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Three Studies for a Self-Portrait (3 works)
lot: 11
Artist: Francis Bacon
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: Height 14 in.; Width 11.8 in.
Year: 1980
Misc.: Signed, Inscribed
Estimate: $15,654,351 - $23,481,527
Sold For: $21,542,345 -
Abstraktes Bild
lot: 23
Artist: Gerhard Richter
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: Height 78.7 in.; Width 63 in.
Year: 1992
Misc.: Signed
Estimate: $11,740,763 - $14,871
Sold For: $12,775,907
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Wolke (Cloud)
lot: 7
Artist: Gerhard Richter
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: Height 78.7 in.; Width 118.1 in.
Year: 1976
Misc.: Signed
Estimate: $10,958,046 - $14,088,916
Sold: $11,899,264 -
Title: Untitled (Pecho/Oreja)
lot: 31
Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat
Medium: acrylic, oil stick and paper collage on canvas
Size: Height 72 in.; Width 72 in.
Year: 1982 - 1983
Estimate: $10,958,046 - 14,088,916
Sold For: $10,671,963 -
Five Fish Species
lot: 35 Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat Medium: acrylic and oilstick on canvas laid on wood supports Size: Height 66.1 in.; Width 140.6 in. Year: 1983 Misc.: Signed, Inscribed Estimate: $6,653,099 - $9,783,969 Sold For: $7,779,038
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Study for Portrait
lot: 16 Artist: Francis Bacon Medium: oil on canvas Size: Height 14 in.; Width 11.8 in. Year: 1976 Misc.: Signed, Inscribed Estimate: $2,817,783 - $3,913,587 Sold For: $7,077,723
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Concetto Spaziale, Attesa
lot: 20
Artist: Lucio Fontana
Medium: waterpaint on canvas
Size: Height 46.5 in.; Width 35.8 in.
Year: 1965
Misc.: Signed, Inscribed
Estimate: $3,443,957 - $4,383,218
Sold For : $4,097,135 -
Untitled
lot: 14
Artist: Mark Rothko
Medium: oil on paper laid on canvas
Size: Height 70 in.; Width 40.5 in.
Year: 1969
Misc.: Signed
Estimate: $3,913,587 - $5,479,023
Sold For: $4,009,470
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Lenin
lot: 32
Artist: Andy Warhol
Medium: acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas
Size: Height 72 in.; Width 48 in.
Year: 1986
Misc.: Signed Estimate: $2,348,152 - $3,130,870 Sold For : $3,395,820 -
Menschen wie Du + Ich (People like you + I)
lot: 24 Artist: Sigmar Polke Medium: acrylic on canvas Size: Height 72.2 in.; Width 59.1 in. Year: 1988 Misc.: Signed Estimate: $1,252,348 - $1,878,522 Sold For: $2,606,840
Sotheby’s London:
Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Sotheby’s London’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 brought in a total of $116,357,664. Buyers from 14 countries participated in the auction and 20 lots sold for over $1 million. Scroll through the gallery to view the 10 pieces that fetched the highest prices.
All images courtesy of Sotheby’s 2013

