Christie's London Surrealist Sale Tops £130 Million
On March 5, 2025, Christie's London evening auctions achieved over £130 million in sales, boasting a 94% sell-through rate by lot and 97% by value. The 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale raised £82.2 million, highlighted by Francis Bacon's Portrait of Man with Glasses III and Portrait du Docteur Boucard, both fetching £6.6 million, along with Tamara De Lempicka's Portrait du Docteur Boucard, which set a record for a male portrait by the artist. Amedeo Modigliani's Portrait de Lunia Czechowska sold for £6.2 million, while Michael Andrews' School IV: Barracuda reached £6 million. The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale brought in £48 million, led by René Magritte's La reconnaissance infinie at £10.3 million.
Key facts
- Christie's London evening sales on March 5, 2025, totaled over £130 million.
- 94% of lots sold by lot, 97% by value.
- 20th/21st Century Evening Sale: £82.2 million, 72% of lots first time at auction.
- Francis Bacon works sold together for £6.6 million.
- Tamara De Lempicka set a new auction record for a male portrait at £6.6 million.
- Amedeo Modigliani's Portrait de Lunia Czechowska sold for £6.2 million.
- Michael Andrews set a new artist record at £6 million.
- Egon Schiele's Knabe in Matrosenanzug sold for £3.3 million under Nazi restitution.
- Danielle Mckinney set a new auction record at £264,600.
- Sanya Kantarovsky's The House of the Spider sold for £289,800.
- The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale totaled £48 million.
- René Magritte's La reconnaissance infinie sold for £10.3 million.
- Paul Delvaux's La ville endormie sold for £6.1 million (estimate £1.2-1.8 million).
- Paul Delvaux's Les belles de nuit sold for £4.4 million (estimate £500,000-1 million).
- Jean (Hans) Arp set a new record for a painted relief at £3.4 million.
- Giorgio de Chirico's Gli archeologi sold for £378,000.
Entities
Artists
- Francis Bacon
- Tamara De Lempicka
- Amedeo Modigliani
- Michael Andrews
- Egon Schiele
- Danielle Mckinney
- Sanya Kantarovsky
- René Magritte
- Paul Delvaux
- Jean (Hans) Arp
- Giorgio de Chirico
- Fritz Grünbaum
- David Hockney
- Jadé Fadojutimi
- Claude Monet
- Pierre Bonnard
- Camille Pissarro
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
- Hermann Max Pechstein
- Alexej von Jawlensky
- Vilhelm Hammershøi
- Alighiero Boetti
- Salvo
- Lucio Fontana
- Hannah Höch
- Meret Oppenheim
- André Breton
- Peter Lacy
- Antonio Mirabelli
Institutions
- Christie's
- Gagosian
- NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti
- Sotheby's
- Artribune
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Tangier
- Morocco
- California
- United States
- New York
- Denmark