Christie's sales reached a record of the results of the spring weeks of trading "Post-War and Contemporary Art." Helped to make more 600 million charity auction DiCaprio and evening auction with works by Pollock, Basquiat and Lichtenste

Jackson Pollock № 19, 1948. 1948
Paper on canvas, oil, enamel paints. 78,4 x 58,1
Christie's. 15.05.2013
Estimate: 25-35 million dollars
Result: 58.4 million dollars
Source: christies.com

Total revenue for the week of the spring auction Christie's« postwar and contemporary art "was 638.6 million. This figure, which includes the results of jointly held with Leonardo DiCaprio charity auction «The 11th Hour», as well as daytime and evening trading, is an absolute record in the history of the world of auctions. In addition, last week the Department of Post-War and Contemporary Art Christie's has established 37 new price records for works by individual artists.

sign this week began on May 13 with held in conjunction with Leonardo DiCaprio charity auction «The 11th Hour» , the proceeds of which amounted to 38.8 million dollars, which allows you to talk about these trading as the most successful of its kind. was passing on May 15 evening auction of postwar and contemporary art collected a total of $ 495 million , which is all-time record for the auction of the world as a whole. In addition, in the course of the auction was set up 16 new price records for works by individual artists, three works were sold for an amount in excess of $ 40 million, 9 - 10 million more, and 23 of the price exceeded the threshold of 5 million dollars. The importance of the origin of this or that work was again confirmed during evening trading when items from the collection of Andy Williams and the collection of Celeste and Armand Bartos collected a total of 46, and $ 30.2 million respectively.

Past 16 May day trades confirmed previously identified trends. According to the results has been made a number of new records for works by both famous and emerging artists of outstanding private collections.

spring auction results Christie ' s «Post-War and Contemporary Art" in 2013

Auction	Revenues, including commissions, of dollars	%of lots sold in quantitative terms	%of lots sold in terms of money
13 May auction «The 11th Hour»	38827000	100	100
May 15 evening auction	495021500	94	94
May 16, the morning session	64364125	79	81
May 17, the day session	40403275	76	88

record prices for works by artists (U.S.)

• Jackson Pollock 58363750
• Roy Lichtenstein 56123750
• Jean-Michel Basquiat 48843750
• Philip densely 25883750
• Piero Manzoni 14123750
• Mark Grotyan 6510000
• Joseph Cornell, 4827 750
• Hans Hofmann 4827750
• Julie Meret 4603750
• Richard Serra 4267750
• Luc Tuymans 2699750
• Kenneth Noland 2139750
• Bharti Kher 1785000
• Sterling Ruby 1785000
• Raymond Pettitbon 1575000
• Robert Longo 1575000
• Ruth Asava 1443750
• El Enatsui 1179750
• Elizabeth Peyton 1050000
• Ellen Gallagher 987750
• Dan Coghlan 714000
• Mark Ryden 714000
• Joe Bradley 682 500
• Michael Borremans 603,750
• Jaume Plensa 447750
• Carol Bove 315 000
• Sergej Jensen 262500
• Bob Thompson 327750
• Adam McEwen 315000
• Rob Pruitt 315 000
• Ken Price 315,750
• Tister Gates 99750

record price for the work of the arts

• Cy Twombly (sculpture) 7739750
• Jean-Michel Basquiat (work on paper) 5723750
• Bruce Nauman (work on paper) 1443750
• Urs Fischer (picture) 1203750
• Christopher Wool (work on paper) 1203750

Source : Press Release Christie's