Londra, 29 giugno 2011
La vendita serale di arte contemporanea da Sotheby’s a Londra ha realizzato £108,803,550 ($174,129,201 /€120,923,897 ) con 79 lotti venduti su 88 offerti. (Stima pre – sala: £74-105 milioni). Due nuovi record stabiliti.
Cheyenne Westphal, Sotheby’s Chairman of Contemporary Art Europe, ha commentato: “We are absolutely delighted with the results of tonight’s sale, which represent the highest total for any Contemporary Art Sale ever staged in London. The strong results of the remarkable Duerckheim Collection represent a triumph for German Art and reflect the extraordinary works offered. With bidders and buyers from over 14 countries in tonight’s sale – including institutional bidding – German art went global. Juergen Hall, entrepreneur and collector from Germany, purchased lot 5, Gerhard Richter’s photorealistic work “Schwestern” from 1967, for £2, 505,250 and Mr. Hall has generously announced that he will lend this painting to the Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany, which is yet further testament to the museum-quality of this extraordinary collection.”
“Following this remarkable result, iconic artworks with Rock ‘n’ Roll provenance and portraiture by two titans of their respective contemporary art movements which exuded quality, provenance and rarity, also performed well. The alluring combination of supreme wall-power, art history, zeitgeist music and Rock ‘n’ Roll culture are manifest in these paintings, and proved irresistible to collectors.”
I primi 34 lotti provenienti dalla Duerckheim Collection, hanno realizzato £60,401,650 ($96,666,801/€67,130,189) partendo da una stima di £31.8-45.9 milioni
Lotto 6
aggiudicato a : £5,753,250 ($9,207,501)
stima: £ 3,000,000 – 4,000,000
Private European
Sigmar Polke, Dschungel (Jungle), dispersion on canvas, 1967, 160 by 245.5cm
**NEW RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION**
Lotto 24
aggiudicato a : £3,233,250 ($5,174,493)
stima: £ 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
US Trade
Georg Baselitz, Spekulatius, oil on canvas, 1965, 162.7 by 132cm
**NEW RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION**
