Christie's London October Evening Sale Totals £82M, Led by Freud and Koons
Christie's 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on October 9, 2024, achieved £81,980,050, up 83% from the £44.6 million equivalent sale in 2023. The sale sold 86% of lots by volume and 96% by value. Top lots included Lucian Freud's 'Ria, Naked Portrait' at £11.8 million, Jeff Koons' 'Balloon Monkey (Blue)' at £7.5 million, and David Hockney's 'More Woldgate Timber, October 13th 2009' at £4.6 million. René Magritte's 'Shéhérazade' opened the sale, exceeding its high estimate to sell for £882,000, while 'Le grand style' achieved over £2.5 million. Pablo Picasso's 'Buste d’homme à la pipe' sold for £1.2 million. Jenny Saville's 'Self-portrait' reached £378,000, and Cecily Brown's 'The Skin of Our Teeth' sold for £3 million. Willem de Kooning's 'Untitled XVIII' from Eric Clapton's collection sold for £3.4 million, below its £4-6 million estimate. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's 'La femme tatouée' sold for £2.2 million, under its £2.5 million low estimate. Leonor Fini's 'Rogomelec' (1978) fetched £720,000. Edgar Degas' 'Danseuse à mi-corps rajustant son épaulette' sold for £1 million after a bidding battle with collector François Odermatt. Vilhelm Hammershøi's landscape sold for £1.25 million. Alighiero Boetti's 'Mappa' (1979) achieved £2.3 million. The sale coincided with the opening of Frieze London and Frieze Masters, and Sotheby's contemporary sale later that day.
Key facts
- Christie's 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on October 9, 2024, totaled £81,980,050.
- Total up 83% from £44.6 million in 2023.
- 86% of lots sold by volume, 96% by value.
- Top lot: Lucian Freud's 'Ria, Naked Portrait' at £11.8 million.
- Jeff Koons' 'Balloon Monkey (Blue)' sold for £7.5 million.
- David Hockney's 'More Woldgate Timber, October 13th 2009' achieved £4.6 million.
- René Magritte's 'Shéhérazade' sold for £882,000, above £600,000 high estimate.
- Pablo Picasso's 'Buste d’homme à la pipe' sold for £1.2 million.
- Jenny Saville's 'Self-portrait' reached £378,000.
- Cecily Brown's 'The Skin of Our Teeth' sold for £3 million.
- Willem de Kooning's 'Untitled XVIII' from Eric Clapton's collection sold for £3.4 million (estimate £4-6 million).
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's 'La femme tatouée' sold for £2.2 million (estimate £2.5 million+).
- Leonor Fini's 'Rogomelec' (1978) sold for £720,000.
- Edgar Degas' 'Danseuse à mi-corps rajustant son épaulette' sold for £1 million after bidding battle with François Odermatt.
- Vilhelm Hammershøi landscape sold for £1.25 million.
- Alighiero Boetti's 'Mappa' (1979) sold for £2.3 million.
- Sale coincided with Frieze London and Frieze Masters previews.
- Sotheby's contemporary sale followed two hours later.
Entities
Artists
- René Magritte
- Pablo Picasso
- Jenny Saville
- Cecily Brown
- Lucian Freud
- Jeff Koons
- Willem de Kooning
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
- Leonor Fini
- Edgar Degas
- Vilhelm Hammershøi
- David Hockney
- Alighiero Boetti
- Paula Rego
- Damien Hirst
- Eric Clapton
- Peter Doig
- Ole Faarup
- Gerhard Richter
- Paul Cézanne
- Suzanne Valadon
- Annie Morris
- Esben Weile Kjær
- Yoshitomo Nara
- Domenico Gnoli
- Adrien Meyer
Institutions
- Christie's
- Sotheby's
- Frieze London
- Frieze Masters
- Palazzo Reale (Milan)
- Artribune
- Serpentine Galleries
- Fondation Louis Vuitton
- Phillips
Locations
- London
- King Street
- United Kingdom
- Milan
- Italy
- Regent's Park
- Paris
- France