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Contemporary Art Day Auction

12 November 2015 | 9:30 AM EST | New York

SALE TOTAL

98,025,250USD
Browse Lots
  • 119
    Roy Lichtenstein
    Modern Painting with Yellow Interweave
    LOT SOLD.3,430,000USD
  • 127
    Kenneth Noland
    Heat
    LOT SOLD.3,370,000USD
  • 133
    Gerhard Richter
    Abstraktes Bild, "21. Nov. 43" (715-5)
    LOT SOLD.2,830,000USD
  • 136
    Jean Dubuffet
    Compagnonnage
    LOT SOLD.2,830,000USD
  • 207
    Ed Ruscha
    Sunset to Pico
    LOT SOLD.2,770,000USD
  • 137
    Adolph Gottlieb
    Blast II
    LOT SOLD.2,410,000USD
  • 213
    Jean-Michel Basquiat
    Untitled
    LOT SOLD.2,170,000USD
  • 101
    Andy Warhol
    Chanel (from Ads)
    LOT SOLD.1,810,000USD
  • 122
    Yayoi Kusama
    Infinity-Nets [TSSXPZ]
    LOT SOLD.1,690,000USD
  • 179
    Ad Reinhardt
    Abstract Painting
    LOT SOLD.1,690,000USD
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Sale Number: N09421 Lots : 416

SALE TOTAL

98,025,250USD DOWNLOAD RESULTS

Sessions

  • Session 1: 12 Nov 2015 | 09:30 AM | Lots 101 - 305
  • Session 2: 12 Nov 2015 | 02:00 PM | Lots 401 - 627
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Results: The Contemporary Art Day Auction totaled $98,025,250 with 80% of lots sold. The sale was led by Roy Lichtenstein's Modern Painting with Yellow Interweave from 1967 which sold for $3.4 million, and Heat by Kenneth Noland which set a new record for the artist at auction selling for $3.3 million. 

Details: This auction offers a strong selection of works from the postwar period to the present. The morning session includes top-quality pieces by Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Indiana, Jean Dubuffet, Ed Ruscha and Gerhard Richter. The afternoon session presents outstanding examples of contemporary painting, photography and sculpture and includes works by such influential and visionary artists as Yoshitomo Nara, Robert Longo, Rudolf Stingel and Anselm Kiefer.

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Courtney Kremers
Senior Vice President
Head of Day Sale
Contemporary Art
+1 212 606 7253
Courtney.Kremers@sothebys.com
Nicole Schloss
Vice President
Co-Head of Day Sale
Specialist
Contemporary Art
+1 212 606 7254
nicole.schloss@sothebys.com
Jasmine Chen
Deputy Director
Specialist
Contemporary Art
+852 2822 5575
Jasmine.Chen@sothebys.com
   
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