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in fact it was previously thought to have been destroyed by fire so it's even more exciting to have it on the walls of our gallery and she's such an important person I mean she's she's can I think be credited with with at least part of the intellectual formation of Elizabeth the first Catherine was a great intellectual a scholar the master of several languages and she seems to have given that you know that ambition to be a learned lady to the great Queen Elizabeth absolutely I think her personalities being [Music] she was an and she was also responsible for reconciling both Mary and Elizabeth with Henry and so they were restored to the line of succession so her influence on English History is is really really significant I mean she's painted as a strong a woman who's clearly got a very strong sense of her own worth um yeah and jewelry alone seems to be speaking volumes about her well the jewelry is actually a really important part of this portrait in this past reason why we know that it is Catherine Parr because in the past it was actually mistaken for a portrait of Lady Jane gray it's this brooch that she's wearing on her bodice which means we know that it's Catherine Parr because that exact approach is described in Royal inventories of her jewelry and the artist has clearly gone to a lot of trouble to depict it as accurately as possible even down to the number of diamonds that make up the crown on top of it there are 15 described in this inventory and you can count them up there are 15 there we think it was probably painted in the very last year of her life so after Henry had died so in the past the picture's been attributed to Holbein and it's been considered to be of the wrong person what we now know it's definitely of Catherine and we think it's by a rather mysterious painter called Master John who what do we know about him well we don't know very much at all I mean it's it's really not surprising at this period not to know about these artists because the idea of an artist in their own right as an individual was still not a nation that was really recognized they were more like Craftsmen really and so signatures and documentary evidence is very very scarce there is a reference to a painter called Master John in a list of expenses for Mary the first when she was still a princess and various other portraits have been grouped around this name but really I think there was a lot of artistic exchange going on between all sorts of artists at this time well she certainly had a life and there it is preserved forever in this in this remarkable painting well thank you and the other picture um is this remarkable depiction of Pentecost Circa 1490 Again by a rather obscure painter known only as the master of the baranchelli portraits but what a wonderful thing it is it's an astonishing painting it's really a painting that deserves to be in a museum and actually it has been on loan for the last 10 years at the greninger Museum in Bruges so the subject is Mary and she's surrounded by her Apostles and it's at that moment when the Holy Spirit the dove of the Holy Spirit descends and they are all miraculously endowed with the gift of being able to speak every language Under the Sun so that the word of God can be spread to all corners and it's just got this wonderful sense of of a miracle and yet within it are embedded some portraits of what must be um you know the people who commissioned the painting yes so the patron himself and his wife are included in the scene as if they're witnessing black garbed bookends exactly and the the apostles themselves are quite sort of alarmed and surprised as well they might with the Holy Spirit yes goodness me I didn't I didn't know I could speak Chinese exactly um so yes it was clearly an important subject for whoever commissioned it well I think I mean to me it's fascinating because I know that it was part of a there was a massive upsurge in in in the creation of these Lacon fraternities rich people getting together and putting their money to the service of bringing the word of God to poor people hear their preaching so it's I mean I imagine that some of the apostles who seemed to me to have very much the look of the bloke next door are probably actually members of this confraternity and I suspect that the husband and wife were patrons of this confraternity and that it actually represents a real group of real people yeah there's a huge degree of characterization there but also it's made so relevant because this episode which should be set in the holy land is actually set in a lovely netherlandish interior with a huge stone fireplace and floor tiles and Through the Windows you can see these wonderful details of Flemish how houses and couples walking and people on Horseback and a windmill and it's only it's only changed hands three times in the last 400 years which in itself is astonishing but it also means that the painting has been preserved in amazing conditions it's absolutely fresh fresh as a daisy and I personally don't care that it's not by one of the named artists of of the Flemish Renaissance because for me it's got that sort of perfect genuineness and it's executed at a totally high level of technical Excellence but above all it's got this urgency of something that was made for this group of people because they really wanted it they really believed it and you can feel the faith you could almost feel it coming off the surface of the picture it's just a wonderful thing so do please come and see it at the preview for the old Master sale because yeah and and indeed the portrait of Catherine Barber because these are wonderful things the summer season sales run from the end of June to the middle of July do check the Sotheby's website for details of the sale you're interested in and I do hope you can come to some of the previews to see The Works in question in the flesh thank you for joining me and see you again soon [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you foreign [Music] [Music] ladies and gentlemen and a very warm welcome to Sotheby's London my name is Michael McCauley and it is my great pleasure to be your Auctioneer for the now auction the first of today's sales as those of you who are familiar with the now format will know this platform is focused on showcasing artists who are absolutely of the moment through works that provide critical observation reflection and insight onto the most contemporary themes of today's world this season we are thrilled and honored to be presenting 14 Lots by some of today's great talents among them Mark Bradford Adrian Kenny Simone Lee Caroline Walker Arthur Jaffer lady Churchman and many more following the sale I will hand over to my colleague Helena Newman chairman of Sotheby's Europe who will be your Auctioneer for the modern contemporary evening sale starting at 5 pm just before we open it up a few housekeeping notes as noted in our conditions of business for buyers everything is sold under the authenticity guarantee and on an as is Basis buyer's premium and overhead premium will be added to the Hammer price of each lot offered along with any applicable vat or amount in lieu of bat as well as any applicable artist resale right royalty as part of the total purchase price payable please refer to the online sale catalog for further information regarding Lots with guarantees and irrevocable bids please also refer to our conditions of business for our full terms of sale please note the following lots have been withdrawn 5 6 and 16. and now with that we will begin opening here with lot one sold as viewed thank you very much indeed this of course is the Arthur Jeffers monster his piercing captivating 1988 self-portrait from an addition of only 10 with other examples housed in prestigious Museum collections around the world including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago this is only the fourth time that the artist's work has appeared at auction and in that context by far his most significant work and I have some interest here I'm starting already at thirty thousand thirty two thousand thirty five thousand thirty eight thousand pounds already is hearing me at 38 000 pounds at thirty eight thousand pounds any advance gets 38 000 at 38 000 pounds here at thirty eight thousand pounds 40 000 has been online and selling them to the online bidder at forty thousand pounds of forty thousand pounds with the online bidder you're coming in James at forty thousand pounds it's with the online bidder 42 it's over to you James at 42 back to you online it's here with James savier at 42 000 pounds here in southern east London at 42 000 it's not yours for now against the rest of you in the room at 42 000 pounds a new place is it with you at 45. James you're coming back it's at 45 against you when you say 48 48 yes you will thank you very much indeed at 48 000 pounds it's yours now at 48.50 000. thank you visit it's over to you at 50 000 pounds then with Isabel Parkman and 55 back to James at 55 at 55 000 pounds at 55 000 pounds and sixty thousand thank you it's yours now sixty thousand at 60 65. yours again James at 65 000 pounds all on the right hand side here at Sotheby's in London 70 000 back to years at 70 000 pounds then James 75. 75 000 pounds then just between the two of you at 75 000 pounds so eighty thousand thank you so much at 80 it's yours at 80 000. James 85. at 85 000 pounds now back with James at 85 90 000. thank you is there anybody else feel free to come in at 90 000 pounds it's with us at 95 now with James at 95 000. is it should we make it around number it's at 95 100 000 pounds thank you very much indeed yours for now one hundred thousand at one hundred thousand pounds James at 100 000 pounds not yours for now we've come this far certainly with pleasure at 105 000 pounds back to you James at 105 000. with Jay Sevier then on the nearer of the two telephones here on my right 110. at 110 back to James at 110 not yours for now at 110 with Isabel Parkman Haley Lucius sign of Life at 110 000 pounds shake the head thank you very much anyway it's yours then is a against the rest of you in the room and online fair warning I'm selling it to you as a full 110 000 pounds so congratulations paddle number 18. thank you very much indeed that's an 18. thank you and congratulations to them and that is of course a new artist record at auction up next is Lot 2 Michelle majerus's large-scale canvas from 1999 referencing the visual language of Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquez collaborative works with the latter's signature crowned figure in the center an exceptional painting from a series that combines sample graphics and gestural brushwork soldiers viewed thank you very much indeed too big to bring in here I'm going to start the bidding here at only 160 180 200 220 000 pounds already at 220. 250 with Nick dimel already at 250 and selling to next better at 250 000 at 250 000 pounds here on my left and a new place with Marina it's over to you at 280 Nikki coming back for 300 at 280 it's here with Marina at 280. Lucius will you say 300 or James at 280 300 over to you Lucius 320 with unique 350. 350 it's here with Marina against you both at 350 still here with Marina at 350 000 pounds against the rest of you in the room 350 delicious All Eyes On You 350 000 pounds here with Marina are we going on I'll take 360 is it certainly a 360 or so nicely thank you very much indeed 370 we're going in 10 at 370 now is it back to you at 370. still with Marina would you like 380. Roosevelt apartment should we say 380 it's 370 000 pounds here with Marina Lucius are you out quite sure Shake of the head at 370 000 pounds 380 back to you Lucius at 380 then Marina should we say 390 thank you Lucius say 400. it's at 390 here on my right at 390 000 pounds not yours for now 390. Malaysia at 390 000 pounds then I'm gonna have to hurry you David looking threatening there that four hundred thousand pounds thank you very much indeed at 400. Marina back to you at 400 000 pounds in a new place with David Schrader at 400 000 pounds 40. 420. thank you so much at 420 000. it's more like it like the style David will you say 450 it's at 420 with Marina now have fun for 40 I will take for 40. Marina would you like 460. 460. thank you back to you then David 480 would be next please 460 000 pounds here with Marina Lucius thank you anyway at 460 000 pounds still yours 480. at 480 500. David Trader over to you it's at 500 000 pounds against the rest of you in the Roman online of course 520 I certainly will thank you so much at 520 Marine you want to try 550. it's a 520 000 pounds on your rate at 520 000 pounds any further Advance here have 520 000 pounds we're going on take all the time you like have 520 000 pounds opportunity for anybody else to bid who would like to 520 000 pounds here on my right 520. have to hurry a little bit at 520 000 pounds very appreciative of your bid so far you're currently being outbid not to put to find a point on it at 520 000 pounds fair warning he's holding up his number it's a classic Ploy at 520 000 pounds thank you anyway it's yours David and selling for 520 000 pounds so congratulations thank you very much that's paddle 61. congratulations to them thank you moving on to lot three showing here on the easel Guillermo Castelli's mother and father bringing together a reference from European art History Literature theater and suggestions of Renaissance architecture drawing on his experience as a set and costume designer this is only the second large-scale canvas to appear at auction I have some interest I'm starting at only 26 000 pounds twenty eight thousand thirty thousand thirty two thousand pounds only at thirty two people say 35 it's at thirty two thousand pounds already here Thirty thirty five thank you 38 against you Lisa at 40. it's yours now at 40 000 pounds it's here at Sotheby's ahead of you 42 with januar on my left at 42 is already with Jen at 42 not yours online against you Lisa 42 it's here with Jen any further Advance at 42 45 over to you ashkan just ahead of you online it's with ashkan's telephone better at 45. Jenn should we say another one 48 thank you very much if only it was always so easy at 48 000 pounds and 50 is ahead of you actually ashkan online with the online bid of paddle 13 is ahead of you all next bits 55 please it's at fifty thousand fifty five it's yours Jen have 55 000 pounds then with Jen Hua at 55 000 pounds not yours for now online paddle 13 not yours ashkan at 55 000 pounds it's with you Jen sixty thousand it's with you now ashkan at 60 at 60. sixty thousand pounds back to ashkan at 60. no more thank you very much indeed anyway as 60 000 pounds against you online still with you ashkan against the rest of you then Lisa you're out at 60 000 pounds against you all in the room and online final chance with you ashcan and selling for us in a new place 65 thank you Marina I heard you before I saw you that's 65 000 pounds a new place here with Mourinho on my right back to you ashcam but you say 70 at 65. diametrically opposed you on on the telephone banks at 65 000 pounds here should we say 70. small jump really that's 65. not yours for now against you online still 70 000. that's 70 back to Marina 70 000 pounds do you like the look of 75 here with our colleague ashcrown on my left not yours for now it's 70 000 pounds all through fair warning last chance I get a hammer it then Ansel two ashcan 470 000 pounds thank you so thank you very much ashken that's paddle 26 congratulations to them and now to lot four I believe sold is viewed thank you very much indeed lady churchman's pelagic ocean sunfish from 2015 just the fourth appearance of his work on the open market it's a beautiful rendered viscous oil painting revealing an extraordinary depiction of deep sea life as if from another world I have interest here already I'm starting at thirty thousand thirty two thousand thirty five thousand thirty eight thousand forty thousand already here to the Advance bidder at forty thousand pounds already here in my book at forty at forty thousand pounds at forty thousand pounds 45 if I like your style certainly forty five thousand pounds with James Francis Fox and in a new place will you say 50. well you like 48 48 with eunuch then at 48 000 pounds back to you James do you like 50. up 48 000 pounds it's with you Nick at 48 000 pounds 50 000 in new places David galprin from New York here on my right against you both 55 Nick dimel who's going to say 60. at 55 here with Nick against you David against James Casey Haley 55 000 pounds at 55 000 pounds are we all through then for the Churchman 55. you're coming in James thinking about it be in a new place sixty thousand pounds thank you very much Brooke Lampley on the nearest telephone here 60 000 pounds that's 60 over to you David Nick sixty thousand is here with Brooke looking at you both particularly unique shake the head so serious it's sixty thousand pounds it's with you brick then at sixty thousand pounds fair warning against the rest of you last chance and I'm selling it then David 460 000 pounds 65 would be next please but if you'd like it I'd take it are you sure okay at sixty thousand pounds so thank you very much indeed paddle 34. congratulations to them Lots seven we now come to the Gunter Ferg kaleidoscopic canvas from 2007 belonging to his celebrated series of spot paintings for those of you who don't know which were initially inspired by the famous photographs of Francis Bacon South Kensington Studio where the walls are covered in vibrant suedes of paint this series was integral to the stablex major survey of the artist in 2018 and I'm starting the bidding here at only 320 000 pounds at 320 350 380 now at 380 000 only 380 400 000 at 400 000 only have four hundred thousand four hundred and twenty thousand thank you Dave at 420 at 420 I have 440. not yours for now 440 at 440. it's against you at 440. 440 it's not yours David it's 440. 440 000 pounds 440. 440 460 over to you David at 460 then have 460 with David Rocher the 460. 460 and 480 an hour it's not yours at 480. 500 000. thank you David it's yours then at 500 000 pounds with David Rothschild sometimes of Palm Beach it's 500 000 pounds it's your bid at 500 000 selling to David it's telephone better against the rest of you in the room at five hundred thousand pounds here on my right then with a telephone bidder against the rest of you in the room and online the rest of the phones in a new place 520 at 520 000. at 520 000 with Haley 520 550. Haley would you say 580. 550 here with David Rothschild Haley 550 000 pounds against you should we say 580. it's at 550 here on my right still with David leading from the front here go let him have it 550 000 not yours fair warning I am gonna have to sell it at 550 000 pounds I have 550. 550. thank you David Last Chance Hayley fair warning Hammer's up I'm going to sell to David for 550. 000 pounds thank you very much David it's over to you your paddle please l0022 thank you very much indeed congratulations to them and that brings us to Lot 8 sharing here at the front of the auction room my left your right Mark Bradford's outstanding Monumental work from 2018 Stand Down Soldier his spectacular reimagining of the urban landscape of Los Angeles Bradford gives uh sorry Bradford's invocation of cartography is inception to themes of class race and the distribution and representation of power within social societal structures has led to his status as one of the most admired and acclaimed artists working today as your doubtless all for very very familiar and I'm starting the bidding here for this extraordinary work at two million one hundred thousand dollars at two million one at two million one hundred thousand two million two at two million two hundred thousand two three at two million three at two million three and two four now at two million four hundred thousand two million five hundred thousand with David Schrader on my right at two million five hundred thousand pounds with you David at two million five hundred thousand pounds at two million five hundred on my right here David Schrader Global chairman of Private Sales here at Sotheby's at two million five hundred thousand pounds two million five hundred any further Advance then at two million five hundred thousand we all through fair warning against you in the room and online last chance at 2 500 000. sure no thank you very much at two million five hundred thousand pounds thank you David that goes to paddle 46 congratulations to them moving along then to lot nine the meticulous sculpture in terracotta porcelain Cobalt and epoxy Mandeville by Simona Lee the winner of the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice biennale last year who is currently the subject of a critically acclaimed solo Exhibition at ICA Boston which is on view until September some interest here I'm starting at already 200 to 20 to 40 at 240 260 280 000 pounds already 300 000 pounds with you here at 300 000 pounds selling to your better it's about Parkman a new place thank you so much sorry I missed you at 3 20. 350. 380. shaking the head thank you anyway at 380 000 pounds with you madam thank you very much indeed nice to see you at 380 000 pounds on the aisle guess the recipe in the room and on the phones on my left and right David quite sure 380 000 pounds then we all through fair warning and I'm selling to you madam for 380 000 pounds so thank you very much indeed we know you very well thank you so much we'll get you one next we have lot 10 Sarah Lucas is highly corporeal and humorous bronze sculpture take countdown which was originally created for the artist's seminal Exhibition at the British Pavilion of the 56th Venice biennale in 2015 and I'm going to start the Biddinger here at only forty five thousand fifty thousand fifty five thousand sixty thousand pounds only at sixty thousand pounds that's sixty thousand has sixty thousand pounds sixty thousand sixty five thousand thank you utterly with utterly Windsor at 65 000 pounds it's yours for now at 65 in a new place seventy thousand thank you sir I see you seventy thousand in the room against you ought to leave when you say 75 it's 70 there 75 is back to you sir would you like one more it's at 75 000 with obviously cellophane better thank you anyway at 75 still with you utterly then at 75 000 pounds it's 75 000. against the rest of you in the room here on the left by me coming in there's 75 000 pounds fair warning then selling to you utterly Last Chance 475 000 pounds so thank you very much indeed paddle 19. congratulations to them this brings us then to lot 11 red sky morning soldiers viewed here are Serene deeply evocative painting by Caroline Walker executed in 2013 part of her revered Palm Springs series and I'm starting already at 140 150 160 170 already 170 for 170 000 pounds earlier 170 at 170 000 at 170 000 pounds 180 Thank You Caroline at 180 it's yours at 180 190 against you now at 190 he'll say 200. it's not yours Caroline will you say 200. 200 000 pounds thank you it's yours at 200 000 pounds here with Caroline Lang from Geneva at two hundred thousand pounds at 200 at 200 000 pounds it's yours thank you so much at 220 000 pounds it's yours in the Roman 220. 220 000 pounds how could I miss you 220 000 pounds 240 back to Brad at 240 then at 2 40. 260. 260. 260 Brad are we going on it's a 260 000 pounds the Dig it's distinguished gentleman sitting in the room at 260. 260 000. decent length conversations going on here thank you for your patience at 260 000 pounds still the gentleman seated 270 000. certainly 270 2280 280. 290 300 thank you so much 300 000. 350 000 pounds you heard it gentleman seated at 350 000. 360. thank you very much anyway I'm sorry for the disappointment but thank you for your bids 360 000 pounds it is with you Brad Caroline are you coming back or indeed Brooke at 360 000 pounds still with you Brad at 360 000. fair warning still with Brad bentoff last chance then and I'm selling to you Brad for 360 000. so thank you very much indeed that goes to paddle 27. coming up here on the easel lot 12. George condos playful harlequin's diary from 2009 a wonderful example of his unique and instantly recognizable approach to portraiture and his innate interest in human consciousness and emotion here with reference to the Harlequin imagery so powerfully associated with Picasso and Cezanne and for this great painting I'm going to start at 650 000 at 650 000 only 700 750 000 pounds 750 000 pounds at 750 at 750 000 pounds that's 750 000 pounds only at 750. at 700 800 000 thank you Wendy at eight hundred thousand at 800 000 pounds eight hundred and fifty thousand pounds is not yours for now at eight fifty nine hundred thank you it is now at 900 000 pounds here with Wendy and selling with Wendy Lynn here on my left nine hundred thousand pounds a new place 950 with Mackie thank you heard you before I saw you at 950 000 pounds Wendy should we say one million it's at 9 50. 950 000 pounds over the year at 950 000 pounds 9.50 one million pounds at one million Mackie one million pounds here on my left one million and fifty yes I will yeah one million and fifty thank you very much indeed one million and fifty then big bid with Machi on the far right Wendy would you like one million one hundred thousand shake the head thank you very much anyway it's yours Mackie at one million and fifty thousand dollars against you all in the room at one million and fifty fair warning last chance I'm gonna sell it then to mackie's telephone bidder for one million and fifty thousand pounds that's all congratulations thank you very much indeed that goes to paddle seven thank you very much next up is lot 13 showing here Julian wen's surreal painting young fatal from 2015 taking influence from Renaissance paintings uh the eponymous psychoanalyst as well as gaming Aesthetics and I'm starting this at only 40 000 pounds at forty thousand forty five thousand fifty thousand pounds earlier fifty thousand pounds so 50 is already ahead of you online at 50 is here 55 000 pounds now at 55 000 pounds at 55 at 55 000 pounds for the win at 55 60 000. thank you Wendy it's yours for now it's sixty thousand pounds at sixty thousand pounds it's here with Wendy in a new place with Jen 65. transfer my interest in this direction at 65 000 pounds then between the two of you Wendy will you say 70. 65 with Jen seventy thousand it's over to you at seventy thousand seventy thousand seventy five thousand thank you very much Jen at seventy five thousand pounds then 75 000 January sorry Wendy should we go on say one more small leaps really at 75 000 pounds not yours for now would you like 80 000 thank you very much indeed at 80 000 pounds then with back to Wendy at 80 000 pounds at eighteen thousand eighty five thank you Jen I can see you at 85 000 pounds at 85 000 pounds over to you five thousand Wendy I'd like to try one more it's at 85 000 pounds are we going on at 85 000 pounds should we say 90 Wendy last chance thank you for your patience Jen I'm going to sell it then to Jen fair warning 485 000. pounds so congratulations Jen your battle is 32. thank you very much indeed moving on now to lot 14 showing here this luminous portrait Bulgarian aplik by Stephen Sharer a rare auction appearance for the artist's work and I'm starting this at only sixty thousand sixty five thousand seventy thousand seventy five thousand pounds only at 75 000 that's 75 000 pounds so 80 000 has been online selling then to the online bidder at 80 000 pounds 80 000 pounds with the online bidder paddle 22 I'm so sorry 85s in the room thank you very much indeed at 85. and in a new place at 90 over to you Lucius at 90 would you like 95. it's at ninety thousand pounds how am I left with Lucius thank you so much 95 over to you 100 like just a has breath ahead of you I'm so sorry at one hundred thousand would you like 105. 100 000 pounds it's with you Licious are we going on at one hundred thousand one ten 100 5. thank you very much at 105. 110 would be next between either of you yes 110 resigned to that delicious 110 000 then would you like 115 115 thank you 120. 125. 130. 130 yes 135 140. 145 150. shake that thank you very much anyway at 150 000 pounds then still here with Lucius on my left we got there eventually at 150 000 pounds here with delicious Elliot I'm waiting 160 160 000. Thank You Lucius who'd like 170. 160 000 heart on the sleeve on that one at 160 000 pounds it's with Isabelle Parkman then at 160 000 against the rest of you on the phones and in the room and online at 160 000 pounds here on my right with Isabel Parkman catch you in the room fair warning then and I'm going to sell it last chance Lucius I'm selling for one hundred and sixty thousand pounds so thank you bottle 18. thank you very much indeed we now turn to lot 15 Adrian Genie's Dynamic and vast 2019 hence being sold as viewed thank you very much indeed canvas Untitled executed in extravagant sweeps of color swirling and pulsating to illuminate the artist's energetic handling of paint exploiting the tension between abstraction and figuration this is archetypal of some of his best work Ally opening here already at 850 000 pounds at 850 900 950 000 pounds at 951 million pounds already ahead of you on online at one million one million one hundred thousand pounds with David galper and thank you here on my right part telephone David galprin I had a contemporary art from Sotheby's Americas at one one here on my right against you online against you in the room at one million one hundred thousand pounds one one we're going on Haley coming in at one million one hundred thousand not yours for now one one at one million one hundred thousand still with you David then fair warning not yours online against you in the room and I'm selling it to you David for one million one hundred thousand pounds so thank you very much indeed that goes to paddle 47. congratulations to them and that brings us to lot 17. the final lot of this evening's now sale uh yellow and yellow by La based artist Mary Weatherford sold as viewed primarily because of the neon no doubt a superb example in classic Flash and neon of the artist's contemporary revisitation of the traditions of American abstraction and I am opening the bidding here at 90 000 pounds at ninety thousand one hundred thousand at one hundred thousand pounds at 100 110 120 now at 120 000 pounds only at one hundred and twenty thousand at one hundred and twenty thousand any advance against 120. Hayley coming in at one hundred and twenty thousand pounds for the Weatherford at 120 at 120 130 now at 1 30 is ahead of you at 130 and 140 back to your neck at 140 000 pounds at 140. at 140 now at 140 000 pounds at 140 000 pounds 140 000 pounds not yours Haley not yours Nick casual fair warning at 140 000 pounds Haley thinking at 140. last chance yeah at 140 000 pounds at 140 000 140 000 last chance fair warning Now or Never may not come back at 140 000 pounds Plus at 140 000 pounds it was a bit yeah so thank you very much indeed ladies and gentlemen for those of you here thank you for coming uh for those of you watching online thank you for tuning in from around the world special thanks to those who participated in the sale we will now take a short break of about 15 minutes and look forward to welcoming you back for the second of today's sales when my colleague Helen Newman will take to the Rostrum for our modern and contemporary evening auctions in the meantime it's a very good evening for me thank you foreign foreign [Music] [Music] foreign 's Untitled Rome from 1970 which is a top highlight of our upcoming modern and contemporary evening auction on the 27th of June here in London Untitled is part of twombly's Blackboard series which he began in 1968 and concluded in 1971. this series is twombly's most iconic and most instantly recognizable twombly was enlisted in the U.S Army in the late 1950s as a cryptographer at the Pentagon he would spend time in his room in the evenings and he would draw in the dark it was these early drawing experiments of subconscious thought and automatic drawing that really influenced the Inception of the Blackboard paintings the late 1960s marked a pivotal shift in twombly's career he began to move away from the very saturated highly textured colored surfaces of his earlier output and he moved towards a more monochromatic palette and towards a flatter picture plane in the foreground of entitled we see seven bands of horizontal loops in this deep umber red color these Loops are juxtaposed against the background which is a very unique white gray which appears to be semi-translucent and this translucency comes across via twombly's a dilution of oil paint there are also gestural Loops in the background of the painting so this is a very layered complex composition and twombly sought to convey a sort of graphic Discord between the foreground and the background the Blackboard paintings perfectly distilled twombly's conceptual concerns during this pivotal Monumental moment in his career Untitled is incredibly rare in its color palette only a handful of these Blackboard paintings were executed in a light gray white background their comparable works in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York SF Moma in San Francisco and Museum brand horse in Munich the earthy red color on the surface of Untitled is reminiscent of the drawings of the high Renaissance not least Leonardo's Vitruvian man or his Deluge drawings which sought to explore the illusion of motion of wind and water on the surface of a flat one-dimensional picture plane in no other period of Tom Lee's career was he so fascinated by another artist's work and in the 1960s he turned again and again to the drawings of Leonardo on the surface of Untitled we see twombly translating Leonardo's frenetic energy from the Deluge series and we see Trombley abstracting it for a contemporary audience heinier Bastian writes in the artist catalog resonate that twombly paints what should be written and on the surface of Untitled we see This Magnificent Duality between writing and painting unfold Untitled is elegant and irresistible in its hypnotic urgency and it stands as one of the very best examples of twombly's groundbreaking artistic practice [Music] thank you Knight interior is an astonishing and defining image in Lucian Freud's Earth and an Exquisite Testament to the superlative power of Freud's preoccupation with the single figure portrait Freud's obsession with the human form was restricted solely to those closest to him and his everyday life in places he was deeply familiar with indeed he once declared that everything is autobiographical and everything is a portrait even if it's only a chair Knight interior powerfully encompasses everything about Freud in one painting the artist the studio the model his entire environment is here summed up in Striking detail depicting Penny Cuthbertson resting in the artist Paddington Studio Freud captures the delicate Poise of her turned head and the sinuous curves of her body through virtuoso looping arching brushstrokes to deliver a painting full of exacting spectacular detail the fall of light and shade across cuthbertson's reclining form is echoed in the gleaming Prismatic Hues of white blue soft Umber and Gray in the porcelain of the large tub sink and boiler to the right hanging in the open wardrobe to the left we can see the artist's highly recognizable overcoat and Boots alluding to the presence of the artist himself the large window anchoring the composition looks out onto the view represented in such celebrated subsequent works of the early 70s such as waste ground Paddington and waste ground with houses Paddington at night those famous Urban Landscapes are replaced by a reflection back into the studio functioning like a mirror and revealing glimpses of the Stark light bulb and hints of the artists form his brush and his easel taken all together the viewer is invited to an intensely intimate moment of privacy within the glowing light of Freud's Studio Freud met Cuthbertson in the mid-1960s he executed some seven portraits of her and she became his most important sitter of this period this critical body of portraits reaches a magnificent conclusion and Crescendo in the present work the very final painting of her and the most exquisitely detailed and resolved alongside the self-portrait the naked portrait was the defining theme of Freud's career as he said all portraits are difficult for me but a nude presents different challenges when someone is naked there is in effect nothing to be hidden you are stripped of your costume as it were not everyone wants to be honest about themselves like that that means I feel an obligation to be equally honest in how I represent their honesty it is a matter of responsibility here we see Freud exceed that responsibility and deliver one of the great portraits of the 20th century [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] this can be seen as Clint's last Great Masterpiece in this painting you see the very best of Clint do you see his use of color of pattern bringing together all the multiple influences of the vinovichstat of Asian art but also the depiction of the Eternal feminine this was his ultimate subject and I think Clint sits right up there as one of the great masters of the female figure [Music] very excited to be offering a major Masterpiece by Clint as the star of our summer season here in London the woman with the fan painted in 1917 to 18 is klimt's last Masterpiece it was on his easel at his untimely death in 1918 and it's the really superb work reflecting all the Mastery of Klimt in his mature artistic creative output gussa Klimt is one of the most famous artists of the 20th century and he was right to the Forefront of the birth of modernism in Austria the creation of the secession movement embedded in the universe and the use of decorative Arts as a way of synergizing with fine art Klimt push the boundaries together with his fellow artists bringing ahead with him the influence of Ang Matisse to create a new visual aesthetic Klimt executed a number of incredible commission portraits famously the golden block Bower the block Bar number two portraits of Serena ledra for example and in this case this is a model that is using it's not a commission portrait and this has allowed him a creativity and an ability to innovate which is just pushing the boundaries one step further Clint returns to the square format that he used in the Sonic nips portrait of 1898 and it's in the golden block power the model here looks to the distance with an alluring gaze full of poise full of enigmatic sensuality she's both nakedly present in front of us and covered up at the same time and this wonderful alluring eroticism this painting is just Sensational in its use of color it's an absolute explosion of different tones of arsenic green the blues the purples the soft yellow in the background and of course what's absolutely spectacular is his treatment of the beautiful blush skin tones the use of color here is consistent with how klimts painting evolved in the teens if you look back to the golden block power of 1907 it's principally the gold leaf but by 1912 when he Paints the block power number two he's beginning to use a much wider range of palette we know that Clint had a large collection of Japanese wood blocks and that these influenced his art particularly a juxtaposition of pattern and the flattening of the picture planes and that has worked as such great effect here where the sitter and her clothes seem to dissolve into the background it's very rare for a painting of this caliber and quality by Klimt to come to auction we've seen a few beautiful portraits that have come up but this is really a magnificent work that I think could sit in any great museum in the world [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] thank you foreign [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] thank you foreign [Music] thank you foreign [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you foreign [Music] thank you foreign [Music] thank you good evening ladies and gentlemen and a very warm welcome to Sotheby's my name is Helena Newman and I will be your Auctioneer for our modern and contemporary evening sale I'm delighted to be taking up the gavel from my colleague Michael McCauley who's just now completed the now sale this evening we're privileged to be offering the absolute star lot of the summer season in London Gustaf klimt's last Great Masterpiece lady with the fan showing on my right painted in 1917 to 18 this superb work is a technical tour de force and reflects all the Mastery of Clinton his mature artistic creative output First We Begin proceedings with face-to-face a celebration of portraiture a special sequence offering portraits by Leading artists such as Lucy and Freud Alberto giacometti Edward monk leonorfini Jenny Savile and Kerry James Marshall which has been assembled to coincide with the highly acclaimed reopening of the National Portrait Gallery here in London in addition we're offering Major Works by artists of the modern era including Picasso Kandinsky magrita Monte as well as by post-war Masters Hepworth Auerbach and Trombley before we begin a few announcement as noticed in our conditions the business for buyers everything is sold under the authenticity guarantee and on an as is Basis buyers premium and overhead premium will be added to the Hammer price of each lot offered along with any applicable vat or a mountain of vat as well as any applicable artist we sell right royalty as part of the total purchase price payable please refer to the online sale catalog for further information regarding Lots with guarantees and irrevocable bits please also refer to our conditions or business for our full terms of sale and so we can start with lot 101 which is this exceptional self-portrait by Leon orphini which has not been seen at auction for over 20 years showing here on the easel thank you very much shall we will start the bidding here at 300 000 pounds at 300 000 pounds now 300 320 000 350 000 pounds now 380 000 holy brain at 380 000 pounds with holy bread 400 000 Oliver Barker thank you very much a 400 000 pounds all is better four hundred thousand pounds 420 000 with Holly of 420 000 would you give me 450. a 420 000 pounds 450 I have with Oliver Barker at 450 000 480 with Holly at 480 000 who will say 500. 500 it is thank you at five hundred thousand pounds now Ollie Barker at five hundred thousand pounds against Yoli at five hundred thousand pounds you're coming here and on this side at five hundred thousand pounds on his bid at 5 five hundred thousand pounds in any advance here at 510 000 thank you I can take it to 510 looking now for twenty at 500 and I'm with Fergus at 520 000. Fergus is bid at five hundred and twenty thousand not yours only either anyone coming in in the room at 520 000 pounds this is with Fergus now at five hundred twenty five hundred and thirty thousand Tatiana at five hundred and thirty thousand you better here on my left with Tatiana 530 000 and Ollie at 530 000 pounds for the Finney Alex 5 14. thank you very much Olia 540 000 pounds Tatiana it's against you at 540 000 at 540 000 only do you want to try one more Fergus 540 000 with Ollie yes 550 it is thank you at five hundred and fifty thousand fergus's bid 560. thank you 560 000 now you can try 80 as well 560 a half with Oliver Barker at 560 000 pounds now for the Finney all his bed no chills Alex nachos Tatiana at 560 000 Fergus then I will sell it fair warning unless anyone else wants to come in at 560 000 pounds sold congratulations Ollie one two four thank you very much thank you which brings us to 102 the Elizabeth Payton an outstanding portrait of Angela which was previously shown at her 2019 Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery and we started being here at 200 000 pounds only a 200 000 pounds to twenty a 220 250 000 now 250 000 275 000 Harry James am I right at 275 000 pounds James is bit at 275 000 pounds and I can sell it at 275 000 pounds for the patron this is any advance here in the room half a bit here at 275 000 I shall sell it at 275 000 pounds and selling fair warning at 275. sold thank you James 204 thank you and moving on now to lot 103 we have soldiers viewed thank you very much Alberto giacometti's unique hand-painted portrait of the artist brother Diego conceived and cast in 1951 this sculpture has previously been held in the collections of two of the great art dealers of the 20th century Emmy magt and Jan cruzier and we will start the bidding here at three million pounds at 3 million pounds here three million pounds here at 3 million pounds three million two hundred thousand at three million two hundred thousand pounds now a three million two hundred thousand pounds at three million three million three hundred thousand with bami three million three hundred thousand three eight that's much better thank you very much three million eight hundred thousand pounds at three million eight hundred thousand bammy's bid three million eight hundred thousand in any advance here a three million eight hundred thousand pounds I have with family and I can sell it at three million eight hundred thousand four million just in time thank you very much sir in the room I have it now at four million pounds up front in the room at four million pounds by me what you say I have the here four million 100 000 well you can be two at four million one hundred thousand with family on the telephone give me two a four million one hundred thousand it's against you I'm looking for two a four million one hundred thousand pounds with family try one more four million one hundred thousand pounds a habit on the telephone at four million one hundred thousand pounds try one more we're waiting for you at four million one hundred thousand anyone else want to come in while you discuss it on your phone here up front thank you very much a four million two hundred thousand thank you at four million two hundred thousand four three it is straight away four point three million pounds four million three hundred thousand four million three hundred thousand try four at four million three hundred thousand on the telephone and against you up front are you sure thank you anyway and selling then you all done fair warning yes you would like to travel more four million three fifty yes I can take it four million three fifty thank you for your bid four million three hundred and fifty thousand will you say four four million three hundred and fifty thousand pounds bummy there it is four point four million pounds that bam is fit thank you at four million four hundred thousand four million four hundred thousand pounds with bummy four million four hundred thousand nachos up front not yours the rest of you in the room unless you want to come in at four million four hundred thousand give me fifty yes four million five all the better four million five hundred I have now up front at four million five hundred thousand pounds four six thank you four million six hundred thousand still climbing this fabulous unique hand-painted giacometti of his brother Diego at four million six hundred thousand pounds we have now four minutes six hundred thousand pounds try one more four million six hundred two million six hundred thousand pounds but amazed Hammer is up have to yes you done thank you anyway Hammer is up and selling fair warning at four million six hundred sold congratulations family thank you very much thank you both 206 it is and now to Frank our bucks rare Masterpiece cow on her blue ID dial number seven from 1963 this is lot 104. thank you sharing here on my left and we will start here 1.8 million pounds and one million eight hundred thousand one million nine hundred thousand two million now a two million pounds now at two million a two million would you say two two a two million two hundred thousand I have here on my right at two million two hundred thousand at two million two at two million five hundred thousand thank you sir two million five two million eight hundred thousand with Sam on the phone look at me three a two million eight hundred thousand three million Tom Edison at three million pounds now at three million and against you Sam at three million pounds nachos in the room either at three minutes three million two hundred thousand try five three million two hundred thousand against your birth here three million two hundred thousand I have with Sam on the telephone at three million two hundred thousand pounds three million five Tom Edison thank you very much at three million five hundred thousand pounds from one more three million five hundred thousand pounds try three eight three million five hundred thousand pounds Tom fit thank you three million five hundred thousand pounds and against you Sam at three million five hundred thousand pounds so try one more three million five hundred happy with Tom it's against you Sam three point six okay thank you at three million six hundred thousand Sam's bit the three million six hundred thousand against Utah not with you James either three million six hundred thousand pounds Sam spits though three million six hundreds oh can you try and get three seven at three million six hundred thousand can you try for three seven three million six hundred thousand I have here already three million six hundred thousand three million six hundred thousand with Sam three million six hundred thousand thank you very much three million seven with Tom at three point seven million next is three eight three million seven hundred thousand for this fabulous rare work by arbach amazing in Pastor three million seven hundred thousand pounds with Tom and against you son three million seven hundred thousand thank you anyway and selling then Tom's bid at 3.7 million pounds so thank you congratulations lot 105 brings us to the phenomenal work by Jenny Savile the Monumental Shadow study a powerful expressive work from 2006 to seven sharing here up front in the sale room here in Bond Street and we will start the bidding here at 1.7 million pounds the 1.7 1.8 million pounds 1.9 million pounds now a 1.9 million pounds of two million pounds with lot of ottery wins there are two million pounds here on my right at two million pounds for the Jenny's Apple here at 2 million pounds 2 million two hundred thousand thank you at two million two hundred thousand a two million two hundred thousand here at two million two hundred thousand and two million two back in at two million four hundred thousand thank you ought to be at 2-4 two million four hundred thousand against you here in the world two million four two six with Lisa 2.6 million 2.6 million pounds now a two million six hundred thousand nachos utterly Lisa Denison here chairman of America's at two million six hundred thousand pounds in any advance here in the room at two million six hundred thousand utterly want to try one more This Magnificent work a two million 2.7 million two million seven hundred with ought to be at two million seven hundred thousand two eight it is thank you two million eight hundred thousand now two million eight hundred thousand with Lisa Denison two million eight hundred thousand pounds now utterly you sure want to try one more I have two million eight hundred thousand still with Lisa eight hundred thousand would like to try one more two million eight hundred thousand pounds 2.8 million pounds now Patiently Waiting Here Lisa has the bed it's against you actually I have to rush through a bit at two million eight hundred thousand I would give it two nine otherwise the hammer will come down at 2.8 million you all done sold many congratulations that's one three five thank you Lisa and now lot 106 to the first of four works by three British Visionaries from a distinguished Private Collection lead of course by This Magnificent Lucian Freud's the night interior portrait that powerfully encompasses everything about Friday one painting the artist the model and the studio his entire environment is here summed up in Striking detail and we have 6.5 million pounds to start this at six million five hundred thousand seven million now is seven million seven million five hundred thousand pounds eight million pounds now tall medicine at eight million pounds with Tom Edison here at eight million pounds now at eight million pounds I have Tom's bid here at eight million pounds here on my right at eight million pounds in any advance at eight million pounds here with Tom Edison here at eight million pounds for the Freud and I can sell it at eight million pounds unless anyone's coming in here up front in the room I have eight million pounds eight minute one hundred thank you at eight million one hundred thousand we'll give us one more time at eight million one hundred thousand pounds up front here eight million one hundred thousand are you sure but eight million one hundred thousand in any advance here in the room have eight million one hundred thousand will you go any more at eight million one hundred thousand otherwise I'm selling it fair warning all done at eight point one sold thank you and that's nine nine three thank you one in seven we move on to Frank our box jymc tid being brought here on the easel thank you very much a portrait of the artist's most famous sitter of course Juliet Yardie Mills painted in 1987. and 500 000 we have but five hundred thousand five fifty six hundred thousand or six hundred thousand at six hundred and fifty thousand Julian doors thank you very much it's 650 000 700 000 with Holly at seven hundred thousand pounds Holly's bid at seven hundred thousand pounds now seven hundred and fifty thousand eight hundred thousand with Holly at eight hundred thousand against you Julia nowadays hundred thousand pounds eight fifty now Julia's bid at eight hundred and fifty thousand pounds with Julie official at eight hundred and fifty thousand pounds in any further Advance here for the arbach I have 850 000 I can sell it at 850 000 pounds sold 106. thank you Julia 108 we now turn to woman looking left the first major work by Carrie James Marshall to be offered at auction here in London thank you sharing it up front here and we will start the bidding here at 1.8 million pounds and 1.8 million one nine at one million nine hundred thousand now two million at two million pounds now two million two hundred thousand at two million two hundred thousand pounds now a two million two hundred thousand pounds at two million two hundred thousand pounds now two million two hundred thousand two million two hundred thousand pounds in any Advance 2 million two hundred thousand pounds here two million two hundred thousand and any advance here you're coming in at two million two hundred thousand pounds two million five hundred thousand here a two million five hundred thousand Antonia's bid thank you very much so two million five hundred thousand pounds and I can sell it this is any further Advance at two million five hundred thousand pounds thank you 151 it is thank you very much it brings us to lot 109 which is Portrait Laszlo one of Gerhard Richter's enigmatic photo paintings from 1966 and we started 450 000 pounds up at 455 hundred thousand five fifty at 550 600 000 with Isabella six hundred thousand pounds that Isabel's bid at 600 000 pounds now that's 600 000 pounds I have with Isabel Parkman here on my right and I can sell it here at 600 000 pounds unless there's any advance here from anyone here in the room that's 600 000 pounds for the Richter but six hundred thousand pounds Isabel parkman's bid selling then fair warning at six hundred thousand sold thank you Isabel and now we come to Lot 110 which is one of the most important early works by Edward monk remaining in private hands extensively exhibited in museums around the world are now making its first ever auction appearance Monk's full-length portrait of the artist Carly and Sim yellow has remained in the famed Olson collection for over 70 years and we will start here at 1.8 million pounds at 1.8 million one nine one point nine two million pounds now at 2 million pounds at 2 million pounds now at two million pounds here at 2 million pounds out at 2 million pounds two million two hundred thousand at two million two hundred thousand I have a two million two hundred thousand pounds now at two million two hundred thousand pounds at two million two hundred thousand pounds then the advance here at two million two hundred thousand pounds I have for the Monk and any of us here in the room at two million two hundred thousand for this early Portrait by more two million two hundred thousand any advance at two million two hundred pass moving on not one eleven we have the dazzling portrait of Madame Lily granier a favorite model of Henry to lose which has been in the same collection for over 40 years and here it is from a distinguished Japanese collection and we start here at five hundred thousand pounds or 500 550 000 pounds now at five hundred and fifty thousand pounds 580 000 now at five hundred and eighty thousand pounds now at five hundred and eighty thousand pounds now for the little Trek at 580 000 pounds here at five hundred and eighty thousand pounds here for the Trek five hundred and eighty thousand here five hundred and eighty thousand pounds in any advance 580 000 pounds only any advance here in the room at 580 000 pounds see all done at 5 18. pass 112 is the impressive large pen and ink Portrait by Picasso of the American socialite Sarah Murphy from the neoclassical period in the 1920s and we start here thank you for sharing it here on the easel the Picasso and we start here at 300 000 or 300 320 350 000 for 353.80 now a 380 400 with ashcan of 400 000 pounds Ash can spit at four hundred thousand pounds here on my left at four hundred thousand pounds with ashkan at four hundred thousand pounds in any advance here at 400 000 pounds for the large-scale Picasso and I can sell it on ashcan's beard at four hundred thousand pounds sold thank you and your number the number I can your paddle number please is one five six thank you locked one one three is the Tamara Dylan Pika portrait of a woman in a yellow dress from the 1920s and please note this work has been requested for an exhibition on the artist to be held in San Francisco and Houston next year and please refer to the online catalog for further updated cataloging for this work so we start at 1.6 million pounds here 1.6 million a one minute six hundred one million 700 one minute 800 here a one million eight hundred one million nine hundred thousand pounds now at one million nine hundred thousand we have a one million nine hundred thousand at one million nine hundred thousand two million pounds for Genoa thank you very much Jen at two million pounds two million pounds as Jen's bid at two million pounds I have here on the phone at two million pounds in any advance here in the room at two million pounds otherwise I can sell it at two million pounds only a list of coming in Francis I have two million pounds with Jen at two million pounds two million two hundred two million one hundred is still good thank you very much I can take it two million one hundred thousand Jen give me two two million one hundred thousand pounds try one more at two million one hundred thousand pounds well then Pika with Francis Asquith now against you Jen try to two for this beautiful mpika I have two million one hundred thousand try one more Jen it's against you you're out thank you anyway and then I will sell it on Francis aska's phone add 2 million one hundred so thank you very much that's one four nine lot 114 is Dora a strikingly modern portrait painted in 1922 by The Finnish modernist artist Helena Chef Beck which has remained in the same Finnish private collection for decades and we start here at 300 320 350 000 380 000 pounds now four hundred thousand with Claude peening thank you for 400 000 pounds claude's bit of four hundred thousand pounds here at four hundred thousand pounds I have record meaning I can sell it a four hundred thousand pounds so coming in Simon at four hundred thousand pounds for the chef for back at four hundred thousand pounds I have with Claude four hundred and twenty thousand thank you very much 420 000 Simon's bit at 420 000 pounds against you Claude four hundred and twenty thousand four hundred and twenty thousand then I will sell it on Simon's phone thank you both at four hundred and twenty thousand pounds sold thank you Simon that's 109. lot 115 is with drawn no I think that's a mistake I was looking at that thinking that's music we'd absolutely not withdraw lot one one five it's the beautiful Renoir why would we would withdraw something as beautiful as this River and um uh never trust the auto cues so here it is this is the German farm beautifully impressionist painting by Renoir and we will start here at 800 000 at eight hundred thousand nine hundred thousand one million at one million pounds now at one million pounds I have it one million pounds here at one million pounds one million one hundred thousand here one minute one hundred thousand with Wendy at one million one hundred thousand pounds it's Wendy's bid a one million one hundred thousand for the Renoir at one million one hundred thousand pounds one million one hundred thousands Wendy Lynn's from Taipei at one million one hundred thousand you want to go one more and one million one hundred thousand and one million one hundred thousand one million one hundred and fifty thousand against you Wendy at one million one hundred and fifty thousand pounds against you and try one more at one million one hundred and fifty thousand pounds it's against you but I'll take one two a one million one hundred and fifty 1 million one hundred and seventy five thousand with Wendy at one million 175 000 pounds and I will take it at one million one hundred and seventy five thousand pounds sold thank you very much and that's one one three thank you Wendy look 116 is the Aubry Williams seminal Olmec Meyer and now series from his best known and most important body of work and we start here thank you for sharing it here up front we start here fifty thousand here fifty thousand fifty five or fifty thousand here at fifty thousand pounds already at fifty thousand pounds at fifty thousand pounds for the Aubry Williams at fifty thousand pounds on any advance here at fifty thousand pounds only at fifty thousand pounds in any advance at fifty thousand pounds at fifty thousand fifty fifty thousand are you all done at fifty thousand pounds only any advance at fifty thousand pounds pause thank you not 117 is combining images of both day and night and featuring one of the artist's most iconic motives beautiful gouache thank you sharing here from 1961 it's first time ever at auction and we start here at one million two hundred thousand one million 200 1 million three hundred thousand one million four hundred thousand one minute six hundred thousand thank you with Sam valet at one million six hundred thousand pounds now at one million six hundred thousand pounds here one million six hundred thousand one million seven thank you Oliver's bid at one million seven hundred thousand pounds one million seven now one million seven it's against you Sam Oliver Barker's bid at one million seven hundred thousand pounds in any advance here one million seven hundred thousand two coming in at one million seven hundred thousands against you as well one eight Thomas one million eight hundred thousand on the telephone with Thomas now thank you one million eight hundred thousand one nine thank you audience one million nine hundred thousand one million nine hundred thousand against you also in the room two million pounds thank you very much sir I prompted two million pounds and against you both now on the phones against you Oliver two one now two million one hundred thousand two million one hundred thousand looking for two two either from Thomas or here in the room at two million one hundred thousand pounds for this Exquisite Margaret still with Ollie at two million one hundred thousand pounds try to two two I have already ahead of you Thomas bed two two at two million two hundred thousand pounds two million three hundred thousand thank you two million three hundred thousand and try four two million three hundred thousand pounds with Ollie at two million three hundred thousand next is two four two million three hundred thousand pounds two four I took just ahead apologies at two million four next is two five a two million four hundred thousand pounds with Thomas can I take in the room as we didn't get the last bid in and you did try already at two four I will take two five here you made the effort to come at two million five hundred thousand but now it's a new bidder anyway at two point six million thank you that sorts it all out with Scott Michelle from New Yorker 2.6 million pounds against you tomorrow against you only now and not just in the room at 2.6 million two seven two seven again slightly ahead of you in the room at two million seven hundred thousand pounds and who will be first to say two eight two eight there you are honey thank you very much so two million eight hundred thousand pounds speeding up now two million eight hundred thousand pounds two nine thank you sir at two nine I need three who is first at three at two nine I have here in the room against three it was stopped first I saw for sure it was Scott at three million pounds thank you Scott at three million pounds next is ideally three two with all this competition for this beautiful glass ship three million pounds now at three million pounds Scott's bid at three million pounds now three million pounds okay surely not your stomach would you like to come back in three million one hundred thank you very much in the room here now back up front to three million one hundred thousand pounds Scott three million one three minute one ah three two thank you for three million two hundred thousand pounds we made him two hundred thousand three three three thank you very much three three million three hundred thousand okay it's just got a three million three hundred thousand pounds still in the room here three million three hundred thousand you're coming back in I'm looking for four that's three million three hundred thousand pounds try one more three million three hundred thousand pounds have the bid here in the room waiting for you at three million three hundred thousand pounds otherwise the hammer is up come a long way I have three million three hundred thousand pounds three million four hundred thousand three million four hundred thousand try five three million four hundred thousand pounds try five three million four hundred thousand pounds I have with Scott Michelle from New York give me one more three million four hundred thousand pounds otherwise I should sell it three million four hundred thousand you are you sure thank you anyway though and selling at three point four million sold thank you Scott 158 thank you all which brings us to lot 118 which is the Exquisite painting by Vasily Kandinsky from 1908 an exceptionally rare winter scene depicting the village of warfelt in the Bavarian Countryside fresh to the market this work has remained in the same Private Collection since 1956. and we stopped here one million six hundred thousand one million seven hundred one million eight hundred thousand a one million eight hundred thousand pounds Monday one million eight hundred and fifty thousand with Thomas at one minute eight hundred and fifty thousand Thomas has been a one million eight hundred and fifty thousand who will say one nine a one million eight hundred and fifty thousand pounds now a one million eight hundred and fifty thousand for the Kandinsky and who will say one nine one nine Brad spit now at one point nine million pounds with Brad bent off thank you Brad spit at one million nine hundred thousand pounds for the Kandinsky a one million nine hundred thousand pounds one million nine hundred thousand with Brad here up front who will say two million pounds for this exceptional early Kandinsky we have 1.9 million pounds here with Brad bentoth it's against you all in the room one million nine hundred thousand pounds here one million nine hundred thousand a one million nine hundred thousand with Brad Wendy I have one nine I'm looking for two million pounds it's still Brad's bid at one million nine hundred thousand pounds and any advance here one nine fifty I can take two million it is straight away though still against you at two million pounds of determine bidder represented by Brad vent off at two million pounds here on my right for this exceptional Kandinsky try one more Wendy a two million pounds here two million pounds I have still on my right not yours Wendy at two million pounds here on my right are we trying one more at two million pounds here still with Brad at 2 million two million pounds here two million pounds I have with Brad's two million and fifty thousand two million won not going to beat him off easily at two million one hundred thousand two million one hundred thousand try one more still with preventive against you Wendy a two million 150 No 2 million one hundred thousand excuse me next bit is two million one fifty you sure you're out fair warning then I will sell it still with Brad and this is any further advance for the Kandinsky at two million and one hundred thousand very much Brad 155 it is thank you oh not 119 up next is this highly expressive landscape by Heim sutin which once belonged to Sir Alfred Barnes the most important collector of sutin's art outside of France and here it is showing that up front and we will start the bidding here at 500 000 pounds already at 500 550 at 550 600 000 and 600 650 000 at 650 000 pounds now at 650 000 pounds now at six hundred and fifty thousand I have the absentee bidder 700 800 000 against you at eight hundred thousand at eight hundred thousand a leaner against you at eight hundred thousand pounds it's not your petalino at eight hundred thousand pounds now at eight hundred thousand are you coming in at eight hundred thousand pounds now at eight hundred thousand nachos a leaner either with the absentee better age fifty nine hundred thousand still against you at 900 000 with a commission bid at nine hundred thousand pounds nachos either James at nine hundred thousand pounds you want to come back in at nine hundred thousand James nine hundred thousand I have with the absentee bidder and I can sell it at nine hundred thousand pounds are you sure fair warning to everyone in the room and I'm selling here at nine hundred thousand pounds salt and that's the absentee yes I need to take a sip of water here please excuse me a moment just hold on probably text something thank you while we wait for the beautiful hour back to come up hmm yes well we can look at it while we wait so this is well let's just find out what we need to know here we are not 120 show here on the right here hanging in the sale room in Bond Street this is This Magnificent work part of the British Visionaries group from a distinguished Private Collection Mornington Crescent by Frank albach one of his earliest largest and most seminal paintings of North London in private hands showing here and we will start the bidding here at two million eight hundred thousand three million pounds at three million pounds now at three million pounds now at three million pounds here for the Alba at three million five we have already with what three million five three million eight even better three five three eight I have already three million eight hundred thousand with Tom Edison at three million eight hundred thousand a three million eight hundred thousand against you on the side it's three million eight hundred thousand would you say one more at three million eight hundred four million thank you very much sir three and up three nine I can take two thank you three million nine hundred thousand thank you very much three million nine hundred thousand and three million nine hundred thousand who will give me four then four million four million two hundred thousand in the run at four million two hundred thousand no we have four two already now in the room ready turns up in person it's four million two hundred thousand a four million two hundred thousand pounds in the room you try for four Tom at four million two hundred thousand pounds gentlemen spit in the room for the Magnificent hour back of four million to four million four hundred it is at four million four hundred thousand pounds sure want to try four five a four million four hundred thousand thank you anyway at four million four hundred thousand pounds I have Tom Edison's bid at four million four hundred thousand pounds nachos here thank you anyway four million four hundred thousand pounds and I shall sell it at four million four hundred thousand pounds unless there's any further Advance here on my left a four million four hundred thousand pounds otherwise it's Tom's bid four five thank you all the same at four million four four million five hundred thousand pounds thank you at four million five hundred thousand pounds back in the room four five four million five hundred thousand pounds Tom what do you say I'll take a hundred a four million five hundred thousand pounds give me six a four million five hundred thousand four million six hundred thank you sure this time four million six hundred thousand pounds and I will bring the hammer down unless there's anything happening up front here of four million six hundred thousand with Tom Edison about to sell it fair warning at four million six hundred thousand pounds so you're done what would you like to come in four million six hundred thousand Silverton not your seated further back and four million six hundred thousand the hammer is raised would you like to be at four seven otherwise I have the bid here on the phone thank you anyway at four point six sold thank you Tom one zero eight thank you all one two one is the Frank Dobson soldiers viewed thank you the reclining female nude one of the few unique carvings in Marvel that Dobson made during his career and we will start at 450 000 here 450 500 000 at 500 550 000 now of 550 000 pounds for the Dobson at five hundred and fifty thousand pounds 550 000 pounds at five hundred and fifty thousand pounds 550 000 pounds are you coming in at 550 000 against you on the phones at five hundred and fifty thousand pounds now for the Dobson at 550 000 Yen are you coming in at 550 000 pounds for the Dobson against you at 550 000 try 600 five hundred and fifty thousand pounds would you like to bid try 600 of 550 000 pounds for the Dobson ten at 550 000 pounds you all done you sure at 5 50. pause which brings us to lot one to two which is the HEPA the energy three one of Barbara Hepburn's greatest sculptures conceived in bronze soldiers viewed thank you the cast from an edition of seven has remained in the same private collections for over almost 20 years and we start here at two million four hundred thousand two million six two million eight hundred thousand three million pounds now three million pounds three million two hundred thousand with bammy a three million two hundred thousand families bid at three million two hundred thousand pounds now a three million two hundred thousand pounds bam is bid at three million two hundred thousand and you're coming in three million three million three thank you Juliana three million three hundred thousand give me four at three million three hundred thousand pounds a three million three hundred thousand pounds it's with Julian not Charles family a three million three hundred thousand pounds try three four at three million three hundred thousand pounds spammy's bit at three million three hundred thousand pounds with Julian excuse me at three million three hundred thousand pounds would you like to come in at three million three hundred thousand pounds there's a new bit coming here on my left three million three hundred thousand pounds you're coming in Tatiana this is Julian's bed Julian doors from New York at three million three hundred thousand pounds coming through on text at three million three hundred thousand pounds can we see three four from you Tatiana three million there's three hundred thousand pounds no then I will sell it on Julian's phone at 3.3 million so thank you very much one three six thank you Julian and now we move on to lot one two three one of Gerard Victor's dual-like abstract paintings showing here up front beautiful work from the 1990s and we will start here at one million six hundred thousand one million eight hundred thousand a one million eight hundred two million pounds now with Julian doors two million two two million five with David Garner two million five David Alpine's bid at two million five hundred thousand a two million five hundred thousand who will give me two eight a two million five hundred thousand pounds a two million five still redated at two million five hundred thousand pounds David's bid a two million five hundred thousand pounds so Ollie would you like to come in at two million five hundred thousand with David alprin at two million five hundred thousand a two million five hundred thousand pounds now at two million five hundred thousand pounds for This Magnificent Richter a two million five hundred thousand it's against you Ali two million five hundred thousand pounds and anyone else on the phone two million six hundred thousand with Wendy Lynn at two million six hundred thousand give me seven a two million six hundred thousand pounds Wendy Lynn's bid you try one more the two million six hundred thousand pounds it's Wendy Lynn's not just David a two million six hundred thousand pounds do you try one more a two million six hundred thousand pounds then I would sell it on Wendy's phone and this is any further Advance at two million six hundred thousand pounds qnd 118. lot one two four is the dazzling view of Venice painted in 1904 by Paul sinyak featuring his signature Pontius technique being brought in on the easel here thank you very much we start here one million six hundred thousand one million seven hundred thousand enough a one million seven hundred thousand one million eight hundred thousand now a one million eight hundred thousand pounds now at one million eight hundred thousand at one million eight hundred thousand pounds now but one million eight hundred thousand at one million eight hundred thousand one million eight hundred thousand palestiniac I have one million eight hundred thousand pounds in any advance here one nine thank you very much ben dollar one million nine hundred thousand pounds you'll be Ben thank you at one million nine hundred thousand I can sell it a one million nine hundred thousand pounds only all done fair warning at one million nine hundred sold thank you Ben l0203 and look one two five and now we turn to the star lot of the summer auction season in London Gustav Clemson lady with a fan this beautiful painting is clip's last Great Masterpiece someone was on his easel at his untimely death in 1918. a portrait of an unnamed woman it was created when he was still in his artistic Prime and brings together all the technical prowess and creative exuberance that Define his greatest work and it is of course very rare for a painting of this caliber and quality by Klimt to be offered at auction so here we are Clint's lady with a fan and I will start the bidding here at 58 million pounds so 58 million 60 million at 60 million pounds that's 62 million pounds now at 60 63 million pounds Lisa Dennison at 63 million pounds now at 63 million pounds with Lisa Dennison at 63 million pounds Lisa's bet at 63 million pounds now at 63 million pounds with Lisa Denison at 63 million pounds I know you're coming in at 63 million pounds now at 63 million pounds now at 60 64 million here on my left at 64 million pounds in the room at 64 million pounds thank you and 64 million I have already in the room at 64 million pounds will you give me 65 thank you madam 65 million pounds at 65 million pounds now I have up front here at Sotheby's in Bond Street at 65 million pounds against you on the phones there at 65 million pounds will you say 66 at 65 million pounds give me 6 56 and 65 million pounds a half try one more 65 million pounds now 65 million pounds 65 million five hundred thousand pounds with General thank you very much for 65 million five hundred thousand pounds 66 million it is thank you madam again at 66 million pounds and try 67 at 66 million pounds now in the room again at 66 million pounds against you gen and not just a 66 million pounds if you give me one more 67 million 66 million five hundred thousand thank you sir 66 million five hundred thousand try sixty seven it's 66 million five hundred thousand thank you sir nachos gen 67 million I have thank you at 67 million again at 67 million 67 million pounds now try 567 million pounds against you sir at 67 million no children at sixty seven million pounds at 67 million pounds now in the room at 67 million pounds give me one more at 67 million pounds in the room Jen at 67 million pounds and try 500 here so 67 million pounds maybe 500 it is yes thank you sir 67 million five hundred thousand pounds 68. it's 68 million pounds now 68 million pounds ladies bid 68 million pounds I have here in the room 68 million pounds 68 million pounds still in the room at 68 million pounds 68 million pounds try one more 68 million pounds ladies bit up front here at Sotheby's at 68 million pounds in the sale room looking for one more Jen 68 million pounds sir do you like travel more 500 68 million pounds come so far 68 million pounds give me 500. 68 million pounds try one more sir 68 million pounds I have for This Magnificent work by Klimt this rare Masterpiece from 1917-18 the lady with the fan I have 68 million try one more sir at 68 million pounds sup 68.5 back in it's worth the wait thank you Jen a 68 million 500 000. back in again Genoa at 68 69 million now 69 million 69 million pounds now we have it in the room at 69 minutes against you both Jen and Sir 69 million pounds looking for 500 or indeed a million at 69 million pounds still here in the room 69 million Jen I'll try one more 69 million pounds sir 69 million pounds would like to go one more a half the bit here at 69 million anyone bidding on this side Fergus 69 million pounds I know you love it at 69 million pounds 69 million still in the room not yourself would you like to try one more and Jen let us know six there it is 69.5 again at six 70 is even better why not 70 million thank you very much Jen will you give me one at 70 million pounds with 71 it is so looking for two now I'm gonna accelerate at 71 million pounds back in the room at 71 million pounds now thank you at 71 million still not till sir if you'd like to come back in at 71 million Jen at 71 million we have now in the room at 71 million pounds you give us 72. 71 million still here in the sale room at Sotheby's in Bond Street for the beautiful Clint lady with the van Jen we wait till next bid at 71 million here we have try one more give me a million it's 71 million pounds we have it here in the sale room sir 72 it is thank you it's 72 million pounds now we have with Genoa looking for 73 now Madam that's 72 million pounds Jen was bit at 72 million 73 thank you very much for 73 million pounds thank you at 73 million pounds 73 million pounds try one more 73 million still in the room at 73 million pounds here in the Salem your bit Madam 73 million Jen try one more at 73 million pounds would you like to go one more at 73 minutes nachosa at 73 million and any other bidders here who've joined us here tonight want to come in while we wait Jen for your next bid which I feel is still coming at 73 million and a half give us one more please 73 million Jen at 73 million pounds here all the clipped half the bit here in the serum I can sell it at 73 million I have to speed you along a bit let us know give me one million that's 73 million pounds now Jen it's against you I have the bid and I can sell it at 73 million pounds so let's come back in and say 74. before it's too late you never find a painting like this again you're sure you're out at 73 million pounds sir at 73 million pounds the hammer is raised it's not your bitsa Jen it's not yours and I shall sell it here in the room at Sotheby's in Bond Street Jen you sure you're absolutely sure at 73 million pounds in or out are you 73 million five hundred thousand there you are not thank you it's 73 million five hundred thousand pounds looking for 74. it's 73 million five hundred thousand Jen was bit 73 million five hundred thousand it's with Genoa I'm looking for 74. thank you 74 million it is here in the sale room at 74 million ladies better in the serum at 74 million and Jen what do you say at 74 million pounds let's try one more 74 million pounds back in the serum that's 74 million here with us in Bond Street Jen would like to try one more at 74 million worked last time at 74 million pounds thank you all for your patience at 74 million give us one more Jen at 74 million pounds otherwise the Hammer's up and I will sell it at 74 million pounds unless you're coming back in yes or no at 74 million pounds we have here in the cereal Mike half the hammer up and you're out thank you anyway and selling there ladies and gentlemen the Clint lady with the fan at 74 million pounds cool cool sending this to a record price most valuable piece in 536 thank you very much thank you no strategy painting ever told eviction in Europe thank you congratulations thank you most valuable painting episode in Europe thank you very much congratulations and we will go straight on seamlessly to this wonderful work by Al anatsui sharing here right at the back of the sale room here fantastic work moving on take my hand it's called one of the artist's most spectacular tapestries cross between a painting and a sculpture and we saw the bidding here at 650 000 at 650 700 750 000 pounds now at 750 000 pounds now it's a 800 000 Gregor each hundred thousand pounds now at eight hundred thousand pounds at eight hundred thousand eight fifty is about apartment 850 000. 900 000 I took ahead of you at 900 000 ahead of you with Greg against you both at nine hundred thousand pounds now at nine hundred thousand at nine hundred thousand pounds one million with Isabella one million pounds one million one one million one one with James a one minute one hundred thousand Gregoire at one million one hundred thousand with James James and Isabel one million two hundred thousand pounds I have with Lisa Denison would you like to come one more and one million two hundred thousand pounds now are you all done one million three hundred thousand thank you madam thank you one million three hundred thousand pounds and against you mean somebody say one four one million three hundred thousand pounds of one million three hundred thousand pounds latest bit in the room at 1.3 it's not just Lisa nachos here on my right here it's in the room at 1.3 million pounds for the airline that's it one million three fifty will you give me one four a one million three fifty I have here on my left on the telephone at one million three hundred and fifty one million four thank you madam one million four hundred thousand pounds against you as well at one million four hundred thousand it's in the room that one million four hundred thousand try one more Lisa one million four hundred thousand pounds now one million four hundred thousand pounds should we try one more one million four hundred thousand is against fifty three of you here or one million four hundred thousand I still have it in the room the Hammer's up and I can sell it fair warning Lisa and one million four hundred thousand so thank you madam that's 910 is your paddle thank you very much which brings us to lot one two seven is Untitled of 1970 soldiers viewed from the artist's iconic series of Blackpool paintings and we will start the bidding here at seven million seven million 207 million five seven million eight hundred thousand pounds now at seven million eight hundred thousand pounds now at seven million eight seven million nine hundred thousand thank you David Schrader at seven million nine hundred thousand pounds at seven million nine hundred thousand pounds David Schrader's bid at seven million nine hundred thousand pounds in any advance here at seven million nine hundred thousand pounds and I can sell it fair warning are you all done at seven million nine hundred thousand pounds sold thank you 180. thank you David which brings us to one to eight which is the beautiful pink Fontana the Exquisite example from Fontana's celebrated tally series and I have already 1.6 1.7 million one million eight hundred thousand a woman and eight hundred thousand women in nine hundred thousand already at one million nine hundred thousand pounds now a one million nine hundred thousand for the pink Fontana one minute nine hundred thousand pounds now two million pounds with Fergus stuff at two million pounds Burger stuff's bid of two million pounds now at two million pounds already with Fergus at two million pounds now two one thank you Claudia two million one hundred thousand will you try to tune a two million one hundred thousand cloudier Direct speed at two million one hundred thousand two million one hundred thousand pounds against you Fergus I have cloudy to expert two two thank you a two million two hundred thousand pounds two million three hundred thousand at two million three hundred thousand with Claudia a two million three try four a two million three hundred thousand pounds two million four hundred thousand now with Fergus two million four hundred thousand pounds Ferguson's bid a two million four hundred thousand pounds two million four fifty from Claudia to act thank you two million four fifty rounded up to two five please at two million four hundred and two two five it is with Fergus two million five hundred thousand pounds two million five hundred thousand pounds two million six hundred thousand two million six hundred thousand two seven thank you Fergus two million seven hundred two million seven hundred thousand two eight thank you Claudia two million eight hundred thousand on my left Claudia dweck Thank you new video here two million 900 000 against you both now Fergus and Claudia two million nine and who will be the first to say three million with Fergus thank you it's three million pounds down against you Isabel of three million pounds Ferguson spit now at three million pounds against you Isabella three million pounds and nachos Claudia a three million pounds three million one can you try and get one at three million pounds who will say one the three million pounds I have still with Fergus will you give me one three one thank you Isabella three million one hundred thousand three million one hundred thousand pounds Claudia three million one hundred thousands with Isabel Fergus from travel more a three million one hundred thousand pounds it's nachos Claudia a three million one hundred thousand three million well I got a million a hundred thousand from Isabel oh no can one of you do three two please because I did ask Isabel for a hundred and she gave me a hundred we're at three one I'm looking for three two please yeah it's against you but our next bit is three million 200 000 I have three one with Isabel I'd like to take three two please I have three million one hundred thousand pounds Isabelle's bid we need to move this along it's a great thing three two there it is thank you three million two hundred thousand pounds I have now with Claudia against you both at three million two hundred thousand pounds for This Magnificent Fontana not sure be it Isabel three million two hundred nachos Fergus you've hung up but Isabel are you in or out at three million two hundred thousand pounds still with Claudia um come on come on because we all ask for our hundreds you know at three million two please try to get me three three won't regret it it's a beautiful work a three million two hundred thousand pounds now we're going in the hundreds we should keep it in 100 so we had three two please a three million two hundred thousand pounds three million two hundred thousand well then I will take it thank you three million two hundred and fifty thousand pounds I can take three million two hundred and fifty thousand it's your chance to say 33 Claudia thank you three million three hundred thousand three million three hundred thousand are you sure thank you anyway and selling at 3.3 million so thank you Claudia one two eight it is and now we move on to lot one two nine which is the beautiful and iconic print by Hokusai The Great Wave often referred to as the most famous Japanese work of art these prints were of course instrumental in creating the Vogue for all things Japanese at the end of the 19th century when they arrived in Europe and became popular with artists such as Clint and so we're delighted to have it in the sale and we saw the bidding here at 280 300 320 000 pounds now at 320 000 350 with Lucia to 350 000 already at 350 000 380 online 400 000 against 400 000 with Lucius against your life or 20 online a 420 000 pounds now online at 424.50 with Lucius of 450 000 pounds uh 450 000 pounds and against you online of 450 000 pounds now 480 online let's say 500 a 480 thousand pounds now with the online bidder five hundred thousand Wendy Lynn a five hundred thousand pounds at five hundred thousand pounds Wendy's bid at five hundred thousand pounds not just Lucius it's against you online on sothebys.com at 500 000 pounds will you give me fifty five hundred and fifty thousand thank you five twenty thank you very much at 520 000 pounds thank you in the room at five hundred and twenty thousand pounds Nexus 550 a 520 000 pounds now in the room 550 I have now in this bid at five fifty will give me 580 a 550 a 550 000 with Wendy against you at five hundred and fifty thousand pounds 580. thank you very much 5 580 000 pounds here on aisle thank you very much not just Wendy six hundred thousand it is six hundred thousand for the Hokusai six hundred thousand pounds six hundred thousand Lucius is coming back in at six hundred thousand pounds at 600 000. Wendy's bed it's not yours it's 600 000 pounds I can sell it at 600 000 unless you want to come in it's against you also online on saturdays.com I have Wendy Lynn's bed against the rest of you here and selling then fair warning at six hundred thousand pounds sold thank you Wendy one two one and now we have lot 130 which is the first of three works by money and today's sale a painting at the church from the series of 1894. beautiful world by money sharing here and we started being here already at three million 800 000 pounds so three million eight hundred thousand pounds now a three million eight hundred thousand pounds four million now at four million pounds that four million four million two hundred thousand pounds now at four million two hundred thousand pounds now at four million two hundred thousand pounds here at four million two hundred thousand pounds now but four million two hundred thousand pounds at four million two hundred thousand pounds in any advice at four million two hundred thousand pounds here for the money at four million two hundred thousand pounds at any advance at four million two hundred thousand pounds only four million two hundred thousand pounds for the money of Vernon at four million 200 000 pounds if any advance at four million two hundred thousand pounds Selena ubiding at four million two hundred thousand pounds and any advance four million two hundred thousand pounds you're coming in at four million 200 000 fair warning at four million two hundred pause which brings us to one three one which is the Exquisite view of the sunset at Irani by Camille pisaro one of the finest Pontius compositions by the artists who appeared recently and we will start here already at one million six hundred thousand one minute and seven hundred one million eight hundred thousand pounds now um one million nine hundred thousand yes Julian at one million nine hundred thousand pounds now a one million nine hundred thousand two million with Nick Darnell a two million pounds Nick's bid now at two million pounds for the beautiful Pizarro two million pounds here at two million pounds with Nick Tamil two million pounds and any advance of two million pounds here Wendy a two million pounds a half next bid and I can sell it at two million pounds only and they're still coming in here Wendy at two million pounds at two million pounds with Nick Tamil for this beautiful work by pissarro at two million pounds give me two at two million pounds Wendy Hammer is up would you like to bid otherwise I'm selling it fair warning on Nick Daniel's phone here at two million pounds Wendy do you want to try one bid two million pounds no you done I'm selling on Nick's phone at 2 million pounds ah Bend dollar I knew you loved this picture Ben we expected you earlier on we're already at two million pounds with Nick damil not with Wendy but we're getting a bid from Ben it's coming through I have two million pounds thank you all for your patience at two million pounds Nick hold your bid please at two million pounds two two I have online while we wait thank you very much here it comes on sothebyss.com two million two hundred thousand pounds thank you very much to the online bidder two three million 2.3 million next bit is 2.4 two million three hundred thousand it's against you now online at two million three hundred thousand pounds two million three hundred thousand pounds will you say one more it's against you online I have two million three hundred thousand with Nick and I can sell it's not your Big Ben it's not your bits Wendy it's not yours online if you'd like to come back in fair warning at two million three hundred thousand pounds with Nick and selling Ben at two million three hundred thousand pounds hammers up and selling at two million and three hundred thousand sold thank you very much Nick 150. and now we moved to lot one three two which is an exceptionally rare early Cubist painting by Augie Lawrence a collage are seen at auction over 30 years ago showing her up front formerly belonged to the British art historian and collector Douglas Cooper and we stopped here at 90 100 000 pounds already one hundred and ten thousand pounds without 110 000 pounds of one hundred and twenty thousand pounds with Simon's stock 130 000 Simon Shore a 130 000 pounds so I'm sure 130 000 pounds 140 back because Simon stock at 141.50 so I'm sure 150 000 the battle of the silence a 150 000 pounds for this 160 Simon a 160 000 pounds I'm in stock 170. thank you Simon Shaw 170 000 pounds for this very rare lahorse 180 thank you at 180 000. not sure some of the 180 000 pounds a 180 000 pounds with Simon stock at 180 000. try one more you sure anyone here coming in in the room at 180 000 pounds for this very rare work at 180 000 pounds that I shall sell it on Simon's top speed we're all done at 180 000 pounds sold thank you 190. congratulations and now lot 133 which is from 1913 from most important body of work in his career the moment of the radically redefining cubism here it is property from a distinguished European private collection and we start here at 650 700 750 000 pounds 800 000 with Simon stock again at 800 000 pounds now Simon's bid at eight hundred thousand pounds for the Leisure at eight hundred thousand pounds for the legend in advance here are you all done at 800 000 pounds for the Leisure with Simon stock and selling fair warning at eight hundred thousand pounds sold thank you that's 119. thank you Simon which brings us to lot 134 which is a work on paper from 1982 vibasca featuring the warrior-like figure which dominates of course much of his important large-scale works and here it is showing on the easel from a distinguished private American collection we start here at 800 000 800 901 million pounds at one million one million 100 000 pounds a woman in one hundred thousand pounds now a one million one hundred thousand pounds now at one million 100 000 pounds already for the basquia and one million one hundred thousand pounds now at one million one hundred thousand pounds now at one million one hundred thousand 150 one million one fifty thank you very much one million one hundred and fifty thousand I will take and I can sell it at one million one hundred and fifty thousand pounds selling fair warning and assist any one million two hundred thousand thank you very much at 1.2 I'll take 50. yo will you give me a hundred what fifty it is one million 250 thank you a one million two fifty next is three one million two hundred and fifty thousand try three one million two hundred and fifty thousand with Gregoire a one million two hundred and fifty thousand try 1.3 it's against you hammers up one million two hundred and fifty thousand you want to try one more otherwise I'm selling it fair warning or David are you coming in one minute three just in time a one million three hundred thousand pounds this Gates you both now David and Gregoire one million three hundred thousand pounds who will give me fifty one million three hundred thousand pounds one million three hundred thousand pounds try fifty one million three hundred thousand pounds or Millions one million three hundred and fifty thousand thank you Greg was bid one million three hundred fifty thousand try four one million three hundred and fifty thousand pounds you want to come in David as well one million three hundred and fifty thousand pounds you sure thank you anyway I have still gregoire's bid at one million three hundred and fifty thousand pounds for the basket David you sure I'm selling there in fair warning at one million three fifty so thank you gregoire101 which brings us to lot 135 which is Pablo Picasso's the musician painted in 1965. this work has remained in the same Private Collection since it was acquired over 40 years ago and we will start here at one million nine hundred thousand two million two million pounds now two million pounds 2 million two hundred thousand a two million two hundred thousand pounds two million four hundred thousand with Olivier Ford two million four hundred thousand pounds it's you'll be delivered two million four hundred thousand pounds a two million four hundred thousand pounds in any advance two million four hundred thousand pounds in any advance here up front for two million four two million five can you get two five a two million four hundred thousand try to get five a two million four hundred thousand pounds can you get two five or not yeah I'm asking if you can bid two million five hundred thousand yeah please I will take it then two million four hundred and fifty thousand pounds yeah but the next bid is two five a two million four hundred and fifty thousand pounds with a leaner and any advance you want to round it up to two million five hundred thousand otherwise I will sell it on a leaner's phone nachos at two million 450 000 pounds sold thank you Alina and that's 146. thank you congratulations which brings us to the magritt law one three six Exquisite from the 1940s showing here up front on ISO thank you being shown here and we start here at 650 700 000 at 700 750 800 000 now at eight hundred thousand pounds now at eight hundred thousand eight hundred and twenty five thousand pounds with Lisa Stevenson at 825 825 hey 50 thank you Ollie at 850 000 pounds at 850 000 not sure bidley said eight hundred and fifty thousand pounds now not yours already at 850 000 pounds in any advance I have always been at 850 000 pounds it's not yours here 880 yes with David at 880 900 000 already with nine hundred thousand pounds all these bit at nine hundred thousand pounds give me fifty at nine hundred thousand pounds nine hundred thousand pounds with alibaka at nine hundred thousands not Charles David try fifty nachos at nine hundred thousand pounds you want to come back in at 900 000 pounds otherwise I'm selling it on Ollie's phone at nine hundred thousand pounds so let's just 9 20. thank you David at 920 000 pounds Dave it's been 9 30. thank you 930 000. looking for 940 at 930 000 pounds and nine hundred and thirty thousand Oakley you want to come in at nine hundred and thirty thousand nine hundred and thirty thousand David try one more nine hundred and thirty thousand pounds for the Magritte gouache at 930 000 coming back in at nine hundred and thirty thousand pounds David thank you anyway it's selling all of the barca's phone at nine hundred and thirty thousand sold thank you one two four thank you very much lot one three seven is the Cindy Sherman Untitled films a series that launched shawna's career and is today considered the most widely revered of her body of work and we will start to add 450 000 pounds 450 000 500 000 pounds now at 500 550 would you say 600 600 000 I took a heavily will you say 650. I had 600 already here in the Roomba ladies bid just slightly ahead of you at six hundred thousand pounds if you want to try one more at 600 000 pounds I have the latest vid here in the room would you like to travel more you sure at 600 000 pounds then ladies bet at 600 000 pounds I can sell it for all done in the room here at Sotheby's in Bond Street at 600 000 pounds not yours selling here in the middle of the room at six hundred thousand pounds so thank you madam nine three one thank you dude lot 138 is the Poetry mapa executed in 1978 part of the autism is instantly recognizable and celebrated series thank you very much from a distinguished private Italian collection and we will start the bidding here at 1.1 million one million one hundred thousand one two one three one meaning four hundred thousand our woman in 400 one million five hundred thousand now one million five hundred thousand with Claudia at one million five hundred thousand pounds Claudia Direct speed and one million five hundred thousand pounds for the birthday at one million five hundred thousand pounds for the Britain I can sell it at one million five hundred thousand pounds of this is any further advance than selling at one million five hundred sold congratulations Claudia thank you that's 1a1 and that brings us to 139 which is the Luis bourgeois Henry Street settlement and we start the bidding here at four hundred thousand pounds so four hundred thousand four hundred and fifty thousand to five hundred thousand pounds now at five hundred thousand pounds now at five hundred thousand pounds now at five hundred thousand pounds for the bullshwater 500 000 pounds now at 500 000 pounds only at five hundred five hundred and fifty thousand thank you at 550 000 pounds for the Bourgeois at 550 000 pounds and I can sell it on Guam's phone at five hundred and fifty thousand pounds list is any further Advance here in the room online on the phones at 550 000. congratulations Kim thank you very much that's 207. not 140 is the Gerhard Richter Spiegel growl their mirror gray and sold as viewed and we will start the bidding here at three hundred thousand pounds here three hundred thousand pounds 300 320 340 340 360 000 with Isabel apartment at 360 000 pounds for the Richter Isabel's bid at 360 000 pounds for the Richter at three hundred and sixty thousand pounds and I can sell it at three hundred and sixty thousand pounds so you're all done fair warning and selling at three hundred and sixty thousand pounds sold thank you Isabel the one six six yeah next is lot one for one the Claude Monet important painting from the Olsen collection and we will start here at one million seven hundred thousand pounds so one million seven hundred thousand one million eight hundred thousand now a one million eight hundred thousand out one million eight hundred thousand pounds now a one million eight hundred thousand now a one million eight hundred thousand pounds now a one million eight hundred thousand pounds here at one million eight hundred thousand pounds for the money Norwegian view at one million eight hundred thousand pounds here one million eight hundred thousand try one nine and one million eight hundred thousand pounds now a one million eight hundred thousand pounds then you're coming in at one million eight hundred thousand pounds now at one million eight hundred thousand pounds for the money one million eight hundred thousand pounds would like to try one nine at one million eight hundred thousand pounds so you're all done here at one million eight hundred thousand pounds pass hello 142 is the Cezanne property from an important Private Collection USA showing here on my left and we will start the bidding here at one million pounds he had one million pounds at one million pounds one million 100 000 women in 200 000. a woman in two hundred thousand well I mean 250 000 with Francis asked with one million two hundred and fifty thousand pounds for the Cezanne at one million two hundred and fifty thousand pounds for the season the beat is with France is ask with at one million two hundred and fifty thousand pounds and I can sell it at one million two hundred and fifty thousand only unless there's any further Advance here in the room or online Francis is bad at one million two hundred and fifty thousand pounds so thank you very much 209 congratulations thank you Francis and and now we come to lot one for three these spectacular Monumental in Chadwick bronze which was showing here and sold as viewed in our Galleries and the couple on seat and we will start a bidding here at 900 000 pounds and nine hundred thousand one million thank you at one million pounds or one million pounds one million one hundred thousand pounds against your one million one hundred thousand one million two hundred thousand Simon stock at one million two hundred thousand pounds now well I mean in three Bend dollar one million three hundred thousand pounds now well I mean in four still with Simon now at one million four hundred thousand pounds a one minute four one five ten dollars bid one million five hundred thousand pounds now one minute 500. yes one million five hundred and fifty thank you one million five fifty give me one six there it is a one million six hundred thousand beds Ben's bid at one point six I take fifty again you sure a one million six hundred thousand pounds a one million six hundred thousand still with Ben well if you've signed off that's definitely a no then I will sell it on Ben dollars phone unless there's any further Advance add one million six hundred are you coming in Nikita a one minute six you sure a woman in 600 000 the Hammers up but still bends fit it's not yours you sure a one million six hundred thousand pounds I assume you're out Nikita and selling at one million six hundred thousand so thank you better one two seven congratulations and now lot one for four is the basket big snow from 1984. which pays homage to the track and field Legend of course Jesse Owens and sold as viewed thank you very much and we will start the bidding here at 2.8 million pounds 2.8 million three million three million two hundred thousand a three million two hundred thousand of three million two hundred thousand pounds now three million five hundred thousand with David Schroeder three million five hundred thousand pounds at three million five hundred thousand pounds it's David's bid at three million five hundred thousand pounds now I have 3.5 million and I can sell it at 3.5 million pounds for the basket Davis Road is Bid And this is any further Advance fair warning and selling at 3.5 million so thank you 103 it is congratulations and now we move on to look 144 which is a very rare early work by Edward Manet from around 1860 is seen showing uh Diego Velasquez painting in the studio and we start here at 400 000 pounds 400 000 pounds here at four hundred thousand pounds is double slotted for a hundred thousand pounds only four hundred and fifty thousand have four hundred and fifty thousand now at 450 000 at 450 000 pounds at four hundred and fifty thousand pounds here a four hundred and fifty thousand pounds for this rare money at four hundred and fifty thousand pounds here only for the very historic painting by eduard money a 450 000 pounds it's not yours up front of 450 000 pounds you're coming in at 450 000 pounds in any advance at four hundred and fifty thousand pounds you want to bid at four hundred and fifty thousand pounds pause which brings us to lot 146. which is the windy ball a luminous example one of his iconic paintings of the confectionaries various cakes from 1981. thank you for showing it to us here on easel and we started one million four hundred thousand women in five one million six hundred thousand pounds now one minute six one million seven hundred thousand Julian doors and one million seven hundred thousand pounds now a one million seven hundred thousand pounds Julian's bid at one million seven hundred thousand pounds in any advance here at one million seven hundred thousand pounds a half Julian doors beard and I can sell it at one million seven hundred thousand pounds of this is in advance selling at 1.7 sold thank you very much lu179 and 147 we're moving on now to poem by salawaude shuker which is regardless as lebanon's first true modern abstract artists and a leading radical sculpture of the Arab world soldiers viewed is very important bronze and we will start the bidding here at 180 200 000 to 20 two hundred and twenty thousand three hundred thousand with ashcan already at three hundred thousand pounds with ashkan at three hundred thousand pounds three hundred thousand three twenty with my yes no we need at least three Trends here 300 look at me three three twenty I have 300 with ashcam that's it 320 350 000 thank you with ashkat at 350 000. next is 380 and 350 000 pounds 380 it is my thank you very much at 380 give me 400 at 380 000 pounds ashkan give me four 400 I took ahead Jen will you give me 420 uh four hundred thousand it's Ash can spit already 400 000 are looking for at least 420 for this super air work 420 I have ahead of you Jen with my a 420 000 pounds Jen ashcan of 420 000 pounds not yours a four hundred and twenty thousand pounds give me 450. Jen at 420 000 pounds it's my bid a four hundred and twenty thousand four fifty thank you Jen four hundred and fifty thousand pounds to ashkan you're coming back in 450 000 480. thank you very much my 480 000 experts five hundred thousand pounds at 480 I have with my a four hundred and eighty thousand five hundred thousand thank you Jen at five hundred thousand pounds Jen's bid at five hundred thousand pounds 550 thank you Maya 550 000 Lexus 600 of 550 000 pounds looking for 600 gen a 550 000 pounds give me 600. 550 000 pounds now my spit still try 600 Jen or ashkan you out at can of 550 000 pounds then I shall sell it fair warning add 550 000 pounds sold congratulations bye thank you very much 550 000. which brings us to lot one for each from the collection of fitness and Jerome rapopol uh who built relationships with preeminent artists and dealers Across America and Europe through the 1970s this is passage or by Helen frankenthaler the large-scale color field canvas showing right at the back ladies and gentlemen right at the back of the sale room here in Bond Street and we start here at 700 000 pounds of 700 750 800 000 pounds now at eight hundred thousand pounds now at eight hundred thousand pounds at eight hundred thousand pounds now at eight hundred thousand pounds for the frankenthala at eight hundred thousand pounds at 850 000 now a marine is bid at eight hundred and fifty thousand pounds with Marina at 850 000 pounds Marina's bed at 850 000 pounds and who will say 900 Antonio Brad eight 900 it is with Antonia ahead of you and I really have 900 000 with Antonia now at 900 000 pounds Tony's bit nachos Marina 920 with Marina 920 next is at least 9.50 a nine hundred and twenty thousand nine fifty thank you Antonio at 950 000 pounds Antonius bid one million pounds now with Marina at one million pounds Marina's bit not just bad at one million pounds Antonia of one million pounds for the Franklin Tyler one million pounds now one million one hundred thousand thank you one million one hundred thousand with Antonia against your Marina not Jules Brad at one million one hundred thousand pounds no thank you anyway Brad fair warning I have Antonio's bid and I can sell it at one million one hundred thousand pounds one million one fifty thank you very much one million 150 give me two at one million one hundred and fifty thousand pounds with Brad Benton a one million 150 try to you sure thank you anyway and selling at one million one hundred and fifty thousand pounds sold Brad thank you very much that's 153 congratulations which brings us to lot 149 which is the Sean Scully Barcelona red black pink and we start here at 350 000 it's shown right to the back of the room here and or of course on your screens at 350 400 000 and 450 000 pounds now four hundred and fifty thousand now at 450 000 pounds now of 450 000 pounds now for five hundred thousand thank you Haley at five hundred thousand pounds now at five hundred thousand five fifty with Julia at 550 give me 600 of 550 Julia's bit of 550 000 pounds sailing against you at five hundred and fifty thousand pounds Julie officials bid try 600. 550 000 pounds Julie officials bid a five hundred and fifty thousand pounds against the rest of you here for the Scully 550 000 if you want to come back in Haley at 550 000 pounds and any advance here in the room for the Scully I have 550 000 pounds 550 you're out then still with Julia official at 550 000 pounds and I shall sell it fair warning at 550. so thank you 183 thank you Julia and now lot 150 which is the Albert erlen Untitled showing also right to the back of the serum thank you and on your screens and we will start here at three hundred thousand at three hundred thousand three hundred twenty thousand at three hundred twenty thousand three hundred fifty thousand at three hundred fifty thousand three hundred and eighty thousand pounds now at three hundred and eighty thousand pounds a three or four hundred thousand with Fergus of four hundred thousand pounds Fergus is bid at four hundred thousand pounds Burger stuff at four hundred thousand pounds and I can sell it at four hundred thousand pounds with Fergus on the phone unless there's any advance here on my left at four hundred thousand pounds it's all done 400 and 150 000 thank you very much Madam of 450 000. have four hundred and fifty thousand ladies bet thank you mad at me in the room at four hundred and fifty thousand pounds thank you you sure I guess at 450 000 I shall sell it then ladies bid fair warning at 4 50. so congratulations thank you very much and your number is 947 thank you madam not 151 is the Damien Hurst and Bartholomew Exquisite pain sold as viewed and showing here on the screens and we start here at 450 450 500 000 to 500 550 000 pounds at 550 000 pounds here but five hundred and fifty thousand pounds for the house five hundred and fifty thousand pounds in any advance here at five hundred and fifty thousand pounds you've all done fair warning at five hundred and fifty thousand pass and that brings us to lot 152 which is the Anthony Gormley drawn apart magnificent work sold of course as viewed and we start here at 200 000 pounds and here two hundred thousand pounds or 200 220 000 at 220 000 pounds here at two hundred and twenty thousand pounds here only 220 000 pounds at two hundred and twenty thousand pounds two hundred and fifty thousand thank you madam at two hundred and fifty thousand in the room here at 250 000 pounds and I can sell it at two hundred and fifty thousand this is any further Advance here and selling ladies bed in the room at two hundred and fifty thousand sold thank you madam nine five four thank you very much congratulations and next we have lot 153 which is the beautiful Fontana concertos showing here on the easel thank you and we start here at 650 700 750 000 pounds eight hundred thousand pounds cloudy directed eight hundred thousand pounds now at 800 000 850 000 850 900 000 at nine hundred thousand one one all the better thank you madam at one million one hundred thousand pounds or one million one hundred thousand pounds we jumped to already at one million one million two hundred thousand with bami at one million two hundred thousand pounds bam is Bid what do you say one three a one million two hundred thousand pounds one three thank you mad over 1.3 million pounds ladies pit a one million three hundred thousand who will give me one four one one can you say one for one of you as you both want to bid will you give me one one four I have thank you very much and one form will you say one five a woman in four hundred thousand pounds thank you there we are one million five hundred thousand pounds one million five at one million five hundred thousand pounds you sure bummy and one million five ladies bit still at one million five hundred thousand and who else is coming in on the Fontana a one million five hundred thousand pounds is still in the room again Superman Claudia one million five hundred thousand pounds try one more had the bit here in the room in Bond Street one million five hundred thousand still with the lady here at one million five hundred thousand family no out out and selling thank you madam at 1.5 million pounds sold many congratulations thank you so much and the number was uh nine four seven thank you which brings us to lot one five four the money Rose large-scale canvas showing here and we will start the bidding here at one million pounds at one million one million one hundred thousand and one million one hundred thousand one million two hundred thousand a one million two hundred thousand a one million two hundred thousand now a one million two hundred thousand one million three hundred one million three hundred thousand one million four hundred now a one million four hundred thousand pounds now a one million four hundred thousand pounds now a one million four hundred thousand pounds now a one million four hundred thousand pounds now that's one million four hundred thousand pounds for the money at one million four hundred thousand pounds one million four hundred thousand pounds you're coming in one million four hundred thousand pounds Jen are you coming in at one million four hundred thousand pounds and Scott at one million four hundred thousand pounds one million four hundred thousand pounds for the money beautiful work here showing on my left Jen try one five and one million four hundred thousand pounds and against your true Scott at one million four hundred thousand try one five one million four hundred thousand pounds Jen you're coming in at one five at one million four hundred thousand pounds try one five one million four hundred thousand pounds thank you at one million 450 000 pounds and one million four hundred and fifty thousand with Jen on my left here Scott with genuine at one million four fifty do you want to try one five otherwise I shall sell it at one million four hundred and fifty thousand pounds it's not your Scotland selling fair warning on Jen's phone at one million four hundred and fifty thousand sold thank you very much that's one four two congratulations one five five is withdrawn so we moved straight to one five six which is the sigma polka the Untitled work sold is viewed thank you and we start here at three hundred and fifty thousand three hundred and fifty thousand four hundred thousand or four hundred thousand pounds now four hundred thousand four hundred and fifty thousand pounds of four hundred and fifty thousand pounds now at 450 000 pounds every at four hundred and fifty thousand pounds now at 450 000 pounds 450 000 for the polka are you all done at 450 000 pounds fair warning at four hundred and fifty thousand pass not 157 is the volts property from an important Swiss collection thank you share here on the easel and we start here at 280 280 300 000 now 300 000 at 300 320 000 now a three hundred and twenty thousand pounds now at three hundred and twenty thousand pounds at 320 350 with Claudia dweck at three hundred and fifty thousand it's cloudiest bid at three hundred and fifty thousand pounds now Claudia dweck on the phone at 350 000 pounds for the vaults and against you at 350 000 pounds selling fair warning at three hundred and fifty thousand pounds so thank you Claudia one two nine thank you very much and now we move on to lot 158 which is the route to fee property from a distinguished private British Collection and we stopped bidding here at seventy thousand eighty thousand ninety thousand one hundred thousand pounds I have already at one hundred thousand pounds I have already with the absentee bidder a one hundred thousand pounds I have the absentee bidder at 100 000 pounds here 110 000 with Sam valet and 110 000 pounds now one hundred and ten thousand pounds it's Sam's bid a one hundred and ten thousand pounds 120 000 online I took the bid online thank you very much for bidding with us on stutterbees.com at one hundred and twenty thousand pounds against you Sam and one hundred and twenty thousand pounds now online better at 120 nacho Sam I'm still with the online bidder not yours at one hundred and twenty thousand I shall sell it then fair warning at one hundred and twenty thousand so congratulations that's paddle 158 online thank you lot 159 is the max pestein of Commander Stone and we will start here at 200 000 pounds here two hundred thousand pounds here 200 000 220 000. a 220 000. thank you for bringing it up on the easel thank you very much at 220 000 pounds at 220 240 000 a two hundred and forty thousand pounds now two hundred forty two hundred and sixty thousand a two hundred and sixty thousand pounds now a two hundred and sixty thousand two hundred and seventy thousand here in the room at two hundred and seventy thousand pounds here gentleman's bid at two hundred and seventy thousand pounds I have in the room and I can sell it at two hundred and seventy thousand pounds unless there's anyone coming in I have the bid here fair warning and selling at two hundred and seventy thousand pounds unless there's any further Advance here in the room or on Deed on the telephones at 270 000 pounds so thank you very much nine seven four well thank you sir congratulations and that brings us to the last lot in this evening's cell which is the Magdalena odundo the beautiful work soldiers viewed Sensational peace and uh property from private collection um some interest in his work could start the bidding already at 80 000 at 80 000 I have already eighty thousand a hundred thousand hundred thousand hundred and twenty thousand with only a hundred and twenty thousand hundred and twenty thousand with only 150 000 now against you 180 again all he's been 180 000 pounds of 180 000 pounds two hundred thousand pounds now a two hundred thousand pounds now two hundred thousand pounds with Lucius 220 000 in the room thank you madam at 220 000 pounds now 250 000 now 280 all is paid at 280 000 pounds now two hundred and eighty thousand pounds three hundred thousand three hundred and twenty thousand thank you 320 000 with Oliver Barker at 320 000 pounds now three 50 with Simon stock at 350 000 pounds Simon's bid at 350 000 pounds Simon stock split not yours only at 350 000 Madam would you like to come back in at 350 000 380 000 thank you very much sir 380 000 pounds gentleman standing in the room at 380 000 give me 400 Simon a 380 000 pounds now gentleman split I see you there standing here at the back of the serum at 380 000 give me 400 is the next at 380 000 pounds for This Magnificent work four hundred thousand thank you four hundred thousand sir at four hundred thousand I have against you at four hundred thousand pounds for twenty thank you 420 000 now back in 420 give me 450. a 420 000 pounds now 420 000 trifle fifty Sam you're coming back in at four hundred and twenty thousand pounds of four hundred and twenty thousand pounds it's not your assignment uh 420 000 pounds bid is in the room thank you sir you're out at 420 000 pounds so Lucius and Sam at 420 000 Madam a 420 000 I have it here in the sale room in Bond Street and I shall sell it fair warning thank you at 420 000 pounds so thank you very much congratulations thank you all thank you fun and that lead us to gentlemen brings tonight's proceedings to your clothes thank you very much to everyone for joining to all our bidders for their participation and do join us if you can tomorrow for our modern and contemporary day auction at 10 30 followed by the modern British art sale at 2 30 p.m and we also look forward to reconvening here in London on the 5th of July for our all master and 19th century painting seasoning auction and I wish you a very good night thank you thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music]

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Keywords: sotheby's, art auction, auction house, fine art, contemporary art, luxury, global, live auction, cy twombly, gustav klimt, frank auerbach, lucian freud, claude monet, wassily kandinsky, alberto giacometti, barbara hepworth, pablo picasso, rene magritte, jean michel basquiat

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Length: 180min 20sec (10820 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 27 2023