Sentences with phrase «auction record for the artist»
The phrase "auction record for the artist" refers to the highest amount of money ever paid for a piece of artwork by that particular artist at an auction. It signifies that the artwork has set a new record for the highest price ever achieved in an auction sale for that artist's work. Full definition
With an estimate of $ 16 - 20 million, the painting is positioned to realize a new world auction record for the artist.
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It set a new auction record for the artist and became the sixth most expensive artwork ever to sell at auction.
The picture's price tag is more than double the previous auction record for the artist.
The two top prices also set world auction records for the artists.
A controversial history warrants a hefty price tag — a new auction record for the artist, in fact.
Suprematist Composition established the world auction record for the artist when it sold in November of that year — a record it still holds.
The trend was set early with the first lot of the sale, Obama ’08 by Jonathan Horowitz, which set a new world auction record for the artist by selling for $ 131,250 (estimate: $ 100,000 - 150,000).
As a highly respected and knowledgeable specialist in this field Philip has contributed to Christie's setting numerous auction records for artists including Patrick Caulfield; Barbara Hepworth; L.S. Lowry; Paul Nash; Samuel John Peploe; William Scott and Graham Sutherland.
Benefits Supervisor Resting is poised to break the previous auction record for the artist achieved in 2008 with another portrait of the same sitter, Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, which sold for $ 33.6 million, setting a record at the time for any living artist.
Six of the first 10 works presented during the evening established auction records for artists including Henry Taylor, Imi Knoebel, Albert Oehlen and Gerald Laing.
Yves Klein's FC1 (Fire Color 1) sold for $ 36,482,500, setting a work auction record for the artist, at New York, Rockefeller Plaza on 8 May 2012 in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale.
Jeff Koons» Balloon Dog (Orange) realized $ 58,405,000 achieving world auction record for the artist as well as a world auction record for a living artist in the Post-War & Contemporary Evening Sale in New York on 12 November 2013.
Lucian Freud's Benefits Supervisor Resting realized $ 56,165,000 achieving a world auction record for the artist during the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York on 13 May 2015.
This includes totals from the Swann sale of the collection of writer Maya Angelou, which set a new auction records for artist Faith Ringgold with the sale of her work Maya's Quilt of Life for $ 461,000, which came close to doubling its pre-sale estimate, and John Biggers» Kumasi Market, which fetched $ 389,000.
Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art sale on Wednesday, November 15, 2016 established four new world auction records for artists Willem de Kooning, Jonathan Horowitz, John Currin and Giuseppe Gallo, according to Christie's.
It sold for $ 1,879,500, breaking the former auction record for the artist of $ 1,707,500.
«Angola to Vietnam, Lot 48, a 1989 work by Christopher Williams (b. 1956), sold for $ 76,375, setting a world auction record for the artist.0 and was passed at $ 220,000.
On Sunday, Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) set two new world auction records for artists Mary Corse and June Harwood; additional auction records were set for works by Ed Ruscha and De Wain Valentine.
In addition to these landmark achievements, Phillips holds auction records for artists including León Ferrari, Zília Sánchez, Lygia Pape, Amelia Peláez, Doris Salcedo, Olga de Amaral, Os Gêmeos, Jac Leirner, Antonio Dias, Roberto Obregón, Damián Ortega, Tania Bruguera, Tomás Saraceno and Nelson Leirner.
The group was led by Rockwell's singular masterpiece Saying Grace, which set a new auction record for an American Painting ** and nearly tripled the previous auction record for the artist *** when it achieved $ 46,085,000 — soaring past its $ 20 million high estimate.
Like Richter, it was testing confidence at the top end of the market with prices that reflected auction records for the artists achieved in May.
Another work celebrating the Rockefellers» love of nature, Shore Birds by Morris Cole Graves, easily surpassed its high estimate to create a new auction record for the artist at $ 408,500.
It sold for $ 160,000, almost doubling the previous auction record for the artist of $ 88,125 set at Christie's May 18, 2001.
Willem de Kooning's Untitled XXV led the The Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York, eclipsing the previous world auction record for the artist by selling for $ 66,237,500 / # 53,147,035.
Dominated by René Magritte, this section of the sale established a new auction record for the artist when Magritte's large and airy canvas, La corde sensible, sold at # 14.4 m.
Finally, the still life of Odilon Redon of simple title Fleur has set the world auction record for this artist as well.
Jean Dubuffet's Paris Polka realized $ 24,805,000 achieving a world auction record for the artist during the Looking Forward to the Past Evening Sale in New York on 11 May 2015.
On offer at Sotheby's was one of Miro's most important paintings, and the previous auction record for the artist of 16.8 million pounds was comfortably eclipsed.
The sale established 7 new world auction records for artists including Paola Pivi, Neil Jenney, Olivier Mosset, Daniel Buren, Rebecca Horn, John Armleder, Maurizio Cattelan.
This photograph shows one of Lucas's Nud sculptures, tangles of body - like protuberances that she makes with leggings; last year one of her photographic works set a new auction record for the artist at Christie's London in the fall, when it fetched nearly a half million dollars.
Gilbert Stuart, George Washington (Vaughan type), 1795, oil on canvas, sold for $ 11.6 million, an auction record for the artist.
The artist's Science Lesson leads off the Christie's evening sale in New York later this month — and could set an auction record for the artist.
One such example is Kerry James Marshall, whose Plunge captivated the imagination of so many collectors and set a world auction record for the artist.»
Martin Kippenberger's Untitled sold for $ 18,645,000, setting a world auction record for the artist, at the If I Live I'll See You Tuesday: Contemporary Art Auction on 12 May 2014 in New York.
«Plunge» (1992), a large - scale painting by the Chicago artist sold for more than $ 2.1 million (including fees), a new auction record for the artist, according to Christie's and Iris Index.
The total hammer price, which included the buyer premium and all fees came to just north of $ 84 million and thus set a new world auction record for the artist.
In May 2012 the painting set an auction record for the artist.
That's what happened with Roy Lichtenstein's «Nurse,» which was purchased in November at Christie's for $ 95.4 million — an auction record for the artist that was 70 percent higher than the previous high two years earlier.
Christie's expects the triptych to surpass the previous world auction record for the artist set in 2008.
Originally owned by Carla Panicali for over 30 years, the work set the world auction record for the artist's tagli when it sold to the present owner in 1998.
The next day at Christie's Impressionist and Modern Auction, held Thursday, November 16, 2016, the Claude Monet painting Muele (Grainstack) fetched the highest auction price of the week and achieved a new world auction record for the artist, announced Christie's.
The painting was sold to an overseas buyer for more than five times the # 1 million low estimate, setting a world auction record for the artist.
Sotheby's said the sale of Untitled on Thursday night in Manhattan was an auction record for the artist.
The previous auction record for the artist was set last May when Untitled, 1982 sold for $ 57.3 m, also to Maezawa.
Selling for $ 23.3 million, it marks a new world auction record for the artist.