CHRISTIE’S. Londra, 16 febbraio 2011
La evening sale di “Post-War and Contemporary Art” da Christie’s a Londra ha totalizzato£61,380,500 ($99,190,888 / €73,104,176) con un venduto per lotto del 92% (stima pre-sala: £35,860,000- £51,760,000). E’ il totale più alto raggiunto da questa categoria a Londra da giugno 2008. Il top lot è stato l’autoritratto di Andy Warhol del 1967 venduto per £10,793,250 ($17,441,892 / €12,854,761) contro i 3-5 milioni di sterline della stima pre sala. Si sono contesi questo dipinti Larry Gagosian, Andreas Rumbler di Christie’s collegato al telefono con un cliente e il mercante Jose Mugrabi, anch’egli presente in sala. Sedici lotti sono stati aggiudicati sopra il milione di sterline. Gli acquirenti provenivano da 21 paesi. Il 51% dall’Europa, il 40% dall’America e il 9% dall’Asia. Oltre 160 bidders al telefono. Sei nuovi record sono stati stabiliti: Jenny Saville, Martial Raysse, Miquel Barcelò, Wade Guyton, Ged Quinn e Adriana Varejão.
Francis Outred, Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art, Christie’s Europe: “This was a global auction that offered art from 5 continents, drew buyers from 21 countries and realised the highest total for the category in London since June 2008. We saw fierce competition and strong prices for the works of both established artists as well as those from the 21st century; Andy Warhol’s rediscovered self-portrait sold for more than twice our pre-sale expectations for £10.8 million, while a masterpiece by contemporary Brazilian artist Adriana Varejão sold for £1.1 million – nearly 4 times the high estimate. We are particularly pleased to have established a record price for a work by a living French artist with Martial Raysse’s masterpiece ‘L’année dernière à Capri (titre exotique)’ which realized £4.1 million against a pre-sale estimate of £1 million to £1.5 million.”
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate (£)
|
Purchase Price |
| 11 | Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Self-Portrait, 1967 |
3,000,000 – 5,000,000 |
£10,793,250 $17,441,892 |
| 14 | Martial Raysse (b. 1936), L’année dernière à Capri (titre exotique), (Last Year in Capri (Exotic Title)),1962 WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR A WORK BY A LIVING FRENCH ARTIST WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION |
1,000,000 – 1,500,000 |
£4,073,250 $6,582,372 |
| 8 | Gerhard Richter (b. 1932), Abstraktes Bild, 1990 |
1,000,000 – 1,500,000 |
£3,177,250 $5,134,436 |
| 16 | Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Winter Bears, 1988 |
2,500,000 – 3,500,000 |
£2,953,250 $4,772,452 |
| 19 | Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, 1961 |
2,000,000 – 3,000,000 |
£2,729,250 $4,410,468 |
| 23 | Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), Untitled XXVIII, 1983 |
2,400,000 – 2,800,000 |
£2,505,250 $4,048,484 |
| 18 | Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, Attesa, 1964 |
1,000,000 – 1,500,000 |
£2,281,250 $3,686,500 |
| 20 | Piero Manzoni (1933-1963), Achrome, 1958-59 |
1,800,000 – 2,500,000 |
£2,169,250 $3,505,508 |
| 29 | Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), Lead Plate with Hole, 1984 |
2,000,000 – 3,000,000 |
£2,057,250 $3,324,516 |
| 10 | Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), Untitled, 1981 |
1,000,000 – 1,500,000 |
£1,833,250 $2,962,532 |
