Sotheby's Auction Results Paris | 3 - 4 December 2013
Art Contemporain Sotheby's Paris contemporary art sales achieved a record annual total of €51 million ($69.3 million) in 2013. Last week's Evening and Day sales were integral to this success, as they brought a combined total that doubled the pre-sale low estimate with €24.5 million.
Joan Mitchell's monumental La Grande Vallée XIII proved to be the work in highest demand, soaring past the pre-sale estimate of €1.5-2 million to reach €3,569,500 - the highest price for a work of this series by Mitchell since 2008. This is one of the finest paintings from her landmark Grande Vallée series of 20 works produced between autumn 1983 and autumn 1984.
Art Impressionniste & Moderne Last week's Impressionist & Modern Art sale brought a record for Sotheby's France with a €23.7 million total. Sotheby's remains the auction leader in France for Impressionist & Modern Art for the third year running with a grand total of €43.45 million ($59 million) for the year. Amedeo Modigliani's Portrait of Roger Dutilleul, painted in 1919, sold for €6.5 million, setting the record for a painting sold at auction in France in 2013. We are currently accepting consignments for our Spring 2014 sale of Contemporary Art. To inquire about consigning, please contact a Sotheby's specialist at +33 (0)1 53 05 53 60 or Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser. |