CHRISTIE’S. Londra, 8 febbraio 2012
Le Evening Sales di “Impressionist and Modern Art” e “Art of the Surreal” hanno realizzato £134,999,400 ($213,299,052/€162,269,279) con l’86% di venduto per lotto. Tre lottisono stati venduti oltre i 10 milioni di sterline, sei per oltre 5 e ventotto per oltre 1 milione.
Il top price è stato realizzato da “Reclining Figure: Festival” del 1951 di Henry Moore (1898-1986) che è stato venduto per £19,081,250 ($30,148,375 / €22,935,663) nuovo record mondiale per l’artista in asta.
Giovanna Bertazzoni, International Head of Impressionist and Modern Art, Christie’s: “These strong results illustrate that the art market continues to attract significant levels of spending, particularly for the rarest and most exceptional works of art. It is an extremely intelligent market where pricing is key – and where collectors react with the greatest determination to the rarest works of art, and particularly to those which are fresh to the market. We are particularly pleased to have established record prices for two great artists of the 20th century: Henry Moore and Joan Miró. In both cases, we offered works of art that were among the greatest produced by the artists, and their quality drew the most determined of bidding. It has been a great honour to have presented fine art from The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor, and to have seen three works sold this evening for twice our expectations. We look forward to the day sales tomorrow (8 February), and to the auction of ‘Living with Art’, a spectacular private collection, which will include a further offering of Impressionist and Modern Art and which takes place on 9 and 10 February.”
Highlights
“Reclining Figure: Festival”, 1951, Henry Moore (1898-1986) aggiudicato a: £19,081,250 ($30,148,375 / €22,935,663) – a world record price for the artist at auction. E’ stato acquiastato da un compratore anonimo al telefono.
“Painting-Poem (“le corps de ma brune puisque je l’aime comme ma chatte habillée en vert salade comme de la grêle c’est pareil”)”, 1925, Joan Miró (1893-1983) aggiudicato a: £16,841,250 ($26,609,175 / €20,243,183) – a world record price for the artist at auction (stima: £6-9 milioni).
“Le livre”, 1914-1915, Juan Gris (1887-1927) aggiudicato a: £10,345,250 ($16,345,495 / €12,434,991).
Tre lavori della collezione di Elizabeth Taylor hanno realizzato £13,787,750 ($21,784,645 /€16,572,876), più del doppio della loro stima pre-asta più bassa, £6.2 milioni: “Vue de l’asile et de la Chappelle de Saint-Rémy” di Vincent van Gogh è stato il top price del gruppo: è stato aggiudicato a £10,121,250 ($15,991,575 /€12,165,743). Un autoritratto di Edgar Degas (1834-1917) è stato aggiudicato a £713,250 ($1,126,935 / € 857,327) e un paesaggio di Claude Pissarro (1830-1903) Pommiers à Éragny, è stato aggiudicato a £2,953,250 ($4,666,135 /€ 3,549,807).
