TOP TEN LOTS
Lot/Description/Estimate/Price Achieved
8 Martin Kippenberger, Ohne Titel (aus der Serie Das Floß der Medusa), 1996 Estimate on Request £8,446,500 $11,092,788
11 Joan Mitchell, Champs, 1990 (£2.5-3.5m) £3,189,000 $4,188,114
14 Francis Bacon, Interior of a room, 1935 (£3-5m) £2,854,000 $3,748,158
19 Jean-Michel Basquiat, Bird as Buddha, 1984 (£2-3m) £2,529,000 $3,321,336
7 George Condo, Collision Course, 2009 (£1.4-1.8m) £1,689,000 $2,218,164
12 Yayoi Kusama, INFINITY-NETS (QRTWE), 2007 (£1.5-2m) £1,689,000 $2,218,164
13 Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, Natura, 1960 (£700k-1m) £1,629,000 $2,139,366
6 Jonas Wood, Rosy’s Masks, 2008 (£700-900k) £1,569,000 $2,060,568
21 Mark Tansey, Library (of Babylon), 1994 . (£1.5-2m) £1,569,000 $2,060,568
10 Sean Scully, Landline Green Sea, 2014 (£600-800k) £1,209,000 $1,587,780
Evening Sale Total: £34,416,000 / $45,198,533 . Lots Sold: 31 | Lots Offered: 31 Sold by Lot: 100%
Dina Amin, Head of 20th Century & Contemporary Art, Europe, said, “The strong results for Phillips’ 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, up 41% from a year ago, follow our record-breaking Day Sale, mark the highest total in London in company history. Our global auction sales for 20th Century & Contemporary Art are up a remarkable 81% for the first half of 2018. In this evening’s sale, we experienced very active bidding for Martin Kippenberger’s masterpiece Ohne Titel (aus der Serie Das Floß der Medusa), and Lucio Fontana’s Concetto spaziale, Natura, along with exciting works by Jonas Wood and Sean Scully.”
TOP TEN LOTS
Lot/Description/Estimate/Price Achieved
172 KAWS, Running Chum – Bus Stop, 2001 (£250-350k) £537,000 $712,384
172A Banksy, Angel, 2009 (£200-300k) £393,000 $521,354
181 Robert Longo, Untitled (Backdoor-Pipeline, Hawaii Spring ’99), 2000 (£150-250k) £369,000 $489,515
178 Ali Banisadr, It Happened and It Never Did, 2011 (£220-280k) £345,000 $457,677
188 Rudolf Stingel, Untitled, 2003 (£200-300k) £267,000 $354,202
165 Kim Tschang-Yeul, PA 19-80, 1980 (£180-280k) £212,500 $281,903
119 Hans Hartung, T 1983-E45, 1983 (£150-250k) £212,500 $281,903
117 Antonio Saura, Grand Nu, 1959 (£120-180k) £187,500 $248,738
226 Joe Bradley, Standing Figure (Robot), 2007 (£120-180k) £181,250 $240,446
102 Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, I Quanta, circa 1960 (£50-70k) £168,750 $223,864
Day Sale Total: £10,757,313 / $14,270,651 Lots Sold: 179 Sold by Lot: 85%
Tamila Kerimova, Head of 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, said, “Fuelled by strong Asian bidding, Phillips continues to dominate the market for KAWS, and now holds the top five results for the artist. A series of records were established throughout the auction, including new world records for Lesley Vance and Pietro Consagra.”