Candida HÖFER (1944)
Kunstwerke auf Auktionen
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Instrument zur Entscheidungsfindung
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The Bechers, as we now call them, were a couple of photographers who immortalized industrial architecture in pictures that treated each edifice as if it were an “anonymous sculpture”.
The first edition of Art Basel Hong Kong proved to be a great success with public and dealers alike, attracting 60,000 visitors.
After the record Contemporary Art & Postwar art sales on 8 and 9 May, the art market’s dynamism has been confirmed by Sotheby’s sale of part of the Gunter Sachs collection.
Sotheby’s photography sale on 6 April last year (2011) was particularly successful, generating a sales revenue of $4.5 million (excluding fees) and 82% of the works sold.
Phillips de Pury & Co.’s inclination towards contemporary art, photography and design perfectly demonstrates the mutations of the art market during the last decade.The auction house experienced the exhilaration of the surge in prices and the violent contraction of the market… no matter what, Phillips de Pury & Co will stick with ultra contemporary art.