Image: Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild, 1977
oil on canvas, 78 3/4 x 118 1/8 in
ESTIMATE £2,500,000 – 3,500,000
SOLD AT £2,449,250
Phillips de Pury & Co. realized £12,223,600 ($19,565,094) in its Contemporary Evening sale in London on October 10th, with 24 of 37 lots sold. Notable sales were a Basquiat entitled Big Joy from 1984, sold just above its low estimate at £2,617,250 including premium ($4,189,170), and a Gerhard Richter Abstraktes Bild from 1977, which sold for £2,449,250 ($3,920,269), with a presale estimate of £2,500,000-3,500,000 ($4,001,500 – $5,602,100).
Image: Andy Warhol, Mao Portfolio (set of 10), 1972
screenprints, each: 36 × 36 in
1/250 +50 AP
ESTIMATE £500,000 – 700,000
SOLD AT £577,250
Image: Jacob Kassay, Untitled, 2011
acrylic and silver deposit on canvas, 84 x 60 in
ESTIMATE £100,000 – 150,000
SOLD AT £181,250
Image: George Condo, Daphnée, 2006
oil on canvas, 60 × 52 in
ESTIMATE £200,000 – 300,000
BOUGHT IN
Image: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Big Joy, 1984
acrylic, oilstick and Xerox collage on canvas, 86 x 67 7/8 in
ESTIMATE £2,500,000 – 3,500,000
SOLD AT £2,617,250
Premiums are included in all quoted sales figures.
-V. Artzimovich
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