Chris Ofili, Malcolm Morley, Jeff Elrod, Brent Wadden, R.H. Quaytman and the Chapman brothers (Jake and Dinos) all broke world records for prices that their respective artworks had
achieved at an auction.
High yields
achieved at auction generally benefit artists in terms of elevating the overall value of the work they produce, influencing future primary market sales.
Meanwhile, emerging artists had their first solo museum exhibitions, new artist records were
achieved at auction, curators took on new appointments, and galleries announced their representation of a number of African American artists and estates.
This demand has seen new record price levels continually being
achieved at auction.
Private sales that take place in an artist's secondary market, where works that have already been sold at least once are traded, can exceed prices
achieved at auction.
Not exact matches
«We are thrilled
at the price
achieved and with the continued success of our specialty themed
auctions.»
The 18th annual Aston Martin Sale, held
at Aston Martin Works in Newport Pagnell and hosted by international
auction house Bonhams,
achieved over # 5 Million last weekend.
Should your entry sell
at auction, we will charge our standard seller's commission based on the hammer price your entry has
achieved.
By comparison, in 2001 the
auction record for a work by Scully was $ 341,000, which had been
achieved in 1990 for an untitled 1985 oil painting
at Sotheby's in New York.
Mr. de Balincourt's work is
at a, well, higher price point; the current
auction record for one of his paintings,
achieved at Christie's London two years ago, is $ 418,000.
The excellent results demonstrate the strength of the market for a breadth of young artists such as Alex Israel, whose Sky Backdrop
achieved 5 times its estimate when it sold for $ 1,025,000 in the artist's first appearance
at auction.
AUCTION Glenn Ligon achieves a career record at Sotheby's New York Nov. 11 contemporary art auction when his «Untitled (I Was Somebody),» sells for more than $ 3.9 million, well over twice the es
AUCTION Glenn Ligon
achieves a career record
at Sotheby's New York Nov. 11 contemporary art
auction when his «Untitled (I Was Somebody),» sells for more than $ 3.9 million, well over twice the es
auction when his «Untitled (I Was Somebody),» sells for more than $ 3.9 million, well over twice the estimate.
He was responsible for the development and co-curatorship of special twentieth century
auctions such as Looking Forward to the Past, 2015, a sale that included Pablo Picasso's Les Femmes d'Alger (Version 0), 1955, which sold for $ 179.4 million and set a record as the highest price ever
achieved for any work of art
at auction.
Very few works of this size have come up
at auction and this work should
achieve a world record for a monochrome joke.
A major show in 2017
at the New Museum in New York and the Palazzo Ca» Nova in Venice brought her to a wider audience, with the artist's top prices
at auction being
achieved in the past two years.
(The second highest price for a woman artist
at auction is $ 11.9 million — for an abstract painting by Joan Mitchell, was also
achieved that year.)
Before Lygia Clark was getting major museum retrospectives; beforeAdriana Varejão was represented by leading galleries; before Beatriz Milhazes was
achieving high prices
at auction, Patricia Phelps de Cisneroswas collecting Latin American art, filling the walls of her home with Modernist abstraction and contemporary works by artists from Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina and Uruguay.
At a Christie's New York auction in 2015, Hofmann's Auxerre (1960), inspired by the expansive stained glass windows of the Cathédrale Saint Etienne in France, achieved a world auction record for the artist at $ 6,325,00
At a Christie's New York
auction in 2015, Hofmann's Auxerre (1960), inspired by the expansive stained glass windows of the Cathédrale Saint Etienne in France,
achieved a world
auction record for the artist
at $ 6,325,00
at $ 6,325,000.
It trails behind the highest price
achieved for a male artist
at auction, however, and is an anomaly in terms of women's
auction prices.
The market for contemporary art is stronger than it's ever been, particularly
at auction, with young artists — many of them recent graduates —
achieving astonishing results.
Presented by the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the exhibition coincides with a number of other notable moments for Taylor, including his work gracing the March cover of Art in America magazine, his first - ever public art installation, and a new artist record
at auction achieved at Christie's London earlier this month.
The price set a new
auction record for the Los Angeles - based artist, whose previous high mark was
achieved at Christie's New York with «See Alice Jump.»
The record
auction price for the Bechers is the $ 411,000 for Wassertürme (Trichter),
achieved at Sotheby's Paris in November 2015, just a month after Hilla's death.
Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern art evening sale in London in 2017
achieved an astounding # 177 million — the highest value ever
achieved at a European
auction.
Before Lygia Clark was getting major museum retrospectives; before Adriana Varejão was represented by leading galleries; before Beatriz Milhazes was
achieving high prices
at auction, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros was collecting Latin American art, filling the walls of her home with Modernist abstraction and contemporary works by artists from Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina and Uruguay.
And I was so astounded that I
achieved this, that I decided to make a painting of the history of this painting, beginning with when it was made, the first
auction, the second
auction, and the final frame, Home
at Last.
Before following her passion for Post War & Contemporary Art, Ana Maria was a Specialist in Latin American art during which time she oversaw and participated in some of the highest
achieving sales in that category, including a prestigious collection of Wifredo Lam paintings as well playing a crucial role in sales which
achieved two of the top prices for Jesus Rafael Soto
at auction.
Known for his innovative approach to catalogues and exhibitions, he has also been responsible for the consignment of the most expensive work of art ever sold
at auction, Francis Bacon's Three Studies of Lucian Freud which
achieved $ 142.4 million
at Christies New York in November 2013.
Auction records for artists are routinely set — and broken — at large auction houses in New York City so it's not often when a smaller auction house in the suburbs is able to achieve record pr
Auction records for artists are routinely set — and broken —
at large
auction houses in New York City so it's not often when a smaller auction house in the suburbs is able to achieve record pr
auction houses in New York City so it's not often when a smaller
auction house in the suburbs is able to achieve record pr
auction house in the suburbs is able to
achieve record prices...
He has twice
achieved the record for any photographic work of art
at auction, both times by Andreas Gursky and twice
achieved the record for any living artist
at auction with Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons.
Charline von Heyl's painting was sold for # 110,500 / $ 170,944 / $ 149,838 setting a new record for her work
at auction while Amy Sillman's Platypus
achieved more than double its low estimate of # 70,000 to
achieve # 158,500 / $ 245,200 / $ 214,926.
Ruscha's Smash, a navy and gold depiction of the work's title well surpassed its estimate of $ 20 million by
achieving just over $ 30 million
at auction.
Jasper Johns» Flag, 1983 (pictured)
achieved an astonishing $ 32 million hammer price
at Sotheby's in New York in 2014 ($ 36 million with premium), causing spontaneous applause to breakout out during the
auction.
At auction for the first time in 100 years, Golden Hours, 1864, by Frederic, Lord Leighton, a pivotal masterpiece of British Aestheticism,
achieved a new world
auction record for the artist, selling for # 3,274,500 / $ 4,384,556 / $ 3,945,773.
(The previous
auction record for Spencer was # 1,320,000 ($ 2,161,454) and this was
achieved for his The Crucifixion, which sold
at Sotheby's in London in 1990.
20th Century
at Christie's and Defining British Art concluded on 30 June, with the series of ten sales having
achieved a total of # 212,545,850 / $ 291,370,503 and establishing new
auction records for 20 artists, including Bernard Buffet, Lynn Chadwick, Frederic Lord Leighton, Henry Moore, Bridget Riley and Sean Scully.
The
auction record for a medicine cabinet made between 1988 and 1991 was
achieved with the $ 1.2 million sale of «Never Mind» (1990 - 91)
at Sotheby's in New York.
The sale was heavily focused on icons and masterworks,
achieving an astonishing 10 record prices and breaking the record for any work of art ever sold
at auction.
Amazingly, despite the extensive critical acclaim Basquiat's work has
achieved, and its impressive successes
at auction, there are no Basquiat paintings in public collections in the United Kingdom.
Christie's has
achieved several record prices for artists
at their
auction in New York last night.
Although not as shocking or provoking as Red But Close - Up, Red But (Distance) did
achieve a significant hammer price of $ 330,000, selling for 65 % over the high estimate
at Sotheby's
auction house in New York in 2000.
TRACEY EMIN EXORCISM OF THE LAST PAINTING I EVER MADE Following the success of Tracey Emin's iconic My Bed, 1998, which
achieved a world record price
at auction quadrupling its pre-sale estimate to realise # 2,546,500 / $ 4,351,969 / $ 3,178,032 (estimate: # 800,000 - 1,200,000) in July 2014, Exorcism of the Last Painting I Ever Made, 1996 (estimate: # 600,000 — 800,000, illustrated left), documents a seminal moment of breakthrough within the artist's oeuvre, witnessing an impassioned re-engagement with her painting and drawing practice after a six - year hiatus.
Jasper Johns is one of the most in - demand living artists and his works
achieve phenomenal results
at auction, in 2014 Flag was
auctioned at Sotheby's New York for $ 36 million.
Already a multimillionaire (his wealth has been estimated around $ 29 million), he
achieved a string of records, including the highest price
at auction for a single photographic image (for Rhein II which sold for USD $ 4,338,500
at Christie's in 2011).
Sotheby's two sales
achieved $ 26.9 million — including a healthy $ 21.8 million
at its May 23 evening
auction, and $ 5.1 million
at the May 24 day sales — drawing even with last spring's total that included two smaller, specialized sales (ANL, 6/14/11).
The first to arrive in modern times was Zhang Daqian, a master of ink painting considered the «Picasso of the East,» whose
auction record stands
at $ 24.5 million,
achieved at Sotheby's Hong Kong in May 2011.
Sotheby's
achieved a total of $ 157.7 million
at its Impressionist and modern art evening sale Monday night, kicking off a week of fall
auctions in New York by passing its $ 142.8 million low estimate and selling 81 percent of the works on... Read More
Two days of
auctions at Christie's Paris, held May 22 — 23,
achieved strong results for Impressionist and modern art, with combined sales
achieving a total of almost $ 13 million ($ 16.3 million).
PARIS —
At the Christie's Paris
auction of 20th - century decorative arts and design, held on May 31, two new records were
achieved.
At the Christie's Paris
auction of 20th - century decorative arts and design, held on May 31, two new records were
achieved.