Il bilancio internazionale 2016 relativo al mercato dell’arte in ribasso rispetto al 2015.
I dati ufficiali di Christie’s e Sotheby’s non sono ancora stati diffusi. Ma nonostante non sia ancora arrivato il dato ufficiale, si può affermare che la distanza dagli incassi 2014 e 2015 è ben visibile. Nella top ten 2016 delle opere più costose vendute in asta trionfa Claude Monet con “Meule” del 1891, venduto da Christie’s il 16 novembre a oltre 81 milioni di dollari. Si posizionano al quarto posto un dipinto antico, di Peter Paul Rubens (battuto a 59 milioni) e al quinto un diamante blu (venduto a 58 milioni).
Ecco le dieci opere più care:
![Claude Monet](http://www.artslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1.-MONET-Meule-590x467.png)
Meule, 1891
Signed and dated ‘Claude Monet 91’ (lower left)
oil on canvas, 72.7 x 92.1 cm
stima: a richiesta
prezzo realizzato: $81,447,500
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
CHRISTIE’S, Impressionist & Modern Art, Evening Sale, New York, 16 novembre 2016
![Willem de Kooning](http://www.artslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2.-de-Kooning-Untitled-XXV-590x517.png)
Untitled XXV, 1977
signed ‘de Kooning’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas, 195.7 x 223.5 cm
stima: intorno ai $40 milioni
prezzo realizzato: $66,327,500
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
CHRISTIE’S, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Evening Sale, New York, 15 novembre 2016
![Pablo Picasso](http://www.artslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/3.-Pablo-Picasso-Femme-assise-469x590.jpg)
Femme Assise, 1909
signed Picasso (upper left)
oil on canvas, 81 by 65cm.
06/21/2016
stima: $44.853.300- $55.147.500
prezzo realizzato: $63.631.391
SOTHEBY’S, Impressionist & Modern Art, Evening Sale, Londra, 21 giugno 2016
![Sir Peter Paul Rubens](http://www.artslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/4.-Rubens-Lot-and-his-Daughters-framed-590x493.png)
Lot and his Daughters
oil on canvas, 190 x 225cm, including early 18th century horizontal additions to top and bottom edges of circa 18 and 10cm. wide.
stima a richiesta
prezzo realizzato: £44,882,500 / $58,167,720
CHRISTIE’S, Old Master and British Paintings, Evening Sale, Londra, 7 luglio 2016
![The Oppenheimer Blue](http://www.artslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/5.-Oppenheimer-Blue-414x590.png)
A Sensational Coloured Diamond Ring
Set with a fancy vivid blue rectangular-cut diamond, weighing approximately 14.62 carats, flanked on either side by a trapeze-shaped diamond; also accompanied by the original ‘Eight Blades’ mounting from Verdura, ring size 6, mounted in platinum ‘Eight Blades’ ring signed Verdura
stima: CHF38,000,000-45,000,000
prezzo realizzato: CHF56,837,000 / $58,002,681
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A JEWEL
CHRISTIE’S, Magnificent Jewels, Ginevra, 18 maggio 2016
![Jean-Michel Basquiat](http://www.artslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/6.-Basquiat.-Untitled-590x283.png)
Untitled, 1982
signed and dated ‘Jean-Michel Basquiat Modena 82’ (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas, 238.7 x 500.4 cm
stima a richiesta
prezzo realizzato: $57,285,000 / £39,726,075
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
CHRISTIE’S, Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, New York, 10 maggio 2016
![Amedeo Modigliani](http://www.artslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/7.-MODIGLIANI-HEBUTERNE-344x590.jpg)
Jeanne Hébuterne (Au Foulard), 1919
signed Modigliani (upper right)
oil on canvas, 92 by 54cm.
stima: $41.176.800- $41.176.801
prezzo realizzato: $56.631.335
SOTHEBY’S, Impressionist & Modern Art, Evening Sale, Londra, 21 giugno 2016
![Edvard Munch](http://www.artslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/8.-Munch-Ragazze-sul-ponte-590x574.jpg)
Pikene På Broen (Girls On The Bridge), 1902
Signed E. Munch and dated 1902 (upper right)
Oil on canvas, 101 by 102.5 cm
stima: $50.000.000- $50.000.005
prezzo realizzato: $54.487.500
SOTHEBY’S, Impressionist & Modern Art, Evening Sale, New York, 14 novembre 2016
![Cy Twombly](http://www.artslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/9.-Cy-Twombly-Untitled--590x462.jpg)
Untitled (New York City), 1968
signed and dated NYC 1968 on the reverse
oil based house paint and wax crayon on canvas, 152.4 by 173 cm.
stima: $40.000.000- $60.000.000
prezzo realizzato: $36.650.000
SOTHEBY’S, Contemporary Art, Evening Auction, New York, 11 maggio 2016
![Francis Bacon](http://www.artslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/10.-bacon-due-studi-590x331.jpg)
Two Studies for a Self-Portrait, 1970
oil on canvas, in two parts
each: 14 by 12 in. 35.5 by 30.5 cm.
stima: $22.000.000 $30.000.000
prezzo realizzato: $34.970.000
SOTHEBY’S, Contemporary Art, Evening Auction, New York, 11 maggio 2016