Christie's "20th Century Art Evening Sale" will be held in New York as scheduled at 8:00 AM on November 18, 2025.The auction featured 61 lots, achieving a total sales value of US$444 million and a sell-through rate of 93%. 31% of the lots sold above their estimates, while 48% sold within their estimates.Claude Monet's "Nymphéas" sold for $45.485 million, becoming the top-selling item of the auction.

New record:
Several artists, including Leonor Finney and Beaford Delaney, broke their personal records.
Marc Chagall, Alexander Calder, John Singer Sargent, Kim Whanki, Isamu Noguchi, František Kupka, Agnes Pelton, and many other artists set new records for the second-highest prices ever paid by an artist.
David Hockney sets a new record for the third highest price ever paid by an artist;
 

A total of 14 lots were sold for tens of millions of US dollars and 42 lots were sold for millions of US dollars.Among the highlights, Claude Monet's *Nymphéas* sold for $45,485,000; David Hockney's *Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy* sold for $44,335,000; Marc Chagall's *Le Songe du Roi David* sold for $26,510,000; Alexander Calder's *Painted Wood* sold for $20,415,000; and Fernand Reger's *Composition (Nature Morte)* sold for $19,610,000.

Top-selling item in this session:

Claude Monet's "Nymphéas" sold for $39 million at hammer price, totaling $45.485 million including commission.

Top 2 in sales this session:

David Hockney's "Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy" sold for $38 million at hammer price, totaling $44.335 million including commission.

Top 3 transactions in this session:

Marc Chagall's "Le Songe Du Roi David" sold for $22.5 million at hammer price, or $26.51 million including commission.

Several artists broke auction records

Other items sold at auction:

In addition to the top three most expensive lots, the sale also includes masterpieces by numerous artists, including Alexander Calder, Fernand Reger, Richard DiBencompass, Joan Mitchell, Lucian Freud, Henry Moore, and Georgia O'Keeffe.

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