Sentences with phrase «auction records»

Despite the failure of its star lot to sell, the auction set six auction records and Christopher Burge, the auctioneer, said he was «thrilled» with six the results as more than 85 percent of the 54 offered lots sold for $ 59,757,000, a bit over the auction's pre-sale low estimate of $ 58,320,000.

Six New World Auction Records Set in Latin American Art Sale!

Last week, it was announced that all previous auction records had been smashed as Leonardo da Vinci's infamous Salvator Mundi sold at a commercial auction at Christie's for an eye - watering $ 400million.

World auction records were also set for Gordon Matta - Clark (1943 - 1978), Lot 21, «Bronx Floors: Threshole,» 1972, $ 222,500; Matthew Barney (b. 1967), Lot 5, «Cremaster 4,» 1994 - 5, $ 387,500, more than double its high estimate; Mariko Mori (b. 1967), Lot 6, «Red Light,» 1994, one of an edition of three, $ 101,500, well over its high estimate of $ 60,000; Christopher Wool (b. 1955), Lot 35, «Untitled (Fool),» 1990, $ 420,500, seven times its high estimate; John Currin (b. 1962), Lot 2, «Untitled,» 1990, $ 46,000; Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Lot 14, «Buster Keaton,» 1988, a large polychrome wood sculpture, one of an edition of three, $ 409,500; Andreas Gursky (b. 1955), Lot 11, «Atlanta,» 1996, a large Cibachrome print from an edition of six, $ 90,500; and Richard Serra (b. 1939), Lot 22, «Sign Board,» 1969, $ 431,500.

Francis Bacon and Jeff Koons grabbed the headlines with their stratospheric auction records this past November — mind - boggling prices that helped push Christie's sale total to a record of its own, nearly $ 640 million for a single week of contemporary sales in New York.

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.

DiCaprio has done a remarkable job garnering auction records at his charity sales partially for this reason (and partially for the social status conferred on charity buyers who often bid conspicuously.)

Anny Shaw reported last year that institutional interest in female artists was having a «knock - on» effect in the market at large, with an increase in all - female commercial shows and a spate of auction records.

On that last point, Schiff wanted to respond to point we make at the top of this post about charity auction records often being outliers:

Other new auction records were Lot 28, «Blind Man's Bluff,» a sensual sculpture by Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911), which sold for $ 1,439,500; Lot 10, «The American Sweetheart,» a good work by Robert Indiana (b. 1928), which sold for $ 614,500; Lot 8, «Great American Nude # 44,» by Tom Wesselmann (b. 1931), which sold for $ 944,500; Lot 35, «In the Beginning Was The Image,» a colorful and chaotic work by Asger Jorn (1914 - 1973), which sold for $ 2,099,500; Lot 46, «The Beach Series,» photographs of skinny young people of no particular distinction by Rineke Dijkstra (b. 1959), which sold for $ 405,000; Lot 40, «Figure 11.23,» a rather bloody looking work by Jenny Saville (b. 1970), which sold for $ 537,500; Lot 42, «Mailander Dom (Fassade),» a handsome church facade photograph by Thomas Struth (b. 1954), which sold for $ 317,500; Lot 45, «Wand (Mural),» by Thomas Demand (b. 1964), which sold for $ 141,500; Lot 48, «Thanksgiving,» a group of 149 photographs by Nan Goldin (b. 1953), which sold for $ 284,500; Lot 64, «Adieu Batista,» by Julian Schnabel (b. 1951), which sold for $ 361,500; Lot 68, «A Certain Lunar - Eclipse (Project for Humankind No. 2),» by Cai Guo - Qiang (b. 1957), which sold for $ 229,500; and Lot 24, «Untitled (Fragments),» by Toba Khedoori (b. 1964), which sold for $ 65,725.

This was a strong and successful sale in which 13 auction records were set for individual artists.

But although they may not be setting auction records with their purchases, many are exploring and collecting lesser - known artists.

Twenty - eight of the lots exceeded their high estimate and auction records were set for 15 artists and the jam - packed auction room burst into applause several times and at the end of the sale.

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The unprecedented interest has meant that even established artists such as Thomas Schütte, Martin Kippenberger, Albert Oehlen, Günther Uecker and Thomas Ruff are year on year breaking their own auction records.

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.

A show this year got respect — and auction records — for Picasso's last decade.

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.

Auctions held at Christie's during London's Frieze Week totalled # 91,092,925 / $ 115,611,199 / $ 103,296,512, establishing 19 artist auction records and attracting registered bidders from 53 countries.

Christie's Evening Sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York Totals $ 388.5 Million (# 240.9 Million / $ 299.1 Million) Most Valuable Post-War and Contemporary Art Auction Ever Top Prices Of The Week - Mark Rothko's Orange, Red, Yellow Soars to $ 86.9 Million (# 53.9 Million / $ 66.9 Million) Setting a New Record for Any Post-War and Contemporary Work Sold at Auction 21 New World Auction Records Set 50 Works Sell Above $ 1 Million Works from the Pincus Collection (Evening and Day Sales) Totaled $ 174.9 Million, the Most Expensive Collection of Post-War and Contemporary Art Ever Sold Christie's highly anticipated Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 8 totaled $ 388.5 million (# 240.9 million / $ 299.1 million), marking the highest total ever in auction history for the category.

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Using historical documents, including auction records, photos, and interviews, the René Magritte House Museum recreated the studio as it had looked in the artist's day.

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.

Works by artists new to auction were no less successful: world auction records were also set for pieces by Gianfranco Baruchello (# 68,750) and Ettore Spalletti (# 125,000).

As a departmental specialist, she has been closely involved in numerous auction records by leading British and European artists as well as several Private Sales.

Ten world auction records fell, starting with the very first lot of the sale — Wolfgang Tillmans» Freischwimmer 186 (2011) selling for # 269,000 / $ 328,718, eclipsing the previous record of $ 233,000 set in May 2016.

On the same evening The Italian Sale totalled # 18,680,250 / $ 23,723,918 / $ 21,164,723, establishing seven artist auction records, and demonstrating continued global interest in Italian artists, covering movements from Spatialism to Arte Povera.

Eight world auction records established — including works by Henry Moore, Lynn Chadwick and Bridget Riley — in Defining British Art: Evening Sale

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.

Other world auction records were set on the night for works by Frank Auerbach, Samuel John Peploe, David Roberts and Thomas Daniell.

Fourteen new auction records were established, as well as a new record for the most expensive Post-War and Contemporary work sold at auction.

... instead of looking at Oscar Murillo's art they are so consumed by the price points and the auction records that they never discuss the work.

Several long - standing auction records were broken for important works, including the complete BAM Photography Portfolio I, 2000, with photographs by Richard Avedon, Nan Goldin, Annie Leibovitz, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman and others, which sold for $ 26,250 to a collector.

Tiny, fragile, and immensely valuable: the Meiyintang «Chicken Cup» broke auction records at Sotheby's yesterday

In addition to Monet and Matisse, artist world auction records were set for Diego Rivera (The Rivals, $ 9,762,500, which also established a record for a work of Latin American Art), Eugène Delacroix, Jean - Baptiste - Camille Corot, Armand Seguin, Giorgio Morandi, Odilon Redon, Gilbert Stuart, Charles Sheeler, Charles Ephraim Burchfield, Fairfield Porter, Stefan Hirsch, Morris Cole Graves, Elizabeth Strong - Cuevas and Saliba Douaihy.

The Blouin Art Sales Index is an art price database with millions of auction records dating back to 1922 from over 1400 auction houses.

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 prices...

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: The Mayer Library has subscriptions to several online auction results databases (on - site access only) and holds many print resources useful in researching auction records.

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.

The sale established eight new world auction records for a diverse range of artists, including Lucian Freud, Robert Rauschenberg, Hans Hoffman, Robert Ryman, Sturtevant, and Giovanni Anselmo, among others.

Every month or so, as the pandering museum shows and art fairs and summer group shows and art writer resignations and auction records had me losing hope, one of these came along.

The February auctions in London, held by Christie's, Phillips and Sotheby's, will be closely followed by art insiders and the general public alike: oftentimes auction records are achieved for the top quality works that the auction houses have to compete for.

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.

Few auction records existed for African American artists at the time.

The website offers extensive biographical information about American artists as well as book and periodical references, along with international artists» auction records and images.

Famous for creating outsized fabricated objects, Koons broke auction records last year when his whimsical reflective - surface «Balloon Dog (Orange)» sold for more than $ 58 million.

Ten world auction records set in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction, as 20th Century at Christie's surpasses the # 250 million mark

If you looked online 10 years ago for auction records for African American artists you'd be lucky to find a name outside of Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence and Henry Ossawa Tanner and of the ones you would find the prices were very low.

World auction records were set on the night for works by Mark Bradford, Kelley Walker and Maria Helena Vieira da Silva.