De Kooning Abstraction Sells for £9.8m at Sotheby's London Contemporary Evening Sale
A 1977 abstraction by Willem de Kooning fetched £9.8m at Sotheby's Contemporary Evening Sale in London, establishing a new European auction record for the artist. The sale also featured works by David Hockney and Michael Andrews, whose results outperformed expectations more sharply than any other lots that evening. The de Kooning painting anchored the auction, which took place in London.
Key facts
- A 1977 Willem de Kooning abstraction sold for £9.8m at Sotheby's London Contemporary Evening Sale.
- The price set a European auction high for de Kooning.
- Works by David Hockney and Michael Andrews produced the evening's sharpest results against expectations.
- The sale was Sotheby's Contemporary Evening Sale, held in London.
Entities
Artists
- Willem de Kooning
- David Hockney
- Michael Andrews
- Gerhard Richter
- Mark Rothko
- Andy Warhol
- Georg Baselitz
- Albert Oehlen
Institutions
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Europe