New York, 12 novembre 2007
La vendita del 12 novembre di Christie’s, un’ampia selezione della collezione di Allan Stone (un gruppo di opere d’arte contemporanea del dopoguerra, arte tribale, art Deco) ha realizzato 52,423,400 $ con il 94% di venduto e dodici nuovi record mondiali:
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Lot 605 Carlo Bugatti, Double-Sided Desk, circa 1900 Sold for $1,553,000 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST (Previous Record 132,000 US$ PREMIUM, Chair, 1902, Christie’s New York: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 [Lot 848] Medium applied brass, painted and parcel-gilt parchment) |
Lot 621
Attributed to Thomas V. Brooks , A Carved and Painted Tobacconist Figure of an Indian Warrior, 1860-1880
Sold for $217,000 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST (Previous Record 10,450 US$, CIGAR STORE PRINCESS, 1875, Sotheby’s New York: Saturday, October 20, 1990 [Lot 90] Sculpture carved and painted pine; ca: 1875)
Lot 624
Alfred Leslie , Nix on Nixon, 1960
Sold for $385,000
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
(Previous Record 72,000 US$,Constance West, 1968 – 1969, Christie’s New York: Friday, September 23, 2005 [Lot 241] Oil and acrylic on canvas)
Lot 628
Antoni Gaud í , Two-part Folding Screen from Casa Mil à , 1909
Sold for $1,385,000
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
(Previous Record 61,638 US$, Paire de fauteuils à dossier bas (collab. w/Juan Busquets), Sotheby’s Paris : Thursday, May 24, 2007 [ Lot 60] Gilded wood w/velvet upholstery)
Lot 639
John Chamberlain , Hatband
Sold for $2,841,000
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
(Previous Record 1,384,000 US$, Untitled, 1962, Phillips, de Pury & Company New York: Thursday, May 17, 2007 [Lot 47] Painted and chromium-plated steel)
Lot 642
Joseph Cornell , The Lanner Waltzes ( Americana )
Sold for $145,000
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A WORK ON PAPER FOR THE ARTIST
(Previous Record 84,000 US$, Apotheosis Penny Arcade, 1965, Sotheby’s New York: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 [Lot 130] Paper, printed paper, pennies and colored pencil collage )
Lot 643
Josep M. Jujol , Chair, 1911
Sold for $769,000
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
Lot 644
Michael Goldberg , Untitled, 1956
Sold for $205,000
WORLD AUCTION FOR THE ARTIST
(Previous Record 35,250 US$ PREMIUM, Mianus Gorge #2, 1959, Christie’s New York: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 [Lot 107] Oil on Canvas)
Lot 648
Wayne Thiebaud , Seven Suckers, 1970
Sold for $4,521,000
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
(Previous Record 3,089,500 US$, Freeways, 1975 – 1979, Sotheby’s New York: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 [Lot 10] Oil on Linen w/charcoal)
Lot 657
Alfred Leslie , Untitled, 1956
Sold for $79,000
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
(Previous Record 72,000 US$ PREMIUM ,Constance West, 1968 – 1969, Christie’s New York: Friday, September 23, 2005 [Lot 241] Oil and acrylic on canvas)
Lot 663
Wayne Thiebaud , 24th Street Intersection Study
Sold for $735,400
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A WORK ON PAPER FOR THE ARTIST
(Previous Record 352,000 US$, Gum ball machine,1964, Christie’s New York: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 [Lot 150] Colored chalks)
Lot 667
John Graham , Woman with Dodecahedron
Sold for $1,609,000
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
(Previous Record 431,500 US$ PREMIUM, Venere Lucifera (on 2 attached sheets), 1951,Christie’s New York: Thursday, May 13, 1999 [Lot 459] Oil and Graphite on Paper w/color pencil & ballpoint pen)
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