離婚した富豪夫婦のコレクション競売、総落札額７７０億円　ＮＹ

【ニューヨークＡＦＰ＝時事】離婚した米夫婦が所有していた近代・現代アートコレクションが１５日、米ニューヨークのサザビーズで競売に掛けられ、総落札額が６億７６００万ドル（約７７０億円）に達した。マーク・ロスコの絵が８２４０万ドル（約９５億円）で落札されるなど、一つのコレクションの総落札額の最高記録を塗り替える見込みだ。（写真は米ニューヨークのサザビーズで行われたハリー・マックロー氏とリンダ・バーグ氏のコレクションの競売に出品されたアルベルト・ジャコメッティ作の青銅製彫刻「鼻」）
　コレクションは、２０１８年に離婚した不動産開発業者ハリー・マックロー氏とリンダ・バーグ氏が収集していたもの。
　第１弾となる今回は３５作品が競売に掛けられ、全て落札された。うち５作品に５０００万ドル（約５７億円）以上の値が付いた。
　最高額は表現派の米画家ロスコの「Ｎｏ．７」で手数料など込みで８２４０万ドル、次いでアルベルト・ジャコメッティ作の青銅製彫刻「鼻」。
　サザビーズによると、２作品はそれぞれ、オンライン形式で参加していたアジア人コレクター２人が落札した。
　ポップアートの巨匠アンディ・ウォーホルによる、白と黒で描かれた米女優マリリン・モンローの顔を九つ並べた「九つのマリリン」（１９６２年）は４７３０万ドル（約５４億円）、ジャクリーン・ケネディを描いた「１６のジャッキー」は３３８０万ドル（約３８億５０００万円）だった。
　今回オークションに掛けられたのは全６５作品のうち３５作品のみで、残りは来春に競売が行われる。
　今回だけでも総落札額が６億７６００万ドルに達しており、コレクション全体の落札額は２０１８年にクリスティーズが売却したロックフェラーコレクションの８億３５００ドル（約９５０億円）を超えるとみられる。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/11/17-12:47）

The first part of an art collection owned by New York real estate developer Harry Macklowe and his ex-wife Linda Burg that was put on sale after their bitter divorce fetched $676 million at auction at Sotheby's Monday night.
In just two hours, the auction in New York saw a parade of 35 modern and contemporary works by artists such as Warhol, Rothko, Koons, Picasso and Giacometti go under the hammer.
The $676 million total was the highest single evening sale for Sotheby's, and with the second part of the collection to be sold in spring 2022, the total could surpass the record set by the Rockefeller collection sold in 2018 at Christie's for $835 million.
Between 200 and 300 people were allowed to attend the sale at Sotheby's headquarters, after several virtual seasons owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Two lots were tipped to be the most expensive items of the evening, but in the end it was a painting by American expressionist Mark Rothko (1903-1970), titled No. 7, which won with a sales price of $82.4 million, fees and commissions included, the second highest price for one of his works.
It nudged out Le Nez (The Nose), a bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) which fetched $78.3 million.
Both works were purchased remotely by Asian collectors, Sotheby's said.
In a sign of the buyers' appetite, a total of four works sold for more than $50 million.
- Record for Pollock -
An example of Jackson Pollock's black paintings, titled Number 17, 1951, sold for $61.1 million, a new auction record for the American artist who died in 1956, while a massive work by abstract painter Cy Twombly went for $58.8 million.
This is a wonderful market tribute to a collection built on ruthless taste, said art expert and consultant Erica Samuels.
The sale of two paintings by the pop-art master Andy Warhol was also highly anticipated: his famous Nine Marilyns (1962), a series of faces of the movie star Marilyn Monroe in black and white, was sold for $47.3 million, while a Sixteen Jackies, depicting Jackie Kennedy, found a buyer for $33.8 million.
The sale was the result of the 2018 divorce of real estate developer Macklowe and his wife Burg, honorary administrator of the Met Museum, a wealthy couple who amassed an impressive collection of art for their residences in New York and the Hamptons.
After their highly publicized and stormy separation, a judge ordered the sale of the 65-piece collection after the former couple failed to agree on their value, with the remaining 30 works to be sold later.
Auction houses Sotheby's and Christie's have shown optimism over this fall auction season, ensuring they have sufficient works to keep up with demand, which has remained high despite the pandemic.
Last week, Christie's sold all the lots for sale from the collection of Texas businessman Ed Cox, who died in 2020, including works by the greatest of the Impressionists such as a painting by Gustave Caillebotte which sold for $53 million, a record for the French painter.