RESULTS: Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale - 28 June 2011, London

The Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction realized £78,817,050 / $125,792,012 / €87,959,828 and was 82% sold by lot (pre-sale estimate: £55,320,000 to £76,770,000).

London

Sold:

£78,817,050

$125,792,012

€87,959,828

Lots Sold:  53

Lots Offered: 65

Sold by Lot: 82%

Sold by £: 94%

Exchange Rate£:= $1.596/  €1.116

 

Lot 

Description

 

Estimate (£)

 

Purchase Price

 

Buyer

15

 

Francis Bacon (1909-1992), Study for a Portrait

 

Estimate on Request

£17,961,250

$28,666,155
€20,044,755

European Private

10

 

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Mao,1973

6,000,000 - 8,000,000

£6,985,250

$11,148,459
€7,795,539

European Private

29

 

Peter Doig (b. 1959), Red Boat (Imaginary Boys), 2003-4

1,400,000 - 1,800,000

£6,201,250

$9,897,195
€6,920,595

American Private

13

 

Lucian Freud (b. 1922), Woman Smiling, 1958-59 

 

3,500,000 – 4,500,000

£4,745,250

$7,573,419
€5,295,699

European Private

36

Miquel Barceló (b. 1957), Faena de muleta, 1990 WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

1,500,000 - 2,000,000

£3,961,250

$6,322,155
€4,420,755

European Private

38

Juan Muñoz (1953-2001), Esquina Positiva
(Positive Corner), 1992

WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION

 

3,000,000 - 5,000,000

£3,401,250

$5,428,395
€3,795,795

European Private

11

 

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, 1964

1,000,000 - 1,500,000

£2,337,250

$3,730,251
€2,608,371

European Private

61

 

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Rorschach, 1985

 

1,200,000 - 1,800,000

£2,225,250

$3,551,499
€2,483,379

European Private

17

 

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Little Electric Chair, 1964

1,800,000 - 2,200,000

£2,057,250

$3,283,371
€2,295,891

Anonymous

19

 

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto spaziale, Attese, 1966

2,000,000 - 3,000,000

£2,057,250

$3,283,371
€2,295,891

European Trade

 

Comment:

Please see separate release

 

Press Contact:

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