As evidence of the growing commitment of Phillips in the market of the Art Modern, Women in la night di Joan Miró met with enthusiasm from the hall, selling for $22,590,000 after an extended offer. Painted in 1945, the work is an important example of Miró's output created during World War II and is among the most significant of this series to remain in private hands. Other modern works by Giorgio Morandi, Rembrandt Bugatti, Pierre Bonnard and Henri Laurens have also achieved good results.
Jean-Paul Engelen and Robert Manley, worldwide co-leaders of 20th Century & Contemporary Art, said: “After hitting a record Day Sale yesterday, we were pleased with our positive results for the Modern works for sale and the number of records we started working for KAWS, Henri Laurens, Amy Sillman and Carmen Herrera. We were also delighted by the performance of Pull on Thru Tha Nite, Christina Quarles' first play to be sold at auction, which fetched over seven times its low estimate. We look forward to our next round of auctions in Hong Kong later this month. ”
Signed, titled and dated “Miró 22-3-45 “femme dans la nuit”” on the reverse
oil painting on canvas
51 1/8 x 64 in. (129.9 x 162.6cm.)
Painted March 22, 1945.
Estimate
$ 12,000,000 - 18,000,000
SOLD FOR $22,590,000
TOP TEN LOTS
| Batch | Description | Pixy | Price |
| 4 | Joan Miro, Femme dans la nuit, 1945 | $ 12,000,000 - 18,000,000 | $22,590,000
£17,719,596 / €19,965,042 |
| 13 | Andy Warhol, gun, 1981-1982 | $ 7,000,000 - 10,000,000 | $9,540,000
£7,483,176 / €8,431,452 |
| 15 | Jean-Michel Basquiat, untitled, 1982 | $ 9,000,000 - 12,000,000 | $9,000,000
£7,059,600 / €7,954,200 |
| 12 | Jean-Michel Basquiat, untitled, 1981 | $ 4,000,000 - 6,000,000 | $4,575,000
£ 3,588,630 / € 4,043,385 |
| 22 | Mark Rothko Black Blue Painting, 1968 | $ 2,500,000 - 3,500,000 | $4,215,000
£3,306,246 / €3,725,217 |
| 14 | Kerry James Marshall, Unknown land, 1991 | $ 2,500,000 - 3,500,000 | $2,775,000
£2,176,710 / €2,452,545 |
| 9 | Bruce Nauman, masturbating man, 1985 | $ 2,500,000 - 3,500,000 | $2,757,500
£2,162,983 / €2,437,079 |
| 2 | KAWS, UNTITLED (FATAL GROUP), 2004
World Auction Record for the Artist |
$ 700,000 - 900,000 | $2,716,500
£2,130,823 / €2,400,843 |
| 34 | Carmen Herrera, White and green, 1966
World Auction Record for the Artist |
$ 1,000,000 - 1,500,000 | $2,655,000
£ 2,082,582 / € 2,346,489 |
| 7 | Robert Motherwell, Open No. 153: In Scarlet with White Line, 1970 | $ 2,000,000 - 3,000,000 | $2,295,000
£1,800,198 / €2,028,321 |
