Sentences with phrase «few auction records»

Few auction records existed for African American artists at the time.

Not exact matches

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.

Multiple 250 GTOs have crossed the auction block in the past few years, with prices reaching all the way up to a record - setting $ 38 million in 2014.

I didn't highlight this, but I suspect his leadership's been another key contributor in the past few years — but it's impossible to tell how much of a contribution, as other auction houses enjoyed records results also, and Saga management is so low - key (in typical Scandi fashion).

Very few works of this size have come up at auction and this work should achieve a world record for a monochrome joke.

A few years ago, a Richter abstract, previously owned by Eric Clapton, set the auction record — since surpassed — for a living artist.

A few minutes later, the eighth record fell when Bricolage by Carol Rama, whose previous world auction record had only been set in October 2016 during The Italian Sale at Christie's, sold for # 185,000 / $ 226,000.

«This was an historic event in the auction world, with three major records set in the space of a few short hours: a record for any Post-War and Contemporary art sale at $ 388.5 million, a record for any private collection of Post-War and Contemporary Art at $ 174.9 million for the Pincus Collection, and a new record for the most expensive work of the period, with Rothko's Orange, Red, Yellow sold for $ 86.9 million,» said Brett Gorvy, Chairman and International Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art.

This auction season, the art world talk revolves around a few typical speculations: the gold Stingels — the six - panel one at Sotheby's and the one in four parts at Christie's — and the potential records they might break; Phillips» push to match the other two rivals in the pricey - masterpieces arena; and the guaranteed Basquiat skull painting at Sotheby's.

I like Klimt but I wouldnt put him at three, I think he's only there because of a few record prices at auction which I don't understand.

P.S.: More on the art market: At a Christie's auction of Allan Stone's collection a few weeks ago, Wayne Thiebaud's «Seven Suckers» fetched $ 4.5 million, a record price for a painting by the California artist.

For the past few years, auction rooms in London, New York and Hong Kong have crackled with fierce interest in Chinese contemporary paintings as prices broke record after record.

But the bidding remained tempered throughout the rest of the night, and even saw a few stumbles: a late painting of two faces on a collaged background by Jean - Michel Basquiat, who has been a market sure thing in recent months, failed to sell at its $ 5 million - $ 7 milllion estimate, while Cady Noland — who holds the world auction record for a living woman artist ($ 6.6 million)-- had a section of chain - link fence go unsold at $ 500,000 - $ 700,0000.

A few minutes later Jeff Koons's sculpture «Balloon Dog (Orange)» fetched $ 58.4 million, an auction record for a living artist.