Sentences with phrase «new auction record for the artist»
The phrase "new auction record for the artist" means that the amount of money paid for a piece of art by a specific artist at an auction was higher than any previous sale of that artist's work. Full definition
It set a new auction record for the artist and became the sixth most expensive artwork ever to sell at auction.
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«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.
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.
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.
The first from an edition of six, this piece was Phillips's top lot and set a new auction record for the artist.
A controversial history warrants a hefty price tag — a new auction record for the artist, in fact.
The auction set seven new auction records for artists and three new auction records for artists by medium.
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.
Two have already been sold by Clapton — in 2012, 809 - 4 changed hands for # 21.3 m, setting a new auction record for the artist and for any work by a living artist at auction.
While it may not set a new auction record for the artist — currently $ 25.9 m — Cabin Essence is likely to soar to a comparable height.
It sold for $ 567,500 establishing a new auction record for the artist.
Lot 17, «Amphotericin B,» by Damien Hirst (b. 1965), set a new auction record for the artist of $ 335,750, considerably higher than his previous record for a painting of $ 202,885.
In addition to winning Koons» blue diamond, Larry Gagosian also got Ed Ruscha's Burning Gas Station (1965 - 66) for $ 6,985,000, a new auction record for the artist.
Christie's auctioned the work last night for $ 11,801,000, only in the mid-range of its presale estimate but still a new auction record for the artist.
Five Vietnamese artists were in the top ten lots, including Nguyen Van Ty, whose Ladies in a Garden ranked fourth in the top ten and sold for HKD1, 375,000 (USD175, 202), setting a new auction record for the artist.
A Mary Corse prismatic painting realized $ 87,500, setting a new auction record for the artist, breaking the previous world auction record also set by LAMA.
Taking second was The Last Rainforest by Keith Haring at # 4.1 M ($ 5.5 M — Est. # 2 - 3M), which was good for a new auction record for the artist, followed by Dubuffet's Barbe de Lumiere des Aveugles at # 3.1 M ($ 4.2 M — Est. # 1.2 - 1.8 M).
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.
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.
Expected to realise in excess of # 6 million, Helter Skelter I has never been publicly offered and is poised to set a new auction record for the artist when it is presented in the Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art in London on 8 March, 2018.
Soaring almost eight times above its pre-sale estimate of $ 70 - 90,000, Abdul Hadi El - Gazzar's Construction of the Suez Canal sold for $ 1million, establishing a new auction record for the artist.
Karl Benjamin's, Yellow Landscape (1953), exceeded the pre-sale estimate, realizing $ 46,875, setting a new auction record for the artist.
Huang Yongping's Sixty - Year Cycle Chariot sold for double the high estimate of $ 194,00, setting a new auction record for the artist, via Artdaily