Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Sale in Paris brings in $32 million

Clocking in at 20.384 million Euros, with 85% of the 179 lots sold, here’s the Top Ten from Monday night’s sale:

Prix (€) Estimation (€)

Artist, Title, Date

4,624,250 € ($7,267,934) 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
Francis Bacon, Sans titre (Pope), 1957-1959,
3,840,250 € ($6,035,721) 2,200,000 – 3,200,000
Joan Mitchell, La Ligne de la rupture, 1970-71
1,992,250 € ($3,131,219 $) 700,000 – 900,000
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sans titre, circa 1983
1,824,250 € ($2,867,174) 500,000 – 700,000
Robert Rauschenberg, Parliament (Borealis), 1991
1,152,250 € (1,810,991 $) 700,000 – 1,000,000
Georges Mathieu, L’abduction d’Henri IV par l’archevêque Anno de Cologne, 1958
** RECORD MONDIAL POUR L’ARTISTE**
973,050 € ($1,529,343) 700,000 – 900,000
Pierre Soulages, Peinture, 20 juin 1957
816,250 € ($1,282,900) 400,000 – 600,000
Jean-Paul Riopelle, Sans titre, 1950-51
581,050 € (913,236) 220,000 – 320,000
Niki de Saint-Phalle (1930-2002), La machine à rêver, 1970
420,250 € ($660,507) 200,000 – 300,000
Jean Dubuffet, Chevalier de Sainte Hourloupe, 1972
372,250 € ($585,065) 220,000 – 280,000
Maurice Estève, Faverdines, 1955