Top 10 Art Auction Prices in April
The top ten most expensive works of fine art sold at auction in April 2013 according to artnet Price Database, sold for a total of over $33.3 million.
1.
Zao Wou-Ki
- Title: 10.03.83 (diptych)
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 78.7 x 128 in. / 200 x 325 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's Hong Kong: Saturday, April 6, 2013
- Sold For: 37,080,000 HKD (4,775,519 US$) PREMIUM
2.
Wu Hufan
- Title: 春云烟柳
- Medium: ink and color on paper, on hanging scroll
- Size: 52 x 26 in. / 132 x 66 cm.
- Sale Of: Tian Cheng Internation Auction Co., Ltd.: Saturday, April 6, 2013
- Sold For: 27,730,000 HKD (3,571,336 US$) PREMIUM
3.
Donald Judd
- Title: Untitled (Bernstein 90-01)(in 10 parts)
- Medium: black anodised aluminum w/clear Plexiglas
- Size: 9 x 40 x 31 in. / 22.8 x 101.6 x 78.7 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's Doha: Monday, April 22, 2013
- Sold For: 3,525,000 US$ PREMIUM
4.
Zhang Daqian
- Title: 乙巳泼彩 (Cottages in misty mountains)
- Medium: ink and color on gold-flecked paper
- Size: 35.8 x 55.5 in. / 91 x 141 cm.
- Sale Of: China Guardian Hong Kong: Thursday, April 4, 2013
- Sold For: 27,025,000 HKD (3,480,988 US$) PREMIUM
5.
Ludwig Deutsch
- Title: The offering
- Medium: oil on panel
- Size: 24.2 x 31.5 in. / 61.5 x 80 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Tuesday, April 23, 2013
- Sold For: 2,154,500 GBP (3,289,312 US$) PREMIUM
6.
Julie Mehretu
- Title: Rising down
- Medium: ink and synthetic polymer paint on canvas
- Size: 96 x 144 in. / 243.8 x 365.8 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's Doha: Monday, April 22, 2013
- Sold For: 3,077,000 US$ PREMIUM
7.
Chu Teh-Chun
- Title: 25 Décembre 1985
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Size: 63.4 x 51 in. / 161 x 129.5 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's Hong Kong: Saturday, April 6, 2013
- Sold For: 23,640,000 HKD (3,044,586 US$) PREMIUM
8.
Zhang Daqian
- Title: The drunken dance
- Medium: ink and color on paper
- Size: 43.5 x 21.7 in. / 110.5 x 55 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's Hong Kong: Friday, April 5, 2013
- Sold For: 23,080,000 HKD (2,972,082 US$) PREMIUM
9.
Pablo Picasso
- Title: Femme assise
- Medium: India ink, ink wash and gouache on paper
- Size: 29.1 x 22.2 in. / 74 x 56.5 cm.
- Sale Of: Christie's Paris: Thursday, April 11, 2013
- Sold For: 2,169,500 EUR (2,847,112 US$) PREMIUM
10.
Lee Man Fong
- Title: Bali Life
- Medium: oil on Masonite
- Size: 31.9 x 71.5 in. / 81 x 181.5 cm.
- Sale Of: Sotheby's Hong Kong: Saturday, April 6, 2013
- Sold For: 21,400,000 HKD (2,756,098 US$) PREMIUM