Judd Tully continues to make the rounds in Basel (all copy is Tully’s though often highly redacted:)
- Sadie Coles HQ: Ugo Rondinone‘s huge set of heavy-duty wooden double-doors, “Lax Low Lullaby” (2010), resembling something one might encounter in a castle or medieval prison and complete with elaborate fittings, sold for 280,000 Swiss Francs, which is about $332,000; Urs Fischer, “Pineapple/Melon” (2010) […] for $600,000
- Xavier Hufkens, four new works in collage and paint on cardboard by Sterling Ruby, bearing titles such as “DS 6,” “DS 7,” and so on, sold at $75,000 each; Thomas Houseago‘s bronze “Yet to Be Titled (Large Head #1)” (2010) to a European collector for $250,000; Hufkins also sold the installation of Jacob Kassay paintings at the “Art Unlimited” […] to an undisclosed museum.
- Paula Cooper Gallery: Kelley Walker‘s “Black Star Press,” a 104-by-83-inch four-color process silkscreen from 2008, sold to a European collector for $250,000; Rudolf Stingel‘s funkily majestic, 95-by-76-inch “Untitled” abstraction from 2010 to another European for $550,000; Christian Marclay‘s “White Album (Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do)” (1990) […] for $20,000. Tauba Auerbach‘s “Untitled (Fold)” (2011) also quickly sold at $40,000 to another European collector.
- Reena Spaulings: Klara Liden green steel mesh garbage can sold for $20,000 to a European collector, the benches sold for €20,000 ($28,300) apiece, and the big ‘painting’ was on reserve to a museum, priced at $55,000.
- Galerie Gisela Capitan:Alina Szapocznikow, a group of ink-on-paper drawings and monotypes from the early ’60’s sold at €12,000 ($17,000) to €15,000 ($21,300) apiece, while a stunning, small-scale polyester resin, gauze, and newspaper sculpture of a reclining woman, “Fiancee Folle Mariee” (1971), sold for €250,000 ($354,000)
Europe’s Economic Woes Are Forgotten Amid Brisk Sales at Art Basel (Artinfo.com)
