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RESULTS: Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale
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Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale
New York – Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Sale no: 2557 – Top Ten
[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]
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Sold: |
$388,488,000 |
£240,862,560 |
€299,135,760 |
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Lots Sold: 56 |
Lots Offered: 59 |
Sold by Lot: 95% |
Sold by $: 99% |
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Exchange Rate: £0.62= $1 / €0.77= $1 |
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Lot |
Description |
Estimate ($)
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Purchase Price |
Buyer |
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20 |
Mark Rothko, Orange, Red, Yellow, oil on canvas, painted in 1961 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR ANY CONTEMPORARY WORK OF ART WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST |
35,000,000-45,000,000 |
$86,882,500 £53,867,150 €66,899,525 |
Anonymous |
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34 |
Yves Klein, FC1 (Fire Color 1), dry pigments and synthetic resin on panel with artist’s frame, executed in 1962 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST |
30,000,000-40,000,000 |
$36,482,500 £22,619,150 €28,091,525 |
Anonymous |
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22 |
Jackson Pollock, Number 28, 1951, oil on canvas, painted in 1951 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST |
20,000,000-30,000,000 |
$23,042,500 £14,286,350 €17,742,725 |
Anonymous |
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24 |
Barnett Newman, Onement V, oil on canvas, painted in 1952 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST |
10,000,000-15,000,000 |
$22,482,500 £13,939,150 €17,311,525 |
Anonymous |
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14 |
Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild (798-3), oil on canvas, painted in 1993 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST |
14,000,000-18,000,000 |
$21,810,500 £13,522,510 €16,794,085 |
Anonymous |
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36 |
Gerhard Richter, Seestüeck (Leicht bewöelkt), oil on canvas, painted in 1969 |
10,000,000-15,000,000 |
$19,346,500 £11,994,830 €14,896,805 |
Anonymous |
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33 |
Alexander Calder, Lily of Force, standing mobile—painted sheet metal, rod and wire, executed in 1945 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST |
8,000,000-12,000,000 |
$18,562,500 £11,508,750 €14,293,125 |
Anonymous |
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21 |
Willem de Kooning, Untitled I, oil on canvas, painted in 1980 |
8,000,000-12,000,000 |
$14,082,500 £8,731,150 €10,843,525 |
European Private |
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11 |
Alexander Calder, Snow Flurry, hanging mobile—painted sheet metal and wire, executed circa 1948 |
3,500,000-4,500,000 |
$10,386,500 £6,439,630 €7,997,605 |
Anonymous |
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25 |
Clyfford Still, Untitled (PH-786, 1955-R), oil on canvas, painted in 1955 |
5,000,000-7,000,000 |
$8,594,500 £5,328,590 €6,617,765 |
U.S. Private |
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale
8 May 2012
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
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