Zhang Daqian’s Landscape after Wang Ximeng, a blue-green ink landscape on silk (Landscape after Wang Ximeng), sold for HK$370,495,000 / US$47,215,883, setting a world record for the artist and becoming the most valuable Chinese painting sold by Sotheby’s Asia. The sale occurred at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Fine Chinese Paintings Spring Sale on May 3, 2022, with over 50 bids in an 18-minute battle and strong market leadership for Zhang Daqian.
The article reports that the would-be buyer of Jean Siméon Chardin's Basket of Wild Strawberries, a painting sold for €24.4m at Artcurial in Paris, reacts after the Louvre moved to block the sale and classify the work as a national treasure. The Louvre plans to acquire the piece with state funding and sponsorship, while the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, is revealed as the buyer who is awaiting a timeless Chardin painting.
Andy Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn (1964) sold for $195 million at Christie’s in New York, becoming the second-highest price for an artwork at auction. The sale was part of a multi-lot Ammann collection; total auction proceeds were $317.8 million.
The article reports Andy Warhol’s 1964 silkscreen portrait Shot Sage Blue Marilyn (1964) sold at Christie’s New York for $195 million (including fees), making it the most expensive work by a 20th-century artist at auction. The painting, derived from Monroe’s 1953 Niagara photo and part of Warhol’s Shot Marilyn series, was purchased by art dealer Larry Gagosian for $195 million after bidding.
The article discusses Larry Gagosian purchasing Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe portrait for $195 million. It references the artwork, the artist Andy Warhol, and the price paid. The exact currency is USD.
The article discusses Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, which Christie’s in New York is set to auction on May 9 and is predicted to fetch around $200 million. It mentions other blue-chip works and collectors, including a $110 million Basquiat sale to Yusaku Maezawa and the Salvator Mundi purchase by Mohammed bin Salman, to illustrate the current market for top-tier art.
The page reports that Christie’s Spring 2022 Marquee Week concluded with three auctions: The Collection of Anne H. Bass, The 20th Century Evening Sale, and The Raptor, totaling $843.7 million. The Bass collection achieved $363.1 million, with Degas’s Petite danseuse de quatorze ans and Monet’s Parlement highlighted by records; the 20th Century Evening Sale brought in $468.2 million, and The Raptor sold for $12.4 million, contributing to a week total of $1.26 billion.
Christie’s 20th century evening sales in New York totaled $831.3 million, with Warner corporate comments and a record for Ernie Barnes. The piece mentions the overall hammer total of $715 million for 53 lots sold, rising to $831.3 million with fees, and highlights Ernie Barnes’s The Sugar Shack and Degas and Monet works within the Bass collection.
The Christie’s week in New York featured Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn which sold for $195,040,000, the most expensive 20th-century artwork sold at auction. The week’s combined sales reached over $1.26 billion, with a weekly total of $1,443,870,244 and 3.7 million viewers worldwide.
The Christie’s sale week in New York included the landmark sale of Andy Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn for $195,040,000, the most expensive 20th-century artwork sold at auction. The evening sales across 20th/21st Century Art, including the Collection of Anne H. Bass and multiple other sessions, produced a combined total of $1,264,544,690 and a grand weekly total of $1,443,870,244.
Ernie Barnes’s painting was highlighted at Christie’s May evening sales, part of a two-sale night totaling $831 million with buyer’s fees. The Bass collection sale included works by Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, and Mark Rothko, which together brought in $363 million and all lots sold; the 20th-century sale saw records for Emmanuel Leutze, Howardena Pindell, Grace Hartigan, and Blinky Palermo, with an Ernie Barnes painting drawing notable attention.
The Macklowe Collection, a group of 65 masterworks, was sold over two white-glove sales on 15 November 2021 and 16 May 2022, totaling 922.2 million USD. Highlights included Rothko, Giacometti, Pollock, Twombly in November 2021 and Rothko, Richter, Warhol, de Kooning in May 2022.
The article reports that the Macklowe collection's second Sotheby’s sale in New York on May 16, 2022 brought in $246.1 million with fees, adding to the $676.1 million from the first sale in November 2021 for a total of $922.2 million. With fees, the Macklowe collection becomes the most valuable ever sold at auction, surpassing Peggy and David Rockefeller’s estate sales. The auction included works such as Gerhard Richter, Seestück (Seascape), 1975.
The Sotheby’s Modern art evening sale in New York on May 17, 2022, drew $408.5 million, driven by blue-chip Monet and Picasso works. Notable lots included Claude Monet’s Le Grand Canal et Santa Maria della Salute (1908), which sold for $56.6 million with premium, and Monet’s Les Arceaux de roses, Giverny (1913) at $23.3 million with premium; other major artists featured included Philip Guston, Barnett Newman, and Tamara de Lempicka.
Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1982 painting Untitled (Devil) was highlighted in Phillips' evening sale, which totaled 226 million and marked the company's historic high. The sale included works by Pablo Picasso and Cecily Brown among 36 offerings, with 9 lots backed by guarantees and all lots sold after a two-hour bidding led by Henry Highley.
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled (1982) is highlighted as part of Phillips’s $225 million 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, led by Basquiat and including works by Anna Weyant, María Berrío, Shara Hughes, and Calder, with notable results such as Weyant’s Buffet II selling for $730,800 and Berrío’s Burrow of the Yellow selling for $998,000; Calder’s 39=50 sold for $15.6 million.
The Art Newspaper reports that Phillips achieved a record $225 million (with fees) at its 20th Century and Contemporary Evening sale in New York, with 14 women artists among 31 lots. Yayoi Kusama’s Untitled (Nets) (1959) sold for $8.8 million (and $10.5 million with fees) setting a new world auction record for Kusama, while Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Untitled (1982) was the headlining work, with the artist represented by a 16-foot monumental canvas consigned by Yusaku Maezawa and aided by a third-party guarantor.
Christie’s documents the market development behind ["CHRISTIE’S TO OFFER MONET’S ATMOSPHERIC LONDON SERIES MASTERPIECE\xa0Waterloo Bridge, effet de brume\xa0 - Christie's", 'CHRISTIE’S TO OFFER MONET’S ATMOSPHERIC LONDON SERIES MASTERPIECE\xa0Waterloo Bridge, effet de brume\xa0']. Its account reports that lONDON AND PARIS – Claude Monet’s Waterloo Bridge, effet de brume will be a highlight of Christie’s 20/21 London to Paris sale series, offered in the 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale on 28 June.
Christie’s documents the market development behind ["Christie’s to Offer Yves Klein’s Anthropométrie De L’époque Bleue, (Ant 124) at Auction for the First Time 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale - Christie's", 'Christie’s to Offer Yves Klein’s Anthropométrie De L’époque Bleue, (Ant 124) at Auction for the First Time 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale']. Its account reports that - Anthropométrie de l’époque bleue, (ANT 124) , whichoccupies unique territory in Yves Klein’s practice, is offered to the market for the first time and will be a leading highlight of Christie’s 20th / 21st Century: London Evening Sale on 28 June 2022.
Phillips’s preserved release documents Phillips’ London Photographs Auction Achieves £2.2 Million and Sets Six Records and details the principal works, sale terms, or market results.
Phillips’s preserved release documents Phillips Hosts Most Successful Auction in Company History and details the principal works, sale terms, or market results.
Christie’s documents the market development behind ["Christie’s to Launch 20/21 London to Paris Sale Series With Marc Chagall, Colour of Life: Works Formerly From the Artist’s Estate - Christie's", 'Christie’s to Launch 20/21 London to Paris Sale Series With Marc Chagall, Colour of Life: Works Formerly From the Artist’s Estate']. Its account reports that lONDON AND PARIS – ‘ Marc Chagall, Colour of Life: Works Formerly from the Artist’s Estate’ will launch Christie’s June 20/21 London to Paris sale series.
Christie’s documents the market development behind ["Warhol's Marilyn Sells for $195 Million\xa0 - Christie's", "Warhol's Marilyn Sells for $195 Million\xa0"]. Its account reports that nEW YORK – Monday, May 9, 2022 Christie’s Spring Marquee Week of sales began with the momentous sale of Shot Sage Blue Marilyn by Andy Warhol , selling for $195 million, establishing it as the most expensive 20th century artwork to sell at auction.
Christie’s documents the market development behind ["Christie's Announces The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection\xa0 - Christie's", "Christie's Announces The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection\xa0"]. Its account reports that ne w York – The legendary Ann & Gordon Getty Collection will be sold at Christie’s through a series of landmark auctions beginning October 2022.