The scene at Christie’s in London as the top lot of the evening was being sold.
There was a new world record for Martin Kippengerger’s Untitled (from the series Hand-Painted Pictures) at Christie’s in London last night. It made £3,117,250. The October 11 evening auctions of Post War and Contemporary Art and The Italian Sale brought in a combined total of £41,183,300. There were nine records, most notably for the two cover lots, Pistoletto’s ‘Metrocubo d’infinito’ and the ‘Self-portrait’ by Kippenberger.
Francis Outred of Christie’s said: “We saw 43 different buyers for 45 works of art in the Post-War and Contemporary Art auction, reflecting the continuing attraction and depth of interest in Post-War & Contemporary Art”.
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for September 20, 2012)