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Frieze LA Sales Report

February 14, 2019 by Marion Maneker

Lisson Gallery, Frieze Los Angeles 2019
Photo by Mark Blower. Courtesy of Mark Blower/Frieze

Artsy had these sales:

Lisson Gallery

  • sold Sean Scully, Landline Magenta (2018) for $1.2 million

Lehmann Maupin

  • sold Shirazeh Houshiary’s large-scale sculpture Lunate (2018), which  sold for $479,000
  • the gallery also says Houshiary’s work grossed over $1.3 million by the fair’s end

Jack Shainman Gallery

  • Nick Cave, Arm Piece (2018), sold for $110,000

Maureen Paley 

  • A large Wolfgang Tillmans photo sold for $150,000

Sprüth Magers

  • Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Stripe 1) (2019) sold for $480,000
  • Bridget Riley, Measure for Measure 25 (2018) sold for £450,000 (approx. $580,000) 
  • Louise Lawler, Formica(2011/2012/2015) sold for $175,000

Mike Kelley’s “Unisex Love Nest” is heading back to Europe, @HauserWirth selling it to a foundation for $1.8m @FriezeArtFair

— Kelly Crow (@KellyCrowWSJ) February 14, 2019

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac

  • Antony Gormley “State XXV”, 2017 £ 400.000
  • Antony Gormley “Contain”, 2015 £ 400.000
  • Andy Warhol “Georgia O’Keeffe”, 1980, $ 875.000
  • Alex Katz “CK 23, 2017” $ 750.000
  • Erwin Wurm “Bag Walking”, 2017 € 180.000
  • Ali Banisadr “Rhizome”, 2019 $ 225.000
  • Robert Longo “Study of white flowers/with Beethoven page 9, 2018 $ 65.000

Bloomberg had these sales:

David Kordansky Gallery

  • sold almost its whole booth— a solo presentation by Kathryn Andrews. Prices started at $40,000 and reached $110,000 for her sculpture featuring a hand prop from “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”

Kayne Griffin Corcoran

  • said the Hammer Museum bought a charcoal drawing by Mary Corse, with the asking price of $150,000
  • A light piece by James Turrell, priced at $350,000, also went quickly

303 Gallery

  • sold two works by L.A. artist Doug Aitken, including a $250,000 lightbox depicting a blue swimming pool glowing against hills in black silhouette

The fair gathered these sales:

Levy Gorvy 

  • reported Günther Uecker’s Spirale III(2002) was sold with an asking price of $1.2m USD
  • Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Nets (B-A-Y), 2001 was sold with an asking price of $1.6m USD
  • Pat Steir’s oil on canvas Mauve and Green Spring Sea with Stars of Many Colors, 1998 has also been placed

Thomas Dane Gallery 

  • sold a range of works including Lynda Benglis, Ella Kruglayanskya, Glenn Ligon and Anya Gallaccio
  • Three Hurvin Anderson works, a mix of primary and secondary, sold ranging from 160,000 GBP to 1,500,000 GBP

L.A. Louver 

  • sold many works from their solo presentation of Gajin Fujita, including paintings at $40,000, $45,000 and $250,000

Blum & Poe 

  • placed most works in their group presentation with Friedrich Kunath, Julian Hoeber, Mimi Lauter, Shio Kusaka, Matt Johnson and Mark Grotjahn, with one painting by Grotjahn selling for $600,000

Pace

  • reported sales across a broad price range, spanning from several drawings by Loie Hollowell for $15,000 each
  • a 1967 painting by Alex Katz in the seven figures
  • a 2017 pin drawing by Tara Donovan for $225,000
  • a 1967 work on paper by Alexander Calder for $200,000
  • a 2018 painting by Adam Pendleton for $120,000
  • two paintings by Loie Hollowell for $80,000 and $30,000.

Gallery Hyundai

  • many works sold and on reserve in a price range of $75,000–$93,000,

Park View / Paul Soto 

  • sold out of his booth of works by Los Angeles-based artist Mark A. Rodriguez

Mark Selwyn 

  • two works placed by American artist Allen Ruppersberg, one of which was priced at $50,000.

Anat Ebgi 

  • sold out of their group presentation of Faith Wilding, Jordan Nassar, Alec Egan, Caroline Walker, Janet Werner, with works priced between the range of $11,000 to $35,000

Freedman Fitzpatrick

  • sold a range of works from their group presentation, priced between $5,000 to $25,000.

Chateau Shatto 

  • sold works by young artists including a $7,500 work by Aria Dean
  • a series of paintings priced at $4,000 by Van Hanos
  • multiple paintings by Parker Ito at $35,000

Almine Rech 

  • sold three Vivian Springfield color field paintings priced between $50,000 and $75,000

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