12 February in London hosted an evening auction, and February 13 - day. The most expensive lot was a work of German artist Martin Kippenbergera

12 and 13 February in London auction of contemporary works of art, organized by the auction house Phillips de Pury & Co. Evening auction yielded 4.2 million pounds (6 million dollars) daily - 1.6 million pounds (2.3 million dollars).

The most expensive lot sold at auction on 12 February evening, was the picture of the German artist Martin Kippenbergera (Martin Kippenberger) «Portrait of Paul Shrebera (on its own outline)». Paul Shreber (Paul Schreber, 1842-1911) was a German judge, who suffered from paranoid psychosis. He wrote the book «Memoirs of my nervous illness», by Sigmund Freud (Sigmund Freud) explained in terms of psychoanalysis. The basis for Kippenbergera works as a graphic Shrebera, which showed the judge how he imagines his own brain. One half of the brain, he made a «healthy», another - «patient». Painting Kippenbergera went to Phillips for 433 thousand pounds (619 thousand USD) *. Her estimeyt at 400-600 thousand pounds.

In the second place in the list of the most expensive works - a sheet of Chinese painter Zeng Fanchzhi (Zeng Fanzhi), famous for his series «Mask». The painting, which brought 361 thousand pounds (517 thousand dollars), depicts the hero of the Korean War Tsziguan Huang (Huang Jiguang). The work was estimated at 200-250 thousand.

The third place was a series of four prints known artist-apropriatsionista Richard Prince ( Richard Prince) «Untitled (Four women in a hat)». These photographs of images found in popular magazines, was sold for 325 thousand pounds (465 thousand dollars). Specialists of the auction house evaluated at 200-300 thousand pounds.

The only work, whose estimeyt exceed one million pounds - the installation of Jeff Koons (Jeff Koons) from basketball and soccer balls - have not found a buyer. No customer Phillips expressed no desire to buy.

Among the lots, outside assessment - an impressive videodiptih Bill Viola (Bill Viola), entitled «outstanding (Silver & Gold)». These two videos are projected onto sheets of gold and silver foil. The work was estimated at 70-90 thousand pounds, and brought the whole 145 thousand (207.5 thousand dollars).

The next day was the day the auction, the most expensive lot was the painting by the American minimalist Robert Mengolda (Robert Mangold) «Red oval. The green oval. Etude ». It has 163 thousand pounds (233 thousand dollars), far exceeding the modest estimeyt in the 50-70 thousand pounds.

On the day the auction, several works by Russian artists, the most interesting of which is an interactive sculpture called wowPod. Its creators - Chernyshev and Alexei Shulgin . This is a great player zigzag copy iPod Moscow art lovers can see the autumn exhibition «Crete-pop» in Ermolaevsky Lane. The work was sold for 8.8 thousand pounds (12,4 thousand dollars), with estimeyte 8-12 thousand pounds.

Top-5 lots evening auction Phillips

works by Russian artists at the auction Phillips

* All prices include the Buyer's Premium.

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova

Sources: phillipsdepury.com , artinfo.com , artinvestment.ru

P.S. The outcome of other auctions, held in late January - early February, you can read the following articles:

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The excellent results of the auction Impressionist and Modern Christie ' s
Sotheby's February 5: Fontana leaders and Koons
Bacon and Rothko did not find buyers at the Christie 's, but many work more than estimeyt
results of daily trades works of postwar and contemporary artists Sotheby's
Results day tender works of postwar and contemporary artists, Christie 's