Fri, Jan 2, 2015
A sculpture beat other works of art and paintings including a $61 million Van Gogh to fetch the highest price at Sotheby’s auctions last year. Scroll through the images to see what commanded the Top Ten highest prices at Sotheby’s auctions in 2014…
FIRST: Alberto Giacometti’s Chariot sold for £$100,965,000 at an Impressionist & Modern Art Evening sale, New York, November 3.
SECOND: Amedeo Modigliani’s Tête sold for $70,725,000 at an Impressionist & Modern Art Evening sale, New York November 3.
THIRD: Vincent Van Gogh’s Still life, Vase with Daisies and Poppies sold for $61,765,000 at an Impressionist & Modern Art Evening sale, November, New York 4.
FOURTH: Claude Monet’s Nymphéas sold for $54,071,001 at an Impressionist & Modern Art Evening sale, June, London 5.
FIFTH: JWM Turner’s Rome, from Mount Aventine, sold for $47,430,454 at an Old Master & British Paintings Evening sale, December, London 6.
SIXTH: Francis Bacon’s Three Studies for Portrait of George Dyer sold for $45,400,274 at a Contemporary Art Evening auction, June, London 7.
SEVENTH: Mark Rothko’s No. 21 (Red, Brown, Black and Orange) sold for $44,965,000 at a Contemporary Art Evening auction, New York November 8.
EIGHTH: Georgia O'Keeffe’s Jimson Weed sold for $44,405,000 at an American Art auction November, New York.
NINTH: Mark Rothko’s Untitled from the Collection of Mrs Paul Mellon sold for $39,925,000 at the Masterworks auction, New York November 10.
TENTH: Mark Rothko’s Untitled (Yellow, Orange, Yellow, Light Orange) from the Collection of Mrs Paul Mellon sold for $36,565,000 at the Masterworks auction, New York, November 10.
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