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November 11, 2009
1 WAYNE THIEBAUD SAN FRANCISCO STREET $400/600,000
–Where are the bidders? $380k takes it.
2 ALICE NEEL JACKIE CURTIS AND RITA RED $400/500,000
–Here they are! Crossing $1m easily. $1.4m
3 FRANK AUERBACH HEAD OF JULIA $350/450,000
–$480k comes easily.
4 GERMAINE RICHIER LA FEUILLE $250/350,000
–6 bidders push it to $700k
5 LEON KOSSOFF DALSTON LANE SPRING 1974 NO.2 $250/350,000
–$400k easily
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6 KAREL APPEL FEMME ET ENFANTE $300/400,000
–$620k is swapped between two bidders but still good for it.
7 ALEXANDER CALDER EXTREME CANTILEVER $1/1.5 million
–$700k is quite low but still takes it.
8 WILLIAM BAZIOTES JUNGLE NIGHT $250/350,000
–Kim Heirston spends $280,000 on it.
9 ISAMU NOGUCHI STRANGE BIRD $400/600,000
–$250k isn’t enough–pass
10 LEE KRASNER TWELVE HOUR CROSSING, MARCH TWENTY-FIRST $400/500,000
–$650-ish
11 MARK DI SUVERO NUX $280/350,000
–$280k
12 ALEX KATZ NABIL’S LOFT $200/300,000
–$290k
13 ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG ADDRESS UNKNOWN $300/400,000
–$310k
14 WILLEM DE KOONING LARGE TORSO $4/6 million
–$5m from a late bidder settles the matter
15 WILLEM DE KOONING UNTITLED XV $5/7 million
–$5.4m
16 ISAMU NOGUCHI BASIN AND RANGE $400/600,000
–$250k
17 JOAN MITCHELL FIRST CYPRESS $1/1.5 million
–$750k is good enough
18 ADOLF GOTTLIEB CRESCENDO $700/900,000
–$1.1m
19 DONALD JUDD UNTITLED $800,000/1.2 million
–$1.4m among four bidders
20 WAYNE THIEBAUD HILLSIDE $650/850,000
–$650k
End of Myers Sale
21 ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG UNTITLED $400/600,000
–$800k
22 ANDY WARHOL 200 ONE DOLLAR BILLS $8/12 million
–$39 million! What year is this?
23 ANDY WARHOL UNTITLED (ROLL OF DOLLAR BILLS) $2.5/3.5 million
–$3.7m
24 ANDY WARHOL SELF-PORTRAIT $1/1.5 million
–$5.4m is “fresh as the day it was made”
25 DAVID HOCKNEYCALIFORNIA ART COLLECTOR $5/7 million
–$4.8m to Valentino Gravani & Co.
26 SOL LEWITTWALL STRUCTURE B $250/350,000
–$280k
27 BRUCE NAUMAN VIOLINS VIOLENCE SILENCE $2.5/3.5 million
–$3.5m
28 JOHN CHAMBERLAIN SLOW CHRISTMAS $500/700,000
–$450k
29 JASPER JOHNS GRAY NUMBERS $5/7 million
–$7.7m in steady sedate bidding–the theme of the evening
30 DAN FLAVIN “MONUMENT” FOR V. TATLIN $600/800,000
–$950k
31 ANDY WARHOL TUNAFISH DISASTER $1.5/2 million
–$1m which is clearly not very intellectual
32 DONALD JUDDUNTITLED $650/850,000
–$600k
33 ANDY WARHOLDIAMOND DUST OXIDATION PAINTING $350/500,000
–$380k
34 DONALD JUDD UNTITLED $800,000/1.2 million
–$1m for a leftover from last year
35 SOL LEWITT SERIAL PROJECT #1 ABCD 6 $450/650,000
–$380k
36 ANISH KAPOOR TURNING THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN #4 $1.2/1.8 million
–$1.6m
37 RICHARD PRINCE DOCTOR’S NURSE $1/1.5 million
–$1.45m
38 JEFF KOONS ILONA ON TOP (ROSA BACKGROUND) $2/3 million
–passes at $1.4m
39 JOHN CURRIN OLD COUPLE $800,000/1.2 million
–$700k
40 JOHN BALDESSARI LIFE’S BALANCE $300/400,000
— $450k
41 JOAN MITCHELL UNTITLED $2.5/3.5 million
–$2.2m
42 SEAN SCULLY WALL OF LIGHT DAY $600/800,000
–$650k
43 JACKSON POLLOCK UNTITLED $1/1.5 million
–$2.5m
44 JOAN MITCHELL UNTITLED $800,000/1.2 million
–$1.1m–last of the Mitchells
45 WITHDRAWN
46 DAVID SMITH BATHERS $450/650,000
–$1.2m
47 MARK ROTHKO ORANGE, RED, ORANGE $2/3 million
–$2.95m
48 JEAN DUBUFFET TRINITÉ-CHAMPS-ELYSÉES $4/6 million
–$5.4m
49 JEAN DUBUFFETCLOCHEPOCHE $550/750,000
–$880,000 to Giancarlo Giametti
50 ERIC FISCHL UNTITLED $450/650,000
–$550 to the back of the room
51 JUAN MUÑOZ FIVE SEATED FIGURES $800,000/1.2 million
–$1m
52 SIGMAR POLKE OPIUMRAUCHER (OPIUM SMOKER) $800,000/1.2 million
–quickly to $800k
53 DAMIEN HIRST THE OLD FOOLS PARADISE $600/800,000
–$850k
54 ANSELM KIEFER AUSGIEßUNG $700/900,000
–$900,000–Giametti pushes but is underbidder
55 ANISH KAPOOR UNTITLED $600/800,000
–$1m–Giametti plays the same role again
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