Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction on Tuesday night totalled £93.2 million ($122.8 million). Here, head of the sale, Emma Baker, explains how thirteen works by female artists were offered, the highest proportion offered in an evening sale. A highlight was Jenny Saville’s towering three-metre ‘Juncture’ from 1994, which achieved £5.7 million ($7.5 million), more than a 1000% increase on the £457,250 the painting achieved in its last appearance at auction in 2009. Auction records were set for Turner Prize-nominee Rebecca Warren and acclaimed Nigerian artist Toyin Ojih Odutola. Strong results were also achieved for works by Agnes Martin, Bridget Riley, Louise Bourgeois and Cindy Sherman.

Past Auction

Contemporary Art Evening Auction

5 March 2019 | 7:00 PM GMT | London