The Second Highest Ever Evening Sale Total for Christie’s Asia
Masterpieces by Gerhard Richter, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Sanyu
Each Fetched Over HK$100M
World Auction Records Set for Yayoi Kusama and a Sculpture by the Artist
Worldwide Participation from 14 Countries Across 4 Continents
Over 1.7M Viewers Worldwide Watched the Auction Livestream
12 NEW ARTIST RECORDS ESTABLISHED
AMOAKO BOAFO | Bernard Buffet | Georgette Chen | Pratuang Emjaroen | Françoise Gilot | HUANG YUXING | LIU KANG | Yayoi Kusama | Rhee Seundja | Avery Singer | SONG KUN | Ye Linghan
Hong Kong – On 1 December, Christie’s Hong Kong staged two evening auctions – Worlds In A Hand, a thematic sale, which achieved a total of HK598,817,500/ US$77,163,922 and the 20th / 21st Century Art Evening Sale, which totalled HK$896,185,000/ US$115,482,847, with combined sell-through rates of 96% by lot and 95% by value. Christie’s Hong Kong achieved the highest Evening Sale total for the category in Asia this season, among all auction houses, and also the second highest Evening Sale total ever for Christie’s Asia. The bustling saleroom, supported by auxiliary salerooms in London and New York, invited fervent participation by an extensive and diverse collector base from 14 countries across 4 continents.
The Evening Sales witnessed masterpieces by iconic legends Jean-Michel Basquiat, Gerhard Richter, and Sanyu exceed the HK$100 million threshold, and established artist records for visionary female artists including Yayoi Kusama and Françoise Gilot.
Notes To Editors
12 Artist Records set in 20th & 21st Century Art Evening Auctions on 1 December 2021:
Artist | Artwork Title | Price Realised |
Huang Yuxing | Seven Treasure Pines | HK$64,830,000 |
Yayoi Kusama | Pumpkin (LPASG) | HK$62,540,000 |
Avery Singer | Untitled (Tuesday) | HK$35,050,000 |
Amoako Boafo | Hands Up | HK$26,650,000 |
Bernard Buffet | Les clowns musiciens, le saxophoniste | HK$16,450,000 |
Georgette Chen | Still Life (Mid Autumn Festival) | HK$10,090,000 |
Françoise Gilot, | Living Forest | HK$9,850,000 |
Rhee Seundja | Le vent en témoigne (The Wind Testifies) | HK$5,625,000 |
Pratuang Emjaroen | Grand Canyon | HK$4,250,000 |
Ye Linghan | Lucy-E-001 | HK$2,875,000 |
Song Kun | Garden of Auspicious Animals | HK$2,375,000 |
Liu Kang | To The Temple | HK$2,000,000 |
An Action Record for Any Sculptures by Yayoi Kusama
Lot 72: PUMPKIN, sold for HK$ 55,450,000/ US$7,145,314
Top 10 works sold across the two evening auctions:
Artist | Artwork Title | Price Realised |
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT | Donut Revenge | HK$163,300,000 |
GERHARD RICHTER | Abstraktes Bild 747-1 | HK$140,400,000 |
SANYU | Vase de lys sur fond marron | HK$100,325,000 |
HUANG YUXING | Seven Treasure Pines | HK$64,830,000 |
YAYOI KUSAMA | Pumkin (LPASG) | HK$62,540,000 |
ADRIAN GHENIE | Charles Darwin at the Age of 75 | HK$57,850,000 |
YAYOI KUSAMA | Pumpkin | HK$55,450,000 |
ZAO WOU-KI | Sans titre (Bateaux au claire de lune) | HK$54,250,000 |
PABLO PICASSO | Homme au chapeau | HK$52,450,000 |
ZENG FANZHI | This Land so Rich in Beauty No.2 | HK$39,850,000 |
