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Contemporary Art Evening Auction

11 November 2015 | 7:00 PM EST | New York

SALE TOTAL

294,850,000USD
Browse Lots
  • 18
    Cy Twombly
    Untitled (New York City)
    LOT SOLD.70,530,000USD
  • 11
    Andy Warhol
    Mao
    LOT SOLD.47,514,000USD
  • 9
    Jackson Pollock
    Number 17, 1949
    LOT SOLD.22,930,000USD
  • 8
    Lucio Fontana
    Concetto Spaziale, Attese
    LOT SOLD.16,154,000USD
  • 20
    Francis Bacon
    Portrait
    LOT SOLD.15,650,000USD
  • 14
    Lucio Fontana
    Concetto Spaziale
    LOT SOLD.8,986,000USD
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Sale Number: N09420 Lots : 51

SALE TOTAL

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Results: An exceptional Cy Twombly blackboard painting, Untitled (New York City), was the top lot in the Contemporary Art Evening Auction selling for $70.5 million, and is also the most expensive work sold at Sotheby's worldwide in 2015. The work set a record for the artist at auction. Another notable result was a rare large-scale Mao by Andy Warhol, which brought $47.5 million - the highest price for a work by the artist this season. Prime works by Jackson Pollock, Lucio Fontana and Francis Bacon also performed well. The Evening Auction realized $294,850,000. Combined with last week's auctions from the Collection of A. Alfred Taubman, Sotheby's contemporary art sales this season have so far totaled $532 million.

Details: Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction on November 11th will present a collection of extraordinary moments in 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 Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimalism and Postmodernism alongside various groundbreaking paintings and sculptures by the most influential artistic innovators of our times.

In addition to our sale catalogue, discover dedicated catalogues for featured lots in the auction:

Cy Twombly, Untitled (New York City)

Andy Warhol, Mao

Francis Bacon, Portrait

Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale

Property from the Collection of Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art



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Lisa Dennison
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lisa.dennison@sothebys.com
Grégoire Billault
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Head of Contemporary Art,
New York
+1 212 606 7254
gregoire.billault@sothebys.com
Michael Macaulay
Senior Vice President
Senior International Specialist
Contemporary Art
+1 212 606 7254
michael.macaulay@sothebys.com
Leslie Prouty
Senior Specialist
Senior Vice President
Contemporary Art
+1 212 606 7254
leslie.prouty@sothebys.com
   
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