11.02.2016 – La Evening Sale di Christie’s ha totalizzato 58,099,000 sterline contro i 117,142,500 dell’omologa vendita 2015. Sette gli invenduti e 1 lotto ritirato su 62 opere in catalogo. La partenza ha fatto ben sperare che la sala fosse più calda di quelle di Sotheby’s e Phillips dei giorni scorsi.
Per imbattersi nel primo unsold si è aspettato fino al lotto 28. E la “tripletta” di Alexander Calder di inizio catalogo sembrava aver introdotto un’asta più frizzante. Anche se è maggiormente noto per i suoi mobile, Calder è stato anche un profilico pittore. Il dipinto The Black Mountain è arrivato a £602,500 ($872,420), ma era partito da £180,000 – £220,000. Il secondo lotto, un mobile del 1967, ha fatto £962,500. Il terzo lotto, un monumentale mobile (198.1 x 238.7 x 104.1cm) del 1974 rimasto nella stessa collezione dall’anno della realizzazione, ha riscosso molto successo con diversi bidder al telefono e alla fine ha triplicato la stima arrivando a £1,874,500.
Tra le battute al di sopra delle aspettative si segnalano innanzitutto Joseph Beuys e Robert Mangold. L’artista tedesco ha realizzato il nuovo record d’asta (precedente: 601.250 £, del 2012) con il grande (200.5 x 150cm.) Zeitpunkt: Das Massaker von Muenchen del 1972 arrivato a £854,500 ($1,237,316) da una stima di £250,000 – £350,000. Stesso successo per Mangold che con il suo grande “Untitled” (182.8 x 182.8cm.) del 1973 venduto per £746,500 ha superato il top price di 572.052 £ del 2014.
Le due figlie di Lucian Freud (due tele di piccolo formato, 36 x 31cm) erano proposte alla stessa stima (£2,500,000 – £3,500,000) ma il ritratto di Esther è volato a £4,786,500, mentre quello di Isobel (‘Ib’) Boyt si è fermato a £2,546,500.
Tra gli highlight annunciati dalla maison di Pinault prima della vendita, “The Architect’s Home in the Ravine” di Peter Doig e “Two Figures” di Francis Bacon. Quest’ultimo fu dipinto nel 1975 a Parigi, in un momento di profonda tristezza per la perdita di George Dyer, musa e compagno di Bacon scomparso qualche anno prima nel 1971. Era stimato tra i 5 – 7 milioni di sterline ed è passato di mano per £5,458,500.
Il dipinto di Peter Doig è stato il top price della serata. Ha avuto diversi passaggi all’asta in passato. L’ultimo risaliva al febbraio del 2013, quando fu venduto (superando le stime di 4/6 milioni di sterline) a £7,657,250. Ora era offerto a 10/15 milioni £, ma si è fermato a £11,282,500. Più gara in sala per Island Painting, arrivato a £3,442,500 (st. 2/3 M).
Molto bene Jean Dubuffet. Presente con 4 opere, ha totalizzato 2.350.000 £. Texturologie IV (Nuancée de rosâtre), già nella collezione di Pierre Matisse (figlio di Henri) e passato per la celebre galleria Acquavella di New York, è partito da 120 mila £ ma è salito fino a £434,500.
Dei tre lotti di David Hockey provenienti dalla collezione dei Fiterman, uno è rimasto invenduto. Ma il solare e luminoso Beach Umbrella è stato aggiudicato a £3,106,500, ben al di sopra delle stime di £1,000,000 – £1,500,000.
Facevano parte della collezione dei coniugi Fiterman anche le due lepri-sculture di Barry Flanagan. Hare and Bell (350.5 x 182.9 x 274.3cm.) è stata venduta a £482,500 (st. £250,000 – £350,000) e Humility a £170,500 (st. £60,000 – £80,000).
Tra gli italiani, si segnala lo Schoolboy di Michelangelo Pistoletto che era stato nella collezione del fotografo e playboy Gunter Sachs e che ha raddoppiato le stime raggiungendo i £842,500. Pier Paolo Calzolari da £120,000 è arrivato a £218,500. Sono invece rimasti al palo Enrico Castellani (350/500 mila), Rudolf Stingel (£400/600 mila) e la pioggia di meteoriti di Lucio Fontana (£600/900 mila).
Tra i risultati al di sopra delle stime si segnalano infine Jan Schoonhoven (lotto 5); Frank Stella (lotto 9); Richard Serra (lotto 11); Carl Andre (lotto 21); George Condo (lotto 53); Beatriz Milhazes (lotto 55); Antony Gormley (lotto 58).
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
The Black Mountain
oil on canvas 34 x 28in. (86.3 x 71.1cm.)
ESTIMATE £180,000 – £220,000 ($260,640 – $318,560)
PRICE REALIZED £602,500
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Untitled
hanging mobile: painted sheet metal and wire 32 x 54 x 34in. (81.3 x 137.2 x 86.3cm.)
ESTIMATE £600,000 – £800,000 (
$868,800 – $1,158,400) PRICE REALIZED £962,500
Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Crag with Yellow Boomerang and Red Eggplant
standing mobile: painted sheet metal and wire 78 x 94 x 41in. (198.1 x 238.7 x 104.1cm.)
ESTIMATE £500,000 – £700,000 ($724,000 – $1,013,600)
PRICE REALIZED £1,874,500
Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929)
Accreations I
oil on canvas 31 ½ x 27 7/8 in. (80 x 70.5cm.)
ESTIMATE £600,000 – £800,000 ($868,800 – $1,158,400)
PRICE REALIZED £662,500
Jan Schoonhoven (1914-1994)
Relief
painted cardboard relief 43 7/8 x 33 7/8in. (111.5 x 86cm.)
ESTIMATE £180,000 – £250,000 ($260,640 – $362,000)
PRICE REALIZED £458,500
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto Spaziale, Attese
waterpaint on canvas 25 ¾ x 21 ½in. (65.5 x 54.5cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,200,000 – £1,800,000 ($1,737,600 – $2,606,400)
PRICE REALIZED £1,762,500
Robert Mangold (b. 1937)
Untitled
acrylic and pencil on canvas 72 x 72in. (182.8 x 182.8cm.)
ESTIMATE £300,000 – £500,000 ($434,400 – $724,000)
PRICE REALIZED £746,500
Donald Judd (1928-1994)
Untitled (Menziken 87-52)
anodized aluminium and yellow acrylic sheet 10 x 40 x 10in. (25.5 x 101.6 x 25.5cm.)
ESTIMATE £200,000 – £300,000 ($289,600 – $434,400)
PRICE REALIZED £326,500
Frank Stella (b. 1936)
Nowe Miasto III (New Town III)
painted cardboard and felt on shaped panel construction 90 5/8 x 84 3/8 x 5 7/8in. (230 x 214.5 x 15.2cm.)
ESTIMATE £350,000 – £450,000 ($506,800 – $651,600)
PRICE REALIZED £662,500
Christopher Wool (b. 1955)
Untitled
enamel on linen 56 1/8 x 42 1/8in. (142.5 x 106.8cm.)
ESTIMATE £600,000 – £800,000 ($868,800 – $1,158,400)
PRICE REALIZED £806,500
Richard Serra (b. 1939)
C.C. III
paintstick on paper 80 1/8 x 96 1/8in. (203.5 x 244cm.)
ESTIMATE £250,000 – £350,000 ($362,000 – $506,800)
PRICE REALIZED £446,500
Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929)
Infinity Nets OQWWS
oil on canvas 35 7/8 x 27 5/8in. (91.3 x 70cm.)
ESTIMATE £500,000 – £700,000 ($724,000 – $1,013,600)
PRICE REALIZED
Joseph Beuys (1921-1986)
Zeitpunkt: Das Massaker von Muenchen (Point of time: The Massacre of…
chalk on blackboard 78 7/8 x 59in. (200.5 x 150cm.)
ESTIMATE £250,000 – £350,000 ($362,000 – $506,800)
PRICE REALIZED £854,500
Gerhard Richter (b. 1932)
Kleine Sekretärin (Little Secretary)
oil on canvas 18¾ x 14¼in. (47.4 x 36.1cm.)
ESTIMATE £500,000 – £700,000 ($724,000 – $1,013,600)
PRICE REALIZED £626,500
Lucian Freud (1922-2011)
Head of Ib
oil on canvas 14¼ x 12¼in. (36 x 31cm.)
ESTIMATE £2,500,000 – £3,500,000 ($3,620,000 – $5,068,000)
PRICE REALIZED £2,546,500
Peter Doig (b. 1959)
Blotter
oil on paper 53½ x 11 3/8in. (136 x 29cm.)
ESTIMATE £150,000 – £200,000 ($217,200 – $289,600)
PRICE REALIZED £182,500
Peter Doig (b. 1959)
The Architect’s Home in the Ravine
oil on canvas 78 7/8 x 98¾in. (200 x 250cm.)
ESTIMATE £10,000,000 – £15,000,000 ($14,480,000 – $21,720,000)
PRICE REALIZED £11,282,500
Luc Tuymans (b. 1958)
Mrs.
oil on canvas 85 3/8 x 52¾in. (217 x 134cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,200,000 – £1,800,000 ($1,737,600 – $2,606,400)
PRICE REALIZED £1,482,500
Robert Ryman (b. 1930)
Untitled #3 of 4
acrylic on three matte Mylar panels, in three parts each: 15 x 15in. (38.1 x 38.1cm.)
ESTIMATE £120,000 – £180,000 ($173,760 – $260,640)
PRICE REALIZED £122,500
Carl Andre (B. 1935)
Thirteenth Copper Cardinal copper, in thirteen parts
each: 1/4 x 19 5/8 x 19 5/8in. (0.5 x 50 x 50cm.) overall: 1/4 x 19 5/8 x 255 7/8in. (0.5 x 50 x 650cm.)
ESTIMATE £150,000 – £200,000 ($217,200 – $289,600)
PRICE REALIZED £398,500
Jonas Wood (B. 1977)
Wimbledon M
oil and acrylic on linen 62 1/8 x 50in. (157.8 x 127cm.)
ESTIMATE £120,000 – £180,000 ($173,760 – $260,640)
PRICE REALIZED £146,500
Danh Vo (B. 1975)
We The People (detail)
hammered copper 79 ½ x 101 ¼ x 44 ¾in. (202 x 257 x 114cm.)
ESTIMATE £100,000 – £150,000 ($144,800 – $217,200)
PRICE REALIZED £266,500
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Étanche Ibitryx Monte Crème
oil on canvas 45 ¾ x 35 ¼in. (116.3 x 89.5cm.)
ESTIMATE £400,000 – £600,000 ($579,200 – $868,800)
PRICE REALIZED £542,500
Francis Bacon (1909-1992)
Two Figures
oil on canvas 78 x 27¾in. (198 x 70.3cm.)
ESTIMATE £5,000,000 – £7,000,000 ($7,240,000 – $10,136,000)
PRICE REALIZEDJean Dubuffet
Michelangelo Pistoletto (b. 1933)
Il Presente. Figura su sfondo nero V (The Present. Figure on a Black Ground…
acrylic and plastic paint on canvas 78 ¾ x 59 1/8 (200 x 150cm.)
ESTIMATE £350,000 – £550,000 ($506,800 – $796,400)
PRICE REALIZED £602,500
Peter Doig (b. 1959)
Island Painting oil on canvas 30¼ x 35 7/8in. (77 x 91cm.)
ESTIMATE £2,000,000 – £3,000,000 ($2,896,000 – $4,344,000)
PRICE REALIZED £3,442,500
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968)
Concetto spaziale
aniline on paper canvas 39 3/8 x 39 3/8in. (100 x 100cm.)
ESTIMATE £600,000 – £900,000 ($868,800 – $1,303,200)
UNSOLD
Yves Klein (1928-1962)
Anthropométrie sans titre, (ANT 118) (Untitled Anthropometry, (ANT 118))…
dry pigment and synthetic resin on paper laid down on canvas 78¾ x 59¼in. (200 x 150.3cm.)
ESTIMATE £8,000,000 – £14,000,000 ($11,584,000 – $20,272,000)
UNSOLD
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Texturologie IV (Nuancée de rosâtre)
oil on canvas 44 7/8 x 57 ½in. (114 x 146cm.)
ESTIMATE £120,000 – £180,000 ($173,760 – $260,640)
PRICE REALIZED £434,500
Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002)
Black Dancer
painted polyester 79 1/8 x 63 x 57 7/8in. (201 x 160 x 147cm.)
ESTIMATE £250,000 – £350,000 ($362,000 – $506,800)
UNSOLD
Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002)
The Lady Sings the Blues
fabric, lace, thread, acrylic and mixed media on wire mesh with metal base by Jean Tinguely 92 1/8x 57¼ x 28 1/8in. (234 x 142.5 x 71.5cm.)
ESTIMATE £200,000 – £300,000 ($289,600 – $434,400)
PRICE REALIZED £206,500
Martial Raysse (b. 1936)
Le Justicier – Tableau de mauvais goût (Upholder of the Law – Painting of…
industrial paint, flocking and glycerospray on canvas in artist’s frame 57½ x 45in. (146 x 114.2cm.)
ESTIMATE £500,000 – £700,000 ($724,000 – $1,013,600)
UNSOLD
David Hockney (b. 1937)
Beach Umbrella
acrylic on canvas 49 x 36 ½in. (124.4 x 92.7cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,000,000 – £1,500,000 ($1,448,000 – $2,172,000)
PRICE REALIZED £3,106,500
David Hockney (b. 1937)
The Sea at Malibu
oil on canvas 36 x 48in. (91 x 122cm.)
ESTIMATE £700,000 – £1,000,000 ($1,013,600 – $1,448,000)
PRICE REALIZED £1,762,500
Barry Flanagan (1941-2009)
Hare and Bell
bronze 138 x 72 x 108in. (350.5 x 182.9 x 274.3cm.)
ESTIMATE £250,000 – £350,000 ($362,000 – $506,800)
PRICE REALIZED £482,500
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
Veglione d’Ustensiles (Carnival of Utensils)
oil on canvas 52 x 63 ½in. (132 x 161.3cm.)
ESTIMATE £900,000 – £1,200,000 ($1,303,200 – $1,737,600)
PRICE REALIZED £1,082,500
David Hockney (b. 1937)
Parade Curtain after Picasso
oil on canvas 47 ½ x 59 ½in. (120.7 x 151.1cm.)
ESTIMATE £600,000 – £800,000 ($868,800 – $1,158,400) UNSOLD
Barry Flanagan (1941-2009)
Humility
bronze 63 ¾ x 18 x 15in. (160 x 45.7 x 38.1cm.)
ESTIMATE £60,000 – £80,000 ($86,880 – $115,840)
PRICE REALIZED £170,500
Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945)
Noch ist Polen nicht verloren I (Poland is Not Yet Lost I)
oil on canvas 51 3/8 x 66 ¾in. (130.2 x 169.5cm.)
ESTIMATE £150,000 – £250,000 ($217,200 – $362,000)
PRICE REALIZED £152,500
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Portrait of Man Ray
acrylic and silkscreen inks on canvas 40 x 40in. (101.6 x 101.6cm.)
ESTIMATE £200,000 – £300,000 ($289,600 – $434,400)
PRICE REALIZED £362,500
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)
Standing Figure
fabric and stainless steel in aluminium, glass and wood vitrine Figure: 16 ¾ x 12 x 12in. (42.5 x 30.5 x 30.5cm.) Overall: 70 7/8 x 24 ¼ x 24 ¼in. (180 x 61.4 x 61.4cm.)
ESTIMATE £600,000 – £800,000 ($868,800 – $1,158,400)
PRICE REALIZED £842,500
Neo Rauch (b. 1960)
SUB
oil on canvas 94 ½ x 78 ¾in. (240 x 200cm.)
ESTIMATE £400,000 – £600,000 ($579,200 – $868,800)
PRICE REALIZED £614,500
Gilbert & George (B. 1943 & B. 1942)
FROZEN YOUTH
mixed media, in twenty-four parts each: 23 7/8 x 19 7/8in. (60.2 x 50.5cm.) overall: 95 x 119in. (241 x 300cm.)
ESTIMATE £220,000 – £280,000 ($318,560 – $405,440)
PRICE REALIZED £266,500
Michelangelo Pistoletto (b. 1933)
L’ Ecolier (The Schoolboy)
painted tissue paper on polished stainless steel 39 ¼ x 47 ¼in. (99.8 x 119.7cm.)
ESTIMATE £300,000 – £500,000 ($434,400 – $724,000)
PRICE REALIZED £842,500
Enrico Castellani (B. 1930)
Superficie
shaped canvas 25 x 31 ¾ x 3 3/8in. (63.5 x 80.6 x 8.5cm.)
ESTIMATE £350,000 – £500,000 ($506,800 – $724,000)
UNSOLD
Salvatore Scarpitta (1919-2007)
Halter 2
bandages and mixed media 22 x 24in. (55.9 x 61cm.)
ESTIMATE £250,000 – £350,000 ($362,000 – $506,800)
PRICE REALIZED £254,500
Heinz Mack (b. 1931)
Untitled
acrylic on masonite 13 ¼ x 13 ¼in. (33.5 x 33.5cm.)
ESTIMATE £70,000 – £100,000 ($101,360 – $144,800)
PRICE REALIZED £74,500
GÜNTHER UECKER (B. 1930)
POETISCHE REIHE (SYLT)
ESTIMATE£200,000 – £300,000 ($289,600 – $434,400)
PRICE REALIZED £302,500
LUCIO FONTANA (1899-1968)
CONCETTO SPAZIALE
ESTIMATE£450,000 – £650,000 ($651,600 – $941,200)
PRICE REALIZED £482,500
PIER PAOLO CALZOLARI (B. 1943)
UNTITLED
ESTIMATE£120,000 – £180,000 ($173,760 – $260,640)
PRICE REALIZED £218,500
JEAN DUBUFFET (1901-1985)
LA GORGERETTE FRONCÉE (PUCKERED COLLAR)
ESTIMATE £250,000 – £350,000 ($362,000 – $506,800)
PRICE REALIZED £290,500
GEORGE CONDO (B. 1957)
THE AGE OF REASON
ESTIMATE £400,000 – £600,000 ($579,200 – $868,800)
PRICE REALIZED £722,500
GÜNTHER FÖRG (1952-2013)
UNTITLED
ESTIMATE £200,000 – £300,000 ($289,600 – $434,400)
PRICE REALIZED £218,500
BEATRIZ MILHAZES (B. 1960)
SAMPA
ESTIMATE £380,000 – £450,000 ($550,240 – $651,600)
PRICE REALIZED £782,500
DAMIEN HIRST (B. 1965)
BEAUTIFUL, BABIES, OPTICAL, PERSONS NOSE, TREMBLING CAMERA, WEIRD SHUTTER RELEASE, ARTISTIC E…
ESTIMATE £200,000 – £300,000 ($289,600 – $434,400)
PRICE REALIZED £206,500
TRACEY EMIN (B. 1963)
ALWAYS MORE
ESTIMATE £40,000 – £60,000 ($57,920 – $86,880)
PRICE REALIZED £80,500
ANTONY GORMLEY (B. 1950)
RESERVE II
ESTIMATE £250,000 – £350,000 ($362,000 – $506,800)
PRICE REALIZED £458,500
GÜNTHER FÖRG (1952-2013)
OHNE TITEL (UNTITLED)
ESTIMATE £200,000 – £300,000 ($289,600 – $434,400)
PRICE REALIZED £422,500
LUCIO FONTANA (1899-1968)
CONCETTO SPAZIALE, ATTESE
ESTIMATE £500,000 – £800,000 ($724,000 – $1,158,400)
PRICE REALIZED £578,500
RUDOLF STINGEL (B. 1956)
UNTITLED
ESTIMATE £400,000 – £600,000 ($579,200 – $868,800)
PRICE REALIZED
ALBERT OEHLEN (B. 1954)
UNTITLED
ESTIMATE £250,000 – £350,000 ($362,000 – $506,800)
PRICE REALIZED