📣 Christie’s 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale and The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale realised a combined total of £196.7 million, up 17% from last year.
Reflecting the strength of the London market, the 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale achieved strong prices for British artists, with Francis Bacon’s Landscape near Malabata, Tangier realising £19,630,000. David Hockney’s California, unseen in public for more than 40 years, sold for £18,710,000 during its worldwide auction debut. Michael Andrews’ School III: Butterfly Fish and Damsel Fish realised a world auction record for the artist (£3,125,500).
Claude Monet’s Matinée sur la Seine, temps net, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Impressionism, was offered at auction for the first time in 45 years and realised £14,397,500.
Evidencing continued global interest for works by female artists were two new auction records for Allison Katz as Snowglobe sold for £277,200 and for Jadé Fadojutimi’s The Woven Warped Garden of Ponder which achieved £1,552,500.
Reflecting the strength of the London market, the 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale achieved strong prices for British artists, with Francis Bacon’s Landscape near Malabata, Tangier realising £19,630,000. David Hockney’s California, unseen in public for more than 40 years, sold for £18,710,000 during its worldwide auction debut. Michael Andrews’ School III: Butterfly Fish and Damsel Fish realised a world auction record for the artist (£3,125,500).
Claude Monet’s Matinée sur la Seine, temps net, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Impressionism, was offered at auction for the first time in 45 years and realised £14,397,500.
Evidencing continued global interest for works by female artists were two new auction records for Allison Katz as Snowglobe sold for £277,200 and for Jadé Fadojutimi’s The Woven Warped Garden of Ponder which achieved £1,552,500.
