CHRISTIE’S. Londra, 14 ottobre 2011
La evening sale di Post-War & Contemporary Art Auction e The Italian Sale hanno realizzato insieme £55,630,000 ($87,672,880 / €63,473,83), il secondo totale più alto raggiunto in un’asta a Londra ad Ottobre.
Il top price della evening sale è stato “Kerze (Candle)” di Gerhard Richter venduto per £10,457,250 ($16,480,626 / €11,931,722) (world record price for the artist at auction). In totale 10 lotti sono stati venduti per oltre 1 milione di sterline e 20 lotti per oltre 1 milione di dollari.
Sono stati realizzati 9 record d’artista.
La vendita Italian Sale ha totalizzato £17,559,650 ($27,674,008/€20,035,561) contro una stima pre-asta di £15 milioni con un venduto del 70% per lotto. (lotti venduti: 33, lotti offerti: 47).
Top Ten:
Lot |
Description |
Estimate (£)
|
Purchase Price |
76 |
Piero Manzoni (1933-1963), Achrome, 1958-592nd HIGHEST PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION |
2,200,000 – 2,800,000 |
£3,289,250 $5,183,858 |
86 |
Domenico Gnoli (1933-1970), Busto femminile di dorso (Female Bust from the Back), 1965WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION |
500,000 – 800,000 |
£2,337,250 $3,683,506 |
73 |
Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994), Tutto, 1988 |
1,200,000 – 1,800,000 |
£1,329,250 $2,094,898 |
78 |
Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964), Natura morta, 1954 |
350,000 – 650,000 |
£959,650 $1,512,408 |
87 |
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, Attese, 1963-64 |
800,000 – 1,200,000 |
£881,250 $1,388,850 |
77 |
Piero Manzoni (1933-1963), Achrome, 1957-58 |
800,000 – 1,200,000 |
£881,250 $1,388,850 |
84 |
Domenico Gnoli (1933-1970, Pelliccia (Fur), 1965 |
250,000 – 350,000 |
£881,250 $1,388,850 |
75 |
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale,1953 |
400,000 – 600,000 |
£657,250 $1,035,826 |
69 |
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, Attese, 1964 |
350,000 – 450,000 |
£601,250 $947,570 |
70 |
Jannis Kounellis (b. 1936), Untitled, 1960 |
300,000 – 500,000 |
£577,250 $909,746 |
La evening sale di Post-War & Contemporary Art Auction ha totalizzato £38,070,350 ( $59,998,872/ €43,438,269) con 47 lotti venduti su 53 offerti.
Lot |
Description |
Estimate (£)
|
Purchase Price |
10 |
Gerhard Richter (b. 1932), Kerze (Candle), 1982WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION | 6,000,000 – 9,000,000 | £10,457,250$16,480,626 €11,931,722 |
23 |
Gerhard Richter (b. 1932), Abstraktes Bild, 1992 | 2,500,000 – 3,500,000 | £3,625,250$5,713,394 €4,136,410 |
5 |
Antony Gormley (b. 1950), Angel of the North (Life-Size Maquette), 1996WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION | 1,500,000 – 2,000,000 | £3,401,250$5,360,370 €3,880,826 |
3 |
Martin Kippenberger (1953-1997), Untitled,1990WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A SCULPTURE BY THE ARTIST | 250,000 – 350,000 | £1,329,250$2,094,898 €1,516,674 |
31 |
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), Pedestrian 2, 1984 | 1,000,000 – 1,500,000 | £1,329,250$2,094,898 €1,516,674 |
52 |
Maurizio Cattelan (b. 1960), Untitled, 2004 | 900,000 – 1,200,000 | £1,049,250$1,653,618 €1,197,194 |
1 |
Gerhard Richter (b. 1932), Abstraktes Bild, 1988 | 500,000 – 700,000 | £1,026,850$1,618,316 €1,171,636 |
16 |
Richard Prince (B. 1949), Untitled (Cowboy), 1999 | 1,000,000 – 1,500,000 | £993,250$1,565,362 €1,133,298 |
7 |
Damien Hirst (b. 1965), Judas Iscariot (The Twelve Disciples), 1994 | 500,000 – 700,000 | £993,250$1,565,362 €1,133,298 |
49 |
Glenn Brown (b. 1966), Earth, 2004 | 500,000 – 700,000 | £937,250$1,477,106 €1,069,402 |