LONDON.- The Post-War and Contemporary Evening
Auction took place 30 June at Christie’s and realised £45,640,200
/$68,642,861/ €56,091,806, selling 84% by lot and 85% by value. The top
price
was paid for Silver Liz, 1963, by Andy Warhol (1928-1987), one of only
two
paintings by the artist to depict the celebrated actress and Hollywood
icon with
her legendary violet eyes. It sold to an anonymous bidder for £6,762,150
/
$10,168,920 / €3,354,248. Further highlights of the evening included
Loopy, 1999,
by Jeff Koons (b. 1955), showing childhood motifs from the artist’s
Easyfun
series, which sold for £3,401,250/$5,115,480/€4,180,
£2.5 million
to £3.5 million), a record for a painting by the artist.