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ARTE CONTEMPORANEA E DEL DOPO GUERRA. 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)

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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 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

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 RecordStranger #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 RecordEntrails 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 RecordBaby 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 RecordOhhh…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

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