Londra, 28/29 giugno 2010
EVENING SALE: £ 41,091,800 ($61,806,176, €50,111,626)
Da Sotheby’s la Evening di Contemporanea ha fotocopiato il clima degli Impressionisti. 9 invenduti su 53 lotti. Totale 41 milioni £. Bene Castellani, Boetti (world record per un arazzo) e il Fontana “La fine di Dio”. Nel 2009 l’analoga asta aveta totalizzato 25,5 milioni di pounds.
RECORDS
LOT 29
BRITISH ART FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
LEON KOSSOFF
B.1926
KING’S CROSS, MARCH AFTERNOON
250,000—350,000 GBP
Sold for £457,250 $687,750
LOT 38
BHARTI KHER
B. 1969
THE SKIN SPEAKS A LANGUAGE NOT ITS OWN
700,000—1,000,000 GBP
Sold for £993,250 $1,493,947
RECORD – STERLING ONLY
LOT 30
BRITISH ART FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
FRANK AUERBACH
B. 1931
MORNINGTON CRESCENT – SUMMER MORNING
1,500,000—2,000,000 GBP
Sold for £2,281,250 $3,431,228
RECORD BY MEDIUM – FOR A TAPESTRY BY BOETTI
LOT 6
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTOR
ALIGHIERO BOETTI
1940 – 1994
MAPPA
600,000—800,000 GBP
Sold for £881,250 $1,325,488
