Sentences with phrase «setting auction records»

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

Prince's re-photography had an explosive effect on the art world, provoking lawsuits and setting auction records.

The auction was extremely successful setting auction records for 18 artists and nicely exceeding its pre-sale high estimate of $ 12.9 million.

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

The artist's Science Lesson leads off the Christie's evening sale in New York later this month — and could set an auction record for the artist.

Estimated at $ 70 million, it will probably set an auction record for the French artist, whose current high is $ 48.8 million.

Many works have exceeded estimates and set auction records over the years — Charles White, Norman Lewis, many artists.

Picasso's Femme Assise sets auction record for Cubist painting Picasso's 1909 work Femme Assise sold for $ 63.7 million at Sotheby's London yesterday, becoming the most expensive Cubist painting ever sold at auction.

A few years ago, a Richter abstract, previously owned by Eric Clapton, set the auction record — since surpassed — for a living artist.

Koons had a good year otherwise, setting an auction record for highest price ever paid for the work of a living artist: $ 58.4 million for «Balloon Dog (Orange).»

A 1970 painting from Cy Twombly's Blackboard series set an auction record for the artist of $ 69.6 m (# 44.17 m), and a 1960 Yayoi Kusama infinity net painting White No. 28, sold for $ 7.1 (# 4.51).

An eight - panel series of paintings by Cui Ruzhuo sold for HK$ 236 million ($ 30 million) at Poly Auction Hong Kong, setting an auction record for a living Asian artist.

In 1983, «No. 9 (White and Black on Wine)» sold for $ 1,800,000, setting an auction record for the artist at the time.

Last year, it was «Pink Panther,» which set an auction record of more than $ 1.8 million for the artist.

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Lewis's Untitled, oil on board, 1947 (the cover lot of the catalogue), brought $ 149,000; while Untitled (Processional Figure Composition), oil, pen and ink on paper, 1956, realized $ 87,500, setting an auction record for a work on paper by the artist.

The top lot was Will Cotton's Taffy Forest, which went for a final hammer price of $ 272,500, setting an auction record for Mr. Cotton.

Not only was the artist's patrician dealer Leo Castelli in the York Avenue salesroom but Rosenquist was also on hand to watch the bidding fireworks as «F - 111» set an auction record.

In October 2012, Richter's Abstraktes Bild set an auction record price for a painting by a living artist at $ 34 million (# 21 million).

Her body of work includes lustrous lacquered pieces — her Dragons chair set an auction record for modern furn...

LAMA set the auction record for Self Portrait (1985) by Robert Mapplethorpe in the October 12, 2014 Modern Art & Design Auction with Lot 333, which realized $ 87,500.

Earlier this week, a similar piece sold for $ 665,000 at Sotheby's, setting an auction record for the artist.

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.

The price set an auction record for the postwar Italian artist who was recently the subject of a major retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

Sotheby's has just concluded a six - day auction in Hong Kong, with a total sale of HK$ 2.18 bn, led by wines from El Bulli's cellar and a jewelled Patek Philippe clock that set an auction record for a clock by the Swiss maker.

A Georgia O'Keeffe painting of a white flower set an auction record for a work by a female artist by selling for $ 44.4 million at Sotheby's.

Her 1965 geometric abstract canvas «Cerulean» fetched $ 970,000, surpassing the high estimate and setting an auction record for the Latin American artist.

Making his evening - sale debut at Sotheby's was Lowman, whose «Black Escalade» (2005) fetched $ 665,000, surpassing the high estimate of $ 450,000 and setting an auction record for the artist.

Joan Mitchell's untitled 1960 abstract painting sold for $ 11.9 million, surpassing the high estimate and setting an auction record for the artist.

High points included bidding for Mark Bradford's 2013 painting «Biting the Book» that sold for 2.5 million pounds, surpassing its high estimate of 1.5 million pounds and setting an auction record for the American artist.

Christie's set auction records for two major artists on Wednesday — Monet and Wassily Kandinsky whose 1935 abstract composition «Rigide et courbe» fetched $ 23.3 million, within the estimated range.

Prince's «Nurse of Greenmeadow» sold for $ 8.6 million, setting an auction record for the American artist.

The painting would go on to sell for $ 69.6 million to an anonymous phone bidder, setting an auction record for the artist after a five - and - a-half-minute contest.

After spirited bidding by four people, «Flag» by Jasper Johns, a 17.5 - inch wide American flag painting made from encaustic and silk from 1983, sold for $ 36 million, setting an auction record for the artist.

Calder's 7 1/2 - foot - long mobile «Poisson volant (Flying Fish)» fetched $ 25.9 million, setting an auction record for the American sculptor.

The price surpassed the high estimate of and set an auction record for the French artist.

In May 2013, the sale of his 1958 abstract expressionist painting To Fellini for $ 25.8 million set the auction record for a Guston work.

Andy Warhol's Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster), 1963, a 13 - foot - wide, two - panel painting, fetched $ 105.4 million, far above its $ 80 million high estimate, to set an auction record for the artist.

Another exciting bidding was for Tracey Emin's seminal work My Bed which finally sold for $ 4.351.969, well over it's $ 2 million high estimate setting an auction record for the artist.

Other contemporary highlights for sale next month, aside from Basquiat's Untitled (One Eyed Man or Xerox Face), include a painting by Georg Baselitz expected to set an auction record for the artist.

The legal disputes that followed reports of their financial success (in 2005, a 1989 Untitled [Cowboy] set an auction record of $ 1.2 million) have no doubt informed every act of appropriation he went on to exercise.

And German artist Gerhard Richter, who set an auction record for a living artist earlier this month when an abstract painting fetched $ 34.2 million at Sotheby's, rose to sixth from 11th.

Executed in pen and brush on Whatman drawing board, the map was the auction's top - selling lot and set an auction record for Campbell.

Norman Lewis Record: Two years ago, a circa 1957, untitled oil on canvas painting by Lewis sold at Swann for $ 581,000 (including fees) on Oct. 3, 2013, setting an auction record for the artist.

His Henry Moore Bound to Fail set an auction record for postwar art when the hammer came down at Christie's in 2001 as bidding reached $ 9.9 million.

Black Artists Exceed Estimates at Contemporary Auctions Works by Mark Bradford, El Anatsui, Glenn Ligon, Julie Mehretu and Martin Puryear were among the lots offered at Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips spring contemporary art sales this week, exceeding estimates and in the case of Puryear, setting an auction record.

Last year Hirst briefly set the auction record at Sotheby's - # 9.65 m for Lullaby Spring, a medicine cabinet - for any work by a living artist.

LAMA set the auction record for a work on canvas by Emerson Woelffer in the October 11, 2015 Modern Art & Design Auction with S.H. Painting # 2 from 1961 (Lot 373), which realized $ 21,250.

LAMA set the auction record for any work by June Harwood in the May 17, 2015 Modern Art & Design Auction with an oil on canvas from 1964 (Lot 200), which realized $ 33,750.

Sotheby's contemporary sales set auction records for six artists, including $ 5.6 million for a Cy Twombly untitled and $ 3 million for Wayne Thiebaud's «Freeways.»