
This Frieze Online 2020 Sale 2020 sales report will aggregate all the reported sales into one comprehensive report for subscribers (the first month of AMMpro is free and subscribers are welcome to sign up for the first month and cancel before they are billed.)
Following Art Basel Hong Kong, amid the global coronavirus pandemic that has moved the art market primarily online, Frieze brought its first online-only fair from May 8–16, exhibiting more than 200 vendors across its various sections. Blue-chip galleries saw strong figures for both primary market emerging names and postwar mainstays. Here are the fair’s sales results of note:
Salon 94 (New York):
- Marilyn Minter, Peak-a-Boob (2020) for $120,000
- Laurie Simmons, Country Road: Kentucky (1984) for $45,000; Birthday Cake (1984) for $45,000
- Alake Shilling, Tickle Bug is Back in Town (2020) for $20,000; Untitled (2019) for $12,500; Turtle in Blue Jean Cap (2020) for $8,500; Untitled (2019) for $8,500
- Tom Sachs, Shop Chair (2018) for $2,000
Kasmin (New York):
- David Hockney, 6 photographs sold for between $6,000–$10,000 each
Pace Gallery:
- A 2019 biomorphic abstract painting by Loie Hollowell for $250,000
- Nigel Cooke, Oceans (2020) for $250,000
- Adam Pendleton, black-and-white 9-part Mylar montage for $135,000
- Torkwase Dyson, painting from 2020 for $70,000
- A sculpture by Kohei Nawa from 2020 for $75,000
- Various works by Brent Wadden, Nathalie Du Pasquier, and Nina Katchadourian sold between $3,000 and $35,000
Hauser and Wirth (New York):
- George Condo, Distanced Figures 3 (2020) acrylic, pigment stick, and metallic paint on linen for $2,000,000
- Rashid Johnson, Untitled Anxious Men (2014), white ceramic tile, black soap, wax, spray enamel for $650,000; Untitled Broken Men ( 2020), ceramic tile, mirror tile, spray enamel, oil stick, black soap, and wax for $245,000
- Paul McCarthy, A&E, Eva, HILDA, Santa Anita, session (2020), pencil, oil stick, charcoal, ketchup, magazine pages on paper for $495,000
- Lorna Simpson, Chicago (2020), ink and screen print on gessoed fiberglass for $350,000
- Rita Ackermann, Mama, Aftermath Leaving Neverland (2020) oil, acrylic, pigment, china marker, and pastel on canvas for $275,000
- Henry Taylor, Man, I’m so full of doubt, but I must hustle forward, as my daughter Jade would say ( 2020) acrylic on canvas for $225,000
- Matthew Day Jackson, Still Life in Nature IV (2020), paint, textile, lead on panel for $225,000
- Jenny Holzer, Selection from Truisms: A positive attitude… (2015) Labradorite Light footstool from an edition of 6 for $200,000
- Avery Singer, Untitled (study) (2019) acrylic on paper for $150,000
- Simone Leigh, Village Series ( 2020) glazed stoneware for $110,000
- Nicolas Party, Trees (2020) watercolor on paper for $60,000
- Mary Heilmann, Hermosa Sunset (2018) acrylic on canvas for $60,000
- Anj Smith, Flowerings of the Chocolate Cosmos (2020) oil on linen for $55,000
- Mika Rottenberg, Rr29 (2020) graphite, acrylic, color pencil on paper for $22,000
Gagosian (New York):
- Cecily Brown painting for $5.5 million
- Nine paintings by German artist Katharina Grosse sold with prices starting at €50,000 ($54,000+).
Acquavella Galleries (New York):
- El Anatsui, Metas III (2014) for $1.5 million
- Miquel Barceló, Rentrer (2019) priced at $210,000
- Damian Loeb, Sooner Than You Think (2012) priced at $180,000
David Zwirner (New York):
- Suzan Frecon, untitled painting(2020) for $400,000
- Wolfgang Tillmans, quadtych Lighter (passage) I–IV (2019) for $220,000
Ortuzar Projects (New York):
- Dorothy Iannone painting from 1972 for $150,000
- Three paintings by David Robilliard for $45,000 each
Piano Nobile: (London):
- Leon Kossoff (1926–2019) Study from ‘Minerva Protects Pax from Mars’ by Rubens (1981), oil on board for $1,800,000 sold to New York–based private collector
- Leon Kossoff, Rubens ‘Minerva Protects Pax from Mars (Peace and War) (1995–96) for $ 65,000 sold to same New York–based private collector
- Leon Kossoff, Study for Copy of “Cephalus and Aurora” by Poussin No. 1 (1976 ) oil on canvas for $250,000 sold to a UK-based private collector
Lehmann Maupin (New York):
- Catherine Opie, photograph Rainbow Falls #2 for $30,000
Kohn Gallery (Los Angeles):
- Sold two new collaged and embroidered paintings by Kate Barbee for prices between $20,000 and $22,000
- A painting by Caroline Kent for $12,500
Timothy Taylor (London):
- Five paintings by Daniel Crews-Chubb valued from $15,000 to $35,000 sold to various American and European collectors
GRIMM (Amsterdam):
- Loie Hollowell, painting for $150,000
- Two William Monk paintings for $20,000 each
- Rosalind Nashashibi, painting for £10,000 ($12,300)
- Letha Wilson, wall sculpture for $12,000
Goodman Gallery (South Africa):
- Yinka Shonibare CBE, sculpture African Library Collections (2020) priced at $85,000 to a European collector