Phillips Achieves Highest Total in Company History for 20th Century and Contemporary Art Evening and Day Sales, At $162.4 Million
- NEW YORK CITY, New York
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- December 09, 2020
New York, 8 December 2020
Day Sale Total: $27,809,462 / £20,787,573 / €22,967,835
Combined Total for Evening and Day Sales: $162,392,862 / £121,388,664 / €134,120,265
Day Sale Lots Sold: 254 | Lots Offered: 318
Day Sale Sold by Lot: 80% | Sold by Value: 90%
John McCord and Rebekah Bowling, Co-Heads of Phillips’ Day Sale, New York stated: "We are thrilled to end 2020 on such a high note. Combined with the stellar results from our Evening Sale, Phillips has achieved the highest ever total for a 20th Century & Contemporary Sale Series in our company's 224-year history. The depth of bidding and engagement has been exceptional in this unprecedented year. We are particularly pleased with the results from our partnership with the Hall Art Foundation to benefit the Dreyfoos School of the Arts Foundation, which achieved a robust $1.7 million from works donated by 19 contemporary artists. These funds will support scholarships specifically for low-income Black students who wish to pursue a career in the visual and performing arts in Palm Beach. We extend our deepest thanks to the artists who have contributed and the bidders who have participated in this very worthwhile cause."
Top Ten Lots
108 | Matthew Wong, A Dream, 2018 | Estimate $150,000 - 200,000 | Price Achieved $864,900/£646,513/€714,321
402 | Christina Quarles, Tuckt, 2016 | Estimate $70,000 - 100,000 | Price Achieved $655,200/£489,762/€541,130
140 | Willem de Kooning, Untitled, 1964 | Estimate $500,000 - 700,000 | Price Achieved $630,000/£470,925/€520,317
308 | Georg Baselitz, Gestern und heute, 2020 | Estimate $600,000 - 700,000 | Price Achieved $604,800/£452,088/€499,504
480 | Antony Gormley, Bond II, 2010 | Estimate $250,000 - 350,000 | Price Achieved $604,800/£452,088/€499,504
137 | Jean Dubuffet, Site aux trois arbres, 1975 | Estimate $400,000 - 600,000 | Price Achieved $541,800/£404,996/€447,473
178 | Fernando Botero, Venus, 2005 | Estimate $350,000 - 450,000 | Price Achieved $529,200/£395,577/€437,066
107 | Beauford Delaney, Street Scene, 1968 | Estimate $120,000 - 180,000 | Price Achieved $478,800/£357,903/€395,441
177 | Ralph Goings, Hot Fudge Sundae, 1972 | Estimate $200,000 - 300,000 | Price Achieved $403,200/£301,392/€333,003
475 | Damien Hirst, Beautiful high speed, head into the steering wheel impact painting, 1996 | Estimate $300,000 - 500,000 | Price Achieved $403,200/£301,392/€333,003
New Auction Records
147 | Betty Parsons, Untitled, 1962 | Estimate $20,000 - 30,000 | Price Achieved $138,600/£103,604/€114,470
*previous record price: $23,825 set in 2019
214 | Harvey Quaytman, Walnut, Slate and Clay, 1997 | Estimate $25,000 - 35,000 | Price Achieved $47,880/£35,790/€39,544
*previous record price: $30,000 set in 2019
401 | Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, Eve on Psilocybin, 2018 | Estimate $30,000 - 40,000 | Price Achieved $252,000/£188,370/€208,127
*previous record price: $48,994 set in 2020
402 | Christina Quarles, Tuckt, 2016 | Estimate $70,000 - 100,000 | Price Achieved $655,200/£489,762/€541,130
*previous record price: $400,000 set in 2020
405 | Robin F. Williams, The Getaway (Study), 2016 | Estimate $25,000 - 35,000 | Price Achieved $88,200/£65,930/€72,844
*previous record price: $3,412 set in 2008
408 | Gina Beavers, Lips with Painter's Lips, 2019 | Estimate $15,000 - 20,000 | Price Achieved $27,720/£20,721/€22,894
*previous record price: $21,250 set in 2020
419 | Torey Thornton, Park on Log on Lawn Mower, Smash, 2013 | Estimate $40,000 - 60,000 | Price Achieved $107,100/£80,057/€88,454
*previous record price: $48,727 set in 2017
424 | Jammie Homes, Segregation, 2019 | Estimate $6,000 - 8,000 | Price Achieved $94,500/£70,639/€78,048
*previous record price: $47,500 set in 2020
431 | Melike Kara, never enough, 2018 | Estimate $30,000 - 40,000 | Price Achieved $32,760/£24,488/€27,056
*previous record price: $32,500 set in 2020
432 | Susumu Kamijo, Candy, 2018 | Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 | Price Achieved $32,760/£24,488/€27,056
*previous record price: $27,758set in 2020
433 | Sanford Biggers, Quilt #19 (Rockstar), 2013 | Estimate $30,000 - 40,000 | Price Achieved $47,880/£35,790/€39,544
*previous record price: $40,000 set in 2019
437 | Jeff Sonhouse, Study for Exhibit A - Cardinal Francis Arinze, 2005 | Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Price Achieved $170,100/£127,150/€140,486
*previous record price: $162,500 set in 2019
486 | Jose Dávila, Untitled, 2007 | Estimate $22,000 - 28,000 | Price Achieved $47,880/£35,790/€39,544
*previous record price: $37,500 set in 2013
500 | Lutz Bacher, JOKES, Barry Goldwater (It's a Great Country), 1987 | Estimate $8,000 - 12,000 |
Price Achieved $35,280/£26,372/€29,138
*previous record price: $10,000 set in 2019
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