NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced strong results for the two-day sale of Prints & Multiples which took place from November 1-2 in New York. Beginning with the collection of surrealist prints assembled by Gilbert Kaplan, the sale totaled $10,372,188, with over three quarters of the lots sold. There was active bidding through all three channels—live, online, and phone—with global representation across buyers.

The top lot of the sale was ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987), Mao, the complete set of ten screenprints in colors, 1972, which realized $1,207,500. World auction records were set for works by many artists including Donald Judd, Man Ray and Andy Warhol.

WORLD AUCTION RECORDS:

• DONALD JUDD (1928-1994), Untitled, the complete set of ten woodcuts in cadmium red light, on Okawara paper, 1988. Price Realized: $283,500 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A PRINT BY THE ARTIST

• MAN RAY (1890-1976), A l'heure de l'observatoire - les amoureux, photo-lithograph in colors, on wove paper, 1970. Price Realized: $106,250 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR MAN RAY’S A L'HEURE DE L'OBSERVATOIRE - LES AMOUREUX

• ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987), Muhammad Ali, the complete set of four screenprints in colors, on Strathmore Bristol paper, 1978. Price Realized: $247,500 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR ANDY WARHOL’S MUHAMMAD ALI