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Judd Tully scored one of the biggest sales at the fair late in the game on Friday:

Luxembourg & Dayan

• sold the rare to market Domenico Gnoli figurative painting, “Braid” from 1969 in the region of the $14 million asking price.

Melanie Gerlis had these sales in the FT:

Sean Kelly

• one of seven editions of a David Claerbout film, “The Pure Necessity” (2016), from Art Basel’s ever-popular Unlimited section for large-scale works (the film is co-presented with Esther Schipper gallery)

Thomas Dane

• Cecily Brown’s “Mileposts in an Alluvial Land (2)” (2016) for $450,000
• Ella Kruglyanskaya’s “Lidded beer jug, p.114” (2016) for $40,000

Anne Mosseri-Marlio gallery

• sold Minoru Onada’s “WORK64-W” (1964)

Artsy’s Anna Louis Sussman had this sale:

Mnuchin Gallery

• Bruce Nauman’s wax sculpture Andrew Head/Julie Head/Rinde Head (1990) for $3.6 million

Cheim & Read

• sold paintings by Joan Mitchell, Sean Scully, Ron Gorchov, and a sculpture by Lynda Benglis, in a price range between $200,000 and $10 million

Scott Reyburn has some sales in his Art Basel report:

Gagosian Gallery

• A four-foot-high Gerhard Richter “Abstraktes Bild” in blue, red and yellow, from 1986, priced at $4.5 million

Lévy Gorvy

• a 1960 abstract by the Japanese artist Kazuo Shiraga, of the Gutai school, that had formerly been owned by the Italian artist Lucio Fontana and was bought by an American collector for $3.5 million

 

In her report on Basquiat-mania at Art Basel, Katya Kazakina has this sale

Richard Gray Gallery

• Basquiat’s “Untitled (Solanamum)” from 1984 sold asking price was $14 million.

The Master, Judd Tully, reports

Jack Shainman

• Kerry James Marshall, “Untitled (London Bridge)” from 2016, executed in acrylic on pvc panel and measuring 84 by 119 1/2 by 3 1/4 inches, sold for $2.5 million

Luxembourg & Dayan

• sold Maurizio Cattelan‘s sculptural installation work Untitled (2009) – comprised of a canvas and broom – for $1.5 million to a major American foundation.

Lévy Gorvy

• a Sigmar Polke (lauded by the Polke aficionado Alexander Rotter of Christie’s as “spectacular”) for $12m

Thomas Dane gallery

• sold a painting by Marisa Merz from his all-female stand for $350,000

Daniel Buchholz

• sold several abstract C-prints by Wolfgang Tillmans,at €60,000 apiece
• a painting by Anne Imhof featuring the artist Eliza Douglas menaced by a Molotov cocktail (à la Faust, her Venice Golden Lion-winning performance piece), acquired by a New York-based collector for €55,000.

Peter Freeman

• placed an important 1980s interactive fabric wall piece by Franz Erhard Walther

Mood at Art Basel is upbeat as VIPs spend (The Art Newspaper)

David Zwirner

• Sculpture by Isa Genzken sold for USD 1.1 million
• Bruce Nauman, Andrew Head/Julie Head/Rinde Head, 1990,Wax 21.3 x 48.6 x 47.9 cm Sold for USD 3.6 million
• Neo Rauch, Blutsbrüder, 2017 Oil on canvas 300 x 250 cm Sold for USD 1 million
• Felix Gonzalez-Torres, “Untitled” (Last Light), 1993 24 light bulbs, extension cord, plastic light sockets, and dimmer switch Overall dimensions vary with installation Sold for USD 1.5 million
• Donald Judd, Untitled, 1969 Copper 15.6 x 68.6 x 61 cm Sold for USD 1.1 million
• Sigmar Polke, Untitled, 1983 Gouache, watercolor, ink, and artificial resin on paper 69.9 x 99.1 cm Sold for USD 350,000
• Tomma Abts, Fiebe, 2017 Acrylic and oil on canvas 48 x 38 cm Sold for USD 180,000
• Francis Alÿs, Study for Mosul (dead IS, shadow to shadow, white flag), 2016 Oil and pencil on vellum paper and canvas in three (3) parts 3 drawings 28.9 x 36.5 cm  Sold for USD 100,000
• Ruth Asawa, Untitled (S.073, Hanging Single Sphere, Five Layer Continuous Form within a Form), 1962 Hanging sculpture–oxidized copper wire 62.2 x 91.4 x 91.4 cm Sold for USD 750,000
• Michaël Borremans, Portrait, 2005 Oil on canvas 80 x 60 x 3.2 cm Sold for USD 850,000
• Carol Bove, Self Talk, 2015 Steel and urethane paint 4 crushed glyphs 210.8 x 579.1 x 243.8 cm Sold for USD 450,000
• Marcel Dzama and Raymond Pettibon, It is big big business (or We s’port…and necessitate one another, thought to brush, word to image hand in hand…for the greatest interest…of writing thou art), 2016 Ink, watercolor, and acrylic on paper 256.5 x 995.7 cm Sold for USD 500,000
• William Eggleston, Untitled, c. 1973 Pigment print 45 x 64 3/8 x 2 1/4 inches 114.3 x 163.5 x 5.7 cm Sold for USD 650,000
• Kerry James Marshal, Untitled, 2017 Acrylic on PVC panel 70.5 x 59.7 cm Sold for USD 800,000
• Oscar Murillo, 2+, 2014 Oil, oil stick on canvas, and linen 250 x 210 cm Sold for USD 400,000
• Bridget Riley,Two Yellows, Composition with Circles 5, 2011 Acrylic on linen 112 x 112 cm Sold for GBP 300,000
• Fred Sandback, Untitled, 1967 Purple 1/32-inch diameter elastic cord Ceiling height x 3.8 x 17.8 cm Sold for USD 600,000
• Luc Tuymans, Ballone, 2017 Oil on canvas 73 1/16 x 59 1/2 inches 185.6 x 151.2 cm Sold for USD 1.5 million
• Jordan Wolfson, Untitled, 2017 Spray paint, marker on inkjet print mounted on dibond in aluminum artist’s frame; two (2) aluminum armatures with two (2) found studded leather jackets with acrylic paint; plywood, “u” shaped bolts, and metal chain 251.5 x 203.2 x 113.7 cm Sold for USD 350,000
• Yun Hyong-keun, Burnt Umber & Ultramarine, 1973 Oil on cotton 41.5 x 88.3 cm Sold for USD 110,000
• Lisa Yuskavage, Rainbow Smoker, 2017 Oil on linen 43.8 x 35.9 cm Sold for USD 220,000

Over 20 works by Wolfgang Tillmans sold, prices ranged from USD 10,000-150,000

• Love / Life Installation (1989 / 1999), 2014 14 Chromogenic prints Overall installation: 286.7 x 371.8 cm Sold for USD 150,000
• Leaf for Architects, 2013 Inkjet print on paper mounted on Dibond aluminum in artist’s frame 215.9 x 144.8 cm Sold for USD 100,000
• Sunset night drive, a, 2014 . Inkjet print on paper . 40.6 x 30.5 cm  Sold for USD 10,000
• Kleine Welle, 2015 Inkjet print on paper 40.6 x 30.5 cm Sold for USD 10,000
• Atlantique, b, 2016 Inkjet print on paper 30.5 x 40.6 cm Sold for USD 10,000
• Filled with Light, a, 2011 Inkjet print on paper 12 x 16 inches 30.5 x 40.6 cm Sold for USD 10,000
• Amsterdam to Lima, 2013 Inkjet print on paper, clips 138.1 x 206.7 cm Sold for USD 95,000
• window-shaped tree, 2002 Inkjet print on paper mounted on Dibond aluminum in artist’s frame 168.5 x 247 cm Sold for USD 130,000
• JAL II, 2016 . Inkjet print on paper mounted on Dibond aluminum in artist’s frame 97.9 x 79.5 cm Sold for USD 35,000
• Silver 174, 2015 Chromogenic print mounted on Dibond aluminum in artist’s frame 181 x 237.7 cm Sold for USD 150,000
• young man, Jeddah, a, 2012 Inkjet print on paper mounted on aluminum in artist’s frame 86 x 69.5 x 3.2 cm Sold for USD 35,000
• Silver 169, 2014 34 x 43.8 x 2.5 cm Sold for USD 30,000
• Simon, Sebastian Street, 2013 Inkjet print on paper mounted on aluminum in artist’s frame 86.0 x 69.9 x 3.2 cm Sold for USD 35,000
• still life (photographic vegetables), 2014 Inkjet print on paper, clips 138 x 206 cm Sold for USD 95,000
• Sunset night drive, c, 2013 Inkjet print on paper 34.3 x 44.5 x 2.5 cm Sold for USD 10,000
• shorts on banister, 2016 Inkjet print on paper mounted on Dibond aluminum in artist’s frame 80.3 x 105.1 x 3.2 cm Sold for USD 40,000
• Peach alive, 2016 Inkjet print on paper 30.5 x 40.6 cm Sold for USD 10,000
• window-shaped tree, 2002 Inkjet print on paper, clips 161 x 243 cm Sold for USD 125,000
• tree filling window, 2002 Inkjet print on paper, clips 206 x 138 cm Sold for USD 95,000
• paper drop Oranienplatz, a, 2017 Chromogenic print 30.5 x 40.6 cm Sold for USD 10,000
• paper drop Oranienplatz, d, 2017 Inkjet print on paper mounted on Dibond aluminum in artist’s frame 30.5 x 41.6 cm Sold for USD 10,000

Michael Werner

• Sigmar Polke Sold a painting for EUR 3.5 million  Sold to a European collector
• Enrico David Sold 7 works, each priced between USD 45,000-150,000 USD to US and European collectors
• Markus Lüpertz Sold 3 works, each priced between USD 75,000-150,000 USD to Asian and European collectors
• A R Penck Sold 3 major, works each priced between USD 350,000-900,000
• Per Kirkeby Sold two bronze works and a painting, each priced between USD 150,000-450,000
• Hurvin Anderson Sold a work priced between USD 50,000-75,000

Galerie Gmurzynska

• Roberto Matta, ‘La violence de la douceur’ 1949 Oil on Canvas Sold for in the region of USD 2.5 million to a European collection
• Roberto Matta, ‘Untitled’ 1952 Oil on canvas Sold for in the region of USD 1 million to an American collector
• Roberto Matta, ‘The Ego and the I’ 1946 Oil on canvas Sold for in the region of USD 1.5 million  Sold to an American collection
• Wifredo Lam, ‘Figures grises (Composition fantastique)’ 1974 Oil on canvas Sold for in the region of USD 1.5 million to a European collector

Pilar Corrias

• Philippe Parreno, Fraught Times: For Eleven Months of the Year it’s an Artwork and in December it’s Christmas (July), 2017 Sculpture Cast and painted stainless steel Sold for EUR 1.2 million from the Unlimited sector

Kukje Gallery / Tina Kim Gallery 

• Ha Chong-Hyun, Conjunction 14-134, 2014 Oil on hemp cloth . 130 x 162 cm Sold for between USD 200,000 – 250,000
• Kwon Young-Woo, Untitled, c. 1980s Korean paper 100 x 80.5 cm Sold for between USD 100,000 – 150,000
• Kwon Young-Woo, Untitled, c. 1980s Korean paper 97 x 79 cm Sold for between USD 100,000 – 150,000
• Kim Yong-Ik, Untitled, 1991 Mixed media on canvas 181.5 x 227 cm Sold for between USD 200,000 – 250,000
• Bill Viola, Ancestors, 2012 Color High-Defnition video on LED display mounted vertically on wall; Performers: Kwesi Dei, Sharon Ferguson 21:41 minutes, 160 x 93 x 10 cm Ed. 4/5, 2AP Sold for between USD 250,000 – 300,000
• Ghada Amer , The Words I Love the Most, 2012 Bronze with black patina 152.8 x 152.8 x 152.8 cm Sold for between USD 350,000 – 400,000
• Jean-Michel Othoniel, Amant suspendu, 2016 Verre de Murano Aquamarine et Cristal, Inox 57 x 15 x 152cm 9.5kg Sold for between USD 30,000 – 80,000
• Haegue Yang , Jahnstraße 5 – Bathroom Radiator, 2017 Aluminum Venetian blinds, steel frame, powder coating, perforated metal plates, light bulbs, cable 60.3 x 81 x 12 cm Ed. 4/5, 2APs Sold for between USD 30,000 – 80,000
• Haegue Yang, Jahnstraße 5 – Kitchen boiler, 2017 Aluminum Venetian blinds, steel frame, powder coating, perforated metal plates, light bulbs, cable 80 x 44.2 x 32 cm Ed. 4/5, 2APs Sold for between USD 30,000 – 80,000

Fergus McCaffrey Gallery 

• Kazuo Shiraga, Sekirai, 1997 Oil on canvas 86 1/4 x 114 5/8 inches (219 x 291 cm) Sold for USD 5 million

Edward Tyler Nahem 

• Tom Wesselmann, Drawing for Nude on a Couch, 1971 Charcoal and liquitex on canvas 41 3/4 by 96 1/4 inches (106 x 244.5 cm) Sold for USD 4.4 million

Galerie Thomas

• Alexander Calder Sold sculpture for in the region of EUR 2 Million
• Gunther Uecker , “Field”, 1998  Nails on wood  Sold for in the region of EUR 300,000

Sadie Coles HQ 

• Urs Fisher , The Kiss, 2017 Sold for USD 500,000

Sprüth Magers 

• Jenny Holzer, Two benches sold for USD 150,000 each
• Louise Lawler Andy in L.A., 2004/2016/2017 Digital Fujiflex face mounted to plexiglass on aluminium museum box Sold for USD 110,000
• Peter Fischli / David Weiss, Equilibrium Organ (Ear),1986 Polyurethane, paint, cloth Sold for EUR 420,000

von Bartha

• Imi Knoebel, Bild 28.02.2017, 2017  Acrylic / Aluminium  Sold for CHF 210,000
• Imi Knoebel, Bild 08.05.2014, 2014 Acrylic / Aluminium  Sold for CHF 230,000
• Imi Knoebel motori c, 2017 Acrylic / Aluminium Sold for CHF 210,000
• Imi Knoebel Bild 07.12.2016, 2016 Acrylic / Aluminium  CHF 240,000
• Imi Knoebel, Terra, 2017 Acrylic / Aluminium Sold for CHF 160,000
• Imi Knoebel Elemente F.1, 2017 Acrylic / Aluminium CHF 110,000
• Landon Metz, Untitled, 2017 Dye on canvas  50.8 x 81.2 cm  Sold for CHF 9,000
• Landon Metz, Untitled, 2017 Dye on canvas  129.5 x 208.2 cm Sold for CHF 24,000

Regen Projects

Works by Catherine Opie, Theaster Gates, Wolfgang Tillmans, Liz Larner, Glenn Ligon, Jack Pierson, Raymond Pettibon, and Marilyn Minter Sold for prices ranging from USD 40,000 – 5000,000

Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

• Andrea Bowers, Disarm Rapists (Illustration by Cell 16, The New Woman’s Survival Guide, 1973), 2017 Acrylic Marker on Cardboard Sold for USD 65,000

Galerie Hans Mayer

• Tony Oursler Sold 4 sculptural works each priced between EUR 200,000-300,000
• Zander Blom, Untitled (1.799), 2016  198 x 140cm  Oil on linen  Sold for in the region of EUR 40,000

Alison Jacques Gallery

• Lygia Clark, Estruturas de caixa de fosforos, 1964 Black and white gouache paint, matchboxes, glue Sold for USD 250,000 to a European art foundation
• Lygia Clark, Planos em superficie modulada, 1957 Collage, cardboard Sold for USD 190,000 to a European art foundation
• Roy Oxlade, Olympia’s Trolley, 1989 Oil on canvas Sold for GBP 12,500 to a Belgian private collection
• Sold a further 9 paintings by Roy Oxlade to collections in the UK and Europe

Galerie Daniel Templon

Chiharu Shiota 5 works sold each priced between EUR 50,000-100,000

Hans op de Beeck  Several sculptural works sold for in the region of EUR 70,000 each

Jan Fabre  Several works for EUR 110,000

Lévy Gorvy 

• Carol Rama  Sold 5 works each priced between USD 300,000-600,000
• Dan Colen  Sold large work for USD 450,000 to a US institution

Chemould Prescott Road

• Dhruvi Acharya, Mother Earth, 2017 Charcoal and synthetic polymer paint on unprimed canvas 183 x 152 cm Sold for USD 32,000
• Shilpa Gupta, Untitled, 2016 34 x 34 cm each Edition 1/6 Sold for USD 30,000
• Jitish Kallat, Rain Study (the hour of the day of the month of the season), 2016 Graphite, acrylic epoxy on Arches paper62 x 40 cm each Sold multiple works from the series for USD 5,500 each

Konrad Fischer Galerie 

• Daniel Buren, Peinture sur – sous verre,  Varnish on glass Sold for in the region of EUR 220,000 to a French collection
• Sol LeWitt, Irregular grids (009343), 2001 Gouache on paper Sold for USD 50,000 to an American collector
• Several works by Edith Dekyndt sold for in the region of EUR 14,000-18,000

Mnuchin Gallery 

•  Agnes Martin, Untitled #9, 1988  Acrylic and graphite on canvas Sold for USD 5 million
• Christopher Wool, Untitled, 2002 Enamel and silkscreen ink on canvas Sold for USD 3.5 million
• Mark Grotjahn, Untitled, 2004 Colored pencil on paper Sold for USD 300,000

Di Donna 

• A painting by Sonia Delaunay sold for USD 600,000

König Galerie

• Jeppe Hein, 1 Artist Proof of a full grouping of Mirror Balloon sculptures, 2017 Sold for EUR 120,000
• Jeppe Hein Sold 5 lightboxes for EUR 40,000 each
• Jeppe Hein, Mirror Balloon, 2017 Sold 3 works from the edition for EUR 19,000 each 
• Jorinde Voigt, Sold three works for EUR 20,000 each
• Alicja Kwade Vitrine Sold for EUR 48,000
• Kathryn Andrews Sold a work for USD 80,000
• Claudia Comte Sold 5 works each priced between EUR 20,000-65,000
  

 

Hauser + Wirth (Day Two Sales)

• Piero Manzoni, Achrome, 1958 – 1959 Kaolin and wrinkled canvas 70 x 100 cm / 27 1/2 x 39 3/8 in OVER EUR 10,000,000 TO A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION (above)
• Louise Bourgeois, Standing Figure, Fabric, stainless steel and glass, IN THE RANGE OF USD 2,500,000 TO A CHINESE PRIVATE COLLECTION
• Louise Bourgeois, Natural History 1944, Oil on board, (no price given) SOLD TO A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN GERMANY
• Kazuo Shiraga, Composition BB41, 1962, Oil on canvas USD 2,800,000
• Richard Tuttle, Yellow Curves 1965 Binder’s paint on plywood, 2 parts USD 1,500,000 SOLD TO A SOUTH AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
• Roni Horn, Yet 1 2017 Powdered pigment, graphite, charcoal, coloured pencil and varnish on paper USD 675,000 SOLD TO A PRIVATE COLLECTION
• Paul McCarthy, Jack 2009/2017 Acrylic polyurethane on Matrix G USD 400,000
• Paul McCarthy, Red Head 2017 Pastel, charcoal and pencil on paper USD 375,000
• Paul McCarthy, Nancy Reagan 2017 Pastel and graphite on paper USD 300,000 SOLD TO A PRIVATE COLLECTOR IN EUROPE
• Mary Heilmann, Cirque Mix, 1995, Oil on canvas, 2 parts USD 395,000Thomas Houseago, White Demon II (Large) 2017 Graphite, pastel and oil on canvas USD 375,000 SOLD TO A US PRIVATE COLLECTION
• Geta Brătescu, Costume 1987 Paper collage EUR 70,000
• Geta Brătescu, Linia Nebună (The Crazy Line) 2013 Drawing on paper, leporello EUR 60,000 SOLD TO A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
• Geta Brătescu, Fără titlu (Untitled) 2012 Collage and drawing on paper, series of 6, EUR 30,000 SOLD TO A LONDON PRIVATE COLLECTION
• Geta Brătescu, Fără titlu (Untitled) 2015 Collage on paper, 4 parts EUR 20,000
• Geta Brătescu Trei forme (Three Forms) 2014 Collage on paper, 3 parts EUR 15,000 TO A US PRIVATE COLLECTION
• Subodh Gupta, Pressed for Space IV 2015 Aluminium, fabric, resin EUR 80,000
• Fausto Melotti, Mattinata nel bosco (Morning in the woods) 1974 Gold, silver EUR 60,000
• Takesada Matsutani, Stream 10-2 2010 Polyvinyl acetate adhesive, graphite pencil, Japanese paper on canvas, USD 50,000
• Maria Lassnig, Geschäftsverbindung (Business connection) 1998, Pencil, gouache on paper, EUR 25,000 SOLD TO A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
• Jakub Julian Ziolkowski, Untitled 2017 Porcelain paint and acrylic on plexiglas EUR 14,000

Lehamnn Maupin (Day Two)

• another crab claw by Roberto Cuoghi sold, priced in the range of €10,000-€20,000 EUR.
• Mickalene Thomas‘ Pam Grier, a silkscreen mirrored wall panel, also sold in the range of $100,000-$150,000 USD.

Hauser + Wirth

• sold this Guston for $2m asking

White Cube

• Sold this Thiebaud for $1.1m

The Master, Judd Tully, has these sales:

Matthew Marks

• Vija Celmins “Blackboard Tableau #12” from 2007-2015, comprised of one found tablet and one made tablet in wood, leather, acrylic, alkyd, oil and pastel, and measuring 11 by 18 ½ by ¼ inches, sold to a private collector for around one million dollars, acquired as a promised gift from the trustee/collector to an otherwise anonymous Midwest museum

Anthony Meier

• Gerhard Richter watercolor on paper, “Untitled (10.3.91)” from 1991 sold to an American collector for $475,000

Skarstedt Gallery

• Eric Fischl’s oil on linen “Turner” from 2016 at 70 by 60 inches sold for $600,000.
• a trio of Thomas Schutte bronze heads from 2006, all titled “Wicht” and numbered 3, 4 and 7 to a private collector for $1.95 million

Levy Gorvy

• sold one of Dan Colen’s new “Purgatory” paintings to an American foundation for $450,000
• Joan Miro, “L’ Echelle de l’evasion et l’etoile de l’espoir” from July 1939 in mixed media on found ruled paper sold for $825,000
• a hand-carved, painted wood sculpture by Sergio Camargo, “Oree (#26)” from 1964 sold for $600,000
• Vincenzo Agnetti’s “Assioma-Work almost forgotten by heart” from 1971, comprised of letter-perfect white text on a coal black background for $90,000

Galerie 1900-2000

• Man Ray photograph, “Nu Encorde (Blanc et noir)” from 1928-29, featuring an artfully bound nude, sold for €80,000
• a rare to market 1939 Pablo Picasso, “Portrait de Dora Maar” from the estate of Andre Breton and priced in the region of €5-10 million (Note: Tully mentions this work on offer. Others report it sold to Leon Black for $6m)

Dayan Luxembourg

• sold a Maurizio Cattelan sculpture for $1.55 million to Dimitris Mavrommatis

Acquavella

• Wayne Thiebaud’s Pop Art flavored “Three Cake Slices” from 1990/2012 in pastel on paper and scaled at 11 1@ by 8 1/8 inches for $550,000

Art Basel’s Buzzy VIP opener  (Judd Tully)

According to Nate Freeman at ArtNews:

Zwirner

• a 1954 Alberto Burri for more than $10 million
• a 1986 Sigmar Polke for almost $9 million
• Marlene Dumas works-on-paper and paintings ranging from $150,000 to $3 million

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Gagosian 

• two editions of Urs Fischer’s Bruno & Yoyo (2015), a paraffin wax sculpture of the dealer Bruno Bischofberger and his wife, for around a $1 million apiece before the fair started today.

White Cube

• Georg Baselitz’s Das hoffnungslose weiße Bild (2017) for €440,000
• Antony Gormley’s HOME (2014) for £350,000
• Tracey Emin’s You Came to me at night (2017) and A moment – A Feeling – For you (2017) for £250,000 and £300,000, respectively
• Imi Knoebel’s Union II (2016) for €160,000

Massimo de Carlo Gallery

• untitled John Armleder abstraction from 2017 in the region of €100,000
• a new Rob Pruitt, five row group of framed abstract paintings, “Times and Moods” for $220,000
• a small scaled and shaped Nate Lowman work, “USA Little Flag Flower” from 2010 to European collector for $120,000
• a larger scaled Gunther Forg, “Untitled” from 2004 went for €270,000
• a large-scaled, silver patterned Rudolf Stingel abstraction but on the client’s request, declined to divulge a price

Sikkema Jenkins Gallery

• a Kara Walker, wall hugging installation of 62 drawings, “Notes Drawn by a Negress after a long absence” from 2016 and executed in mixed media on paper sold to Hong Kong/Berlin collectors Max and Monique Burger for around $300,000
• Walker, “Raw Pigment” from 2016, in watercolor on paper sold to another European private for $150,000
• sold at least eight archival pigment print photographs by Erin Shirreff at $16,500 each, comprised of small-scaled, hand-made sculptures photographed by the artist and manipulated by the computer to make them appear monumental from an edition of four.

Sean Kelly Gallery

• sold Joseph Kosuth’s Conceptual definition work, “Titled (Art as Idea as Idea)” from 1968 for €115,000
• Callum Innes’ large-scaled, untitled abstraction in oil on linen for £100,000
• Sam Moyer’s “Untitled” from 2017 in glass paint, glass, plexiglass and canvas for $22,500

Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

• Olafur Eliasson relief in colored glacial rock flour glass, titled”Oceanic Void Narrative”, colored glass, mirror and found driftwood sold for €175,000

Art Market Rebounds at Art Basel in Basel (Artsy)

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Hauser + Wirth

• Philip Guston late painting for ~$15m

#PhilipGuston Number 11, 1952 @cheimread @artbasel

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Cheim & Read

• Philip Guston abstract work for $8.5m

Peter Blum

• Robert Ryman sold before the fair in the region of $2m

Eva Pressenhuber

• Joe Bradley for $750k

Lehmann Maupin

• a painting by David Salle sold in the range of $275,000-$350,000 USD!
• An edition of Do Ho Suh’s large fabric hub sculpture Main Entrance, 348 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA (2016) sold in the range of $350,000-$400,000 USD to a private art museum.
• Shirazeh Houshiary’s painting Effuse (2017) sold in the range of £100,000-£150,000 GBP.
• Multiple ceramic crabs and crab claws by Italian artist Roberto Cuoghi have sold, which can also be seen in his traveling solo exhibition, Perla Pollina 1996-2016, currently at the Madre Museum in Naples. Cuoghi is also one of the artists representing Italy in Cecilia Alemani’s curated pavilion Il mondo magico at this year’s Venice Biennale.
• Several works by Kader Attia have sold, including a new totem sculpture which sold in the range of €70,000-€80,000 EUR.
• An edition of South African artist Robin Rhode’s Inverted Cycle (2016) has sold in the range of €50,000-€60,000 EUR.

Di Donna

• a painting by Gerhard Richter sold for close to USD 5 million

Metro Pictures 

• sold a chromogenic color print by Cindy Sherman for USD 1.5 million
• Robert Longo’s first-ever “Men in the Cities” work, which went for around $500,000

Howard Greenberg Gallery 

• 7 paintings and 5 photographs by Saul Lieter sold, each within the range of USD 10,000 to 30,000

Acquavella Galleries 

• sold a Jean-Michel Basquiat, Three Delegates, 1982 (asking price $18m)

Hauser & Wirth

• Philip Guston, Scared Stiff, 1970, In the region of USD 15 million
• Philip Guston, Untitled, 1969 Lithographic crayon and oil on panel USD 2 million
• Richard Serra, Untitled, 1975 Corten steel equilateral triangle USD 3.5 million
• Eva Hesse, No title, 1961 Oil on canvas USD 2.5 million
 Sold to a Chinese museum
• Hans Arp, Kopf – Nase / Tête-Nez (Head-Nose), 1925-1926 Oil on cut-out board laid on the artist's painted board USD 650,000
• Jason Rhoades, Chandelier 22 (The Secret Garden), 2006 Neon-glass: The Secret Garden; 1 transformer (110V), orange cord with three-plug, rope, armature wire, 7 hats, cow-foot bottle, Mexican bat, skull with horns, puppet USD 650,000
• Takesada Matsutani, La Propagation B (Grise), 1963 Polyvinyl acetate adhesive, acrylic and oil on canvas USD 475,000
• Jack Whitten, Quantum Wall, VII (The Daughter of Jazz: Akara-Ngba), 2017 Acrylic on canvas USD 425,000
• Berlinde De Bruyckere, My Deer, 2011 – 2013, 2013 Cast iron EUR 350,000, sold to a UK Private foundation from Parcours presentation
• Lorna Simpson, What Did U Not Understand About What I Just Said, 2016 Ink and screenprint on gessoed fibreglass USD 320,000
• Paul McCarthy, Eve and Adam, 2017 Charcoal and pastel on paper, tape, cardboard USD 250,000
• Pipilotti Rist, Seit<Since>, 2015 Video object; „Kartonage&quot; with an integrated monitor and 1 player, silent CHF 75,000
• Pipilotti Rist, Trust me, 2016 Neon, 120V USD 50,000

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac

• Sigmar Polke Untitled, 1983-1984 USD 4 million
• Robert Rauschenberg, Lipstick (Spread), 1981 USD 900,000
• Adrian Ghenie,
 Untitled, 2017  USD 250,000
• Robert Longo
, Untitled (Eagle), 2017  USD 500,000
• Georg Baselitz, Nach unten durch die Tür, 2017 
 EUR 500,000
• Georg Baselitz, Weiter abwärts, 2017 
 EUR 500,000

Mnuchin Gallery

• Mark Bradford, Smear, 2015 Mixed media and collage on canvas Price range: USD 5 Million
• Sean Scully, Every Night, 1984 Oil on canvas Price range: USD 600,000
• Lee Bontecou, Untitled, 1963 Soot and pencil on paper   Price range: USD 250,000

Di Donna

• A painting by Gerhard Richter sold for close to USD 5 million
• Works by John Baldessari, Ed Ruscha, and Joan Miró sold for between USD 700,000 and USD 1 million

Jack Shainman Gallery

• El Anatsui, Blema, 2006 Found aluminum and copper wire 146 x 217 (12.17 x 18 feet) USD 1.7 million
• Kerry James Marshall
, Untitled, 2017 Acrylic on PVC panel
 29 x 23 1/2 inches
 USD 800,000
• Barkley L. Hendricks, Woody, 1973
 Oil and acrylic on canvas
 66 x 84 inches (canvas size) 
USD 750,000
• Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Night Owl at Nantwich, 2017
 Oil on linen
78 3/4 x 51 3/16 inches USD 130,000
• Hayv Kahraman, Mnemonic Artifact 4, 2017
 Oil on linen
59 1/2 x 60 inches
 USD 50,000

Metro Pictures

• Cindy Sherman, Untitled, 1983 Chromogenic color print Sold for USD 1.5 million
• Robert Longo, A historical work from the Men in Cities series from the early 1980s Sold for USD 550,000
• Louise Lawler, Andy in LA (adjusted for the wall, Metro Pictures, Basel, distorted for the times, 2004/2016/2017 Digital Fujiflex print face mounted to plexiglass on aluminum museum box Sold for USD 150,000

Pace Gallery

• Robert Rauschenberg, Mow Lounge (Urban Bourbon), 1994 Acrylic on mirrored aluminum USD 1 Million, Sold to a European collector
• Song Dong ,
Through the Wall, 2016
 Old window, lighting, iron frame USD 300,000 Sold to a prominent European museum from the Unlimited sector
• Sol LeWitt , Hanging Structure 28 B, 1989
 Wood painted white USD 750,000 Sold to an Asian collector
• Tony Smith, Untitled, 1960
 Oil on canvas USD 200,000 Sold to an American collector
• Lee Ufan, Dialogue, 2016 Acrylic on canvas USD 350,000 Sold to a European collector

Annely Juda Fine Art

• François Morellet, Contresens no. 2, 2015
 Asking price EUR 100,000

Konrad Fischer Galerie

• Tony Cragg
, Hedge #2, 2016
 EUR 250,000
• Alice Channer // Crushes /// The /// Landscape /// Of /// Logic /// Under /// Glacial /// Reveries //, 2017 EUR 36,000

David Kordansky Gallery

• Marcus Amm, Untitled (2017) Oil on gesso board 23 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches (60 x 50 cm)   USD 26,000
• Harold Ancart, Untitled (2017) Oil stick and pencil on canvas, artist frame 85 x 69 x 2 1/2 inches
(215.9 x 175.3 x 6.4 cm)
 USD 95,000
• John Armleder, Untitled (2017) Mixed media on canvas 88 1/2 x 59 x 4 inches (224.8 x 149.9 x 10.2 cm)   USD 150,000
• Will Boone, Optimo (2017) Acrylic, enamel, resin, and nylon flag on canvas 72 x 45 x 1 3/4 inches
(182.9 x 114.3 x 4.4 cm) USD 40,000
• Aaron Curry, Real Unreal (2017) Painted aluminum, stainless steel 82 x 33 5/16 x 22 3/8 inches (208.3 x 84.6 x 56.8 cm) USD 180,000
• Sam Gilliam, Untitled (2016) Watercolor on rice paper 56 x 27 1/2 inches (142.2 x 69.9 cm) Framed:
60 x 31 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches (152.4 x 79.4 x 3.8 cm) USD 55,000
• Jennifer Guidi, Rarefied Matter (Black #1MT, White Sand SF #1F, White Pink and Black CS) (2017) Sand and acrylic on linen 92 x 74 x 1 1/2 inches
(233.7 x 188 x 3.8 cm) USD 60,000
• Evan Holloway, Untitled, 2017 Cast aluminum, powder coat, high-temp spray paint, lightbulbs and fixtures, wiring, lighting controller 135 x 17 x 17 inches
(342.9 x 43.2 x 43.2 cm) USD 80,000
• Rashid Johnson, Untitled Escape Collage (2017) Ceramic tile, mirror tile, black soap, wax, vinyl, spray enamel 73 x 94 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches (185.4 x 240 x 6.4 cm) USD 215,000
• Tala Madani, Killing seminal fantasies (2017) Oil on linen 20 1/8 x 17 1/8 x 1 inches (51.1 x 43.5 x 2.5 cm) USD 26,000
• Calvin Marcus, Dead Soldier (2017) Oil stick, Cel-vinyl, liquid watercolor, and emulsified gesso on linen/canvas blend 101 1/2 x 79 x 1 inches (257.8 x 200.7 x 2.5 cm) USD 38,000
• Shahryar Nasha, Psych Twombly (Luiggi) (2017) HD video on monitor with retrofitted cover 45 x 38 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches
(114.3 x 97.8 x 8.9 cm) USD 22,000
• Mai-Thu Perret, In the dark, the expert is startled (2017) Glazed ceramic 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 2 inches
(50.2 x 40 x 5.1 cm) USD 24,000
• Torbjørn Rødland, Untitled (2009–2013) Chromogenic print 17 3/4 x 22 3/8 inches (45 x 57 cm) Framed:
18 1/4 x 22 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches (46.4 x 57.8 x 3.8 cm) Edition of 3, with 1AP, USD 9,000
• Torbjørn Rødland, Avocado (2013), Chromogenic print 23 5/8 x 29 15/16 inches (60 x 76 cm) Framed:
24 1/4 x 30 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (61.6 x 77.5 x 3.8 cm) Edition of 3, with 1AP, USD 11,000
• Ricky Swallow, Reclining Sculpture (open with spheres) #5 (2017) Patinated and polished bronze 6 x 18 x 6 1/2 inches
(15.2 x 45.7 x 16.5 cm) USD 45,000
• Lesley Vance, Untitled (2017) Oil on linen, 28 x 36 x 1 inches (71.1 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm) . USD 80,000
• Mary Weatherford, Phoenix (2017) Flashe and neon on linen 93 x 79 x 3 inches (236.2 x 200.7 x 7.6 cm) USD 180,000
• Jonas Wood, Green Garden Landscape Pot (2016) Oil and acrylic on canvas 118 x 93 x 1 3/4 inches (299.7 x 236.2 x 4.4 cm) USD 450,000

Stephen Friedman Gallery

• A painting by Jim Hodges sold for approximately USD 500,000 to a US Foundation
• A painting by Brazilian artist Luiz Zerbini sold to a European Foundation for USD 200,000

Goodman Gallery

• William Kentridge, Soft Dictionary, 2016 Single channel HD Video 2 min 44 sec USD 180,000
• Ghada Amer, The Grid of 2017 –  RFGA, 2017 Acrylic embroidery and gel medium on canvas 114 x 114cm USD 150,000
• Nolan Oswald Dennis excerpt: constellations (Black Liberation Zodiac), 2017 Wall Mural installation Variable EUR 20,000, Acquired by Jean Pigozzi
• David Goldblatt, Hold up in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, November 1963 Silver Gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper 24 x 17cm Ed 1 of 10, USD 12,000

Taka Ishii Gallery

• Maria Taniguchi, Untitled, 2017 Acrylic on canvas USD 25,000 – 30,000 Sold to an Asian collector
• Shozo Kitadai, Untited, ca 1987-1994 Wood, metal USD 15,000-20,000 Sold to an American collector
• Yoshio Seknie, “Alone”, 1957 Oil on board USD 30,000 – 35,000

Pace/MacGill Gallery

• Paul Graham, Fulton Street, 11th November 2009, 11.29.10 am, 2009 Two pigment prints each mounted to Dibond Edition of 3 with 2 Aps; this work is AP 2 USD 75,000, Sold to a German collector
• Sold a suite of 15 diptychs by Yoshitomo Nara from his Photo Booth series for approximately USD 200,000
• Yoshitomo Nara, Suite of 15 diptychs from Photo Book, 2003-2012 Inkjet prints on archival paper mounted on aluminum Edition of 7 Sold for approximately USD 200,000 Sold to a Japanese collector
• Robert Frank, Moving Out, 1993 Gelatin silver print enlarged from a Polaroid negative USD 80,000
• Richard Avedon, John Glenn, Astronaut, Langley Field, Virginia, March 31, 1961 Gelatin silver print mounted to linen 2 Editions Sold USD 30,000-40,000 each

Kukje Gallery / Tina Kim Gallery

• Ha Chong-Hyun, Conjunction 15-146, 2015 Oil on hemp cloth 162 x 130cm USD 190,000 – 195,000
• Ha Chong-Hyun, Conjunction 95-026, 1995 Oil on hemp cloth 185 x 185cm USD 390,000 – 395,000
• Kim Yong-lk, Untitled, 1994 Acrylic on canvas 100 x 80cm USD 90,000 – 95,000
• Kwon Young-Woo, Untitled, 1980s Korean paper 100 x 81cm USD 120,000 – 125,000
• Park Seo-Bo, Ecriture No.10-74- 76, 1974-1976, Pencil and oil on hemp cloth 32 x 82cm USD 400,000 – 450,000
• Haegue Yang, Jahnstraße 5, 2017 Aluminum Venetian blinds, steel frame, powder coating, perforated metal plates, light bulbs, cable 5 pieces, Either 80 x 44.2 x 32, 90.5 x 51 x 12, or 60.3 x 81 x 12 cm Ed. 1/5, 2AP USD 100,000 – 150,000

Maureen Paley

• Wolfgang Tillmans, paper drop Oranienplatz, a, 2017 USD 100,000
• Paulo Nimer Pjota, Leopard Painting, 2017 USD 28,000

Kalfayan Galleries

• Vlassis Caniaris, Wall from 1961 EUR 80,000 Sold to a collector from the USA

Sprüth Magers

• Craig Kauffman, Untitled, 1969 Acrylic lacquer on plastic USD 950,000
• George Condo, Found Spaces, 2017 Acrylic, charcoal, pastel and coloured pencil on linen USD 700,000
• Rosemarie Trockel, False Alarm, 2012 Wool (black) EUR 350,000
• Sterling Ruby, Yellow Sky, 2017 Acrylic, oil, elastic and cardboard on canvas USD 325,000
• Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Let go), 2004 Chromogenic dye coupler print USD 350,000
• Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Our people are better than your people), 1994 / 2017, Print on vinyl USD 350,000

Lisson Gallery

• Leon Polk Smith, Constellation T, 1968 Paint on canvas 160.6 x 160.6 cm 63 1/4 x 63 1/4 in USD 150,00
• Carmen Herrera Untitled, 1949 Oil on burlap 46.2 x 65 x 2.4 cm 19 x 25 1/2 in USD 750,000
• Ryan Gander, I be…(xv), 2017 Antique mirror, marble resin Mirror size: 80 x 64 x 5.5 cm
 Mirror size: 31 1/2 x 25 1/4 x 2 1/8 in GBP 70,000
• Stanley Whitney, Midnight Run, 2017 Oil on linen 203.2 x 203.2 cm 80 x 80 in USD 120,000

Long March Space (Beijing)

• Xu Zhen by MadeIn Company Under Heaven-2808TR1611, 2016 Oil on canvas, aluminum Diameter: 180 cm RMB 1 million
• Zhan Wang, Universe Stainless Steel Series No.4, 2016 Ed.of 3 Stainless steel black titanium plate, stainless steel, mixed media 120 x 100 x 23 cm RMB 420,000
• Zhan Wang, Universe Stainless Steel Series No.3, 2016 Ed. of 3 Stainless steel black titanium plate, stainless steel, mixed media 100 x 200 x 23 cm Sold 2 editions for RMB 720,000 each
• Vivien Zhang, Octant Bounty, 2017 Mixed media on canvas 210 x 170 cm EUR 13,000

Alison Jacques Gallery

• Sold 4 works by Maria Bartuszová, including‎ a work in plaster and string from 1980s for EUR 170,000 to an American private‎ collection
• Sold 2 works by Sheila Hicks, ranging from USD 30,000 – 35,000
• Sold a Dorothea Tanning painting from the 1960s priced at USD 350,000, and 6 drawings ranging from USD 15,000 – 40,000 each
• Sold a number of works by Irma Blank, including a painting from late 1990s for EUR 150,000

Almine Rech Gallery

• Julian Schnabel, The Day I Missed, 1990 Oil, gesso on tarpaulin USD 400,000
• Franz West, Untitled (large sculpture with can), 2009 Papier-mâché, styrofoam, acrylic lacquer, can USD 680,000
• Alex Israel Self-Portrait (Wetsuit), 2017 Acrylic on aluminum USD 180,000
• Joe Bradley Red Head with white base, 2017 Bronze USD 90,000

Sean Kelly Gallery 

• Laurent Grasso, Studies into the Past Oil and Palladium leaf on wood EUR 25,000
• Joseph Kosuth, ‘Titled (Art as Idea as Idea)’ – [Webster New Pract.], 1968 Form of presentation: photograph mounted to sintra accompanied by certificate of authenticity EUR 115,000
• Callum Innes, Exposed Painting Prussian Blue, 2017 Oil on linen GBP 100,000

Wentrup

• ‎Nevin Aladag Sold for EUR 25,000 each Sold to private collectors from Europe and China
• Peles Empire, Mixed media on jesmonite EUR16,000 Sold to a Chinese collector.
• Two further works by Peles Empire sold to a German collector for EUR 16.000 each
• Work by Olaf Metzel EUR 280,000 Sold to USA collector

303 Gallery

• A Doug Aitken sculpture sold for USD 400,000
• A Rodney Graham lightbox photograph sold for USD 300,000
• Three Mary Heilmann paintings sold for a total of USD 150,000
• A Karen Kilimnik painting sold for USD 130,000
• Another Doug Aitken work sold for USD 125,000
• An Alicja Kwade sculpture sold for EUR 110,000
• A Hans-Peter Feldmann work sold for EUR 100,000
• A Maureen Gallace painting sold for USD 55,000
• A Larry Johnson photograph sold for USD 50,000
• An Elad Lassry photograph sold for USD 16,000

Richard Gray Gallery

• Jaume Plensa, Carlota’s World, 2017 Marble USD 375,000