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Los Angeles Modern Art February Sale = $5.1m

February 24, 2016 by Marion Maneker

Alex Katz, Here's To You (1962) 162k USD
Alex Katz, Here’s To You (1962) 162k USD

Peter Loughery’s Los Angeles Modern Art held an auction this week that shows the continuing appetite for Contemporary art in LA. The sale was led by a Richard Prince joke painting that made a very competitive (for LAMA) $1.58m. It was followed by an early Alex Katz which made $162,500.

  1. Richard Prince, Bedtime Story (1988),
    (Lot 189, est. $1,000,000–2,000,000) realized $1,585,000
  2. Alex Katz, Here’s to You (1962),
    (Lot 142, est. $80,000–120,000) brought $162,500
  3. Nabil Nahas, NN-19 (1987),
    (Lot 23, est. $30,000–50,000) realized $150,000
  4. Alberto Giacometti, Lampadaire à tête de femme (conceived c. 1933–1934),
    (Lot 224, est. $80,000–120,000) fetched $125,000
  5. Mary Corse, Copper-Four Crosses (1979),
    (Lot 25, est. $40,000–60,000) realized $100,000
  6. Norman Bluhm, Black Card (1961), (Lot 56, est. $40,000–60,000) realized $93,750
  7. Frank Stella, Double Gray Scramble (1973),
    (Lot 12, est. $25,000–35,000) totaled $68,750
  8. Harry Bertoia, Multi-plane construction (1958),
    (Lot 41, est. $60,000–80,000) brought $65,625
  9. Timothy Hawkinson, Sweet Tweet (2004),
    (Lot 199, est. $50,000–70,000) realized $62,500
  10. Sam Gilliam, On Blue (1967), (Lot 211, est. $30,000–50,000)
    brought $56,250

February 21, 2016 Modern Art & Design Auction

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