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Los Angeles Modern Auctions = $4.33m

October 14, 2014 by Marion Maneker

Mike Kelley, Nazi War Cave No 1

LAMA’s October auction did very well with Mike Kelley’s work on paper setting a record for the artist and Ed Ruscha setting a record for a print:

TOP LOTS:

  • Mike Kelley, Nazi War Cave #1  (Lot 215 est. $400,000 – 600,000) realized $740,000, setting an auction record for a work on paper by the artist
  • Ed Ruscha, Double Standard (Lot 75 est. $50,000 – 70,000) realized $206,250, setting an auction record for any print by the artist
  • Maria Pergay, “Flying Carpet” Daybed (Lot 187 est. $100,000 – 150,000) brought $162,500, setting an auction record for the design
  • Alberto Giacometti, “Lampadaire a tete de Femme” (Lot 191 est. $80,000 – 120,000) fetched $162,500
  • Richard Pettibone, Andy Warhol, Most Wanted Men  (Lot 330 est. $100,000 – 150,000) realized $112,500
  • Alexander Calder, Systeme Solaire Dont un Blanc (Lot 371 est. $80,000 – 100,000)
    realized $100,000
  • Roy Lichtenstein, Sweet Dreams, Baby! (Lot 314 est. $70,000 – 90,000) realized $93,750
  • Robert Mapplethorpe Self Portrait (Lot 333 est. $25,000 – 35,000) brought $87,500, setting an auction record for the edition
  • Frederick Hammersley, In Two #27  (Lot 366 est. $30,000 – 50,000) totaled $81,250
  • John Baldessari, Three Moments (Lot 435 est. $6,000 – 9,000) exceeded the pre-sale estimate bringing $53,125

Modern Art and Design auction, October 12, 2014

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