LONDON.- Christie's Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Auction totalled 132,819,400 ($207,331,083 / €165,891,431), selling 98% by value and 87% by lot. This is the highest total for any auction of Post-War & Contemporary Art in Europe. The top lot of the sale was Yves Klein’s Le Rose du bleu (RE 22), which sold for 23,561,250 ($36,779,111 / €29,428,001; illustrated above), a world record price for any French post-war artist at auction. In total, 4 lots sold above 10 million / 21 lots sold above 1 million and record prices were established for David Altmejd, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Marcel Broodthaers, Yves Klein and Beatriz Milhazes. Francis Outred, Christie's Head of Post-War & Contemporary Art, Europe: “Following the record result achieved at Christie's New York in May, we are delighted with tonight results which established a new record for an auction of |
