Top 10 Art Auction Prices in September
The top ten most expensive works of fine art sold at auction in September 2013 according to artnet Price Database, sold for a total of over $26.0 million.
1.
Su Shi
- Title: Gong Fu Tie Calligraphy
- Medium: ink on paper, on scroll
- Size: 11 x 3.7 in. / 27.9 x 9.5 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's New York: Thursday, September 19, 2013
- Sold For: 8,229,000 US$ PREMIUM
2.
John Glover
- Title: Ben Lomond from Mr Talbot's property -- four Men catching Opossums
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 30.2 x 45.2 in. / 76.8 x 114.9 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's London: Thursday, September 26, 2013
- Sold For: 1,741,875 GBP (2,789,231 US$) PREMIUM
3.
Bada Shanren
- Title: Studio of autumn mountain
- Medium: ink on satin, on handscroll
- Size: 9.8 x 23.5 in. / 24.8 x 59.7 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's New York: Thursday, September 19, 2013
- Sold For: 2,405,000 US$ PREMIUM
4.
Mark Bradford
- Title: Curtis
- Medium: acrylic, felt-tip pen, silver coated paper and printed paper collage on canvas
- Size: 48.1 x 60.2 in. / 122.2 x 153 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's New York: Wednesday, September 25, 2013
- Sold For: 2,285,000 US$ PREMIUM
5.
Sui Jianguo
- Title: Clothes Veins Study Series (14 works, various sizes)
- Medium: plaster and bronze
- Size: 00 in. / 00 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's (Shanghai) Auction Company Limited: Thursday, September 26, 2013
- Sold For: 12,030,000 CNY (1,965,172 US$) PREMIUM
6.
Pablo Picasso
- Title: Homme assis
- Medium: oil on panel laid on cradled panel
- Size: 22.3 x 11.3 in. / 56.6 x 28.7 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's (Shanghai) Auction Company Limited: Thursday, September 26, 2013
- Sold For: 11,550,000 CNY (1,886,761 US$) PREMIUM
7.
Shen Zhou
- Title: Mountains in autumn
- Medium: ink and color on paper, on scroll
- Size: 58.1 x 22.4 in. / 147.5 x 57 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's New York: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
- Sold For: 1,803,750 US$ PREMIUM
8.
Alexander Calder
- Title: Black: 2-2-6
- Medium: hanging mobile--painted sheet metal and wire
- Size: 38 x 48 x 20 in. / 96.5 x 121.9 x 50.8 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's (Shanghai) Auction Company Limited: Thursday, September 26, 2013
- Sold For: 9,630,000 CNY (1,573,118 US$) PREMIUM
9.
Zeng Fanzhi
- Title: Bicycle
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 78.7 x 78.7 in. / 200 x 200 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's (Shanghai) Auction Company Limited: Thursday, September 26, 2013
- Sold For: 9,390,000 CNY (1,533,912 US$) PREMIUM
10.
Edvard Munch
- Title: Evening, melancholy I
- Medium: color woodcut
- Size: 14.6 x 17.8 in. / 37.2 x 45.2 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Tuesday, September 17, 2013
- Sold For: 962,500 GBP (1,530,449 US$) PREMIUM