Prints and Multiples

  • Event date 7 March - 1 April
  • Event location London
Spanning five centuries of printmaking, this season’s Prints and Multiples auctions achieved a combined total of £6,734,952 across three exciting online sales.
Old Master Prints concluded on 21 March, with an exceptional selection of works from the first four centuries of European printmaking totalling £3,648,834. The original cooper printing plate and print of Rembrandt’s The Angel department from the Family of Tobias was the star lot, achieving £441,000 against a pre-sale estimate of £60,000–90,000. Other standout performances included engravings by Albrecht Dürer: Knight, Death and the Devil realised £302,4000, Melencolia I achieved £226,800 and Adam & Eve sold for £214,200, all exceeding their pre-sale high estimates.

Bringing together important works from Impressionism to Minimalism, Prints and Multiples totalled £1,912,806. The top lot was Andy Warhol’s 1983 screenprint Black Rhinoceros, from: Endangered Species, selling for £119,700. Other highlights included a complete set of Keith Haring’s Icons, achieving £94,500, Pablo Picasso’s Faune dévoilant une femme, from: La Suite Vollard, realising £75,600, and several works by David Hockney including Snow, from: Weather Series, which sold over double its pre-sale low estimate for £81,900.

Concluding the season, Contemporary Edition: London closed on 1 April with a total of £1,713,312 across sought-after editions by established artists and emerging talents. Banksy’s Girl with Balloon led the sale, realising £189,000, alongside other iconic Banksy images such as Kate Moss: Purple, Hair Orange, selling for £119,700. Other highlights included Louise Bourgeois’s complete portfolio of Homely Girl, a Life, which achieved £21,420.

Modern New York

This April, Modern New York brings together a series of sales offering paintings, photographs, prints and more by some of the most prominent artists of the late-19th and 20th centuries.

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JACOB LAWRENCE (1917-2000) Flower Woman

Exhibition

Christie's London

Location
Christie’s London
8 King Street
London, SW1Y 6QT

Viewing
13 March – 1 April
Monday – Friday, 10am – 5pm
Saturday – Sunday, 12pm – 5pm
*Old Master Prints exhibition closes 20 March, Prints and Multiples exhibition closes 26 March

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