The first of a series of sales starting on November 8, 2015 is a powerhouse lineup of mostly female and figurative images being offered by Christies, Rockefeller Center. Titled, "Artists Muse, A Curated Evening Sale of 20th Century Art" foremost examples include a likely record setting nude by Modigliani and a pair of large works by Roy Lichtenstein, Nurse and Crying Girl. If the Sothebys sale of Alfred Taubman reminded one of yesterday, all that was missing was D.D. Brooks in shoulder pads (gps ankle bracelet for house arrest conveniently forgotten), well this sale shows why Christies has become the auction house of choice for today and tomorrow as well.
Like a Modern Day murderers row, they don't stop with this one sale, the next two evenings have sessions for contemporary art on Tuesday Evening and an Impressionist and Modern sale on Wednesday Evening.
Lot 3a. Ernst Kirchner, estimate $10 to $15 million, sold for $13,605,000
Lot 5a. Paul Gauguin, estimate $12 to $18 million, sold for $13,605,000
Lot 8a. Amedeo Modigliani, Estimate upon Request, sold for $170,405,000
Lot 12a. Joan Miro, estimate $4 to $6 million $5,373,000
Lot 13a. Roy Lichtenstein, Nurse, Estimate upon Request, sold for $95,365,000
Lot 15a. Willem DeKooning, estimate $14 to $18 million, passed
Lot 16a. Henri Toulouse Lautrec, estimate $10 to $15 million, sold for $12,485,000
Lot 18a. Balthus, estimate $9 to $12 million, sold for $9,909,000
Lot 20a. Pablo Picasso, Estimate on Request, sold for $22,565,000
Lot 21a. Andy Warhol, Estimate $8 to $12 million, $11,925,000
Lot 22a. Roy Lichtenstein, estimate $7 to $9 million, sold for $13,381,000
Lot 25a. Pablo Picasso, estimate $12 to $16 million, passed
Lot 27a. Fernand Leger, estimate $12 to $18 million, passed
Lot 28a. Alberto Giacometti, estimate $6 to $8 million, passed
Lot 31a. Roy Lichtenstein, estimate $1.2 to $1.8 million, sold for $1,445,000
Total for Monday Evening Sale: $491, 352,000. For more details such as other individual lot result click here
