a single artist sale at auction, offering approximately 200 pieces at Sotheby's that raked in a cool $ 189 million.