We saw a great success of contemporary art at the Dorotheum auction week.
The Dorotheum auction week (held from November 24th–27th, 2015) was characterised by numerous top results of artworks created by world famous contemporary artists. We saw spectacularly high prices for works by Gerhard Richter (€491,000 EUR), Agostino Bonalumi (€442,200 EUR), Paolo Scheggi (€393,400 EUR), Maria Lassnig (€344,600 EUR), and many others. Only on contemporary art, the Dorotheum auction week made a turnover of €13.7 million EUR.
Below you can see some of the highly touted artworks. For additional information, feel free and visit the Dorotheum auction house website: www.dorotheum.com
Heinz Mack (born in Lollar, Hessen in 1931) Relief mit farbigem Plexiglas, 1971, aluminium, colored and colorless Plexiglas, nails on black coloured wooden plate in aluminium frame, 241 x 242 x 6 cm, realized a price of €295,800 EUR at Dorotheum auction weekGerhard Richter (born in Dresden, Saxony in 1932) Grün-Blau-Rot, 1993, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm, realized a price of €369,000 EURAgostino Bonalumi (Vimercate/Monza 1935-2013) Bianco, 1975, vinyl tempera on shaped canvas, 100 x 100 cm, realized a price of €442,200 EURMaria Lassnig (Kappel, Carinthia 1919 – 2014 Vienna) “Selbstporträt als Auto”, 1963, oil on canvas, 71 x 90 cm, realized a price of €344,600 EUREnrico Castellani (born in Castelmassa, Rovigo in 1930) Superficie bianca, 1986, acrylic on shaped canvas, 100 x 100 cm, realized a price of €417,800 EURGerhard Richter (born in Dresden, Germany in 1932), Abstraktes Bild, 1990, 713-3, oil on canvas, 62 x 72 cm, realized a price of €491,000 EUR at Dorotheum auction weekLucio Fontana (Rosario di Santa Fe, Argentina 1899-1968 Comabbio) Concetto Spaziale, 1962/65, holes and graffiti on coloured glazed ceramic, 25 x 27 x 22.5 cm, realized a price of €283,600 EURPaolo Scheggi (Florence 1940 – 1971 Rome ) “Intersuperficie curva rossa”, 1967, red acrylic on superimposed canvases, 80 x 80 x 6 cm, realized a price of €393,400 EUR
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