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Contemporary Art Evening Auction

01 July 2015 | 7:00 PM BST | London

SALE TOTAL

130,376,500GBP
Browse Lots
  • 24
    Andy Warhol
    One Dollar Bill (Silver Certificate) 
    LOT SOLD.20,869,000GBP
  • 9
    Francis Bacon
    Self-Portrait
    LOT SOLD.15,269,000GBP
  • 10
    Francis Bacon
    Three Studies for Self-Portrait
    LOT SOLD.14,709,000GBP
  • 17
    Gerhard Richter
    A B, Brick Tower
    LOT SOLD.14,149,000GBP
  • 25
    Andy Warhol
    Dollar Signs
    LOT SOLD.6,925,000GBP
  • 4
    Jean-Michel Basquiat
    Orange Sports Figure 
    LOT SOLD.5,637,000GBP
  • 11
    Yves Klein
    Untitled Blue Monochrome, (IKB 239)
    LOT SOLD.5,525,000GBP
  • 23
    Andy Warhol
    Dollar Sign
    LOT SOLD.4,685,000GBP
  • 15
    Lucio Fontana
    Concetto Spaziale, Attese
    LOT SOLD.4,405,000GBP
  • 5
    David Hockney
    Arranged Felled Trees
    LOT SOLD.3,397,000GBP
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Sale Number: L15022 Lots : 57

SALE TOTAL

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Our Evening Auction realised £130.4m ($204.7m / €183.9m), Sotheby’s highest-ever total for a sale of Contemporary Art in Europe. Warhol’s Painting of a One Dollar Bill sold for £20.9m, the highest price for any work sold in London this week.

Two newly discovered works by Francis Bacon made £30 million. Four Eggs on a Plate, a present from Lucian Freud to the Late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, made almost £1 million - ten times its low estimate, and £250,000 per egg.

Alex Branczik, Sotheby’s Head of Contemporary Art in London, said “We reached new heights at Sotheby’s tonight with the highest total we’ve ever achieved for Contemporary Art in London. Bidders from across the globe were drawn to Warhol works that ripped up the rule book for 20th-century art; rediscovered Francis Bacon gems; and some of the greatest works by British artists of the last 70 years. Tonight’s achievements affirm the pivotal position of London within the international art market.”

AUCTION DETAILS

The Contemporary Art Evening Auction this July is headlined by masterpieces by Francis Bacon: a rare work from his iconic Pope series and two re-discovered self-portraits. Other highlights include a magnificent abstract painting by Gerhard Richter, one of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s renowned sports figure paintings, an imposing IKB monochrome by Yves Klein, an impressive ten-cut Concetto Spaziale, Attese in red by Lucio Fontana and Peter Doig’s seminal workPelican from 2004. This extraordinary sale is punctuated by a group of exceptionally rare masterworks by Andy Warhol, which chart his career in terms of the artist’s iconic obsession with the American dollar. Finally, alongside Francis Bacon, works by Lucian Freud, David Hockney, Frank Auerbach, Leon Kossoff and R.B Kitaj champion the School of London.

Please note that from Friday 19 until Wednesday 24 June only a selection of highlights will be on view in our London galleries.

Admission to the sale is by ticket only. Please call +44 (0)20 7293 5891 or emailcontemporary.tickets@sothebys.com for further information.

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Contact Information

Oliver Barker
Chairman, Sotheby's Europe
+44 20 7293 5000
oliver.barker@sothebys.com
Alex Branczik
Senior Director
European Head of Department
Contemporary Art
+44 20 7293 5401
alex.branczik@sothebys.com
Isabelle Paagman
Senior Director
European Head of Private Sales
+44 20 7293 5495
isabelle.paagman@sothebys.com
James Sevier
Senior Director
Senior Specialist
Head Of London Evening Auctions
Contemporary Art
+44 20 7293 5842
james.sevier@sothebys.com
Emma Baker
Director
Head of Evening Sale
Contemporary Art
+44 207 293 5569
emma.baker@sothebys.com
Celina Langen-Smeeth
Deputy Director
Specialist
Contemporary Art
+44 207 293 5741
celina.langen-smeeth@sothebys.com
Antonia Gardner
Deputy Director
Specialist
Contemporary Art
+44 20 7293 5585
antonia.gardner@sothebys.com
Alexander Williams
Business Manager
Contemporary Art
+44 20 7293 5751
alexander.williams@sothebys.com
   
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