Sotheby's contemporary art evening sale on November 16. Photo courtesy of Sotheby's.
“This is the largest auction season in history,” said Brooke Lampley, Sotheby’s chairman for global fine art. Theat Christie’s set the stage. Immediately preceding it were the auctions in London, Paris, and Hong Kong and art fairs in Europe, the Middle East, and New York. “That’s a ton of art for the market to absorb. We are just happy there were only two unsold lots.
The auction initially included three paintings by the late Joan Mitchell, who has gained renewed attention with a Auctioneer Oliver Barker at Sotheby’s contemporary art evening sale on November 16. Photo courtesy of Sotheby’s.