Sentences with phrase «established world records»

For those who can't established world records, there are their own records to beat.

«I thought that I jumped in an especially light and beautiful way,» wrote Russia's Igor Ter - Ovanesyan, who established a world record in 1962 with a jump of 27» 3 1/4».

Margaret Beacham of Watford, Hertfordshire established a world record in the 1,500 - meter run by clocking 4:20.5 at the British indoor track and field championships at Cosford.

A world - record - earning 224 people and 120 dogs joined Chef Michael's at the PetFest in Bridgehampton, N.Y., last month to establish the world record for the Largest Dog - Friendly Communal Dining event.

With prices beginning at # 500, Impressionist & Modern Art at Christie's South Kensington offered opportunities for new collectors, while also establishing a world record for Camille Bombois, whose circa 1935 work, La Blonde sur le Pouf, realised # 122,500 / $ 166,845.

In 2016, Untitled established a world record for Basquiat at auction, when it sold for $ 57,285,000 at Christie's in New York.

Later on, in 2013 his Symphony in Blue was sold at Sotheby's for $ 1,145,000 and finally, in 2016, his Summer # 1, was sold for $ 11,842,000, which has established a world record for the artist.

Not exact matches

But because Musk has an established track record of developing and turning ideas that sound extreme into thriving real - world products and companies, his Hyperloop idea is not being dismissed.

Authors: Patrick Demarchelier (Photographer), Ingrid Sischy (Author) Hardcover; 239 pages; photographs Publisher: Rizzoli Suggested Retail: $ 115 In no way should this be considered a complete record of the fashion house established by Christian Dior shortly after World War II — but it is perhaps the most gorgeous.

In a race that jolted his sport, 21 - year - old Usain Bolt of Jamaica smashed the world record for 100 meters and established himself as a threat to win multiple gold medals at the Beijing Olympics

Although he has failed to fire on all cylinders for Manchester United, the Colombian has a frightening goal record, managing to score 154 goals in 197 club appearances in Europe, establishing himself as one of the most prolific strikers in the world.

I am eager to hear the final count, but am guessing (fingers crossed) we established a new World Record today!

The world's leading NWF, Singapore's Temasek, established in 1974, boasts an average annual return of 17 percent, a track record that would be impressive even in the private sector.

Hof established several world records for prolonged resistance to cold exposure, an ability he attributes to a self - developed set of techniques of breathing and meditation — known as the Wim Hof Method — that have been covered by the BBC, CNN, National Geographic and other global media outlets.

«Experimental electric cars already have achieved sustained speeds of more than 180 miles per hour, and established world speed records above 300 mph,» Waters said.

In 1990 Knutson and a friend, Caltech physics major Dave Morton, juggled 12 balls together, establishing a world passing record that was not surpassed for five years (see box at the bottom of page 2).

Since the first world championship was established in 1982, the record for solving the Rubik's cube has been slashed from 19 seconds to just over 7 seconds.

The following October, Anderson established two other world records: for the press with 407.7 pounds and for total weight cleared with 1129.5 pounds, and became a world champion in his weight class.

PR WEB — Feb 3 — Cupid.com/PreDating, North America's largest speed dating company, announced today that it will attempt to establish the Guinness ™ World Record for the largest simultaneous speed dating event ever held in one evening.

Prior to her life as a Dating Expert, she established herself as a thought leading marketer, social media strategist and award - winning online advertiser during her tenure at Interscope Records, the world's largest record label.

Despite having the established Dano onscreen for nearly the film's entirety and the world famous Radcliffe by his side for most of it, Swiss Army Man does seem defiantly uncommercial, which made the decision of A24, a young studio without the most sterling of box office records,

In an increasingly virtual, convenience - driven, safety - conscious and arguably desinsidtised world, people will alway search for authentic, intense and meaningful experiences - the dominance of fast food doesn't diminish the number of people who care about their cooking and eating experience, the ányplace, anywhere» availability of digital music streams and downloads has made vinyl record sales thrive and the likes of Singer, Eagle E-types, Morgan are making hay from established OEMs not being able or willing to deliver the full flavour experience (except for a tiny number of limited edition Porsches that no one can buy at list price anyway and get sold at inflated collector prices as a result.

The Saturn Relay Lightship established a world - class flight - duration record for Class B airships when it flew for 24 hours, 40 minutes and 55 seconds, landing at the Long Beach Airport in California.

The Stelvio Quadrifoglio record was established by Fabio Francia, the same Alfa Romeo driver who also set the track record for the fastest four - door sedan in the world on the N rburgring with the Giulia Quadrifoglio in a time of just 7 minutes and 32 seconds.

Likewise, look for Bugatti to attempt to establish a new world record for the fastest production convertible with the Chiron.

While the traditional publishing world was doing its thing (the same old, same old thing, for the most part), self - published books (and that includes self - published ebooks, by the way) have established their own strong track records and earned their own top - notch book promotion opportunities.

Along with its CreateMore site that is reaching out to other established entities like The Guinness Book of World Records to create similar fan environments, Pottermore has a presence with Sony Wonderbook, Playstation Home, and Sony 3D platforms to bring the experience to different game users in different approaches.

This is an excellent way to establish a permanent record that will be accessible to breeders world - wide and for generations to come.

Bowlus later used other refined designs to soar for over 9 hours near the Cabrillo National Monument, and one of Bowlus» students Jack C. Barstow soared over Point Loma for over 15 hours in 1930 to establish an unofficial world record for soaring endurance.

The sale included works by Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein and Jean - Michel Basquiat, establishing a total of 16 new world auction records, with nine works selling for more than $ 10 million and 23 for more than $ 5 million.

An excerpt of the document reads: «Behind the ostensible façade of Jeff Koons's art world triumphs and record - breaking auction prices, lurks a well - oiled machine, more specifically an established, archaic System as old as the hills applied to the art world to exploit art collectors» desire to own Jeff Koons sculptures.

A world auction record by medium was established for George Condo's Three Nudes, which sold for # 488,750 / $ 675,453.

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.

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.

Combining the acquisition of the small sculpture with two drawings establishes a wider context of Barlow's work within the collection, these drawings succeed in telling, in two dimensions, all you need to know about the artist's way of seeing and recording the world in three dimensions.

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.

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

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.

Described as «one of the great masterpieces of Moore's œuvre» by Cyanna Chutkow, Christie's Deputy Chairman of Impressionist & Modern Art, the work, which wasprivately held in an American collection for almost a half century, was one of eight to establish a world auction record in a sale that celebrated four centuries of British art.

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.

«We saw global participation tonight, with strong bidding from the Americas, and are very pleased with establishing so many artist world records in this sale which celebrated British art and our long relationship with artists and collectors,» said Jussi Pylkkänen, Global President and lead auctioneer.

In the ensuing decades, the museum established a formidable track record for nurturing next - generation artists who have gone on to critically recognized, commercial successful careers, exhibiting around the world.

Exploding interest in contemporary art has fueled not only record prices for emerging and established artists alike but also a proliferation of private museums around the world.

Jasper Johns, arguably the most important living Post War and Contemporary Artist, established an Auction record November 2014, when the Artist's Flag, fetched $ 36 million at Sotheby's, establishing an all time Auction world record for the Artist.

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:

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 sale established 6 new world auction records for artists including Jean - Michel Basquiat, Agnes Martin, Mike Kelley, Richard Prince, Kerry James Marshall and Barry X Ball.

Executed at the height of the artist's career, Untitled (1982) established a new world auction record of $ 57,285,000 for Jean - Michel Basquiat (all prices include buyer's premium).

A world auction record was also established for Agnes Martin, whose 1965 canvas Orange Grove sold for $ 10,693,000 — exceeding its high estimate of $ 8,500,000.