New works by prominent living artists moved fast. Richter’s 36-foot-wide digital print “930-7 Strip” (2015), priced at 3 million euros, sold at Marian Goodman Gallery. Gagosian Gallery sold Rudolf Stingel’s 16-foot-wide 2015 gold painting, priced at $3.5 million.
At the Unlimited section populated by enormous works, Paul McCarthy’s 1994 sculptural installation “Tomato Head (Green)” was purchased for $4.75 million from Hauser & Wirth by Amy Cappellazzo, Sotheby’s co-chairman of fine art, on behalf of a client.
While there wasn’t the frenzied buying of recent years, “it was a very strong steady day overall,” said Todd Levin, director of Levin Art Group in New York, who advises collectors. “No one complained. Galleries were talking about switching over the booths for Wednesday.”