Sentences with phrase «new world auction record»

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 opening evening sale of works from The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller generated huge international interest, which resulted in new world auction records being set for a number of the most revered artists of the past 150 years.

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.

«I thought this was going to be one of those special days and it was, culminating with the new world auction record,» James Knight, Bonhams Group motoring director, said.

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.

The two evening sales established 26 new world auction records, selling 2 works over $ 80million, 4 over $ 50million, 12 over $ 20 million, 19 over $ 10 million and 86 over $ 1 million.

With an estimate of $ 16 - 20 million, the painting is positioned to realize a new world auction record for the artist.

The total hammer price, which included the buyer premium and all fees came to just north of $ 84 million and thus set a new world auction record for the artist.

The rediscovered masterpiece sells for $ 450,312,500 — a new world auction record for any work of art — at Christie's in New York

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.

The next day at Christie's Impressionist and Modern Auction, held Thursday, November 16, 2016, the Claude Monet painting Muele (Grainstack) fetched the highest auction price of the week and achieved a new world auction record for the artist, announced Christie's.

Selling for $ 23.3 million, it marks a new world auction record for the artist.

As a specialist, he is especially committed to Southeast Asian Modern Art, having been involved in numerous successes, including sale of the Joe Borkin collection of Affandi's for $ 2,870,000 and a new world auction record for a work by Rudolf Bonnet, A Market Scene which fetched $ 996,000.

He became specialist associate and assisted Laetitia Bauduin with several important sales like that of a part of the Stadler collection in June 2013 which achieved a new world auction record for an artwork by Shiraga with Chiretsusei Katsusemba at $ 1,600,000.

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.»

Neo Rauch's Nerv then made it a round 10 by selling for # 353,000 / $ 431,366, which is a new world auction record for a work on paper by the artist.

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.

Other sculptures attracting attention were Return to Venice by Lynn Chadwick, R.A., which sold for # 1,650,500 / $ 2,210,020 / $ 1,988,853, a new world auction record, and Dame Barbara Hepworth's large - scale bronze sculpture Sea Form (Atlantic), 1964, which achieved # 3,554,500 / $ 4,759,476 / $ 4,283,173.

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.

The sale established 10 new world auction records, selling 11 lots for over $ 20 million, 3 works for over $ 50 million, 16 for over $ 10 million and 56 for over $ 1 million.

A highlight was Pino Pascali's Coda di Delfino (Tail of a Dolphin), which sold for # 2,629,000, setting a new world auction record for the artist.

Setting a new world auction record for the artist, it was bought for $ 11,562,500.

New world auction records were set, including those for a work by Christine Ay Tjoe, as well as a sculpture by KAWS.

Lot 6, «Fireman and Drunk,» a painting by Richard Prince sold for $ 365,900 setting a new world auction record for the artist.

On Sunday, Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) set two new world auction records for artists Mary Corse and June Harwood; additional auction records were set for works by Ed Ruscha and De Wain Valentine.

Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) set a new world auction record for a painting by Frederick Hammersley on Sunday, February 25, 2018, after the artist's 1967 - 68 oil on canvas, aptly named «Home run,» soared to sell for $ 200,000.

De Wain Valentine's Blue Slab (1970)(Lot 49, est. $ 30,000 — 50,000), set a new world auction record for the Light and Space artist at $ 175,000, more than double the previous world auction record, also set by LAMA.

Frederick Hammersley's Adjective (1966)(Lot 309, est. $ 60,000 — 90,000) brought $ 100,000, a new world auction record for the artist — exceeding his past eight top prices, all set by LAMA.

The top lot was Sir Isaac Newton's (1642 - 1727) Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica (estimate: $ 1,000,000 - 1,500,000), which realized $ 3,719,500, nearly four times its low estimate and setting a new world auction record for a printed scientific book.

A new world auction record for a work on paper by Edouard Vuillard was set with Les rues de Paris, panneaux pour Henry Bernstein: Seconde série, La Place Vintimille, before this history - making sale concluded in fitting fashion, with a world auction record for a work by Giorgio Morandi, a contest for Joan Miró's Mural I, Mural II, Mural III, which was won with a final price of $ 20,000,000, and Odilon Redon's Fleur, which set a world auction record for the artist.

The Matisse realised $ 80,750,000, a new world auction record for the French master; bidders competed for almost 14 minutes before the stunning Monet, which hung in the stairwell of one of the Rockefellers» homes, sold for $ 84,687,500 — also a new world auction record for the artist; and the Picasso — one of the first paintings by the artist acquired by Leo and Gertrude Stein — became the most expensive Rose Period work at auction when it was bought for $ 115,000,000.

In October 2011, LAMA set a new world auction record for Valentine, selling Circle for $ 32,500, more than six times its high estimate of $ 5,000.

The sale established 7 new world auction records for artists including Paola Pivi, Neil Jenney, Olivier Mosset, Daniel Buren, Rebecca Horn, John Armleder, Maurizio Cattelan.

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.

New world auction records for the artists were set with the first three works offered in the sale: Adam Pendleton's Black Dada (K), Philippe Parreno's My Room Is Another Fish Bowl, and Kerry James Marshall's Still Life with Wedding Portrait.

Carnival of Autumn Leaves by Washington Color School artist Alma Thomas (American, 1891 - 1978) fetched $ 254,500, far surpassing its estimate of $ 100,000 - 150,000 and setting a new world auction record for the artist.

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).

Presented for the first time at auction, a new world auction record was also set for artist Barry X Ball, whose sculpture Sleeping Hermaphrodite (2008 - 10) found a buyer at $ 545,000.

Other leaders on a night of record prices included Richard Prince's Runaway Nurse (2007), which sold for $ 9,685,000, establishing a new world auction record for the artist.

The top lot of the sales, The entrance to the Turkish Garden Café by Louis Léopold Boilly (1761 - 1845) was acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum for $ 4,562,500, setting a new world auction record for a work by the artist.

The two evening sales created 26 new world auction records, with 2 works topping $ 80 million each, 4 selling for over $ 50 million each, 12 for over $ 20 million, 19 for more than $ 10 million and 86 for more than $ 1 million.

Twentieth - century painter Zao Wou - Ki achieved a new world auction record that day when his Abstraction, consigned by the Art Institute of Chicago, fetched $ 14.6 million.

Past Times carries a pre-sale estimate of $ 8/12 million and is poised to set a new world auction record for the artist.

Ed Ruscha's Double Standard, 1969, (Lot 75 est. $ 50,000 — 70,000), set a new world auction record for the highest amount ever paid for any print by the artist.

Robert Mapplethorpe's iconic Self Portrait, 1985, (Lot 333 est. $ 25,000 — 35,000), set a new world auction record for the edition, realizing $ 87,500.