Sotheby's London
Contemp Auction Garners $ 116.4 Million — Hitting the middle of its pre-sale estimate, the evening found continued strong demand for Gerhard Richter (with a 1976 photo - realist painting and a 1992 abstraction selling for $ 11.9 million and $ 12.8 million, respectively, though three out of nine works of his offered failed to find buyers) and set an artist record for Adrian Ghenie ($ 189,720 for a 2011 painting of Dr. Mengele).
Not exact matches
Christie's · Sale total: $ 96,384,000 > Post War &
Contemp Art Day
Auction.
7 - 8Mar > Post War &
Contemp Art Evening
Auction.
Christie's Nails a $ 127.7 Million London
Contemp Sale — The
auction house shot past its high estimate, setting records for Peter Doig ($ 11.9 million for a 1991 canvas, past the $ 10 million paid for a canoe painting in 2007 that briefly made him the world's most expensive living artist — and more than 20 times the amount the seller paid in 2002), Allen Jones ($ 3.4 million for a 1969 assemblage piece), and Pierre Soulages ($ 5.1 million for a 1961 black abstraction, which went for more than seven times its high estimate).