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.
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.
Not exact matches
One
achieved an
auction record for the late
artist.
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 $ 6,325,000.
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 success of this strategy is evidenced by the
auction records regularly
achieved for such
artists as Martin Wong, Boaz Vaadia and Will Fowler, among many others.
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.
Jean - Michel Basquiat's Untitled realised $ 57,285,000,
achieving a world
auction record for the
artist, during the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 10 May 2016 in New York.
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.
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.
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.
Christie's has
achieved several
record prices
for artists at their
auction in New York last night.
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.
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.
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.
Wadsworth Jarrell's bright and dynamic acrylic on canvas The Messengers, 1979,
achieved $ 27,500, setting a
record for the
artist at
auction.
The
artist record for newly minted
auction favorite Njideka Akunyili Crosby is more than $ 3 million,
achieved last month when «The Beautyful Ones,» her standing portrait of a lone female figure sold at Christie's London.
As a dedicated champion of California
artists, LAMA is especially proud to have established new world
auction records for Southern California modernists: Mary Corse's Copper - Four Crosses (1979) realized $ 100,000, a John Lautner floor lamp (1939) brought $ 43,750 (Lot 96), and a James Gill painting from 1968, when the
artist worked in Los Angeles,
achieved $ 22,500.
The next lot, a Mark Bradford,
achieved an impressive # 3.7 million
for the
artist, setting a new
auction record.
Louise Bourgeois» Spider realized $ 28,165,000,
achieving a world
auction record for the
artist, during the Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale on 10 November 2015 in New York.
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.
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.
A 9 1/2 - foot - high painting consisting of black pigment on canvas, Black Fire I doubled the
artist's previous
auction record of $ 43.8 million -
for Onement VI (1953)-
achieved at Sotheby's New York in May 2013.
Maurizio Cattelan's Him realised $ 17,189,000,
achieving a world
auction record for the
artist, during the Bound to Fail
auction on 8 May 2016 in New York.
The
auction house reported that sales
for the 120 lots totaled more than $ 1.26 million, Nigerian and Ghanaian
artists garnered top bids, and
record prices were
achieved by more than 10
artists.
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.
*
Auction world
record achieved for Indian
artist Bagta «Rawat Gokal Das celebrating holi in the zenana» sold
for $ 302,500 (pre-sale estimate $ 30,000 — 50,000)
, marking a new
record for the highest price ever
achieved for a single lot in the company's 22 - year history and effectively tying the world
auction record for the
artist.
A Ruth Asawa hanging sculpture soared to $ 1.43 million, marking a new
record for the highest price ever
achieved for a single lot in the company's 22 - year history and effectively tying the world
auction record for the
artist.
Sotheby's has
achieved numerous world
record prices at its art
auctions for works by Old Masters as well as the world's top contemporary
artists.
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).
German
artist David Ostrowski
achieved a personal
auction record of $ 281,000
for his 2012 piece, «F (Between Two Ferns),» four times its high estimate of $ 70,000.