At 00:00 on October 10, 2024, Christie’s “20th and 21st Century: London Evening Sale” was held as scheduled.The total transaction amount of 52 lots in this auction reached 80.367 million pounds, with a total transaction rate of 87%, of which 33% of the lots were sold above the estimated price and 50% of the lots were sold within the estimated price.Lucian Freud's "Ria, Naked Portrait" was sold for 11.81 million pounds, becoming the highest-paid work in this auction.

New Record:
Many artists including Leon Spilliat and Sarah Shi set new personal records;
Franz Goetz, Leonor Fini, Anne Morris and many other artists set new second-highest prices for artists;

A total of 1 million-pound auction items were producedAmong them, Lucian Freud's "Ria, Naked Portrait" was sold for 11.81 million pounds (about 109 million yuan).

A total of 22 million-pound lots were auctioned

• Jeff Koons's "Balloon Monkey (Blue)" sold for £7,555,000.
• David Hockney's "More Woldgate Timber, October 13th 2009" was sold for £4,638,000, Richard Prince's "Hurricane Nurse" was sold for £4,184,300,
• Willem de Kooning's "Untitled XVIII" sold for £3,488,500, Lucian Freud's "Head Of A Woman" sold for £3,428,000, Ed Ruscha's "Start Over Please" sold for £3,186,000, Cecily Brown's "The Skin Of Our Teeth" sold for £3,065,000,
• Franz Goetz's "Selbstbildnis (Self-portrait)" was sold for 2.581 million pounds, Le Corbusier's "Deux Figures Au Tronc D'arbre Jaune" was sold for 2.581 million pounds, René Magritte's "Le Grand Style" was sold for 2.581 million pounds, Alegre Berti's "Mappa" was sold for 2.339 million pounds, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's "La Femme Tatouée" was sold for 2.218 million pounds, and Richard Prince's "Untitled (Cowboy)" was sold for 2.097 million pounds. . .

TOP1 of this transaction:

Lucian Freud's "Ria, Naked Portrait" was sold for £10 million, plus commission for £11.81 million.

TOP2 of this transaction:

Jeff Koons's "Balloon Monkey (Blue)" was sold for 6.3 million pounds, including commission, for 7.555 million pounds.

TOP3 transactions in this session:

David Hockney's "More Woldgate Timber, October 13th 2009" was sold for £3.8 million, plus commission for £4.638 million.

Several artists set new auction records

Other sold lots:

In addition to the top three most expensive lots, the auction also includes many excellent works by artists such as Richard Prince, Willem de Kooning, Lucian Freud, Ed Ruscha, Cecily Brown, Franz Goetz, and Le Corbusier.

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