The results of the auction of modern art Sotheby's

November 11 in New York, the trades works of modern art Sotheby's, which proved very successful. The auction brought 134.4 million dollars, far exceeding the pre-assessment (67,9-97,7 million). Attention buyers have been proposed 54 lot of them remained unsold just two. 27 lots left for amounts in excess of a million dollars, seven of them brought more than five million.

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«Star of the auction was the work of Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol)« 200 dollar bills "(1962), sold for 43.8 million. The last time the painting has appeared at public auction in 1986. Then she went for a record at the time 385 thousand dollars. Now the most expensive piece of the artist is "Green car crash", which brought in 2007, much as 71.7 million dollars. A "200 dollar bills" is now in second place. Moreover, the picture took 25 th place in the list of most expensive work ever sold at auction, and 7 th place in the ranking of the most expensive works of postwar art (it ahead of "Green car crash", "White Center» Mark Rothko (Mark Rothko) and four paintings by Francis Bacon (Francis Bacon)). Incidentally, her estimate was only 8.12 million dollars! And started trading with the sum of 6 million.

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At the auction was set four personal bests, one of them - for the work of outstanding American artist Alice Neal (Alice Neel, 1900-1984), who became famous for his work in the genre of portraiture. Her picture of "Jackie Curtis and Rita Red" (1970) was sold for 1.65 million dollars in Estimé 400-500 thousand.

Painting Nile comes from the collection of Mary Schiller Myers (Mary Schiller Myers) and Louis Myers (Louis Myers). Results from this collection appeared at auction 20 works, which brought 24.5 million dollars in assessing 17-24 million. Bronze sculpture by Willem de Kooning (Willem de Kooning) «Large Torso" (1974), which the couple bought in 1980, went for 6.13 million dollars in Estimé 4.6 million.

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Same 6,13 million dollars brought a self-portrait of Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol), which auctioned the former secretary of the artist Kathy Neyso (Cathy Naso). Work, which estimate was 1-1,5 million, has acquired London-based jewelry magnate Laurence Graff (Laurence Graff). More information about the picture can be read here .

Another creation of the "king of pop art", which enjoyed increased interest clients Sotheby's, - the drawing "Untitled (banknotes, rolled in a tube). Sotheby's experts evaluated the work of 2,5-3,5 million dollars, and left it for 4.2 million. Her new owner was the dealer Larry Gagosian (Larry Gagosian).

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Among the other top lots of the auction - painting "Gray figures" Jasper Johns (Jasper Johns), written in 1957. It has brought 8.7 million dollars in Estimé 5-7 million. The previous time the product appeared at the auctions in November 2003 (when it went over 5,27 million).

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famous painting by David Hockney (David Hockney) «collector of works of art from California," was sold for 5.5 million dollars in evaluating 5.7 million. The previous owner laid out for her a million dollars (in 1993 at Sotheby's in New York).

article prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

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