SOTHEBY’S. Londra, 28/29 giugno 2010
EVENING SALE: £ 41,091,800 ($61,806,176, €50,111,626)
Da Sotheby’s la Evening di Contemporanea ha fotocopiato il clima degli Impressionisti. 9 invenduti su 53 lotti. Totale 41 milioni £. Bene Castellani, Boetti (world record per un arazzo) e il Fontana “La fine di Dio”. Nel 2009 l’analoga asta aveta totalizzato 25,5 milioni di pounds.
TOP TEN
Lotto 5
aggiudicato a: £6,201,250 ($9,327,300, €7,562,451 )
stima: £4.5-6.5 million
Yves Klein, Re 49, natural sponges, pebbles, dry blue pigment and synthetic resin on canvas laid down on panel, 1961
Lotto 24
aggiudicato a: £4,745,250 ($7,137,331, €5,786,853)
stima: £4.5-5.5 million
Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, La Fine di Dio, oil on canvas, 1963
Lotto 19
aggiudicato a: £3,737,250 ($5,621,198, €4,557,592 )
stima: £3.5-4.5 million
Gerhard Richter, Neger (Nuba), oil on canvas, 1964
Lotto 30
aggiudicato a: £2,281,250 ($3,431,228, €2,781,994 )
£1.5-2 million
Frank Auerbach, Mornington Crescent – Summer Morning, oil on canvas, 1991
Lotto 11
aggiudicato a: £2,169,250 ($3,262,769, €2,645,410 )
stima: £2-3 million
Richard Prince, Millionaire Prince, inkjet print and acrylic on canvas, 2002
Lotto 10
aggiudicato a: £1,721,250 ($2,588,932, €2,099,072 )
stima: £1.5-2.5 million
Andy Warhol, Camouflage Self-Portrait, acrylic and silkscreen on canvas, 1986
Lotto 15
aggiudicato a: £1,553,250 ($2,336,243, €1,894,195 )
stima: £1.5-2 million
Andy Warhol, Three Jackie, 1964, acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, 1964
Lotto 8
aggiudicato a: £1,385,250 ($2,083,555, €1,689,318 )
stima: £700,000-900,000
Alexander Calder, Untitled, painted metal hanging mobile, 1963
Lotto 7
aggiudicato a: £1,161,250 ($1,746,636, €1,416,149 )
stima: £1–1.5 million
Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild, oil on aluminium, 1997
Lotto 38
aggiudicato a: £993,250 ($1,493,947, €1,211,273 )
stima: $700,000-1 million
Bharti Kher, The Skin Speaks a Language Not Its Own, bindis on fibreglass, 2006
***NEW RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION***
RECORDS
LOT 29
BRITISH ART FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
LEON KOSSOFF
B.1926
KING’S CROSS, MARCH AFTERNOON
250,000—350,000 GBP
Sold for £457,250 $687,750
LOT 38
BHARTI KHER
B. 1969
THE SKIN SPEAKS A LANGUAGE NOT ITS OWN
700,000—1,000,000 GBP
Sold for £993,250 $1,493,947
RECORD – STERLING ONLY
LOT 30
BRITISH ART FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
FRANK AUERBACH
B. 1931
MORNINGTON CRESCENT – SUMMER MORNING
1,500,000—2,000,000 GBP
Sold for £2,281,250 $3,431,228
RECORD BY MEDIUM – FOR A TAPESTRY BY BOETTI
LOT 6
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTOR
ALIGHIERO BOETTI
1940 – 1994
MAPPA
600,000—800,000 GBP
Sold for £881,250 $1,325,488
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DAY SALE: 12,162,450 GBP
Session 1: 3,926,600 GBP
Session 2: 4,802,050 GBP
