Untitled by Martin Kippenberger made a world record price of $18.6 million.
Headed by Martin Kippenberger at $18.6 million there were world auction records for no less than 16 artists at Christie’s contemporary art sale entitled “If I Life I’ll see you Tuesday” in New York last night. The sale of work by emerging and established artists attracted worldwide participation and brought in $134.6 million. An untitled work by Kippenberger made a world record price of $16,645,000 after six minutes of bidding in the room and on the phone. Peter Doig’s Road House made $11,925,000, a world record for the artist and Nurse at Greenmeadow by Richard Prince made a world record for the artist of $8,565,000.
Among the other artists who set records were Joe Bradley, Dan Colen, On Kawara, Glen Ligon, Adam McEwen and Thomas Schutte. Contemporary masters also saw strong demand with fierce competition from a largely international collector base. There were 350 registered bidders from 26 countries.