Overview
- Hauser & Wirth confirmed the sale of Gerhard Richter’s Abstraktes Bild (1987) for $23 million during the new preview.
- Additional sales reported by galleries included Pace’s Amedeo Modigliani for just under $10 million, a Lucio Fontana at €3.5 million, and a George Condo at $1.85 million.
- Thaddaeus Ropac reported Alberto Burri’s Sacco e oro at €4.2 million and placed Georg Baselitz works up to €3.5 million.
- Perrotin cited a Takashi Murakami at $550,000, a Pierre Soulages gouache at €400,000, and eight Maurizio Cattelan works priced between €150,000 and €180,000.
- Art Basel Paris features 203 galleries, runs through October 26 with VIP days on October 22–23, and organizers characterized Avant Première as “for the market, by the market.”