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Finally, the still life of Odilon Redon of simple title Fleur has set the world auction record for this artist as well.

Not exact matches

Sotheby's is hoping for a # 6.5 million - plus auction record this week for German artist, Georg Baselitz, described by Sir Norman Rosenthal as the greatest living painter.

Described as «a punch to the solar plexus» by Conor Jordan, Christie's Deputy Chairman of Impressionist and Modern Art, the work realised a world auction record for the artist when it sold for $ 70,062,500 at Christie's in New York in November 2017.

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.

She later transitioned into a strategic role in where she worked on the auction house's Evening Sales of Contemporary Art, which included record - breaking prices for works by artists such as Clyfford Still and Gerhard Richter.

Her structure Untitled (from the Point as a Set series), is one of the finest examples of works from her Point as a Set series to come to auction, as well as Sonia Gechtoff's (1926 - 2018) Untitled (# 4), Untitled (# 3), Untitled (# 5), 1960, which realized $ 15,000, a new world auction record for the artist.»

Two lots later, a new world auction record was established for the hot young Nigeria - born, California - based artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby as The Beautyful Ones (2012) sold for # 2,517,000 / $ 3,075,774.

Loic Gouzer, International Specialist declared: With a total of $ 134million and 16 world auction records set for major artists such as Joe Bradley, Dan Colen, Peter Doig, On Kawara, Glen Ligon, Adam McEwen, Richard Prince and Thomas Schutte, and, the If I live I see you Tuesday auction convened works by emerging and established artists who largely exceeded all pre-sale estimates.

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.

Sotheby's and Christie's both have works from the same series as the record price paid at auction for a Stingel, the copper - plate versions of the Celotex works created during the artist's seminal 2007 Whitney show.

Though as Shaw points out, just comparing auction records for a female and male artist, both deceased — Georgia O» Keefe's Jimson Weed / White Flower No 1 (1932) at USD$ 44.4 million, a fraction of Pablo Picasso's USD$ 179 million Les femmes d'Alger (Version «O»)(1955)-- shows there's a long way to go to close the gap.

«On the heels of Phillips May Evening Sale, in which Peter Doig's Rosedale set a world auction record for a work by a living British artist, we are delighted to offer the artist's Red House as a star lot this season.

One had to feel a little sorry for him in the reckoning: One of his paintings, through no doings of his own, breaks auction records for a work by a living European artist, and he gets pitted against no less a luminary than Giovanni Battista Tiepolo as quintessential of what art historian James Meyer called the market's «overestimation of the contemporary.»

As a dedicated champion of California artists, LAMA established three new world auction records for Southern California modernists: June Harwood's Untitled (from the Sliver Series)(1964)(Lot 200, est. $ 5,000 — 7,000), realized $ 33,750, exceeding the previous world auction record, also set by LAMA in February 2014; Oskar Fischinger's Space Abstraction (1966)(Lot 139, est. $ 4,000 — 6,000) brought $ 17,500, exceeding the previous world auction record also set by LAMA in October 2012; and Vasa's Group of four towers (1976)(Lot 63, est. $ 8,000 — 10,000), reached $ 37,500, nearly doubling the previous world auction record for the artist set by LAMA in March 2011.

As a dedicated champion of California artists, LAMA established three new world auction records for Southern California modernists:

High - end science fiction artwork is expected to take top lot honors as Frank Frazetta's Red Planet, 1974 (est. $ 150,000 +), crosses the block barely two months after Heritage set a seven - figure world auction record for the artist.

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.

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.»

A sense of relief rippled through Sotheby's elegant Manhattan headquarters as «Untitled (New York City),» a celebrated painting by Cy Twombly, ultimately set an auction record for the artist.

Though Sigmar Polke's Roter Fisch (Red Fish) was projected to be the top lot of the evening with a # 3.5 - 4.5 M estimate, Jenny Saville's Shift shocked the room as it tripled the # 1.5 - 2M estimate, selling for # 6.8 M ($ 9M) and setting a new auction record for the artist.

[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.

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.

Two of the great surprises of the day came in the form of Edward Ruscha's bold Golden Words, 1985, which realized $ 334,600 against a $ 70,000 + pre-auction estimate — one of the highest recent prices paid for a work on paper by the artist — while the bidding on Jack Goldstein's acrylic on canvas Untitled, 1983 exploded much the same as the subject matter of the painting itself, finishing at almost seven times the pre-auction estimate of $ 30,000 + to realize $ 203,150, and establishing a new world record at auction for the painter.

Conceived as a counter-balance to the notion of art as a commodity, which has spread in the media with ever - soaring auction records, the project further aims to provide a permanent forum for some of the inspiring female artists working today.

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.

Whether he is placing multimillion - dollar bids at auction for publishing magnate S.I. Newhouse or record industry mogul David Geffen; brokering a $ 40 - million deal to buy 50 Abstract Expressionist and Pop art works given to Richard Weisman by his parents, the late Los Angeles collectors Frederick and Marcia Weisman; joining forces in a joint gallery operation with Leo Castelli, the dean of New York contemporary art dealers; staging museum - quality historical exhibitions; luring hot artists such as Salle, Philip Taaffe and Chris Burden to his stable or simply hiring staff, Gagosian is in the news.

Lowry's status as one of the major British artists of the 20th Century was reinforced when the painting Going To The Match was sold at Auction for a record # 1.9 million to the Manchester - based Professional Footballers Association.

The auction exceeded all predictions, raising # 111 million ($ 198 million), breaking the record for a one - artist auction as well as Hirst's own record with # 10.3 million for The Golden Calf, an animal with 18 - carat gold horns and hooves, preserved in formaldehyde.

In the NYTimes, David Barboza reports that China's leading contemporary artists are finally being recognized in their own country as well: «For years their work could not be exhibited in China, but now the country's leading contemporary artists are being courted by major art collectors abroad and their paintings set records at international auction sales.

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 aAuction, with Yiadom - Boakye's Diplomacy II reaching # 146,500 / $ 236,598 / $ 178,362, a world record price for the artist at auctionauction.

In December, twelve small paintings by artist Qi Baishi set a new record for a work of Chinese art as it sold for $ 140.8 million, making Baishi the first Chinese artist to break the $ 100 million mark at auction.

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.

More recently, buyers have been also setting auction records for younger contemporary artists such as Adrian Ghenie and Jenny Saville.

Twenty - four hours after Adam Lindemann sold a Jean - Michel Basquiat at Christie's for $ 57.3 million — an auction record for the artist — he found himself in the role of bidder as selling began for a 1942 Calder standing mobile at Sotheby's last Wednesday night.