It was one for the books with the $157 million sale of Modigliani’s Nu Couché in the Impressionist & Modern Evening Sale, becoming the most expensive artwork auctioned in Sotheby’s history and leading off what would be a billion-dollar week.
Taking a glance at the hottest sales has to start with this huge $30 million plus sale of a Jean-Michel Basquiat called Flesh and Spirit.
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s
FLESH AND SPIRIT brought in huge numbers selling for $30,711,000
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- Pablo Picasso 1881 – 1973 LE REPOS, Signed Picasso and dated XXXII, Sold for $36,920,500
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- Mark Tansey STUDY FOR PUSH/PULL, $3,135,000
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- Mark Bradford SPEAK, BIRDMAN, sold for $6,776,200
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- Amedeo Modigliani 1884 – 1920 NU COUCHÉ (SUR LE CÔTÉ GAUCHE), sold for a staggering $157.2 million
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- David Hockney’s large-scale painting Pacific Coast Highway and Santa Monica more than doubled the artist’s previous auction record set in 2016, realizing a remarkable $28,453,000.
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- Mark Rothko 1903 – 1970 UNTITLED signed, dated 1969, brought in $18,856,500
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- Kerry James Marshall’s “PAST TIMES” was estimated at $8-$12k, but brought in massive $21,114,500!
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- Jackson Pollock’s iridescent drip painting, Number 32, which sold for $34.1 million.
