Bidding on post-war and contemporary art Christie’s May 11, 2011

On May 11 at Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art auction in New York, Andy Warhol’s first self-portrait of 1963-64 was sold for $ 38,442,500. The auction for this portrait lasted 16 minutes and became the longest auction at Christie’s in recent times. Participants conducted tenders both in the hall and by telephone.

Andy Warhol - Self Portrait (1963-1964) [Andy Warhol Self-Portrait, 1963-1964]
Sale Price: $ 38,442,500 (record for Warhol portraits)
Photo: Christie’s images (1438 × 1818 px, 1.5 Mb)

A little earlier, the most recent self-portrait of Warhol (1986) was sold to a client present at the auction for $ 27,522,500, and in general for the week, Christie’s earned more than $ 90 million ($ 90,988,000) for Warhol’s work.

Mark Rothko - Untitled No. 17
(1961)
Photo: Christie’s images
(2574 × 3200 px, 693 Kb)

Another sensation of the auction was the abstract work of Mark Rothko, “Untitled No. 17 ”, written in 1961, the buyer of which posted $ 33,682,500. No less surprising is the result of trading on the abstract canvas of Sea Twombly, also without a name, “Untitled”, 1967, the price of which reached $ 15,202,500.

Christie’s (Post-War And Contemporary Art Evening Sale) evening auction May 11 in New York brought $ 301,683,630, setting 7 new world price records.

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