At the auction of works from the collection of the Saatchi Gallery installation Tracey Emin sold for a record 770,000 dollars

Tracey Emin Meet with my past . 2002
Christie's. 17.10.2013 . Lot 13 ​​
Result: 481.9 thousand pounds ( 770,000 dollars )
Source : christies.com

yesterday in the London office of the auction house Christie's held an unusual auction. In the auction , " think big " sold 50 works from the collection of the legendary Saatchi Gallery , and all the lots had no estimate: nor even the reserve price . Art dealer Charles Saatchi, once acquainted with the world of young British artists , including Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin , has decided to sell part of his collection to bail out funds to support the gallery. And to be precise - the fact of continuing to provide free access to the gallery to the public , and conduct free educational program .

The risk paid off well : already at the pre-auction exhibition was noticeable excitement around these trades - six days into lots of future trading came to watch more than 7,000 people. The result is all the lots were sold , with 23 works set personal records for their authors. Among them - the installation of Tracey Emin " Meet my past" , which is a bed with posts , embroidered curtains and bedspreads. Emin work reached a record for the artist hammer price at 481.9 thousand pounds ( 770,000 dollars) and was the top lot of the auction .

the way, all three of the most expensive work of these trades belong authorship of female artists . During installation Emin followed by a series of six sculptures "She" by Rebecca Warren (Rebecca Warren). For the six figures of unbaked clay, put on the wood boards with wheels , paid 385.8 thousand pounds ( 617,000 dollars) - is also a record price for the artist's work . Completes the top three work "Marta" Belgian artist Berlind de breaker (Berlinde de Bruyckere): anthropomorphic sculpture in wax , resin , metal, wood and glass was sold for 265.9 thousand pounds ( 425,000 dollars ).

total revenues of the auction of works from the Saatchi collection amounted to 3,000,000 pounds ( 4.9 million dollars). Among the buyers of works were not only private collectors , but also cultural institutions , foundations, and so on .

Prepared by Mary Onuchina , AI

Sources : christies.com , artinvestment.ru