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Contemporary Art Evening Auction

15 October 2015 | 7:00 PM BST | London

SALE TOTAL

36,351,250GBP
Browse Lots
  • 19
    Jean-Michel Basquiat
    Untitled (The Black Athlete)
    LOT SOLD.4,069,000GBP
  • 27
    Andy Warhol
    Lenin
    LOT SOLD.3,061,000GBP
  • 7
    Agnes Martin
    Untitled
    LOT SOLD.2,837,000GBP
  • 25
    Gerhard Richter
    Ausschnitt (Kreutz)
    LOT SOLD.2,613,000GBP
  • 15
    Michaël Borremans
    Girl With Duck
    LOT SOLD.2,045,000GBP
  • 21
    Robert Indiana
    Love
    LOT SOLD.1,565,000GBP
  • 29
    Andy Warhol
    Marilyn Monroe (F. & S. II.22-31)
    LOT SOLD.1,505,000GBP
  • 38
    Andy Warhol
    Vesuvius
    LOT SOLD.1,445,000GBP
  • 43
    Francis Bacon
    Head I
    LOT SOLD.1,445,000GBP
  • 17
    Richard Prince
    Untitled (Nurse)
    LOT SOLD.1,325,000GBP
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Sale Number: L15024 Lots : 52

SALE TOTAL

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Our Contemporary Art Evening Auction totalled £36,351,250 / $56,271,735, and was 72% sold by lot. Nearly 70% of the sale had never been offered at auction before. The artists featured hailed from fourteen different countries whilst participants came from six continents.

Rising Stars are redefining the market. Latvian-born artist Ella Kruglyanskaya, never previously offered at auction, opened the sale with Swordfish Picnic fetching £81,250 – a new benchmark for the artist. Following the record price established for Michaël Borremans at Sotheby’s in October 2014, his record was broken again tonight when Girl With Duck sold for a record £2 million in his first appearance at a Sotheby’s Evening Sale. Hotly contested artists – all children of the 1970s & 1980s - sold over estimate tonight including Jonas Wood (b. 1977), Cory Arcangel (b. 1978), Oscar Murillo (b. 1986) and Brent Wadden (b. 1979).

Auerbach’s E.O.W On Her Blue Eiderdown IV from 1963, a portrait of the artist’s lover of twenty-five years, Estella Olive West, soared over double the estimate to realise £1.3 million. The artist is currently the subject of a major retrospective at Tate Britain. No fewer than ten bidders drove Isa Genzken’s Fenster to £677,000  (est. £100,000-150,000). The five works from the eclectic collection of the Italian shoe designer and collector Ernesto Esposito all sold over estimate. The collection was led by Warhol’s imposing Vesuvius which realised £1.4 million.

AUCTION DETAILS

This October, London hosts Frieze and Frieze Masters – the world’s most vibrant contemporary and modern art fair. In the spirit of Frieze Week this Evening auction focuses on outstanding young artists such as Ella Kruglanskaya, Cory Arcangel, Mark Grotjahn and Christopher Wool. Leading the sale is Jean-Michel Basquiat’s iconic Untitled (The Black Athlete), a powerful example of the artist’s celebrated sports figures. A dynamic collection from the renowned shoe designer and pioneering collector Ernesto Esposito punctuates the sale and includes works by his long-standing friend Andy Warhol, as well as Anselm Kiefer and Sean Scully amongst others. Also included are stellar works by Agnes Martin, Richard Prince and Gerhard Richter.

Admission to the sale is by ticket only. Please call +44 (0)20 7293 5891 or email contemporary.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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