Art Basel Miami Beach Sales Report

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Katya Kazakina wraps up her Art Basel Miami Beach coverage with a story that suggests the fair might have been pretty quiet on the sales front. Christophe van de Weghe claimed to have had his best ABMB ever (which is a common line to hear from dealers after nearly every fair) where he sold works by Warhol, Wesselman and Picasso totaling $28m after claiming to have sold a $17m Picasso on the first day (see below.)

The tone and tenor of the other comments Kazakina got from dealers, collector-dealers and collectors—along with the talk of paintings familiar from previous fairs and recent auctions—suggests the fair was slower and the private market is sparser than some dealers would like to project.

We’ve unscrambled our sales report to list everything by gallery:

303 Gallery

Three paintings by Sue Williams—Fluorescent and Flooby (2003); Bindweed and Red (2005); and Golfing at Northwoods (2008)—for $165,000 each
Mary Heilmann, January Night-Stinson Beach (2002)for $165,000
Sam Falls, Untitled (Sea Ranch) (2018) for $100,000
Two works by Jacob Kassay for $45,000 each
Tala Madani, Shadow Projection (Animal Hands) 1 (2018) for $58,000
Alicja Kwade, Formation (2018) $86,000
Rodney Graham, Unused Prop: French Telephone (2018) for $60,000

Applicat-Prazan

sold Pierre Soulages’ “Composition” (c.1952) for €450,000
André Masson “L’homme ivre (l’homme libre)” (1962) for €220,000
Both works were acquired by European collectors.

Blum & Poe

McArthur Binion DNA: Study (2018) for $130,000–170,000
Hernan Bas, A Boy in Peril (2013) for 120,000–170,000
Hernan Bas, Flooded forest (2008) for $110,000–120,000
Karel Appel, two abstract paintings for €120,000 ($136,000) each
a recent portrait by sought-after American artist Henry Taylor for $325,000
painting by Robert Colescott for $325,000

Marianne Boesky

Jennifer Bartlett, House: Yellow Roof Left (1998) for $180,000
Three works by Donald Moffat for $90,000–175,000 each
Ceramic works by the Haas brothers for $15,000–60,000 each

David Castillo Gallery

a painting by Vaughn Spann for $25,000
A large Shinique Smith painting for $60,000
A painting by Sanford Biggers for $30,000
Two paintings by Pepe Mar for $28,000 each

Cheim & Read

Ron Gorchov, XUTHUS (2018) $180,000
Jonathan Lasker, The Price of Being (1993) $300,000
Sean Scully, STACK GREYS (2018) for $750,000
Al Held B/W XIV (1968) for $750,000
Lynda Benglis NAR 1980 for $250,000
Jack Pierson, POSITIVE VIBES (2018) for $200,000

James Cohan Gallery

three mirror pieces of various sizes by Xu Zhien were sold in a range of $45,000 to $60,000
a painting by Fred Tomaselli for $575,000
Mernet Larsen, Conversationfor for $65,000
a piece by Trenton Doyle Hancock for $100,000
two Elias Simes

Sadie Coles HQ

Three editions of Sarah Lucas, Jubilee (2017) for $470,000 each
Ugo Rondinone, green pink blue yellow mountain(2018) for$230,000

Galleria Continua

Anish Kapoor, Untitled for $1.6 million

Gagosian Gallery

a 1957 untitled abstract painting by Sam Francis for $6.5 million

Kavi Gupta

A painting by Firelei Báez for $70,000
Two works from Young-Il Ahn’s “Water” series for $80,000 each
Devan Shimoyama, Nightshade Harvest (2018) for $50,000

Hammer Galleries

Marc Chagall,Peintre au coq rouge (1959–68) for $2.4 million
Marc Chagall, Deux ânes verts (1980) for $3.6 million
Francis Picabia, Transparence (Deux tetes) (1935) for $750,000
Wifredo Lam, Chant dans la forêt (1968) for $225,000
Alexander Calder, Pierrot vollant (1976) for $650,000:

Thierry Golberg

a booth full of works by Tschabalala Self priced between $10,000 and $60,000; one work was purchased by a collector on behalf of the Art Institute of Chicago

Goodman gallery

sold all three editions of Hank Willis Thomas’s neon work “Successful woman, Angry men” (2010, $15,000 each)
a set of 23 bronze sculptures by William Kentridge (“Paragraph II”, 2018, $350,000)
a drawing by Zambia-born Nolan Oswald Dennis (“Single event upset”, 2018, $5,000)

Gladstone

all of the pieces in a special Haring presentation had sold for prices ranging from $300,000 to $1 million

Galerie Gmurzynska

Roberto Matta’s Les Témoins de l’univers was sold for “around half a million dollars”
works by the Haas Brothers and Louise Nevelson
Alberto Burri, Combustione (1964) for $200,000
Wifredo Lam‘s Personnage (1968/70) for $500,000

Richard Gray Gallery

Franz Kline, Untitled (ca. 1957–8) for around $500,000
Alex Katz, Red Hat (Nicole) (2013) for near $500,000
Jaume Plensa, Maria’s World (2018) for $400,000

Hauser + Wirth

Philip Guston’s “Shoe Head” (1976) for USD 7.5 million (above) from its stand at the fair.
This is the first time the painting has been shown since it was first presented in 1976 at McKee Gallery, New York.
Mark Bradford , Feather 2018 Mixed media on canvas 120 x 120 inches Sold for USD 5,000,000 promised to an American institution
Philip Guston , Untitled 1969 Oil on canvas 37 x 40 inches Sold for USD 2,750,000 to a European collection
Louise Bourgeois, Femme 2004 Tapestry, fabric and thread. Stainless steel, glass and wood vitrine 52 x 30 x 25 inches Object: 9 x 24 x 12 inches Sold for in the range of USD 2,000,000
Louise Bourgeois Spider 2003 Ink, colored pencil and pencil on paper 3 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches Sold for USD 100,000 to a private collection in Los Angeles
Larry Bell, My Montauk 1960 Acrylic on canvas 66 x 66 x 2 5/8 inches Sold for USD 2,000,000
Larry Bell, Untitled 1967 Glass and rhodium plated brass on plexiglass base 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (cube) 46 1/8 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (base) Sold for USD 550,000
Larry Bell Untitled Maquette (True Sea Salt/Zinc) 2018 True Sea Salt and Zinc laminated glass 4 panels, each: 12 x 16 x 1/4 inches 4 panels each: 12 x 8 x 1/4 inches overall: 12 x 16 x 16 inches Sold for USD 100,000 to a collection in Miami
Larry Bell , Untitled Maquette (Blush/True Fog) 2018 Blush and True Fog laminated glass 4 panels, each: 12 x 16 x 1/4 inches 4 panels each: 12 x 8 x 1/4 inches overall: 12 x 16 x 16 inches Sold for USD 100,000 to a collection in Miami
Paul McCarthy, White Snow Cake 2017-2018 Silicone 92 x 72 x 48 inches Sold for USD 1,200,000 to a private collection in Asia
Charles Gaines, Numbers and Trees: Palm Tree 1, Tree #4, Zori 2018 Acrylic sheet, acrylic paint, lacquer, wood 109 x 56 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches Sold for USD 265,000 to a European foundation
Amy Sherald, When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be (Self-imagined atlas) 2018 Oil on canvas 54 x 43 x 2 inches Sold for USD 175,000 as a promised gift to an American museum
Mark Grotjahn, Untitled (Cream Butterfly) 514 2004 Colored pencil on paper 40 x 32 inches Sold for USD 575,000
Rashid Johnson, Untitled Escape Collage 2018 Ceramic tile, mirror tile, branded red oak flooring, vinyl, spray enamel, oil stick, black soap, wax 73 x 97 x 2 1/2 inches Sold for USD 245,000 to a European foundation
Jenny Holzer, Selection from Truisms: Raise boys and girls… 2015 Cipollino Cremo Tirreno marble Ed. 3/6 17 x 25 x 16 inches Sold for USD 150,000

Works not on the booth and from Hauser & Wirth’s Online Viewing Room:

Zoe Leonard, The Gorge 2017 240 postcards 89 3/8 x 63 3/8 inches Sold for USD 140,000
Matthew Day Jackson, Bouquet in a Glass Vase (Madrid) 2018 Formica, silkscreen, acrylic paint on epoxy resin with fiberglas cloth, lead on panel, stainless steel frame 65 5/8 x 47 3/8 x 2 1/8 inches Sold for USD 125,000
Matthew Day Jackson, Flowers in a Sculpted Vase (Stockholm) 2018 Formica, silkscreen, acrylic paint on epoxy resin with fiberglas cloth on panel, stainless steel frame 60 1/2 x 49 1/4 x 2 inches Sold for USD 100,000
Rita Ackermann, Lili on Ice I 2018 Oil on canvas 61 x 51 x 1 7/8 inches Sold for USD 95,000 to an American collection
Phyllida Barlow, untitled: push/press; 2018 2018 PVA, paint, plywood, polyurethane foam, resin, steel, spray paint 13 3/4 x 16 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches Sold for USD 45,000

Kasmin Gallery

Lee Krasner, Bird Image, 1963 oil on canvas 56 x 46 inches $ 3,600,000
Lee Krasner, Water No. 14, 1969 gouache on Howell paper 21 3/4 x 33 inches $375,000
Alex Katz, Family Album, ca. 1953 oil on board 36 x 33 inches
William N. Copley, Why Are You Staring, 1986 acrylic on canvas 60 x 77 inches $ 275,000
William N. Copley, Untitled, 1990 acrylic on canvas 60 x 48 inches $225,000
Elliott Puckette Untitled, 2016 gesso, kaolin and ink on board 50 x 42 inches $70,000
Mark Ryden, The Carriage (drawing), 2016 graphite on paper 11 x 17 inches 19 1/4 x 25 1/4 x 1 inches, framed $25,000

Paul Kasmin

Robert Indiana LOVE, 1966-1996 cor-ten steel 24 x 24 inches Edition of 6 + 2 APs $ 595,000
Roxy Paine, Mycellium no. 3, 2011 stainless steel, enamel 99 x 105 x 2 inches Edition of 2 + 1 AP

David Kordansky

Two neon works by Mary Weatherford sold for $225,000 each
Rashid Johnson’s Untitled Microphone Sculpture (2018) was bought for $235,000
a work by Huma Bhabha sold for $150,000
a piece by the much-buzzed about Lauren Halsey went for $40,000
a Jonas Wood titled Blackwelder Speaker Still Life(2018), which sold for $450,000
Fred Eversley’s three-colour cast polyester work “Untitled (parabolic lens) (1969)” (2018) and monochrome cast polyester work “Untitled (parabolic lens) (1974)” (2018) sold for $250,000 each
Jennifer Guidi, Offerings to the Sun (Painted Sand SF #1F, Pink, Yellow, Orange Gradient, White) (2018) for $200,000
Lesley Vance’s Untitled (2018) for $60,000
Ivan Morley, A True Tale (2018) for $58,000
Markus Amm’s smoky magenta painting, Untitled (2018) $25,000
Valentin Carron, Low low, Lorraine aimless (2013) for $28,000
Mai-Thu Perret’s ceramic headless figurines, Niki (Group of 4) (2015) for $50,000
Ruby Neri’s Sun Disk ceramic (2018) $45,000
Lauren Halsey that fuss wuz us (2018) $40,000
Shahryar Nashat’s Mother on Wheels (Oro Grigio) (2018) for $55,000
Ricky Swallow Hanging Bow with Pegs #2 (2018) for $58,000
Aaron Curry, Multidimensional Dude Complex(2018) for $185,000
Evan Holloway, Shoots of an Inverted Tree (2018) for $125,000
Betty Woodman, Table and Rug (2016) for $66,000
Huma Bhabha, GM (2018) for $150,000

König Galerie

Anselm Reyle untitled mixed media and acrylic glass work (2018) for $108,400
Jeppe Hein Parallel Sine Curve (2018) for $239,000

Andrew Kreps

A tapestry by Goshka Macuga for $103,000

Kukje Gallery/Tim Kim Gallery

Ha Chong-Hyun, Conjunction 17-20 for $200,000–250,000

Lévy Gorvy gallery

sold Adrian Piper’s installation “Race Traitor” (2018) to a US foundation, with an asking price of €175,000

Josh Lilley

eight of his paintings by Derek Fordjour after eight of his paintings sold for $26,000 to $48,000, a Fordjour sculpture went for $65,000

Mai 36

John Baldessari, Scissors (2015) for $500,000
Robert Mapplethorpe, Hands (1981) for $500,000

Matthew Marks Gallery

Shell Game (2014) by Martin Puryear for $1 million

Metro Pictures

Robert Longo, Unlimited (First Amendment) (2018) for $750,000

Lehmann Maupin

a piece by conceptual artist Teresita Fernández within the range of $240,000–$260,000
a large-scale work by Liza Lou for $150,000–$200,000
a piece by Nari Ward in the range of $140,000-$160,000
Angel Otero’s Gap of Time (2018) for $60,000–80,000
OSGEMEOS’s Untitled spray-painted work for $50,000–70,000
Kader Attia, Untitled (2018)for $120,000–160,000
Tracy Emin, I can feel your smile (2005) neon sculpture for $120,000–160,000
Cecilia Vicuña, Pongo la Mano al Fuega para ti(1969/72) for $75,000
Nicholas Hlobo, Umkhono (2017) for $60,000–70,000
Nicholas Hlobo, Ingcambu yemvelo (2018) $100,000–150,000

Lisson Gallery

Three paintings on aluminum by Carmen Herrera for $600,000 each
Lee Ufan Dialogue (2018) $300,000
Stanley Whitney, Dream Walking (2018) $165,000
Two works by Anish Kapoor for £750,000

Miles McEnery Gallery

Robert Motherwell, Mexican Collage for $500,000
David Smith Menand III (1963) for $250,000

Mnuchin Gallery

Mark Bradford, Amendment #6 for $2.5 million
Ed Clark Untitled painting for $250,000
El Anatsui, Almost for $1.35 million

Nanzuka Gallery

Six paintings by Haroshi for $35,000–40,000 each

Pace Gallery

a blinking panel by Mary Corse for $180,000 and Andrew Kreps sold
a magical worrying tapestry by Goshka Macuga for €90,000 ($102,100).
James Turrell’s Untitled (XXXII G), 2014, sold for $150,000
Mary Corse’s Untitled (Electric Light) (1968/2018) went for $180,000
Larry Bell’s untitled glass/mineral sculpture from 1970 sold for $250,000
Peter Alexander, Time Flies By (2018) for $125,000
Peter Alexander, I Remember When it was All Orange Groves (2017) for $110,000

Pace Prints

KAWS, a triptych — “Last Time, Alone Again & Far Far Dawn” — was offered at $65,000. Kazakina says the gallery created a lottery for edition, presumably all 100, which means a $6.5m sale. Hopeful buyers report this ‘happens every year’.

Perrotin

five pieces by Paola Pivi sold for between €40,000 and €110,000 (about $45,000–$115,000)

Almine Rech

A painting by Vivian Springford for $60,000–80,000
Claire Tabouret, Together for $30,000–50,000
Farah Atassi, Woman in Sailor Top (2018) for $30,000–50,000
Markus Lüpertz, Eurydike (2017) for $250,000–300,000
Michael Hilsman, Lemon Tree with Timepieces (2018) $20,000–30,000
Aaron Curry, Cosmic Bather (2017) for $150,000–200,000

Galeria Nara Roesler

Julio Le Parc, Alchimie 396 (2018) for $75,000
Tomie Ohtake sculpture for $150,000

Thaddaeus Ropac

James Rosenquist, Reflector (1982) for $1.2m
Robert Longo, Untitled (Snow Trees) (2018) for $600,000
new painting by Georg Baselitz, Die Barrikade for $1.7 milion
Georg Baselitz Ist das der Weg? for $1.08 million
Daniel Richter, Dean for $210,000

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery

red dots denoting sales sat atop the labels for works by Alma Thomas and Joan Mitchell

Sicardi Ayers Bacino Gallery

Carlos Cruz-Diez, Physichromie Panam 309 for $700,000–800,000 each
Jesús Rafael Soto, Mural Cinético, 1983 for $1.4–1.5 million

Per Skarstedt

George Condo, Listening and Talking (2018) for $1.1 million
Rebecca Warren, Fascia IV 2011 for $400,000

Jack Shainman Gallery

El Antasui, Strained Roots (2104) for $1.2m
a work by Cuban sculptor Yoan Capote titled “Isla (Causa y Efecto II)” (2018), which sold for $105,000
Nina Chanel Abney Q&A (2018) for $72,000
Leslie Wayne, Instructions for Dancing for $62,000
Brad Kahlhamer, Survival Chandelier 1 (2018) for $32,000
Gehard Demetz sculpture 21 Grams for $45,000
Radcliffe Bailey, Black Flight (2018) for $45,000

Spruth Magers

Analia Saban, Woven Grid as Warp and Weft for $50,000

Christophe van de Weghe

In a time-honored pattern, we’re told a Picasso, Tete de Femme from 1971 for which van de Weghe was asking $17m has been sold. Like many other dealers who bring very high value works to fairs and then tell the press the work sold in the first few hours, it is likely this is a sale where approval in person was conducted at the fair. How much of a “discount” the buyer got is anyone’s guess.

Van Doren Waxter

Anne Truitt, Truitt ‘67, 1967 Acrylic on paper price undisclosed
Dorothea Rockburne, O.D. #1 Bykert (Hanford Yang Piece), 1970 Paper, crude oil, nails on board price undisclosed
Hessie, Végétation, 1975 Beige and brown thread embroidered on cotton fabric $20,000
Marsha Cottrell, Untitled, 2017 Laser toner on paper, unique $5,500
Jeronimo Elespe, Breviter, 2016-18 Oil, acrylic, pencil, ink on linen $16,000
Jeronimo Elespe, Motores, 2016-18 Ink, pencil, gouache on paper $15,500
Jeronimo Elespe, Golpes de Tarde, 2016-18 Ink, pencil, gouache on paper $15,500
Jeronimo Elespe, Walk with Us, 2016-18 Ink, pencil, gouache on paper $15,500
Jeronimo Elespe, Hablan, 2018 Oil, acrylic, pencil, ink on linen $10,000
Gareth Nyandoro, Huku Pano, 2018 Mixed media on paper $6,800
Mariah Robertson, 335, 2017 c-print 82 x 50 inches $22,000
Brian Rochefort, Cheetah, 2018 Stoneware, glaze, glass $8,000
Brian Rochefort, Nest, 2018 Stoneware, glaze, glass $8,000