Last week, the leading auction houses - Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips de Pury - held in New York auction of contemporary works of art. November 10 took auction Christie's , whose main lots -" Brother Sausage "Jean-Michel Basquiat (Jean-Michel Basquiat) and "Catastrophe Tuna Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol) - the buyer is not found, but luxurious" Reflection "by Peter Doig (Peter Doig), estimated at 4-6 million dollars, went over the entire 10 million, and works from the collection of Merce Cunningham (Merce Cunningham) and John Cage (John Cage) sold cleaned. At Sotheby's Nov. 11 ball rules Warhol, whose painting "200 dollar bills" was sold for 43.8 million dollars in Estimé 8.12 million. She ranked second in the list of the most expensive works of the founder of pop art. In addition, previously unknown self-portrait, exhibited at the auction with the estimate: 1-1,5 million dollars brought 6 million.

Auction Phillips 12 November, on top lots which can be read here , too, was very живенько. Trades brought $ 7 million, within the estimate (5,7-8,1 million). Attention buyers were offered 40 lots, of which only nine were left unsold. Five works have managed to overcome a mark of 500 thousand dollars. Million-selling was not.

first place in the list of the most expensive lots of shared "web of infinity» Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (Yayoi Kusama) and" box Brillo »the same Warhol. Both of these works have gone to 842,5 thousand dollars.

picture of Kusama, whose estimate was 300-400 thousand dollars, bought a Parisian collector Marc Simoncini (Marc Simoncini). He also laid out 590 thousand for the canvas collapsing Ed (Ed Ruscha) «Angry as hell", which was estimated by specialists at Phillips 400-600 thousand.

As Warhol's sculptures, which acquired an anonymous buyer, traded on the phone, it became the most expensive "box of Brillo», ever sold at auction. The previous record for works of this kind amounted to 86 thousand pounds (122 thousand dollars).

One of the most popular works was the composition of the five pictures of birds, made by the Cuban artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres (Felix Gonzalez -Torres, 1957-1996). She went for 542,5 thousand dollars in assessing 250-350 thousand.

very interesting installation of Olafur Eliasson (Olafur Eliasson), entitled "Cube World" was sold for 362.5 thousand dollars (estimate 300-500 thousand). Work, the constituent elements of which are halogen lamps, steel struts and a device for the production of fog, exhibited at the retrospective exhibition of the artist in the New York Museum of Modern Art.

article prepared by Julia Maksimova AI

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