Bacon stars as season total moves to $857 million 1977 Usd Value Today

1977 Pearson 365 - USD 25,900

Bacon stars as season total moves to $857 million 1977 Usd Value Today

Strong results for Bacon, Warhol and Rothko as the 

  weekcontinued at Christie’s in New York on 17 May, with

 — which sold for nearly $50 million — achieving the top price in the

, to name just a few, achieved a total of  $397,159,500/ £293,539,911

and was 91 per cent sold by lot and 93 per cent sold by value. This took the running total for the 

  season to $857,109,000, with more sales to come on Friday. The running total over two weeks with

World records were achieved on the night for artists including

, 1977. 78 x 58⅛ in (198.2 x 147.7 cm). Sold for $49,812,500

in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 17 May at Christie’s in New York © The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved / DACS, London / ARS, NY 2018

  offered at auction for the very first time, which realised $49,812,500/ £36,816,334

after a protracted bidding battle. Painted in Paris in 1977 and unveiled that year at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the work is a eulogy to George Dyer, Bacon’s

, 1994-2014. Polychromed aluminium. 124 x 152¼ x 137 in (315 x 386.7 x 348 cm). This work is one of five unique versions. Sold for $22,812,500 in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 17 May at Christie’s in New York. Artwork © Jeff Koons

  was an early standout, selling for $22,812,500/ £16,860,680. Created over the course of two decades, the monumental sculpture

executed in polychromed aluminium is among the largest and most complex works in the artist’s 

, the piece is almost architectural in its scope and intricacy. But its vibrant surface belies the decades of research and craftsmanship that went into its creation, as well as the essential contributions of scientists, metallurgists and modellers.

, 1963. Silkscreen ink and spray paint on linen. 81¾ x 48 in (207.6 x 121.9 cm). Sold for $37,000,000

in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 17 May at Christie’s in New York. Artwork: © 2018 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS)

Two works by Warhol were sale highlights. A total of $37,000,000/ £27,346,637

a 1963 work whose subject —  a studio portrait of Elvis Presley taken for a 1960 Western — reflects the artist’s

executed in 1964, which realised $28,437,500/ £21,018,108.

within the body of Warhol’s work that deals with death and tragedy, the piece is one from a series of canvases featuring mugshots taken from

a 1962 booklet produced by the New York Police Department.

, 687 1977 Usd Value Today ,687,500

in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 17 May at Christie’s in New York © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Nearly eight feet high and among the largest canvases he ever painted, Mark Rothko’s

(1954) drew the third-highest price of the evening, realising $30,687,500/ £22,681,079.

. As he would explain, ‘I realise that historically the function of painting large pictures is painting something very grandiose and pompous. The reason I paint them, however… is precisely because I want to be very intimate and human.’ 

, 1984. 93 x 81 in (236.2 x 205.7 cm). Sold for $23, 1977 Usd Value Today ,500

in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 17 May at Christie’s in New York © The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation

The Evening Sale also saw one of the most significant selections of work by American artist Richard Diebenkorn ever to come up for auction, tracing the artist’s

from abstraction to figuration and back again. Leading the group was

which realised $23 1977 Usd Value Today , widely considered to be the greatest canvas Diebenkorn ever executed, which realised $23,937,500/ £17,692,166

$3,972,500/ £2,936,068, making a record for a work on paper by the artist.

sold to benefit The Donald and Barbara Zucker Family Foundation, will be offered in the

, executed in 1966. Depth: 35¾ in (91 cm). Sold for $4,572,500

in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 17 May at Christie’s in New York

The piece was executed in 1966, one year after Lalanne created a bar for Yves Saint Laurent (

). Although each pieces is unique, both were executed in maillechort, a malleable blend of copper, zinc and nickel that allows a subtle play of light.

Across the auction, further notable prices were achieved for Joan Mitchell’s

, which sold for $16,625,000/ £12,287,509, more than doubling its high estimate and setting a world record for the artist. Robert Gober’s 

, which achieved $7,287,500/£5,386,179, made a world record for the artist, as did Morris Louis’

‘We’re only as good as the art we have to sell,’ said Sara Friedlander, Head of

in New York, ‘and this season we were fortunate to be entrusted with some extraordinary collections. We are so pleased to see, time and time again, our clients responding to works that are completely fresh to the market, and that have been owned and loved for many years.’

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