at Christies last fall, when it was sold from the collection of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. // FUNCTIONS Gustav Klimt. expiration_days: 5 2 March 2022 16:00 GMT. Curated to include works by artists who eschewed Abstract Expressionism and the European-centered modernist structure that preceded it, the sale is anchored by a spectacular group of works from the Collection of Douglas S. Cramer including the aforementioned Lichtenstein, Cecily Browns 1999 Spree and Ellsworth Kellys Blue Panel with Green Curve from 1989 among others that showcase Cramers prescient recognition of the zeitgeist and keen interest in the art of his time. + 'Please enter a valid email address' }; Another standout work on offer is Philip Gustons Ominous Land from 1972, from the Estate of Gabriele and Robert Lee, is an exceptional, large-scale work from the artists highly-regarded late body of work, treating one of his most powerful motifsthe hooded figure. Lot 11. Please note that the Grgoire.Billault@sothebys.com Lets all try to get some sleep, no? The top lot in the contemporary sale was one of two backed by third-party guarantees: Mark Bradfords large painting Stand Down Soldier (2018), which sold for a mid-estimate 3 million ($3.9 million). slideInModal('Up'); 2 days ago, By var $email = $form.find('.signup-email'); } else { Please enter valid email address to continue. rare self-portrait by Surrealist painter Leonore Fini inspired by the Old Masters, The top lot in the contemporary sale was one of two backed by third-party guarantees: Mark Bradfords large painting, In total, The Now sale realized 8.7 million ($11 million), matching the high end of a revised lower resale estimate starting at 6.1 million. Elizabeth Peyton. if (prefix == undefined) { + '
' However the strength of the final pricethe work was hammered down for 74 million ($93.5 million)was no doubt good news for the auction house, the seller, and anyone else heavily invested in the Austrian painters market. The sale serves as a platform for the most coveted, cutting-edge works on the market, as well as providing a masterpiece context for well-established artists. Diana, who died in 1997, wore the red sweater with white sheep and one black sheep in 1981. + '' signed with the artist's initials and dated 20 (on the reverse) oil on linen. } Assistant Vice President The May 2022 iteration of The Now Evening Auction combines the Tracing the origins and fulfillment of abstraction through Impressionism, Pointillism, and Cubism into Abstract Expressionism and beyond, the Modern sale will spotlight these critical developments of the last 150 years, uniting those masterworks that define art history as we know it today. + '
' } var paywallPagesRegex = /^\/subscribe|subscribe-confirm|my-account(\/|$)/; 2023 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. A replicawas included in "The Crown," the Netflix series about the royals. }, } Associate Specialist The original sweater stayed in the hands of Muir and Osborne, who found it in March while they were "rummaging through the attic searching for an old pattern.". recentlyShown: { Contemporary Art } I agree to GalleriesNow Terms and Conditions and consent to being contacted by email and/or via my phone number. + '' Lot 11. WebOn 2 March Sothebys will debut the London edition of The Now Evening Auction, } WebThe Now Evening Auction will focus on art executed in the last 20 years, offering the } // Signup validation WebLetter from Ren Magritte to Edward D. Mayer, 13 March 1961. Our auctions feature rare and iconic examples of the artistic creativity of Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Tiffany & Co., Bulgari, Harry Winston, JAR, Graff, David Webb, Verdura, Boucheron, Chaumet, Suzanne Belperron, Boivin and Alexandre Reza, amongst others. The artwork, which the auction house touted as the Austrian artistsfinal masterpieceit was still on the easel in Klimts studio when he died in 1918carried an estimate in excess of 65 million. That already lined it up to break the previous European auction record, which had held since 2010, when Alberto Giacomettis sculpture Walking Man sold at Sothebys London as well, for 65 million ($104.3 million). break; WebModern and Contemporary Evening Auction, featuring Face to Face: A Celebration of In all, the 59-lot (one work was withdrawn) Modern and Contemporary evening auction realized 190.3 million ($241.9 million), compared with a presale estimate of 162.1 million to 206.9 million ($206.7 million to $263.8 million). (One has to wonder how many of those withdrawals were finalized by calls or texts to consignors during the roughly 15 minutes between auctions.) loadFontAwesome: false Setting a new record for the most expensive work of art ever auctioned in EuropeGustav Klimts final portrait Dame mit Fcher (Lady With a Fan), for a premium-inclusive 85.3 million ($108.4 million)Sothebys hit its high target in a mini-marathon of sales held in London this afternoon and early evening. //default prefix is 'artnet_newsletter_' While the specter of the unexpected was most certainly in the salesroom before The Now kicked off, it took on a darker cast during the intermission. We treat your personal data with care; please find our. while (i--) { */ expiration_days: 14 By signing up you agree to our Privacy policy. Senior Vice President appendNewsletterSignup(); document.cookie = prefix + cname + "=" + cvalue + ";" + expires + ";path=/"; 16 November 2022 18:00 EST. It turned out that a little bit of everything did by the time the night was over. 18 November 2021 6:00 PM EST New York. if (!expirationMinutes) { Lot Details. But Sothebys specialists kept disaster at bay by selling all 28 of the other lots on the call sheet. setNewsletterCookie('closedSignupBar', 1); WebThe Now Evening Auction. Princess Diana's iconic sweater up for auction, Dr. Dre to receive first-ever Hip-Hop Icon Award from ASCAP, Kourtney Kardashian announces pregnancy at Travis Barker's concert, Pete Davidson charged with reckless driving for Beverly Hills crash, Ja Morant suspended for 25 games without pay, NBA announces. googletag.pubads().setTargeting("width", w), googletag.pubads().setTargeting("height", h), 1 == isnewsletter && googletag.pubads().setTargeting("isfirstpage", ['Y', pagetypeforce] ) setTimeout(function() { defernl() }, 250); (function defernl() { WebThe Now Evening Auction brings together a tightly curated selection of works by the Courtesy of Sothebys London. Vice President November 18, 2021 11:43pm Sotheby's specialist bidding during an evening sale on November 18, 2021. Before becoming a princess, she was a nursery school teacher. // Check if ouibounce exist before calling ouibounce 'slideOutDown': 'slideOutUp' ); Diana, who died in 1997, wore the red sweater with white sheep and one black sheep in 1981. Close, Enter your email address for your account and we'll send a reset link. June 27, 2023. GBP. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Lot 11. WebLIVE from Sotheby's New York | The Now & Contemporary Evening Auctions With Mark Bradford, Stand Down Soldier (2018). // Signup submission WebModern and Contemporary Evening Auction, featuring Face to Face: A Celebration of Portraiture. + '
' For all other enquiries please contact: }, It was closely followed in price by a classic Cy Twombly chalkboard painting, Untitled (1970) also backed by a third party guarantee, that sold for 8.96 million ($11.4 million). Gustav Klimt, Dame mit Fcher (Lady with a Fan) (191718). // don't show it on paywall-related pages where the user might be in the process setTimeout(function() { }) Fifty of the lots, or 85 percent, found buyers. })(); You are currently logged into this Artnet News Pro account on another device. ouibounceAPIaccess = ouibounce( From noble and celebrity provenance to prominent philanthropic families, weve been privileged to handle the jewels of many distinguished women including the Duchess of Windsor, Brooke Astor, Ava Gardner, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, Maria Callas, Lily Marinho and Gina Lollobrigida. Stay up to date with exhibition openings, closings, events and recommendations with our weekly emails. $modal.addClass( $modal.hasClass('slideInUp') ? + '
' + '' } b. checkCookies(); WebThe Now Evening Auction. setNewsletterCookie('recentlyShown', 1); } Kelsey Leonard }, sensitivity: 50, prefix = 'artnet_newsletter_'; if (window.jQuery) { WebModern and Contemporary Evening Auction, featuring Face to Face: A Celebration of Chairman, Senior Vice President timeout: 10000 Led by Yoshitomo Naras 1996 masterpiece, Nice to See You Again, the auction combines figurative and abstract vernaculars, with a majestic paintings by Mark Bradford dovetailing with best of type works by the likes of Toyin Ojih Odutola, Jordan Casteel, Lisa Brice and Thomas Schtte. + '<\/style>' WebModern and Contemporary Evening Auction, featuring Face to Face: A Celebration of Portraiture. aggressive: true, crossDomain: true, while (c.charAt(0)==' ') { The work previously came to auction in 2014, when it realized 506,500 ($868,335), meaning it made more than five times as much in its more recent outing. Please note that the WebOld Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction / Lot 11. 2,912 likes, 23 comments - Sotheby's (@sothebys) on Instagram: }); expiration_minutes: 5 A 17th-Century Double Portrait of Black and White Women, Said to Be of Outstanding Significance Will Remain in the U.K. Art Industry News: South Korean Student Thought a Museum Wanted Him to Eat the $120,000 Duct-Taped Banana + Other Stories, This Famed Dollhouse Is Hung With Tiny Original Artworks, Including a Miniature Duchamp. Addressing the outstanding demand for young and emerging artists, The Now Evening Auction in London follows the highly successful launch of the sale format in London in March 2022. (1998), the cover lot of The Now, had been withdrawn from the evenings proceedings, something between surprise, concern, and maybe even a little schadenfreude was perceptible in the wave of murmurs (and even a few audible gasps) that erupted from the crowd. Charlotte Van Dercook Image courtesy Sothebys. Dame mit Fcheris now also the most expensive Klimt ever sold at auction, having surpassed the recently set auction record $104.6 million price achieved forBirch Forest at Christies last fall, when it was sold from the collection of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. // Show signup failure error and hide other errors + '' /** clearInterval(initOuibounce); WebThe Now Evening Auction Sotheby's New York 1334 York AvenueNew York, NY 10021USA Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Inquire Louis Fratino An Argument, 2021 Lot 1 Sold for 730,800 USD View on Sotheby's Website Salman Toor Four Friends, 2019 Courtesy Sotheby's. The diamonds were renamed by the buyer The Memory and Dream of Autumn Leaves. //position at bottom of screen Please try again later.' },20000); //20 seconds Diana and Charles got engaged in 1981 when she was just 19. + '
Get hand-picked stories from our editors delivered straight to your inbox every day.<\/p>' The Now Evening Auction, 18 November 2021 | New York | full auction details, The Now Evening Auction will focus on art executed in the last 20 years, offering the most exciting, cutting edge works on the market and providing a masterpiece context for well-established, newly canonized artists such as Mark Bradford and Yoshitomo Nara, as well as heightened visibility and a relevant art historical context for younger artists, establishing the masters of today and tomorrow. o[this.name] = [o[this.name]]; Diana is wearing the "black sheep" sweater. WebLetter from Ren Magritte to Edward D. Mayer, 13 March 1961. First published on June 26, 2023 / 11:36 AM. 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WebThe Now Evening Auction. function initNewsletterSignup() { } } You have entered an incorrect email address! Following the sale, Wong said her firm is honored to secure this stunning masterpiece by Klimt for our client in Hong Kong. Putting Focus on Emerging Artists, Sothebys to Hold New Marquee Contemporary Art Evening Sale By Angelica Villa October 5, 2021 9:00am Yoshitomo Nara, Nice to See You Again, 1996. $('body').on( 'click', '.close-signup', function(){ Carly Gamson // ------------------------------------------------------------------- //after successful signup, hide the signup bar after 5 seconds Lot Details. e.preventDefault(); Two more third-party backed works achieved the identical price of 5.6 million ($7 million): Alberto Giacomettis portrait bust of his brother, Buste de Diego au col roul (1951) and Frank Auerbachs Mornington Crescent (1969). We treat your personal data with care; please find our. The sell-through rate was 93 percent, with all but one lot finding a buyer. The bidding activity in the room reflected the intense demand from Asia as it ultimately came down to a ten-minute bidding war between Sothebys deputy chairman of Asia Jen Hua, who was bidding for a client she was on the phone with, and Patti Wong, longtime former Sothebys chairman and head of Asia, who left at the end of 2022 to run her own advisory business. 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After the Klimt, which was the only eight-figure artwork on offer, the second-highest price achieved today was the 9.6 million ($12.2 million) paid for Lucian Freuds. }); June 27, 06:01 PM GMT . var c = ca[i]; * There is probably no need to call this directly - use setNewsletterCookie(). Given that the 8.1 million ($10.23 million) hammer price was so close to the low estimate of 8 million ($10.11 million), its possible the Freud went to the third-party backer who guaranteed it. VAT reduced rate. $('body').append(ouibounceScript); pagetype = document.querySelector('meta[property="og:type"]').getAttribute("content"), 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. WebLetter from Ren Magritte to Edward D. Mayer, 13 March 1961. signedUp: { Louise Bonnet. var $modal = $('#ouibounce-modal'); expirationMinutes = daysToMinutes(settings.expiration_days); It was closely followed in price by a classic Cy Twombly chalkboard painting. type: $form.attr('method'), WebThe Now Evening Auction. "Now, almost four decades later, this one-of-a-kind sheep sweater is ready to make its way into the hands of a fortunate collector," they said in a statement. They knit her a new one and later received a thank-you letter from Diana's secretary, Oliver Everett. if (!window.jQuery) loadJQuery(); //hide form fields and show thank-you message The sale also includes definitive works by Christopher Wool, Piero Manzoni, Wayne Thiebaud, Frank Stella, Ed Ruscha, Sam Gilliam and Romare Bearden.Thirty-three years after its last appearance at public auction, an exceptionally rare and extraordinarily historic first printing of the United States Constitution returns to Sothebys in a dedicated one-lot auction during our series of evening sales on 18 November.The Now Evening Auction focusses on art executed in the last 20 years, offering the most exciting, cutting edge works on the market and providing a masterpiece context for well-established, newly canonized artists such as Mark Bradford and Yoshitomo Nara, as well as heightened visibility and a relevant art historical context for younger artists, establishing the masters of today and tomorrow. 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In May 2017, Sothebys Geneva sold the Apollo & Artemis diamonds, a 14.54ct Fancy Vivid Blue diamond and a 16ct Fancy Intense Pink diamond for USD $57.4 million, a record price for a pair of earrings. Leading 2018s record results was the historic sale of Royal Jewels from the Bourbon Parma Family, with 100% sell through rate, achieving $53.1 million. $modal[0], { 18 May 2023 18:00 EDT. Lucius Elliott Lot Details. var o = {}; From Venus Williams to Orlando Bloom, See the Stars Who Turned Russian Artist Pyotr Pavlenskys Trial Over a Leaked Video That Brought Can Impressionisms Lack of Queer Representation Be Fixed With A.I.? if (jQuery(window).width() > 619) { } Specialist The designers behind the line Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne said in a statement that after Diana was photographed in the sweater, they experienced a "surge in sales and public awareness for our small label, for which we will be forever grateful.". Log in to view results. } Caitlin O'Kane is a digital content producer covering trending stories for CBS News and its good news brand, The Uplift. customSerializer: function(){ Wealthy Art Collectors Are Spending More Than Everand 3 More Takeaways From the New Art Basel and UBS Report, Jameson Green Wont Apologize for His Confrontational Paintings. Artnet News, Elizabeth Peyton. Property from a Private Collection. For assistance with bidding and registration, please contact: initNewsletterSignup(); if (c.indexOf(name) == 0) { Contemporary Art // Submit the form Seated II. The Now Evening Auction brings together a WebComing on the heels of Sothebys successful sales in Hong Kong, London, and Paris earlier this month, yesterday evenings Contemporary Art Evening Sale brought a total of $142.8 million with 95.1 percent of lots sold, while the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale achieved $141.1 million with 100% sell-through rate. return ""; Leonor Fini, Autoportrait au turban rouge (1938-41). 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