Gustav Klimt’s landscape was restituted to the heir of the original owner and sold for $40 million (including fees). Henri Matisse Nu De Dos was withdrawn from the sale. The Sotheby’s New York Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Auction realized $200 million from 57 of 70 lots sold, with the Klimt artwork selling for about $40 million with fees.
Gustav Klimt's 1915 landscape painting Litzlberg on the Attersee, sold by Sotheby's in New York City for $40.4 million. The work was returned in July to the grandson of Amalie Redlich, Georges Jorisch, now living in Montreal, following Austrian restitution law.
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Sam Francis Foundation sues nine galleries in Northern and Southern California seeking royalties under California's Resale Royalty Act. The lawsuits allege the galleries failed and refused to pay the 5% royalty to the Sam Francis Foundation for resales of artworks. The complaints were filed in Los Angeles and San Francisco Superior Courts by attorney Eric George.
The Sotheby’s Impressionist and modern sale totaled $199.8 million, above its low estimate and with over 80 percent of the 70 lots sold, led by Gustav Klimt’s Litzlberg am Attersee which realized $40.4 million. The event followed Christie’s weaker results, and protesters and unionized workers were visible outside the York Avenue building.
Gustav Klimt's 1915 landscape Litzlberg on the Attersee, looted by the Nazis and returned to Georges Jorisch, sold for $40.4 million (£25.4 million) at a Sotheby’s sale in New York. Other notable results included Picasso's L'Aubade at $23 million (£14.5 million) and Gustave Caillebotte's Le pont d'Argenteuil et la Seine at $9.3 million (£5.8 million).
Klimt's Litzlberg am Attersee (1914–1915) sold for $40.4 million with premium during Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern art auction, contributing to a total sale of $199.8 million. The report notes record results for Gustave Caillebotte, Tamara de Lempicka, and a post-1960 Picasso sale for $23 million.
Sotheby’s held an Impressionist/Modern sale with strong demand and a notable Klimt work, “Litzlberg am Attersee,” realizing $36 million before buyer’s premium and $40.4 million with premium; the event followed Christie’s weaker results and compared press coverage noted by CultureGrrl. The Klimt was restituted by the Salzburg Museum of Modern Art to the heir of a Nazi victim.
Keith Christiansen and Maryan W. Ainsworth discuss the Met’s acquisition of a two-sided Hans Schäufelein panel, bought after Sotheby’s sale with Otto Naumann’s involvement; the Met purchased it for an undisclosed price after originally obtaining right of first refusal.
Sotheby’s held an evening sale of Impressionist and modern art, with 70 lots offered and 57 sold for a total of $199.8 million, beating the pre-sale estimate. The star lot was Gustav Klimt’s Litzlberg am Attersee, ca. 1914–15, which sold for $40.4 million with premium after bidding from a Zurich dealer and a room bidder.
Sotheby’s sold Clifford Still’s 1949-A-No. 1 for 61.7 million dollars, a new personal record for the artist, with the sale taking place during Sotheby’s New York contemporary art auction. The overall contemporary sale brought about 316 million dollars, and the event included protests outside the auction house.
Andreas Gursky's Rhein II, a glass-mounted panoramic colour print created in 1999, sold for $4.3 million (£2.7 million) at Christie's New York, setting a new auction record for a photograph. The print is one of an edition of six, with other copies housed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Tate Modern in London, Munich's Pinakothek der Moderne, and Glenstone in the US.
Roy Lichtenstein's I Can See the Whole Room, 1961 sold for $43.2 million (estimate $35–45 million). Other top lots included Mark Rothko’s White Cloud, 1956, which sold at $16.5 million (estimate $18–25 million) and Willem de Kooning’s Untitled XI, 1975–6, at $6.5 million (estimate $7–9 million). Cy Twombly’s Untitled (Lexington Virginia), 1959, fetched $4.6 million (estimate $5–7 million) and Twombly’s Untitled (New York), 1955/2002, brought $1.4 million (estimate $1.5–2 million) with premium.
Fernando Botero's 2007 bronze Dancers sold for $1.76 million at Christie's in New York, setting a record for Botero sculptures at auction. The sale, part of Christie's Latin American sale, totaled $15.3 million and featured records for several Brazilian artists, including Francisco Toledo with his 1975 Vaca Roja (Red Cow), which sold for $902,500.
Carl Barks the Sport of Tycoons (1974) sold for $262,900, setting a world record at Heritage Auctions' Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction as part of the Kerby Confer Collection. Other top pieces included Donald Duck Sheriff of Bullet Valley Oil Painting Original Art (1973) at $107,550 and McDuck of Duckburg at $101,575, with additional notable pieces from Jerry Robinson, Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, and a Batman first appearance page from Ben Novack Jr.’s collection reaching $101,575.
Jean Paul Lemieux's painting Nineteen Ten Remembered sold at Heffel Fine Art auction in Toronto for 2 million, or 2.34 million with buyer's premium, setting a new record for a contemporary Canadian artwork.