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Contemporary Art Day Auction

08 October 2016 | 11:00 AM BST | London

SALE TOTAL

11,584,625GBP
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  • 170
    Yayoi Kusama
    Pumpkin (A.H.T)
    LOT SOLD.653,000GBP
  • 117
    Roy Lichtenstein
    Modern Painting
    LOT SOLD.485,000GBP
  • 115
    Yayoi Kusama
    Infinity Nets (0902F)
    LOT SOLD.413,000GBP
  • 116
    Sturtevant
    Warhol Gold Marilyn
    LOT SOLD.401,000GBP
  • 121
    Michaël Borremans
    The Swan
    LOT SOLD.401,000GBP
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Sale Number: L16025 Lots : 141

SALE TOTAL

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The Day Auction of Contemporary Art concluded with an over-estimate total of £12,252,625. Asian private collectors acquired six of the top ten most valuable works sold, including the star lot, Yayoi Kusama’s Pumpkin AHT from 1991. From the artist’s celebrated Infinity series, the painting sold for £653,000, four times the pre-sale estimate of £150,000-200,000. An auction record was also set for one of Britain’s best-loved artists, Grayson Perry. His glazed earthenware pot Punters in the Snow, from 1999, made £112,500. Framed Waterfall, from Rosemarie Trockel’s influential Wool series, tripled its pre-sale auction estimate to realise £593,000, among the five highest prices ever seen at auction for the artist. Confrontational in its simplicity, Framed Waterfall consists of a woollen material stretched over a monumental plain square canvas.

AUCTION DETAILS

Sotheby’s is delighted to announce the upcoming Contemporary Art Day sale taking place in London on 8 October. Coinciding with Frieze week in London, it offers an exciting selection of works varied in both conception and rendition. Figurative sculpture is well represented with master works by Ugo Rondinone and Antony Gormley, in sharp contrast with Yayoi Kusama and Rosemarie Trockel's abstraction. Additional highlights include works by Kazuo Shiraga, Roy Lichtenstein, Sturtevant and Adrien Ghenie as well as exceptional works by Sam Francis and Alighiero Boetti.

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Marina Ruiz Colomer
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Specialist, Head of Day Sale
Contemporary Art
+44 207 293 5648
marina.ruizcolomer@sothebys.com
Rebecca Colman
Administrator
Contemporary Art
+44 207 293 5343
rebecca.colman@sothebys.com
   
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