Art Market News Brief
Summary
Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” sold for $236.4 million at Sotheby’s, becoming the second-most expensive painting ever sold at auction and signaling a major resurgence in the high-end art market.
Key Points
- Record Sale: Klimt’s portrait sold for $236.4M, far exceeding its $150M+ estimate. It is now Sotheby’s most expensive auction item ever.
- Market Revival: The sale, after a 20-minute bidding war, is seen as a strong indicator of a vibrant and optimistic art market recovery.
- Weekly Totals: This key sales week is projected to generate over $1.4 billion, potentially doubling last year’s total.
- Other Notable Sales:
- Maurizio Cattelan’s solid gold toilet “America” sold for $12.1M.
- Two other Klimt landscapes from the Leonard Lauder collection sold for $86M and $68M.
- Christie’s sold a Mark Rothko for $62.2M and a Picasso for $45.5M.
艺术市场新闻简报
总结
古斯塔夫·克里姆特的《伊丽莎白·莱德雷尔肖像》在苏富比以2.364亿美元成交，成为拍卖史上第二昂贵的画作，标志着高端艺术市场的重大复苏。
关键点
- 破纪录拍卖：克里姆特肖像画以2.364亿美元成交，远超其1.5亿多美元的预估。它现在是苏富比有史以来最昂贵的拍卖品。
- 市场复苏：经过20分钟的竞标战，此次拍卖被视为市场活跃和乐观的艺术市场复苏的有力指标。
- 周度总额：这个关键拍卖周预计将产生超过14亿美元的收入，可能超过去年总额的两倍。
- 其他值得注意的拍卖：
- 莫瑞吉奥·卡特兰的纯金马桶《美国》以1210万美元售出。
- 来自伦纳德·劳德收藏的另外两幅克里姆特风景画分别以8600万美元和6800万美元售出。
- 佳士得拍卖行以6220万美元售出一幅马克·罗斯科的画作，并以4550万美元售出一幅毕加索的画作。
Original Article Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/klimt-painting-sothebys-sale-price-art-market.html