Van Gogh’s works shone this Thursday in a 20th century art auction held at the New York headquarters of Christie’s, during which the collection of the American oil magnate Edwin L. Cox, who died last year, was put up for sale, highlighted the “Wooden huts among olive trees and cypress trees (1889)” del holandés Vincent van Gogh, a piece that had not been offered at a sale to the highest bidder since 1923, and was enthusiastically received.
In the first moments of the sale, up to eight people were bidding for it, both on the phone and in the Christie’s room in New York, and finally reached $ 62 million of hammer price to reach a total amount of 71.3 million dollars, notably above the 40 million that the auction house had estimated.
Nor was a second work by Van Gogh, “Young man with a blueberry”, painted in June 1890 a few weeks before his death, which was six times the estimates of the experts by reaching the $ 46.7 million after a long battle between several buyers in New York and Hong Kong.
Finally, “Mueles de ble”, also the work of the Dutchman, beat the record for a watercolor yours: $ 35.9 million. It is a painting that was exhibited for the last time in 1905, and that later was held by the nazis during the occupation of France.
The other protagonist of the night was Pablo Picasso, with a total of eight pieces of different stages of the artist that, together, raised more than 92.5 million dollars.
The one that aroused the greatest expectation, “Mosquetaire with a pipe II”, sold for a hammer price of $ 30 million, exactly what Christie’s had estimated, so with fees and taxes it came to a total price of 34.7 million.
The piece, over a meter and a half high and about a meter wide, which was going up for auction for the first time, was painted by the man from Malaga in a single day in November 1968.
“Crouching Woman in Turkish Costume II (Jacqueline)” (1955), it also debuted at a sale to the highest bidder having remained in the hands of the same family for three generations after it was purchased in 1957, and was sold for a total of 25.5 million, within Christie’s calculations.
Ademas, “Man with a Pipe” (1968), sold for 15.4 million, “Profile” (1930), a retrato of su primera mujer, Olga Jojlova, for 7.3 million; “The Acrobat’s Meal” (1905), por 7.1 million,; “Man with the guitar” (1912-1913) por 846,000; “Glass and bottle on a table” (1913) por 587,000; y “Head of a bearded man with a cigarette” (1964) por 1.1 millones.
At the same auction, the “Jean-Michel Basquiat” by Andy Warhol exceeded expectations, by selling for 40 million dollars with fees and taxes after a bidding war between a buyer in New York and another in London, which was twice what the experts estimated, while a Cy Twombly “Untitled“It disappointed by reaching only 32 million, compared to an estimated 40.
“L’Estaque aux toits rouges” (1883-1885), by Paul Cézanne, exhibited in public only once since it was painted in 1889, started with a starting price of $ 23 million, took less than a minute to reach 40 million, and stayed at a price total of 55.3 million, within the estimates of the auction house experts.
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Como se esperaba, “Young man at his window”, del impresionista inglés Gustave Cailebotte, broke an artist record, since it reached the $ 46 million hammer price and 53 million with fees and taxes.
Por otra parte, sorprendió lo solicitado que estaba el cuadro “The hotel of Mademoiselle Ernestine, Saint-Jouin (Finistère) or The orchard of Mademoiselle Ernestine, Saint-Jouin” (1908), by Gustave Loiseau, a piece valued between $ 20,000 and $ 30,000 and for which someone ended up paying $ 774,000, 25 times more than the estimated maximum and a world record for the artist at auction.
Reference-www.elperiodico.com