«Collectors hotly desire works by Christopher Wool, giving rise to the record
auction price achieved at Sotheby's,» says Cheryl Perkey, a Los Angeles — based art consultant.
This beats his own previous record for the highest
auction price achieved for a work by a living artist, namely the $ 33.1 million paid for his abstract painting, Abstraktes Bild, in 2012.
Not exact matches
I include a news article about the sale of his Salvator Mundi which
achieved the highest
auction price for any work of art.
«We are thrilled at the
price achieved and with the continued success of our specialty themed
auctions.»
Should your entry sell at
auction, we will charge our standard seller's commission based on the hammer
price your entry has
achieved.
For instance, sellers on Ebay can choose to end an
auction early, and sell to the highest bidder, once they've
achieved a set bid
price.
With expertise in over 20 specialty collecting areas, Skinner draws the interest of buyers from all over the world and its
auctions regularly
achieve world record
prices.
As Cara Zimmerman, Christie's newly hired specialist in the field, told me over the summer, «While some well - known artists like Darger and Edmondson have already
achieved auction prices commensurate with post-war and contemporary artists, this is still a new venture for us.»
Scully's
auction prices are stronger than ever, with the two - dozen highest all having been
achieved within the past four years.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This demand has seen new record
price levels continually being
achieved at
auction.
(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.
Statistics from 2012 reveal that 90 per cent of the visual artists featured in art books were men; work by women artists made up three to five per cent of major permanent collections in the US and Europe; artworks by female artists
achieved none of the highest 100
auction prices; of The Art Newspaper's top 30 most visited exhibitions in New York, Paris, and London, only three were solo exhibitions featuring female artists.
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
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.
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.
Strong
prices were
achieved by women artists such as Joan Mitchell and Ruth Asawa as part of the top ten
prices sold in today's
auction.
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.
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...
With the sale of a Jan Toorop portrait for $ 818,400, Jetske
achieved the highest
auction price ever for a 20th century work of art sold in the Netherlands.
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.
With 90 per cent sold by lot and 96 per cent sold by value, the
auction confirmed Christie's ability to read the continuing evolution of the global market,
achieving top
prices for young talent, celebrated mid-career artists and established post-war masters alike.
Eleven years later, the first of Eric Clapton's Richters to come to
auction achieved a world - record
price for the artist when it realised # 21.3 million.
Christie's
achieved seven of the top ten
auction prices for the season across all houses, underlining its leading position in the market — a status confirmed by strong overall sell - through rates of 82 per cent by value and 81 per cent by lot.
Henry Moore's ground - breaking 1951 modernist sculpture Reclining Figure: Festival led Christie's 250th anniversary
auction Defining British Art on 30 June, selling for # 24,722,500 — the highest
price ever
achieved for a work by the artist — in a sale which realised # 99,479,500 / $ 133,203,051.
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.
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.
Leslie Hindman Auctioneer's fall
auction of Contemporary, Modern, American and European art
achieved exceptional
prices, realizing over $ 2.7 million.
Following the world record
price of $ 69.6 million
achieved for Cy Twombly's Untitled in November, the Evening
Auction also includes Untitled (New York City), 1970, a mesmerising large - scale work from the same seminal series of «blackboard» paintings.
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.
In 2002, just after one of his works
achieved a record
price of $ 666k that would only be surpassed once half - a-dozen years later, one exceptionally powerful
auction house specialist in Contemporary art predicted that his market would take off in the coming years.
The leading
auction houses still thrived with record
prices achieved in both Modern and Contemporary art.
Sales results show Swann
Auction Galleries recorded $ 2.36 million in total sales (including fees), four lots sold for more than six figures and, most notably, seven artists
achieved record
prices.
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).
The
price achieved an
auction record for the artist, selling to a Gagosian Gallery representative who paid more than double the presale $ 1.8 million high estimate.
The top
price of the sale was
achieved with Picasso's Fillette à la corbeille fleurie from 1905, which realised $ 115,000,000 (including buyer's commission)-- the artist's second highest at
auction.
This year LAMA
achieved new
auction records for works by Reg Butler, Ettore Sottsass, De Wain Valentine, Roland Reiss, Robert Rauschenberg, and Isamu Noguchi, as well as set a new company record for highest
price reached at
auction.
The results of tonight's sale brings the week's running total to $ 396.5 million, which includes the
price achieved by the May 8 evening
auction of Bound to Fail.
AUCTION LONDON Bombay born UK based sculptor Anish Kapoor was the only Asian artist in the top 10
prices achieved at Sotheby's Contemporary Day Sale at Bond Street London on July 2 2008.
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.
Bonhams most recent
auction of Post-War & Contemporary Art
achieved a sell - through rate of 95 % by lot and an average
price of lots sold over # 190,000.
Bloom's
auction record of $ 51,000 was
achieved in 2007 according to Artnet
price database.
The painting
achieved the highest
auction price in history for a work by an American artist and reached a number of other milestones:
«If you look at the works that have come up at
auction, there's been a pretty decent interest and incline in
prices achieved, but not across the board.