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  • 23 July 2021

Latin American Art Online Totals $1.3M

HIGHEST EVER SALE TOTAL FOR LATIN AMERICAN ART ONLINE SALE
FIVE NEW ARTIST RECORDS FOR EMILIO SÁNCHEZ, ANTONIO CARO, CORNELIA VARGAS, ELIZABETH JOBIM, JORGE RODRÍGUEZ DIEZ

FERNANDO BOTERO (B. 1932)
Man with Horse
sanguine on paper
15½ x 11½ in.
Executed in 2002.
Price realized: $93,750

New York – Christie’s online-only sale of Latin American Art totaled $1,362,125, marking the highest ever sale total for an online sale of Latin American Art. The sale was sold 92% by lot and 116% hammer above low estimate. The sale was led by two works on paper by Fernando Botero, Man with Horse, which sold for $93,750, and Still life, which achieved $62,500.

The sale established six new records for the below artists:

• Emilio Sánchez, Casa de esquina, $56,250
• Antonio Caro, Colombia, $18,750
• Cornelia Vargas, Untitled, $8,750
• Elizabeth Jobim, Untitled, $7,500
• Jorge Rodríguez Diez, Untitled (from the Mini Golf series), $5,250
• Carlos Alfonzo, Untitled, $17,500 – record for a work on paper by the artist

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue.   *Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.