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Christie’s London auction sales

Overview

Christie’s held a record-breaking auction evening in London during Frieze week, generating a combined total of £218.6 million from two major sales. This figure represents a 103 percent increase compared to the previous year.

The Monsoon collection, assembled by Peter Simon, sold for £107.5 million, marking the highest total ever achieved for a single-owner collection at the London auction house. Notable items included Francis Bacon’s ‘Figure in Movement’ (1978), which sold for £17.185 million.

In the 20th and 21st-century art sale, Wassily Kandinsky’s ‘Das bunte Leben’ (1907) was the most expensive work, selling for approximately £31.56 million. The painting, which features Old Russian motifs, has a history involving restitution after being classified as Nazi-looted art and returned to the heirs of the Lewenstein family in 2023.

Entities

Wassily Kandinsky · Christie's · Francis Bacon · Lenbachhaus · Lewenstein family

Timeline

  1. [CULTURE] 2 sources
    Christie's London auctions hit record £218.6 million

    Christie's London auctions reached £218.6 million during Frieze week, driven by the £107.5 million Monsoon collection and a record-breaking £31.56 million sale of a Wassily Kandinsky painting.

  2. [CULTURE] 2 sources
    Kandinsky painting sells for €32 million at Christie's

    Wassily Kandinsky’s ‘Das bunte Leben’ sold for £27 million at Christie’s in London after being identified as Nazi-looted art and returned to the heirs of the Lewenstein family.

Sources

24-ore.com · meinegemeinde.vol.at · monopol-magazin.de · news.yam.md