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Contemporary Art Evening Auction

14 May 2014 - 13 May 2014 | 6:30 PM EDT | New York

SALE TOTAL

364,379,000USD
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  • Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction achieved $364,000,000, led by Andy Warhol’s Six Self-Portraits, which sold for $30,125,000.

  • The offering of 19 works from The Sender Collection was 100% sold, totaling $44,591,000.

  • The auction saw a sell-through rate of 85%, marking the 12th consecutive Evening Auction of Contemporary Art at Sotheby's New York with a sell-through rate of over 80%.

  • Andy Warhol
    Six Self Portraits, 1986
    Hammer Price with Buyer’s Premium: 30,125,000 USD

  • Gerhard Richter
    Blau, 1988
    Hammer Price with Buyer’s Premium: 28,725,000 USD

  • Jeff Koons
    Popeye, 2009-2011
    Hammer Price with Buyer’s Premium: 28,165,000 USD

  • Jean-Michel Basquiat
    Undiscovered Genius of the Mississippi Delta, 1983
    Hammer Price with Buyer’s Premium: 23,685,000 USD

  • Andy Warhol
    Big Electric Chair, 1967-1968
    Hammer Price with Buyer’s Premium: 20,437,000 USD

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Sale Number: N09141 Lots : 79

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The 14 May Evening Auction of Contemporary Art in New York achieved $364,379,000. The sale was led by Andy Warhol’s Six Self Portraits from 1986 which sold for $30,125,000. Other Warhol highlights included Big Electric Chair which sold for $20,437,000 and 12 Mona Lisas (Reversal Series) which reached $11,365,000. The offering of works from The Sender Collection was 100% sold, totaling $44,591,000, well above pre-sale estimates and featured artist records for Rosemarie Trockel, Dan Flavin, Keith Haring, Adam McEwan, Matthew Barney, and Sarah Lucas. Artist records were also set for James Rosenquist, Wade Guyton and Julian Schnabel. Another top lot of the auction and cover lot of the sale was Jeff Koons’ larger-than-life Popeye sculpture that sold for $28,165,000.

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Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 14 May will present a collection of spectacular landmarks of recent art history. Surveying the major developments of contemporary art over the past six decades, this auction will offer truly rare and prestigious exemplars of Pop Art, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism and Postmodernism alongside various groundbreaking paintings and sculptures by the most influential artistic innovators of our time.

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Grégoire Billault
Senior Vice President
Head of Contemporary Art,
New York
+1 212 606 7254
gregoire.billault@sothebys.com
Lisa Dennison
EVP, Chairman, Americas
+1 212 894 1424
lisa.dennison@sothebys.com
Leslie Prouty
Senior Specialist
Senior Vice President
Contemporary Art
+1 212 606 7254
leslie.prouty@sothebys.com
Michael Macaulay
Senior Vice President
Senior International Specialist
Contemporary Art
+1 212 606 7254
michael.macaulay@sothebys.com
Alexandria Olszewski
Post Sale Manager
For Post-Sale Buyer Payment
and Shipping Queries
+1 212 606 7444
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