LONDON.- Following Sothebys third most successful year ever (2011) for global auctions of Contemporary Art, which totalled $1.17 billion, the company presents its forthcoming Contemporary Art Evening Auction. The sale, which will be staged in London on Tuesday, February 15th, 2012, will include an array of major artworks by established Post-War and Contemporary artists including Gerhard Richter, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alighiero Boetti and Alberto Burri, and will also feature an exceptionally strong British Art section, comprising works by Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Bridget Riley, Leon Kossoff, among others. The Evening Auction is estimated to realise in excess of £35.8 million*. Commenting on the forthcoming sales, Cheyenne Westphal, Sothebys Chairman of Contemporary Art Europe, said: With the outstanding total of $1.17 billion achieved for Sothebys global sales of Contemporary Art in 2011, Sotheby