Auction Analysis: Sotheby's London

Contemporary Art Evening Sale  | March 7, 2018

 

 

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OTHER NOTABLE LOTS

 

 

RETURNING TO AUCTION

 

Lot 3: Albert Oehlen, Untitled

Sold for GBP 1.9million incl. BP

Last Auction: May 2012 at Sotheby's New York for $722,500 incl. BP (at that time a record for the artist)

 

Lot 5: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled (Figure JMB #1)

Sold for GBP 2.6million incl. BP

Last Auction: November 1998 at Sotheby's New York for $79,500 incl. BP

 

Lot 12: Peter Doig, The Architect's Home in the Ravine

Sold for GBP 14.4million incl. BP

This is the fifth time the painting appears at auction

Last Auction: February 2016 at Christie's London for GBP 11.3million incl. BP

 

Lot 10: Antony Gormley, Angel of the North

Sold for GBP 2.9million incl. BP

Last Auction: May 2014 at Sotheby's New York for $ 1.6million incl. BP

 

Lot 22: Lucio Fontana, Figura Femminile con Fiori

Sold for GBP 1.8million incl. BP

Last Auction: October 2010 at Sotheby's London for GBP 914,950 incl. BP