Top Sales and World Records at Contemporary Art & Design

Top sales for Mamma Andersson and world records for Lars Lerin & Ulla Wiggen at Contemporary Art & Design

Bukowskis Contemporary Art & Design auction achieved high final prices and lots exceeding one million SEK for works by Swedish and international artists such as Mamma Andersson, Ola Billgren, Rolf Hanson, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, and Keith Haring. The auction resulted in two new world records – Ulla Wiggen’s work” Sändare” and Lars Lerin’s work” Hemtrakter”. Jonas Bohlin’s iconic” Concrete” armchair presented the design department’s highest final price.

The photography department included a wide range of works from international names such as Cindy Sherman, Terry O’Neill, Anton Corbijn, David La Chapelle, and Tracey Moffart, which all went for high prices. The two images by Japanese photographer Masayoshi Sukita, currently exhibiting at Kulturhuset in Stockholm, also had several bidders.

– We continue to see a high demand for photography at Bukowskis. The atmospheric images by Swedish photographers such as Nygårds Karin Bengtsson, Lovisa Ringborg, Charlotte Gyllenhammar, and Cooper & Gorfer were in demand. Among the classic photography in black and white, August Sander and Edouard Boubat stood out with high final prices, says Karin Aringer, Specialist in Photography and Contemporary Art.

Overall, there was a strong demand for international prints. Keith Haring’s “The Fertility Suite” became the most expensive (final price SEK 900,000), David Hockney’s work “Flowers, Apple, and Pear on Table” sold for five times its estimate (final price SEK 377,000) as did Frank Stella’s work “Shards V” (final price SEK 487,000).

– We have many passionate collectors in Sweden, but the final prices show that we also reach out to international bidders and that Swedish provenance remains attractive. Keith Haring continues to be sought-after, and we also saw high demand for works by David Hockney and Frank Stella, says Marcus Kinge, Specialist Prints.