Yves Saint Laurent & Pierre Bergé collection breaks records at Christie’s
Posted on Feb 27 - Filed Under Antiquities, Arts | View Comments
One of the most anticipated art sale events this year so far was the week long viewing exhibition and auction of the collection of Yves Saint Laurent & Pierre Bergé. This stunning collection of antiquities, modern and decorative arts, interior designs, sculptures and everything in between and beyond was collected by the two men during a period of 50 years and now auctioned off by Christie’s and Pierre Bergé Associates in Paris. This Legendary Collection – as Pierre Bergé said – is a piece of art itself. Yves Saint Laurent noted – “Pierre Bergé and I wished for our selection to reflect our favourite pieces and for it to evolve with them, quality being the only criterion to guide us.”
The auction raised a total of €373,935,500 ($483,835,144), which is the world record sum for a private collection sold at auction. The nearly half a billion dollars will benefit the Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent Foundation and a new foundation with the purpose of supporting scientific research and the fight against AIDS. Many blogs and news outlets covered the record breaking sales and some of the controversies, so we decided to include some of the lots with million-dollar hammer prices, categorized according to Christie’s lots.
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More million-dollar paintings sell in London this week
Posted on Jun 26 - Filed Under Arts | View Comments
As we wrote about it before, both Christie’s and Sotheby’s have large, multi-day modern art sale events this week in London. New results are in from the latest auctions and many masterpieces went for around a million dollars. Below is the selection of some of the recent sales:
“Idylle” by Henri Martin – 541,250 GBP ($1,064,098)
“Les deux fusils” by Fernand Léger – 481,250 GBP ($946,138)
“La dame en rose” by Raoul Dufy – 577,250 GBP ($1,134,874)
“MARCHÉ À LA VOLAILLE À GISORS” by Camille Pissarro – 577,250 GBP ($1,146,245)
“JEUNE FEMME À L’OMBRELLE” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir – 505,250 GBP ($1,003,274)
“L’ARAIGNÉE VERTE” by Fernand Léger – 481,250 GBP ($955,618)
The highest prices at Christie’s and Sotheby’s were paid for the paintings below, respectively.
“Nu sur fond rouge” by Marc Chagall – 881,250 GBP ($1,732,538)
“Danseuse” by Gina Severini – 15,049,250 GBP ($29,910,384)
“Tableau autobiographique – Ultratableau biosensible” by Victor Brauner sold for $993,000
Posted on May 24 - Filed Under Arts | View Comments
Victor Brauner’s painting was sold for $993,000 as part of the Sotheby’s sales of impressionists and modern art in New York, on May 7.
Other notable sales at the auction was Fernand Léger’s Cubist painting, the “Étude pour La Femme en Bleu” which sold for $39,241,000. Munch’s “Girls on a Bridge” also broke record for the artist with the hammer price of $30,841,000
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