Christie's and Sotheby's New York spring auctions total over $1.4 billion
Christie's and Sotheby's held five spring auctions over three evenings in New York, generating over $1.4 billion combined. Christie's 21st Century evening sale on May 11 achieved $210.5 million, led by Jean-Michel Basquiat's 'In this case' at $93 million (with premium) and a set of nine CryptoPunks NFTs at $16.96 million. Eleven artist records were set, including for Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Jordan Casteel, and Rashid Johnson. Sotheby's three sales on May 12 totaled $597 million: 'American Visionary: The Collection of Mrs. John L. Marion' brought $157.2 million, with Andy Warhol's 'Elvis 2 Times' at $37 million; the Contemporary Art sale reached $218.3 million, featuring Basquiat's 'Versus Medici' at $50.8 million and Banksy's 'Love is in the Air' at $12.9 million (accepted in cryptocurrency); the Impressionist & Modern Art sale added $221.3 million, led by Claude Monet's 'Le Bassin aux nymphéas' at $70.3 million. Christie's 20th Century evening sale on May 13 achieved $481 million, with Pablo Picasso's 'Femme assise près d'une fenetre (Marie-Thérèse)' selling for $103.4 million, a record for the artist at auction. Other highlights included Monet's 'Waterloo Bridge, effet de brouillard' at $48.5 million, Vincent van Gogh's 'Le pont de Trinquetaille' at $37.4 million, and Mark Rothko's 'Untitled' at $38.1 million. The auctions were sponsored by fashion brands Brioni (Christie's) and Loewe (Sotheby's).
Key facts
- Christie's and Sotheby's spring auctions in New York totaled over $1.4 billion.
- Christie's 21st Century sale on May 11 reached $210.5 million, led by Basquiat's 'In this case' at $93 million.
- A set of nine CryptoPunks NFTs sold for $16.96 million at Christie's.
- Eleven artist records were set at Christie's 21st Century sale.
- Sotheby's three sales on May 12 totaled $597 million.
- Sotheby's Contemporary Art sale included Banksy's 'Love is in the Air' sold for $12.9 million, accepted in cryptocurrency.
- Christie's 20th Century sale on May 13 achieved $481 million, with Picasso's 'Femme assise près d'une fenetre' at $103.4 million.
- The auctions were sponsored by Brioni (Christie's) and Loewe (Sotheby's).
Entities
Artists
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
- Jordan Casteel
- Rashid Johnson
- Andy Warhol
- Banksy
- Claude Monet
- Pablo Picasso
- Vincent van Gogh
- Mark Rothko
- Cy Twombly
- Gerhard Richter
- Clyfford Still
- Richard Diebenkorn
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Piet Mondrian
- Wayne Thiebaud
- Alighiero Boetti
- Joan Mitchell
- Grace Hartigan
- Alice Neel
- Barbara Hepworth
- Henri Matisse
- Willem de Kooning
- Georges Seurat
- Sigmar Polke
- Zao Wou-Ki
- Henri-Edmond Cross
- Alex Da Corte
- Jonas Wood
- Nina Chanel Abney
- El Anatsui
- Joel Mesler
- Mickalene Thomas
- Martin Kippenberger
- Cindy Sherman
- Dana Schutz
- Christopher Wool
- George Condo
- Keith Haring
- Robert Colescott
- Jeff Koons
- Bruce Nauman
- Alexander Calder
- Elizabeth Peyton
- Raymond Pettibon
- Salman Tor
- Leonor Fini
- Edgar Degas
- Paul Cézanne
- Amedeo Modigliani
- Childe Hassam
- Alfred Sisley
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
- Lucio Fontana
- Marino Marini
- Franz Kline
- Sam Francis
- Hans Hofmann
- Larry Rivers
- Kenneth Noland
- Jasper Johns
- David Hockney
- Anselm Kiefer
- Jesús Rafael Soto
- Alberto Giacometti
- Joan Miró
- Mark Bradford
- Larva Labs
- Camille Pissarro
- Francis Picabia
- Edvard Munch
- Arshile Gorky
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Piero del Pollaiuolo
- Bahman Mohasses
- Frank Dobson
- František Kupka
- Jean Fautrier
- Jean Dubuffet
- Damien Hirst
- Andreas Gursky
- Kees van Dongen
- Auguste Rodin
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Jean-François Raffaëlli
- Hans Arp
- Louise Bourgeois
- Rosemarie Trockel
- Georg Baselitz
- Frank Auerbach
- Gilbert and George
- Giulio Romano
- Theo van Gogh
- Jeanne Lanvin
- George Bernheim
- Paul Rosenberg
- Simon Bauer
- Dora Maar
- Frida Kahlo
- Max Beckmann
- René Magritte
- Remedios Varo
- Dorothea Tanning
- Paul Delvaux
- Kay Sage
- Georgia O'Keeffe
- Wilfredo Lam
- Jean Arp
- Leonora Carrington
- Milton Avery
- Philip Guston
- Barnett Newman
- Marie-Thérèse Walter
- Gustav Klimt
- Cecily Brown
- Willem De Kooning
- Vilhelm Hammershøi
Institutions
- Christie's
- Sotheby's
- Tate Modern
- Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
- New York Historical Society
- Art for Acres
- Brioni
- Loewe
- Artribune
- National Gallery London
- Breuer Building
- Gagosian Gallery
- Toledo Museum of Art
- NABA
- Mo Ostin Collection
- Jan and Maria Manetti Shrem collection
Locations
- New York
- United States
- London
- United Kingdom
- Hong Kong
- China
- Los Angeles
- Texas
- Paris
- France
- Montmartre
- Singapore
- Venice
- Italy
- Argenteuil
- Giverny
- Weehawken