THE POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART EVENING SALE at CHRISTIES ROCKEFELLER PLAZA SET***THE HIGHEST TOTAL IN AUCTION HISTORY RACKING UP $691,583,000 / 69 lots offered / 63 lots sold / average per lot: $10,977,507. TOP 10: (1) FRANCIS BACON, Three Studies of Lucian Freud, [1969] oil on canvas in three parts / $142,405,000***WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR ANY WORK OF ART. (2) JEFF KOONS, Balloon Dog (Orange), [1994-2000] mirror-polish stainless steel with transparent color coating / $58,405,000***WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST & WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A LIVING ARTIST. (3) ANDY WARHOL, Coca-Cola (3), [1962] casein on cotton / $57,285,000. (4) MARK ROTHKO, No. 11 (Untitled), [1957] oil on canvas / $46,085,000. (5) JACKSON POLLOCK, Number 16, 1949, [1949] oil on enamel on paper mounted on masonite / $32,645,000. (6) WILLEM DE KOONING, Untitled V111, [1977] oil on canvas / $32,085,000***WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST. (7) ROY LICHTENSTEIN, Seductive Girl, [1996] oil and magna on canvas / $31,525,000. (8) JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, Untitled, [1982] acrylic and oilstick on wood panel / $29,285,000. (9) CHRISTOPHER WOOL, Apocalypse Now, [1988] alkyd and flashe on aluminum and steel / $26,485,000***WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST. (10) TIE LUCIO FONTANA, Concetto Spaziole, La Fine de Dio, [1963] oil and glitter on canvas / $20,885,000***WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST. GERHARD RICHTER, Abstraktes Bild (809-1), [1994] oil on canvas / $20,885,000.
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