Art Basel Miami: Major Sales Report
The art industry converged in Miami for Art Basel Miami , where several galleries reported sales of works exceeding $1 million. Dealers noted strong attendance from collectors, curators, and museum groups from locations such as Aspen, Paris, and Hong Kong, with some works fetching up to $20 million. In this report, Miami Living spotlights notable art sales, with total revenue from various galleries surpassing $40 million.
Philip Guston sold for $20M at Hauser & Wirth
Philip Guston, Painter at Night, 1979. Photo : ©The Estate of Philip Guston/ Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth/Photo: Dan Bradica Studio
Marlene Dumas sold for $9M at David Zwirner Gallery
Marlene Dumas, The Schoolboys, 1986–87 Photo : Photo Kerry McFate/©Marlene Dumas/Courtesy David Zwirner. Sold at David Zwirner Gallery.
Robert Rauschenberg sold for $1.7M at Thaddaeus Ropac
Robert Rauschenberg, Copperhead-Bite IX / ROCI CHILE, 1985. Photo:Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac
Tracey Emin sold for $1.64M at Xavier Hufkens Gallery
Tracey Emin, Deep Feeling, 2023 Photo : Courtesy the artist and Xavier Hufkens, Brussels/Photo Harry Weller
Teresita Fernández sold for $1M at Lehmann Maupin Gallery
Teresita Fernández, Dark Earth(Reservoir), 2023. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin
Alicja Kwade sold at $500K at Pace Gallery
Alicja Kwade, l'ordre des mondes (Totem), 2023. Photo : ©Alicja Kwade, courtesy Pace Gallery
Frank Stella priced at 45M at Yares Art
Frank Stella (on-sale), Delta, 1958. Photo: Courtesy Yares Art.
Tom Wesselmann’s Upside Down Blue Nude (2001) for $1.25 million–$1.35 million.
Javier Calleja’s Boop-Oop-a-doop (2023) for €390,000–€430,000 ($419,000–$462,000).
Tomokazu Matsuyama’s Cost Of The Cold Ceilings (2023) for $250,000–$290,000.
Kenny Scharf’s LICKETY SPLIT (2023) for $210,000–$240,000.
Nathaniel Mary Quinn’s YouTube Ray-Ray (2023) for $120,000–$145,000.
Huang Yuxing’s Pier in the woods (2023) for $110,000–$120,000.
Vaughn Spann’s Untitled (Marked Man) (2023) for $105,000–$115,000.
Mehdi Ghadyanloo’s The memorial tunnel (2023) for €100,000–€110,000 ($108,000–$118,000).
Marlene Dumas’s The Schoolboys (1986–87) for $9 million.
Three Robert Ryman paintings from 1961–64 for prices in the range of $2 million–$3 million.
A 1970 painting from Alice Neel for $2 million.
A painting by Noah Davis for $1.6 million.
A painting by Elizabeth Peyton for $1.3 million.
A new painting by Chris Ofili for $700,000.
A painting by Josef Albers from 1954 for $600,000.
A recent work by Portia Zvavahera for $400,000.
A recent work by Barbara Kruger for $350,000.
A new painting by Oscar Murillo for $350,000.
Sales highlight: Philip Guston’s Painter at Night (1979) for $20 million.
George Condo’s Smiling Aristocrat (2023) for $2.35 million.
Henry Taylor’s MADE IN MEXICO (2016) for $1 million.
Amy Sherald’s The Beauty of Change (A Happy Man) (2023) for $850,000.
Charles Gaines’s Numbers and Trees: Arizona Series 1, Tree #5, Thunder (2023) for $795,000.
Rashid Johnson’s God Painting ‘A New Day’ (2023) for $750,000.
Jenny Holzer’s Working Copy (2023) for $550,000.
Firelei Báez’s Untitled (Southern Building) (2023) for $495,000.
Gary Simmons’s Trenchtown Dreams (2023) for $375,000.
Flora Yukhnovich’s Bacchanalia (2023) for £320,000 ($402,000).
Alex Katz’s Leigh (2007) for $1.4 million.
Lee Krasner’s Untitled (1950) for $1 million.
Diana Al-Hadid’s Ala Rasi (2023) for $75,000.
Alexis Ralaivao’s La Serviette (2023) for $75,000.
Robert Rauschenberg’s Copperhead-Bite IX / ROCI CHILE (1985) for $1.7 million.
Georg Baselitz’s Alles fällt vom Tisch (2020) for €1.5 million ($1.62 million) and Grüße aus Dinard (2023) for €1.2 million ($1.3 million).
Tony Cragg’s Points of View (2019) for €900,000 ($967,000).
Emilio Vedova’s Dal ciclo della natura ‘56 - 1 (Brasile) (1956) for $850,000.
Alex Katz’s Marine 1 (1999) for $725,000.
Robert Longo’s Untitled (Windy Palm) (2023) for $700,000.
A painting by Tracey Emin for £1.2 million ($1.5 million).
A painting by Nicolas Party for $520,000.
A painting by Joan Semmel for $300,000.
A sculpture by Danh Vō for €240,000 ($258,000).
A painting by Sayre Gomez for $215,000.
A painting by Matt Connors for $135,000.