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'1 in 11' Auction

12 February 2015 | 7:30 PM GMT | London

SALE TOTAL

2,472,750GBP
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  • 9
    Jeff Koons
    Donkey (Yellow)
    LOT SOLD.557,000GBP
  • 6
    Damien Hirst
    Beautiful Messi Spin Painting for One in Eleven
    LOT SOLD.365,000GBP
  • 5
    Takashi Murakami
    Lionel Messi and a Universe of Flowers
    LOT SOLD.317,000GBP
  • 12
    Richard Serra
    Large Symmetry #3
    LOT SOLD.305,000GBP
  • 13
    Luc Tuymans
    Model
    LOT SOLD.293,000GBP
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Sale Number: L15018 Lots : 20

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Sotheby’s fundraising auction to benefit the ‘1 in 11’ campaign raised a final total of £2,663,000 million. The sale kicked off with a bespoke football designed by Takashi Murakami and signed by both Lionel Messi and the artist, which soared above its pre-sale estimate of £500-1,000 to £45,000. The top lot of the evening was Jeff Koons’s Donkey (Yellow) from 1999, which sold for £557,000. Two paintings depicting Lionel Messi by Damien Hirst and Takashi Murakami sold for a combined total of £6.82 million.

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Important Notice: This sale is subject to the new buyer's premium rates that came into effect 1 February 2015. To view the updated rates please CLICK HERE

Sotheby’s is delighted to support the '1 in 11' campaign; a unique partnership between three internationally recognised organisations, FC Barcelona Foundation, Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) and UNICEF, founded to help vulnerable children in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Nepal access a quality education and unlock their potential. Led by two specially commissioned works; Takashi Murakami’s Lionel Messi and a Universe of Flowers and Damien Hirst’s Beautiful Messi Spin Painting for One in Eleven,  the ‘1 in 11’ auction presents a fantastic array of artworks, kindly donated in support of this campaign, from Middle-Eastern artists such as Dia Azzawi, Wael Shawky and Etel Adnan, to international names such as Richard Serra, Jeff Koons, Luc Tuymans and Yan Pei-Ming.

For more information about '1 in 11' please go to www.1in11.org.

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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
Ashkan Baghestani
Director
Head of Sale, Contemporary Curated
Co-Head of 20th Art | Middle East
+44 20 7293 5154
ashkan.baghestani@sothebys.com
Tom Eddison
Deputy Director
Specialist
Contemporary Art
+44 20 7293 5782
tom.eddison@sothebys.com
Julie Noble
Director
Senior Project Manager
+44 20 7293 5392
julie.noble@sothebys.com
   
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