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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 $43,202,500 (₤26,785,550/€31,105,800)
lotto 34
“This is an extremely strong sale result, with great depth of bidding across multiple genres and periods, from the great giants of Pop Art to the strongest artists of the 1990s and the 2000s,” ha commentato Brett Gorvy, Chairman and International Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s. “The world’s top ten collectors were present in the saleroom tonight, and a global community of collectors was bidding aggressively on works by the pre-eminent artists in this category – from Lichtenstein to Bourgeois, Ligon to McCarthy, Gursky to Ray. We are delighted to report more than a dozen new records for many well-deserving artists, and a new top price for any photograph sold at auction.”.
| Lot | Description | Estimate($) | 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 1961WORLD 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 1996WORLD 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 1961WORLD 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 1994WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST | 1,000,000 – 1,500,000 | $4,562,500£2,828,750€3,285,000 |
Artists’ Records for
Evening Sale of Works from The Peter Norton Collection
8 November 2011
Lot 3 – Barbara Kruger (b. 1945)
Untitled (When I hear the word culture I take out my checkbook), three gelatin silver prints in artist’s frames, executed in 1985
Estimate: $250,000 – 350,000
Price Realized: $902,500
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
Previous Record:Untitled (I shop therefore I am), serigraph on vinyl, 1983
Sale of Phillips de Pury & Company New York: Monday, November 08, 2004
Veronica’s Revenge (Session 1)
Estimate: $80,000 – 120,000
Sold For $601,600
Lot 5 – Paul McCarthy (b. 1945)
Tomato Head (Green), fiberglass, urethane, rubber, metal, plastic, fabric and painted metal base, executed in 1994.
Estimate: $1,000,000 – 1,500,000
Price Realized: $4,562,500
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
Previous Record:Michael Jackson fucked up, big head, bronze, 2002
Sale of Christie’s New York: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Post War & Contemporary Evening Sale
Estimate: $2,000,000 – 3,000,000
Sold For $2,210,500
Lot 10 – Glenn Ligon (b. 1960)
Untitled (Stranger in the Village #17), acrylic, oilstick, coal dust and resin on canvas, executed in 2000
Estimate: $300,000 – 500,000
Price Realized: $1,178,500
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
Previous Record: Stranger #44, oil, charcoal and graphite on canvas, 2011
Sale of Christie’s New York: Thursday, September 22, 2011
Artists for Haiti
Estimate: $150,000 – 200,000
Sold For: $450,000
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Lot 14 – Mona Hatoum (b. 1952)
Silence, glass, executed in 1994.
Estimate: $80,000 – 120,000
Price Realized: $470,500
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
Previous Record: Entrails carpet, silicone rubber, 1995
Sale of Christie’s New York: Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Post War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session
Estimate $80,000 – 120,000
Sold For: $217,000
Lot 15 – Sophie Calle (b. 1953)
The Sleepers (Les dormeurs), 176 elements–ink on gelatin silver prints, 24 elements–ink on paper, 90 page manuscript–ink on paper, executed in 1979
Estimate: $100,000 – 150,000
Price Realized: $218,500
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
Previous Record: Autobiographical stories – El rehen (in 2 parts), photograph and text, 1989
Sale of Sotheby’s Paris: Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Modern and Contemporary Art
Estimate €7,000 – 9,000 ($9,259 – 11,904)
Sold For €63,600 ($84,126)
Lot 17 – Charles Ray (b. 1953)
Table, plexiglas and steel, executed in 1990
Estimate: $800,000 – 1,200,000
Price Realized: $3,106,500
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
Previous Record: Male mannequin, Fiberglass, 1990-1990
Sale of Christie’s New York: Thursday, November 16, 2000
Contemporary
Estimate $700,000 – 900,000
Sold For $2,206,000
Lot 19 – Yinka Shonibare MBE (b. 1962)
Hound, eight elements: mannequins, fiberglass, acrylic, Dutch wax printed fabric, leather, rubber, plastic, glass and metal, executed in 2000
Estimate: $150,000 – 200,000
Price Realized: $194,500
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
Previous Record: Un Ballo in Maschera – Courtiers VI (3 works), life-size mannequins, glass base, dutch wax printed cotton textile and leather shoes, 2004
Sale of Sotheby’s New York: Thursday, February 14, 2008
(AUCTION) RED
Estimate: $100,000 – 150,000
Sold For $165,000
Lot 20 – Christian Marclay (b. 1955)
Guitar Neck, seven record album covers, executed in 1992
Estimate: $60,000 – 80,000
Price Realized: $266,500
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
Previous Record:Doorsiana (from The body mix series), record covers and thread, 1991
Sale of Sotheby’s New York: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Contemporary Art Day Sale
Estimate $40,000 – 60,000
Sold For $188,500
Lot 22 – Fred Tomaselli (b. 1956)
Untitled (Expulsion), diptych–leaves, pills, insects, mushrooms, printed paper collage, acrylic and resin on panel, executed in 2000
Estimate: $500,000 – 700,000
Price Realized: $1,650,500
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
Previous Record:Abductor, leaves, photo-collage, acrylic and resin on panel, 2006
Sale of Sotheby’s New York: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 [
Estimate 250,000 – 350,000 USD
Sold For $1,082,500
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Artists’ Records
Post-War Contemporary Evening Sale
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Lot 27 – Vija Celmins (b. 1939)
Sea Drawing with Whale, graphite on paper, drawn circa 1969
Estimate: $500,000 – 700,000
Price Realized: $902,500
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
Previous Record Pan, oil on canvas, 1964
Sale of Sotheby’s New York: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 [Lot 00011]
Contemporary Art / Evening
Estimate $400,000 – 600,000
Sold For $576,000
Lot 29 – Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)
Spider, bronze, executed in 1996.
Estimate: $4,000,000 – 6,000,000
Price Realized: $10,722,500
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
Previous Record: Spider, stainless steel and tapestry, 2003
Sale of Christie’s Paris: Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Art d’Après-Guerre et Contemporain
Estimate €1,800,000 – 2,500,000 ($2,840,012 – 3,944,461)
Sold For €2,888,250 ($4,557,036)
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Lot 30 – Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Sumac, hanging mobile–painted sheet metal and wire, executed in 1961
Estimate: $4,000,000 – 6,000,000
Price Realized: $4,786,500
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST FOR A MOBILE
Previous Record: Baby flat top, standing mobile with painted sheet metal and wire, 1946
Sale of Christie’s New York: Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Post-War and Contemporary Art (Evening)
Estimate $1,500,000 – 2,000,000
Sold For $4,711,500
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Lot 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
Estimate: $35,000,000 – 45,000,000
Price Realized: $43,202,500
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
Previous Record: Ohhh…Alright…, oil and Magna on canvas, 1964
Sale of Christie’s New York: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale
Estimate on Request
Sold For $42,642,500
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Lot 42 – Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Canotin mâche oeil, acrylic on Klegecell, executed in 1967
Estimate: $1,100,000 – 1,300,000
Price Realized: $1,202,500
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST FOR A SCULPTURE
Previous Record: Tour aux chiffres, epoxy with polyurethane paint, 1970
Sale of Sotheby’s New York: Thursday, May 15, 2008
Estimate $600,000 – 800,000
Sold For $1,138,600
Lot 44 – Andreas Gursky (B. 1955)
Rhein II, chromogenic color print face-mounted to Plexiglas, executed in 1999
Estimate: $2,500,000 – 3,500,000
Price Realized: $4,338,500
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
Previous Record: 99 cent II (diptych), cibachrome prints, 2001
Sale of Sotheby’s London: Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Contemporary Art, Evening Sale
Estimate £900,000 – 1,200,000 ($1,771,653 – 2,362,204)
Sold For £1,700,000 GBP ($3,346,456)
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR ANY PHOTOGRAPH SOLD AT AUCTION
Previous Record:Cindy Sherman, Untitled, color coupler print, executed in 1981.
Sale of Christie’s New York: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale
Estimate: $1,500,000 – 2,000,000
Price Realized: $3,890,500
Lot 77 – Wayne Thiebaud (b. 1920)
Sixteen Pies, pastel on paper, executed in 1965
Estimate: $1,500,000 – 2,000,000
Price Realized: $1,650,500
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST FOR A WORK ON PAPER
Previous Record:24th Street intersection, watercolor, 1978
Sale of Christie’s New York: Monday, November 12, 2007
Estimate: $200,000 – 300,000
Sold For: $735,400
