Art Miami exhibitors reported significant sales within moments of opening.
- Osborne Samuel sold LynnChadwick’s sculpture “Stairs” for more than $1.5 million
- Galerie Terminus sold Keith Haring’s “T.c.” (Dog) for $1.2 million, Tony Cragg’s “Mental Landscape” for $500,000, and Guenther Uecker’s newly created nail on wood piece for $480,000
- LewAllen Galleries sold Milton Avery’s “Leo Lerman in Mitzi Solomon’s Studio (1948)” for $325,000
- Galerie von Braunbehrens sold several works from artists Daniel Cherbuin and Marck totaling $461,500
- James Barron Art of Rome sold a series of three paintings from Julie Olitski’s Homage to Kermit Champa for more than $160,000
- Waterhouse & Dodd sold two drawings, one by Jean Metzinger and the other by Francis Picabia for an estimated $150,000
- C. Grimaldis Gallery reported six-figure total sales from a series of lighting installations from Chul Hyun Ayn.
- Graham sold an untitled piece from abstract painter Nancy Lorenz for $50,000
- McCormack Valerino sold an untitled work from Peter Saul for $65,000
- Ferrin Gallery sold Sergei Isupov’s “Papa” for $45,000
- Cernuda Arte sold René Portocarrero’s “Bembé” for $45,000
- Catherine Edelman sold two pieces from Gregory Scott’s “Revolting” series for $28,000 each
- Eli Klein sold Zhang Gong’s “Disco Club” for $26,000.