CHRISTIE’S. New York, 8 novembre 2011
La Evening Sale di Christie’s, inclusa la prima parte della collezione di Peter Norton (lotti 1-26), ha totalizzato $247,597,000 (£153,510,140/ €178,269,840 – 90% sold by lot, 87% by value). 16 nuovi record mondiali sono stati realizzati tra i quali Roy Lichtenstein, Paul McCarthy, Charles Ray, Louise Bourgeois e altri. Il top lot della vendita è stato “I Can See the Whole Room…and There’s Nobody in It!” di Roy Lichtenstein che ha realizzato un nuovo record mondiale per l’artista. E’ stato aggiudicato a $43,202,500 (₤26,785,550/€31,105,800)
“This is an extremely strong sale result, with great depth of bidding across multiple genres and periods, from the great giants of Pop Art to the strongest artists of the 1990s and the 2000s,” ha commentato Brett Gorvy, Chairman and International Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s. “The world’s top ten collectors were present in the saleroom tonight, and a global community of collectors was bidding aggressively on works by the pre-eminent artists in this category – from Lichtenstein to Bourgeois, Ligon to McCarthy, Gursky to Ray. We are delighted to report more than a dozen new records for many well-deserving artists, and a new top price for any photograph sold at auction.”.
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Lot |
Description |
Estimate ($)
Purchase Price
34
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), I Can See the Whole Room!…and There’s Nobody in it!, oil and graphite on canvas, painted in 1961
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
35,000,000 – 45,000,000
$43,202,500
£26,785,550
€31,105,800
71
Mark Rothko (1903-1970), White Cloud, oil on canvas, painted in 1956
18,000,000 – 25,000,000
$18,562,500
£11,508,750
€13,365,000
51
Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Silver Liz, acrylic, silkscreen ink and spray enamel on canvas, painted in 1963
16,000,000 – 19,000,000
$16,322,500
£10,119,950
€11,752,200
29
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), Spider, bronze, executed in 1996
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
4,000,000 – 6,000,000
$10,722,500
£6,647,950
€7,720,200
36
Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Four Campbell’s Soup Cans, casein and graphite on canvas, painted in 1962
7,000,000 – 10,000,000
$9,826,500
£6,092,430
€7,075,080
75
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), Untitled XI, oil on canvas, painted in 1975-1976
7,000,000 – 9,000,000
$7,362,500
£4,564,750
€5,301,000
56
Jeff Koons (b. 1955), Baroque Egg with Bow (Orange/Magenta), high-chromium stainless steel with transparent color coating, executed in 1994-2008
5,500,000 – 6,500,000
$6,242,500
£3,870,350
€4,494,600
62
Cy Twombly (1928-2011), Untitled (Lexington, Virginia), oil based house paint, lead pencil and colored pencil on canvas, painted in 1959
5,000,000 – 7,000,000
$5,234,500
£3,245,390
€3,768,840
30
Alexander Calder (1898-1976), Sumac, hanging mobile–painted sheet metal and wire, executed in 1961
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST FOR A MOBILE
4,000,000 – 6,000,000
$4,786,500
£2,967,630
€3,446,280
5
Paul McCarthy (b. 1945), Tomato Head (Green), fiberglass, urethane, rubber, metal, plastic, fabric and painted metal base, executed in 1994
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
1,000,000 – 1,500,000
$4,562,500
£2,828,750
€3,285,000
