CHRISTIE’S. New York, 8 marzo 2013
First Open ha archiviato oltre 12 milioni di dollari. La vendita ha aperto con i lavori di 23 artisti donati per finanziare le attività del Brooklyn Museum (BKLYN works: tutti insieme hanno realizzato $506,250). Tra questi il lotto 19, I see the Boys of Summer, di Dustin Yellin (la prima volta in un’asta) è stato venduto per $30,000, sei volte la sua stima pre-asta.
Record mondiali sono stati realizzati da Dorothy Dehner (lotto 131, venduto a $ 47,500) e Melville Price (lotto 124, venduto a $4,000).
Highlight dell’asta due opere su carta di Gerhard Richter (lotto 77) e Peter Doig (lotto 65), entrambi custoditi in collezioni private per 20 anni ed entrambi hanno superato la loro stima pre-asta. Cobourg 3+1 more di Doig ha archiviato un nuovo record mondiale per un’opera su carta dell’artista (aggiudicato a $626,500). Ohne Titel di Gerhard Richter, 1986, è passato di mano per $782,500.
| Lot | Description | Estimate ($) | Price Realized | Buyer | ||
| 77 | Gerhard Richter, Ohne Titel, oil on paper, drawn in 1986 | 250,000-350,000 | $ 782,500£ 524,220€ 602,384 | US Private | ||
| 65 | Peter Doig, Cobourg 3+1 more, oil on paper, painted in 1995WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A WORK ON PAPER BY THE ARTIST | 200,000-300,000 | $ 626,500£ 419,711€ 482,292 | US Private | ||
| 110 | Harry Bertoia, Dandelion from the Hilton Hotel, Denver, stainless steel, executed in 1961.SECOND HIGHEST PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION | 150,000-200,000 | $ 566,500£ 379,515,€ 436,103 | Anonymous | ||
| 111 | Frank Stella, Untitled, oil on canvas, painted in 1961 | 180,000-250,000 | $ 374,500£ 250,889€ 288,298 | US Trade | ||
| 112 | Gerhard Richter, Grün-Blau-Rot, oil on canvas, painted in 1993 | 200,000-300,000 | $ 362,500£ 242,850€ 279,060 | US Private | ||
| 62 | Gerhard Richter, Fuji, oil on alucobond, painted in 1996 | 180,000-250,000 | $ 350,500£ 234,810€ 269,822 | European Private | ||
| 90 | Andreas Gursky, Atlanta,cibachrome print, executed in 1996 | 250,000-350,000 | $ 314,500£ 210,693€ 242,108 | European Private | ||
| 64 | Gerhard Richter, Felsenlandschaftwatercolor on paper, drawn in 1984.WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A WATERCOLOR BY THE ARTIST | 70,000-100,000 | $ 268,500£ 179,876€ 206,697 | European Trade | ||
| 52 | Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup Box: Chicken Riceacrylic and silkscreen inks on canvas, painted in 1986. | 120,000-180,000 | $ 254,500£ 170,497€ 195,919 | Asian Private | ||
| 89 | Anselm Kiefer, Star Book, book—acrylic on lead on cardboard, executed in 2001 | 180,000-250,000 | $ 230,500£ 154,419€ 177,444 | Australia Private | ||
