Sotheby's London Contemporary Art Sales This Week Total $114.1 MILLION

LONDON, Oct. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Sotheby's (NYSE: BID) autumn sales of Contemporary Art in London concluded today with a combined total of $114.1 million, a 10% increase over the same series held one year ago.  This week's results bring the total value of Contemporary Art sold at Sotheby's London so far this year to $405.1 million.  Worldwide sales of Contemporary Art at Sotheby's are up more than 30% year-to-date.  

"We are very pleased with the results achieved in London this week, which followed successful sales of Western and Asian Contemporary Art in Hong Kong last week, as well as offerings from the collections of Mario Testino and Edward Albee in London and New York last month," said Tad Smith, Sotheby's CEO.  "The global demand for Contemporary art at all price points bodes well for the major upcoming sales in November." 

The Evening Sale of Contemporary Art was led by one of the greatest David Hockney landscapes in private hands, 15 Canvas Study of the Grand Canyon (1998), which sold for $7.9 million – the second highest price for the artist at auction, following the record set in Sotheby's New York salesroom earlier this year. 

The most valuable artwork sold this week was Cy Twombly's Untitled, which achieved $8.5 million, and a new auction record was set for Josef Albers, whose Homage to the Square: Temperate sold for $3 million.  

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