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HomeBusinessHockney's '30 Sunflowers' Nears Highest Price for a Western Work Sold in...

Hockney’s ’30 Sunflowers’ Nears Highest Price for a Western Work Sold in Asia for $76.8 Million

On day five of Sotheby’s Hong Kong Spring Auction week, the Contemporary Art Evening Sale continued the tremendous momentum for the sale series, and once the gavel fell on the final of 48 lots of the night’s auction, a total of HK$595.2 million (US$ 76.8 million) had been sold.

 

The standout of the night was David Hockney’s  30 Sunflowers, a rare masterpiece, which sold for HK$114.8 million (US$14.8 million). That’s the second-highest sum ever paid for a Western work sold at auction in Asia, with all of the top three records held by Sotheby’s. The monumental painting by Liu Ye  Leave Me in the Dark, one of only four such single-panel canvases featuring a figure created by the artist, went under the hammer at HK$45.3 million (US$5.9 million), against an estimate of $25—35 million.

 

 

The two masterpieces were among an impressive international line-up of works by blue-chip artists, including  Clyfford Still,  Albert Oehlen,  Kazuo Shiraga,  Yayoi Kusama  and  Yoshitomo Nara. “The Art of Life: Property from a Distinguished Asian Private Collector and Important Patron of the Arts” — a superlative selection of art, design and sculptural pieces — attracted strong bidding, led by illustrious works by  François-Xavier Lalanne  and  Antony Gormley.

Courtesy Sothebys

 

 

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