SOTHEBY’S. Londra, 29 giugno 2011
La vendita serale di arte contemporanea da Sotheby’s a Londra ha realizzato £108,803,550 ($174,129,201 /€120,923,897 ) con 79 lotti venduti su 88 offerti. (Stima pre – sala: £74-105 milioni). Il top lot è stato “Crouching Nude” di Francis Bacon del 1961, aggiudicato a £ 8,329,250 ($13,330,132/€9,257,100). Cheyenne Westphal, Sotheby’s Chairman of Contemporary Art Europe, ha commentato: “We are absolutely delighted with the results of tonight’s sale, which represent the highest total for any Contemporary Art Sale ever staged in London. The strong results of the remarkable Duerckheim Collection represent a triumph for German Art and reflect the extraordinary works offered. With bidders and buyers from over 14 countries in tonight’s sale – including institutional bidding – German art went global. Juergen Hall, entrepreneur and collector from Germany, purchased lot 5, Gerhard Richter’s photorealistic work “Schwestern” from 1967, for £2, 505,250 and Mr. Hall has generously announced that he will lend this painting to the Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany, which is yet further testament to the museum-quality of this extraordinary collection.”
“Following this remarkable result, iconic artworks with Rock ‘n’ Roll provenance and portraiture by two titans of their respective contemporary art movements which exuded quality, provenance and rarity, also performed well. The alluring combination of supreme wall-power, art history, zeitgeist music and Rock ‘n’ Roll culture are manifest in these paintings, and proved irresistible to collectors.”
I primi 34 lotti provenienti dalla Duerckheim Collection, hanno realizzato £60,401,650 ($96,666,801/€67,130,189) partendo da una stima di £31.8-45.9 milioni.
Top ten:
Lotto 49
aggiudicato a : £8,329,250 ($13,330,132)
stima: £ 7,000,000 – 9,000,000
European Buyer
Francis Bacon, Crouching Nude, oil on canvas, 1961, 198 x 145 cm
Lotto 6
aggiudicato a : £5,753,250 ($9,207,501)
stima: £ 3,000,000 – 4,000,000
Private European
Sigmar Polke, Dschungel (Jungle), dispersion on canvas, 1967, 160 by 245.5cm
**NEW RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION**
Lotto 53
aggiudicato a : £5,417,250 ($8,669,767)
stima: £ 5,000,000 – 7,000,000
Private European
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled, acrylic, oilstick, marker and pencil on canvas, 1981, 183.2 x 152.4cm
Lotto 14
aggiudicato a : £4,633,250 ($7,415,053)
stima: £ 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
European Buyer
Sigmar Polke, Stadtbild II (City Painting II), dispersion on canvas, 1968, 151 by 125.5cm
Lotto 3
aggiudicato a : £4,297,250 ($6,877,319)
stima: £ 1,000,000 – 1,500,000
US Trade
Gerhard Richter, 1024 Farben (1024 Colours), oil on canvas, 1974, 96.3 by 96.2cm
Lotto 13
aggiudicato a : £4,073,250 ($6,518,829)
stima: £ 1,200,000 – 1,800,000
Private European
Gerhard Richter, Mädchen im Liegestuhl (Girl in Deckchair), oil on canvas, 1964, 60 by 95cm
Lotto 2
aggiudicato a : £3,737,250 ($5,981,095)
800,000 – 1,200,000 European Buyer
Sigmar Polke, Kopf (Head), dispersion on canvas, 1966, 160 by 160cm
Lotto 42
aggiudicato a : £3,737,250 ($5,981,095)
stima: £ 3,500,000 – 5,500,000
European Private
Andy Warhol, Debbie Harry,1980, acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, 106.7 by 106.7cm
Lotto 7
aggiudicato a : £3,233,250 ($5,174,493)
stima: £ 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
European Buyer
Gerhard Richter, Telefonierender (Man on the Telephone), oil on canvas, 1965, 70 by 130cm
Lotto 24
aggiudicato a : £3,233,250 ($5,174,493)
stima: £ 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
US Trade
Georg Baselitz, Spekulatius, oil on canvas, 1965, 162.7 by 132cm
**NEW RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION**
