Sentences with phrase «artist at auction»

+ Sale of Richter Painting Sets Record wsj + Gerhard Richter painting fetches record price for living artist at auction guardian · Yves Klein, # 3,737,250...

In total, Koons was the top - selling artist at auction with $ 81.3 million of sales in the year to June 2008.

Contemporary photography was a key component of the auction, achieving strong prices for Thomas Struth (San Zaccaria, Venice reached # 698,500 / $ 1,128,078 / $ 824,230), Jeff Wall (# 482,500 / $ 779,238 / $ 569,350 for The Crooked Path) and Sarah Lucas, a world record price for the artist at auction (# 290,500 / $ 469,158 / $ 342,790 for Fighting Fire with Fire (6 Pack).

He nearly tops the list for most expensive living American artist at auction, second only to Jeff Koons.

The top lot of the sale was Yves Klein's Le Rose du bleu (RE 22), which sold for # 23,561,250 ($ 36,779,111 / $ 29,428,001; illustrated above), a world record price for any French post-war artist at auction.

Tracey Emin's My Bed realized # 2,546,500 setting a world record price for the artist at auction in the Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 1 July 2014 in London.

Christie's London Evening Auction of Post-War & Contemporary Art Realises # 132.8 m / $ 207.3 m / $ 165.8 m - The Highest Ever Result for the Category at any Auction House in Europe Yves Klein's Le Rose du bleu sells for # 23.5 M ($ 36.7 M / $ 29.4 M) A new world record for a French post-war artist at auction 4 lots sold above # 10 million / 5 lots sold above $ 10 million

-- Bild realized # 13,970,500 setting a world record price for the artist at auction in the Impressionist / Modern Evening Sale on 24 June 2014 in London.

Younger artists, such as painters Oscar Murillo and Turner Prize finalist Lynette Yiadom - Boakye were offered for the first time in a Christie's Evening Auction, with Yiadom - Boakye's Diplomacy II reaching # 146,500 / $ 236,598 / $ 178,362, a world record price for the artist at auction.

appearance at auction of a «Fold» painting by Tauba Auerbach also establishing a record price for the artist at auction

Having known and admired Jasper Johns» final encaustic Flag for decades, we were thrilled to see it establish a new record for the artist at auction.»

+ Cui Ruzhuo topped the list of biggest selling Chinese artists despite total sales dropping 7 % to $ 1.1 billion barrons > Cui Ruzhuo Is the Most Expensive Living Chinese Artist at Auction artnet.....

Later in the sale, Cy Twombly's Untitled (Bolsena) fetched US$ 42,725,000 (# 27,230,720 / $ 37,932,393), marking the 2nd highest price for the artist at auction.

It was offered at auction for the first time and realised # 3,009,250 $ 5,016,420 $ 3,553,924, the second highest price for the artist at auction (estimate: # 1.5 million to # 2 million).

Five artist records were set in these sales led by the sale of Berthe Morisot's portrait, which was very significant as it set a new record price for a female artist at auction and sold for almost three times its high estimate for $ 10.9 million.

A contender for the world record price for a British artist at auction currently held by Damien Hirst's Golden Calf, sold at Sotheby's in 2008 for $ 17.3 million.

o Untitled (RIOT), an early seminal masterwork by Christopher Wool that had been in the same collection since 1991, sold for $ 29,930,000, establishing a new record for the artist at auction (est. $ 12/8 million).

The sale opened with two MOCA works: ten bidders fought for Mark Bradford's Smear, driving the final price to $ 4,394,000, a new record for the artist at auction; as many bidders competed for an untitled work by Mark Grotjahn, which finally sold for $ 6,522,000, also a new auction record.

John Singer Sargent's celebrated painting entitled Group with Parasols (A Siesta) set a new record for the artist at auction when it sold for $ 23.528.000 at Sotheby's in December 2005.

Peter Doig's Gasthof realized # 9,938,500 setting a world record price for the artist at auction in the Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 1 July 2014 in London.

René Magritte's Les jours gigantesques realised # 7,209,250 ($ 11,332,941), achieving the 2nd highest price for the artist at auction, at London, King Street on 20 June 2012 in the Impressionist / Modern Art Evening Sale.

David Hammons is one of the most prominent artists in the US, not to mention the highest - selling black contemporary artist at auction.

View on the Stour Near Dedham, John Constable's full - scale, six - foot sketch, sold for # 14,082,500 — the second - highest price for a work by the artist at auction.

The highest selling male artist at auction is now Picasso (with three works in the Top 10 Most Expensive Paintings), followed by Van Gogh (also with three).

In 1993, the top - grossing living artist at auction, according to Artnet, was the pop artist Roy Lichtenstein.

The result also established a new record for an artwork by any female artist at auction, formerly held by Berthe Morisot 1881 «Apres le dejeuner.»

«Helter Skelter» rocketed past this previous record, making Bradford's work the most expensive ever by a living African American artist at auction.

Kusama became the most expensive living female artist at auction when White No. 28 (1960) from her signature Infinity Nets series sold for $ 7.1 million at a 2014 Christie's auction.

[11] In 1988, Johns» False Start was sold at auction at Sotheby's to Samuel I. Newhouse, Jr. for $ 17.05 million, setting a record at the time as the highest price paid for a work by a living artist at auction, and the second highest price paid for an artwork at auction in the U.S. [32] In 2006, private collectors Anne and Kenneth Griffin (founder of the Chicago - based hedge fund Citadel LLC) bought False Start (1959) from David Geffen [33] for $ 80 million, making it the most expensive painting by a living artist.

(At Sotheby's last month Newman's seminal painting «Onement VI,» a deep - blue abstract composition from 1953, sold for $ 43.8 million, a record for the artist at auction.)

A rare masterpiece by the German painter Georg Baselitz (estimated # 6.5m - 8.5 m) is set to break the record for the artist at auction when offered at Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Auction in London on 8 March 2017.

The top price of the auction was paid for To Meet My Past, a four poster bed by Tracey Emin, which sold for # 481,875 / $ 770,518 / $ 567,649 — a world record price for the artist at auction.

John Constable's The Lock realized # 22,441,250 achieving a world record price for the artist at auction in the Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale at London, King Street on 3 July 2012.

A Joan Mitchell painting set a record for a female artist at auction by selling for $ 11.9 million; Alexander Calder's hanging mobile of a fish fetched an artist record of $ 26 million.

Setting a new auction record for a Rockwell study, combined with the number of active bidders for the Sandzén that reached a final sale price as the third highest price for the artist at auction, demonstrates Heritage Auctions» solid strength across all categories of American art.»

Wadsworth Jarrell's bright and dynamic acrylic on canvas The Messengers, 1979, achieved $ 27,500, setting a record for the artist at auction.

In 2013, Lucas purchased Rockwell's painting Saying Grace (1951) at Sotheby's New York for $ 46 million, a record for the artist at auction.

Saul's Guernica, 1974, sold for $ 575,000, setting a record for the artist at auction.

With the sale of his Balloon Dog (Orange) at Christie's New York last month for $ 58.4 million, Koons overtook Gerhard Richter as the most expensive living artist at auction.

Jacques Martin - Ferrieres» Old Pot of Marseilles with Notre Dame de la Garde realized $ 36,600, the second highest price for the artist at auction.

Two have already been sold by Clapton — in 2012, 809 - 4 changed hands for # 21.3 m, setting a new auction record for the artist and for any work by a living artist at auction.

«Helter Skelter» surpassed this previous record, elevating Bradford's work to the most expensive ever by a living African American artist at auction.

It was a record price for the artist at auction.

It made the second highest price for a work by the artist at auction.

Jasper Johns — False Start Jasper Johns was the most expensive living artist at auction in 1988, when his White Flag painting sold for $ 7 million at Christies, then his False Start painting (above) sold at Sotheby's the next night for $ 17 million.

-LSB-...] has interviewed the king of kitsch and holder of the «Most expensive artist at auction» title, Jeff Koons.

Pascale Marthine Tayou (lot 105, Cameroon), also a new record for a Cameroonian Modern or Contemporary artist at auction.

Ouattara Watts (lot 33, Ivory Coast), also a new record for an Ivorian Modern or Contemporary artist at auction.

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.

A record price for a work by a living artist at auction was set last night by Germany's Gerhard Richter.