Art auction market report: April 2010
In April 2010, ArtSell recorded 1,678 auction lots from 11 auction houses, of which 1,478 sold (88% sell-through). The 1,478 sales with a published price total $11,198,568, with a median of $2,440 (USD at the sale-date rate). The top sale was Toyen, “Rest of the night”, at $830,016 (Galerie Kodl). 15 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top sales
Top American artists
Ranked by total of priced sales in the month; region from the artist’s recorded nationality.
| # | Artist | Total sold | Priced sales | Top result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Kleitsch American | $244,640 | 2 | Woman in a garden sewing — $230,000 |
| 2 | Granville Redmond American | $210,450 | 4 | Cattle grazing — $85,400 |
| 3 | Edgar Alwin Payne American | $176,800 | 2 | Hills at Altadena — $128,000 |
| 4 | William Wendt American | $167,750 | 2 | Houses in the mountains (resort) — $115,900 |
| 5 | Andy Warhol American | $144,675 | 12 | Mick Jagger — $42,222 |
| 6 | Thomas Hill American | $140,300 | 2 | Indian by a lake in a majestic California landscape — $109,800 |
| 7 | Armin Carl Hansen American | $135,420 | 4 | Wood gatherers — $85,400 |
| 8 | Franz Bischoff Austrian | $131,455 | 5 | Roses in a blue vase on a table with a mirror — $91,500 |
| 9 | Maurice Braun American | $131,150 | 2 | Hubbard's grove — $91,500 |
| 10 | Josef Albers German | $103,658 | 4 | Ochre Around Red + Browns — $98,500 |
Top European artists
| # | Artist | Total sold | Priced sales | Top result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toyen Czech | $830,016 | 1 | Rest of the night — $830,016 |
| 2 | Günther Uecker German | $308,427 | 3 | untitled — $302,500 |
| 3 | František Muzika Czech | $270,384 | 1 | Landscape in Branik — $270,384 |
| 4 | Carl Blechen German | $261,455 | 3 | Verwitterter Baumstamm — $120,172 |
| 5 | Václav Špála Czech | $251,520 | 2 | Pyšely — $144,624 |
| 6 | Otto Griebel German | $211,112 | 1 | Zwei Frauen — $211,112 |
| 7 | Emil Filla Czech | $201,216 | 1 | Zátiší — $201,216 |
| 8 | Hendrik Willem Mesdag Dutch | $191,625 | 1 | Die Rückkehr der Fischer — $191,625 |
| 9 | Joan Miró Spanish | $125,044 | 15 | Montroig 1 — $13,804 |
| 10 | Christian Friedrich Gille German | $109,778 | 11 | Baum-Studie — $34,103 |
New artist records
The artist’s best price this month exceeded every earlier priced result for them in the ArtSell database (artists with at least three earlier priced results).
| Artist | Work | Price | Previous high |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Griebel | Zwei Frauen Ketterer Kunst | $211,112 | $22,145 (3 earlier) |
| Václav Špála | Pyšely Galerie Kodl | $144,624 | $123,055 (10 earlier) |
| Carl Blechen | Verwitterter Baumstamm Ketterer Kunst | $120,172 | $105,358 (3 earlier) |
| Joseph Kosuth | Jasper Johns (Art As Idea A Idea) #2 Wright | $50,000 | $9,000 (3 earlier) |
| Theodore Wores | Peach blossoms, Saratoga, California Bonhams | $42,700 | $41,825 (17 earlier) |
| Paul Dougherty | Sunlight and surf Bonhams | $36,600 | $27,450 (14 earlier) |
| Richard Müller | Liegendes Mädchen Ketterer Kunst | $35,727 | $25,205 (57 earlier) |
| Christian Friedrich Gille | Baum-Studie Ketterer Kunst | $34,103 | $13,227 (5 earlier) |
| Ilya Bolotowsky | Rising Tondo Wright | $33,750 | $22,230 (20 earlier) |
| Louis Akin | Navajo watching field sports Bonhams | $28,060 | $11,200 (3 earlier) |
| Thomas Downing | untitled Wright | $26,250 | $12,188 (4 earlier) |
| Sam Hyde Harris | Eastern Sierras Bonhams | $24,400 | $18,000 (16 earlier) |
| Joe Duncan Gleason | Sailboat and a healthy dose of wind Bonhams | $19,520 | $15,600 (3 earlier) |
| György Kepes | untitled Wright | $18,750 | $5,605 (4 earlier) |
| William Hubacek | Still life with cherries, bananas, watermelon and other fruit on a table Bonhams | $18,300 | $9,560 (3 earlier) |
Auction houses this month
Ketterer Kunst (574)Levis Fine Art Auctions (278)Sloans & Kenyon (236)Bonhams (217)Wright (140)Crocker Farm (89)Twents Veilinghuis (51)Agra-Art (41)Galerie Kodl (23)HAUS Galerii (23)Bolsa de Arte (6)