CASEY KELBAUGH, FOR ARTNEWS
A new report issued by UBS claimed that the best-attended fair among collectors is the one happening right now, Art Basel Miami Beach. But that didn’t necessarily appear to be the case today, judging by reports among some that the first public day of the fair was sparsely attended in comparison to its VIP opening on Wednesday.
“Attendance on the second day of the fair was softer, but still active,” the dealers Dominique Lévy and Brett Gorvy said. Still, their gallery, Lévy Gorvy, managed to sell a Pierre Soulages from the “Outrenoire” series for more than $1 million.
Other highlights from today’s sales include Sigmar Polke’s Transparent #8 (1988), which sold at the Michael Werner booth for $1.5 million, and a Carol Bove sculpture that went for $250,000 at the David Zwirner booth.
Here’s a list of works that have been reported as sold during the first two days of Art Basel Miami Beach 2017.
Hauser & Wirth (Zurich, London, Somerset, Los Angeles, New York)
Bruce Nauman
Untitled (Two Wolves, Two Deer), 1989
Polyurethane foam, glue, steel, wire
Sold for $9.5 million to a collection in Asia
Roni Horn
Yet 3, 2013/2017
Powdered pigment, graphite, charcoal, colored pencil, and varnish on paper
Sold for $750,000 to a foundation in China
Jack Whitten
Barney’s Legacy II, 1980
Acrylic and paint collage on canvas
Sold for $950,000
Di Donna Galleries (New York)
A painting by Joan Miró painting
Sold for $3 million
A painting by Francis Picabia
Sold for more than $1 million
Two Alexander Calder gouaches
Sold for around $200,000 each
Mnuchin Gallery (New York)
Sam Gilliam
Blowing Cool Red, 1974
Acrylic and screenprint on canvas and paper, stitched and collaged
Sold for $80,000
Pace Gallery (Beijing, Hong Kong, London, New York, Palo Alto, Seoul)
Yoshitomo Nara
Young Mother, 2012
Acrylic on canvas
Sold for $2.9 million
Yoshitomo Nara
The Little Tannen I, 2017
Pencil on paper
Sold for $85,000
Yoshitomo Nara
Sketches for the Sculpture, 2011-2012
Pencil on paper
Sold for $40,000
Willem de Kooning
Untitled, ca. 1967
Oil on paper laid down on masonite
Sold for $450,000
Loie Hollowell
Full Frontal (purple, blue and red), 2017
Oil paint, acrylic medium, sawdust, and high-density foam on linen mounted on panel
Sold for $65,000
Adam Pendleton
System of Display, U (TURNS/acceptera, 1931), 2017
Silkscreen ink on glass and mirror
Sold for $55,000
Michal Rovner
Urgency, 2017
LCD screen and video
Sold for $140,000
Joel Shapiro
Untitled, 2016
Bronze
Sold for $350,000
Wang Guangle
170326, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
Sold for $325,000
Paula Cooper Gallery (New York)
Sol Lewitt
100 Cubes, 1991
Gouache on paper
Sold for between $1-1.5 million
Sold within the first hour of the VIP preview to a public collection in Europe
Several Charles Gaines works for around $200,000 each
A 1996 Rudolph Stingel canvas in the low seven figures
Applicat Prazan (Paris)
Pierre Soulages
Peinture 130 x 97 cm, 28 Octobre, 1966
Oil on canvas
Sold for around $1.2 million
Serge Poliakoff
Bleu, ca. 1956
Oil on canvas
Sold for around $1.2 million
David Zwirner (New York, London)
A Neo Rauch painting sold for $1.2 million
A work by Yayoi Kusama sold for $1 million
A Donald Judd sculpture sold for $850,000
A Franz West sculpture sold for $800,000
A work by Brice Marden sold for $700,000
Multiple works by Wolfgang Tillmans sold for $95,000 each
Multiple works by Raymond Pettibon sold for between $25,000 and $50,000 each
Painting by Josh Smith for $100,000
Alison Jacques Gallery (London)
Hannah Wilke
Mellow Yellow, 1975
Latex and snaps
Sold for $750,000
Hannah Wilke
Untitled, 1975–79
60 glazed and painted ceramics on painted wood board
Sold for $550,000
Sheila Hicks
Langue d’oiseau I, 2016–17
Linen
Sold for $150,000
Maria Bartuszová
Folded Figure VII, 1967–68
Aluminum
Sold for around $88,000
Sheila Hicks
Various works from fibre sculpture series
Sold for $35,000 each
Metro Pictures (New York)
Robert Longo
Untitled (Trumpville), 2017
Charcoal on mounted paper
Sold for $700,000
Galerie Thomas (Munich)
A Pablo Picasso drawing
Sold for around $700,000
Lisson Gallery (London and New York)
Anish Kapoor
Sold for GBP 600,000
Carmen Herrera
Sold for $500,000
Rodney Graham
Sold for $180,000
Daniel Buren
Sold for $130,000
Shirazeh Houshiary
Sold for $125,000
Stanley Whitney
Sold for $100,000
Pedro Reyes
Sold for $55,000
With additional works sold by Cory Arcangel, Tony Cragg, Spencer Finch, Mary Corse, Ted
Stamm, Laure Prouvost and Carmen Herrera.
Sprüth Magers (Berlin, London, Los Angeles)
Andreas Gursky
Dubai World I, 2007
C-Print / Diasec
Sold for EUR 500,000
George Condo
Giant Head Composition, 2017
Acrylic, gesso, pigment stick, charcoal, and pastel on paper
Sold to an American collector for $450,000
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Suit of “Water Tower” silver-gelatin prints
Sold for EUR 20,000 each
Thea Djordjadze
Untitled, 2016
Plaster, wood
Sold for to an American collector for EUR 35,000
Llyn Foulkes
The Wall, 2017
Acrylic, photographs, rayon, sourced media and found objects on canvas
Sold to a Canadian collector for $275,000
Louise Lawler
Egg and Gun (distorted for the times, dire), 2008/2017
Digital Fujiflex print face mounted to Plexiglas on museum box
Sold to an American collector for $40,000
Michail Pirgelis
Little Sister I, 2017
Aluminium, titanium, lacquer
Sold to a Mexican collector for EUR 27,000
Michail Pirgelis
Dominoes, 2017
Aluminium, titanium, lacquer
78 x 66 x 4 cm
Sold for EUR 25,000
Sold to a German collector
Sterling Ruby
DRFTRS (6247), 2016
Collage, paint and glue on paper
52,4 x 34,3 cm
Sold for USD 18,000
Sterling Ruby
DRFTRS (6262), 2016
Collage, paint and glue on paper
52,4 x 34 cm
Sold for USD 10,000
Hales Gallery (London)
2 Frank Bowling paintings
Sold for between USD 300,000-500,000
David Kordansky Gallery (Los Angeles)
Jonas Wood
DKG NPP #1, 2017
Screenprint and oil-on- canvas works
Sold for USD 275,000
Jonas Wood
DKG NPP #2, 2017
Screenprint and oil-on- canvas works
Sold for USD 275,000
Jonas Wood
Maritime NPP #8
2017
Screenprint and oil-on- canvas works
Sold for USD 250,000
Jonas Wood
WKS NPP #6
2017
Screenprint and oil-on- canvas works
Sold for USD 250,000
Rashid Johnson
Untitled Escape Collage, 2017
Sold for USD 215,000
Aaron Curry
Mr. XYZ, 2017
Sold for USD 185,000
Jennifer Guidi
Elements of All Entities (Universe Mandala SF #6G, Green, Black Sand), 2017
Sold for USD 120,000
Ivan Morley
A True Tale, 2017
Sold for USD 40,000
Kathryn Andrews
Shuttlecock, 2017
Sold for USD 80,000
Evan Holloway
Assemblage, 2017
Sold for USD 85,000
Lehman Maupin (New York, Hong Kong)
Two large paintings by Mary Corse from her latest Untitled (DNA Series), 2017
Sold in the range of USD 250,000-300,000
Lee Bul
Untitled (Mekamelencolia – Velvet #3 DDRG29AC), 2017
Large silk velvet wall panel
Sold in the range of USD 225,000-275,000
Teresita Fernández
Blind Land (Green)
A stainless steel wall panel
Sold in the range of USD 225,000-275,000
Liu Wei’s two latest paintings
Sold in the range of USD 200,000-250,000
Shirazeh Houshiary
Emerge or enter, 2017
Sold in the range of GBP 120,000-130,000
An edition of Erwin Wurm’s sculpture:
Untitled (bag with 2 legs), 2017
Sold in the range of EUR 150,000-175,000
OSGEMEOS
Love is Everything, 2017
Sold in the range of USD 130,000-140,000
Liza Lou
Relief 3, 2017
Sold in the range of USD 130,000-140,000 to a trustee of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
Liza Lou
Relief 2, 2017
Brightly colored, woven glass bead work
Sold in the range of USD 115,000-125,000
Hernan Bas
The missing glove, 2017
Sold in the range of USD 90,000-100,000
Angel Otero
Through the Stained Glass, 2017
Sold in the range of USD 80,000-90,000
Several of Do Ho Suh’s latest thread drawings, produced at Dieu Donné, sold in the range of
USD 80,000-120,000, with the latter going to a board member of the Walker Art Center:
Haunting Home, 2017
1st Floor, 348 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, 2017
Multiple editions of Do Ho Suhs three latest fabric specimen series:
Door Knobs, London, New York, Providence Homes, 2017
Sold in the range of USD 80,000-120,000
Keyhole Escutcheons, London Studio Home, New York, Berlin, and Providence Homes, 2017
Sold in the range of USD 70,000-80,000
Door Knobs on Back Plates, New York and Providence Homes, 2017
Sold in the range of USD 65,000-75,000
Angel Otero
Chasing the Tear, 2017
Sold in the range of USD 65,000-75,000
Two editions of Erwin Wurm’s Short bag, 2017, each sold in the range of EUR 50,000-75,000,
with one selling to a trustee of the Aspen Art Museum.
Alex Prager
Anaheim, 2017
Sold in the range of USD 30,000-40,000
Kukje Gallery/ Tina Kim Gallery (Seoul, New York)
Kyungah Ham
Chandeliers for Five Cities DSK 06-D -01, 2017
North Korean hand embroidery, silk threads on cotton, middle man, secret code, bribe, anxiety,
censorship, ideology, wooden frame
Sold for USD 60,000-70,000
Ha Chong-Hyun (b. 1935)
Conjunction 17-05, 2017
Oil on hemp cloth
46.06 x 35.83 inches
117 x 91 cm
$100,000-110,000 USD
Mitchell-Innes & Nash (New York)
Keltie Ferris
NSEW, 2017
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Sold in the range of USD 50,000-60,000
Eddie Martinez
Four paintings from the Yard Work and Love Letter series
Sold in in the range of USD 35,000-80,000 each
Jessica Stockholder
Non slip, 2017
Plastic, hard drive parts, oil paint, vinyl
Pope.L
Several small paintings on paper
Gregor Podnar (Berlin)
Marcius Galan
Bureaucratic Paintings (Frango Assado RFA), 2017
Acrylic on paper
Sold for USD 26,000
Taro Nasu (Tokyo)
Koichi Enomoto
PSI Junior High School, 2015
Oil on canvas
Sold for USD 23,000 to a US collector
Howard Greenberg Gallery (New York)
5 works by William Klein
Sold for USD 15,000-50,000 each
2 works by Saul Leiter
Sold for USD 14,000 each
One work by Joel Meyerowitz
Sold for USD 10,000
Richard Saltoun Gallery (London)
Edgardo Antonio Vigo
Argentina 1974, 1974
Sold in the region of USD 8,000
Patron (Chicago)
Two works by Harold Mendez sold, each in the range of USD 10,000-20,000
Galeria Nara Roesler
Daniel Buren
Prisms and Mirror, high reliefs, situated works 2016/2017 for Sao Paulo, 2017
Wood, glue, lacquer, and vinyl adhesive
200 x 200 cm
78.7 x 78.7 inches
Priced at 140,000 Euros
Jack Shainman Gallery
Nick Cave
Wire Tondo
Mixed media including metal, wire, bugle beads and wood
6 feet diameter
Sold for $110,000
Carrie Mae Weems
The Blues, 2017
Set of 25 archival prints
10 x 10 inches each print
Sold for $80,000