Part 1 of Christie's Latin American sale breaks 7 world auction recordsNovember 23, 2016 - 18:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The top lot of the evening sale was Rufino Tamayo’s (1899-1991) Sandias, from The Lewin Family Collection, which sold for $2,167,500, Art Daily reports. Strong results were realized for Cuban artists included in CUBA MODERNA: Masterworks from a Private Collection, with five artist records achieved, led by Mariano Rodriguez’s Pelea de gallos, which sold for $1,087,500. Notable highlights included Fernando Botero’s A Family, from the Collection of Ruth and Jerome Siegel, which realized $1,267,500; Sergio Camargo’s Untitled, which realized $1,507,000, and Joaquín Torres-García’s Port of New York, which realized $775,000. SEVEN WORLD AUCTION RECORDS: There were seven world auction records set for artists including Pablo Atchugarry, Mariano Rodriguez, Fidelio Ponce de León, Carlos Enríquez, René Portocarrero, Victor Manuel, and Guillermo Kuitca. NOTABLE RESULTS: • Fernando Botero (b. 1932), A Family, Painted in 1997. Price Realized: $1,267,500 • Sergio Camargo (1930-1990), Untitled (Relief No. 325) Executed in Paris in 1970. Price Realized: $1,507,500 • Joaquín Torres-García (1874-1949) Port of New York Painted in 1923. Price Realized: $775,000 SEVEN WORLD AUCTION RECORDS: • Pablo Atchugarry (b. 1954), Untitled, Executed in 2015. Price Realized: $439,500 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST • Mariano Rodriguez (1912-1990), Pelea de gallos. Price Realized: $1,087,500 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST • Fidelio Ponce de León (1895-1949), Joven con pecera. Price Realized: $112,500 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST • Carlos Enríquez (1900-1957), Héroe criollo. Price Realized: $967,500 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST • René Portocarrero (1912-1985), Paisaje de La Habana, Painted in 1961. Price Realized: $295,000 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST • Victor Manuel (1897-1969) Carnaval (Escena de comparsa). Price Realized: $319,500 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST •Guillermo Kuitca (b. 1961) Deng Haag – Praha Painted in 1989. Price Realized: $511,500 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST Photo: Christie’s Images Limited 2016 Top stories Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |