Collectors were out in force on Tuesday night for Sotheby’s first-of-its-kind, cross-category ‘Rembrandt to Richter’ Evening Sale’. The 65 lots spanning 500 years of art history realised £150 million, bringing Sotheby’s summer season flagship live sales total to almost $1.1 billion. Bidders from 47 countries took part and the pioneering new live-streamed formatwas watched by over 150,000 viewers. Watch this video to see the five lots that sold for over £10 million, including Joan Miró’s luminous ‘Femme au chapeau rouge’, Rembrandt’s ‘Self-portrait of the artist’ and Gerhard Richter’s ‘Wolken (Fenster)’.
Record-Breaking ‘Rembrandt to Richter’ Sale Shows Art Market Remains Strong
28 JULY 2020 | LONDON
