{"id":37697,"date":"2019-05-22T21:02:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T01:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/?p=37697"},"modified":"2024-06-23T15:54:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T19:54:31","slug":"pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/05\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulling A Chrome Rabbit Out Of A Hat &#8211; Christie&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pulling A Chrome Rabbit Out Of A Hat: The feature event of an already glitzy week in the art world was Christie\u2019s Post-War and Contemporary Evening sale, with an expected $413-605M up for grabs! The 58-lot selection was littered with major works from today\u2019s hottest artists\u2026 Warhol, Koons, Calder, Rothko, de Kooning, Basquiat, and so on\u2026 though noticeably void of any works by Post-War darling Francis Bacon (two relatively major works at Sotheby\u2019s the following evening). That said, the results were quite impressive so let\u2019s get into the numbers\u2026<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37699\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/koons-rabbit.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37699\" class=\"wp-image-37699\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/koons-rabbit-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Chrome Rabbit sculpture by Jeff Koons\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/koons-rabbit-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/koons-rabbit.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Koons<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Heading in, the highest estimate was $50-70M\u2026 there were three lots that brandished that estimate, so it was anyone\u2019s guess which would be top lot in the end\u2026 two of the three actually topped that lofty estimate, while the third (surprisingly) fell a bit short of the estimate.<\/p>\n<p>The winner, by a narrow margin, was Jeff Koons\u2019 <em>Rabbit<\/em>\u2026 I almost feel a little bit nauseous writing this\u2026 Christie\u2019s (and Jeff Koons&#8217; website) sickeningly lists the work standing at 41 inches tall, but that includes the damn pedestal the sculpture sits on! The sculpture itself can\u2019t be more than 20-24 inches (though I cannot find an actual measurement anywhere). The artwork (and I use that term loosely) set a new world auction record for a living artist\u2026 \u00a0Really?! (as my mom would say) \u2026 it hammered at $80M, which works out to just over $91M with the buyer\u2019s premium (w\/p). The winning bid, placed in the room, was by New York art dealer Robert Mnuchin \u2013 father of our lovely treasury secretary. It has been reported that he was bidding on behalf of Steve Cohen. Did you know that Robert Mnuchin was a Clinton donor in the 2016 election cycle \u2013 can you say awkward Thanksgiving dinner?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37701\" style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rauschenberg.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37701\" class=\"wp-image-37701\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rauschenberg-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Rauschenberg painting of object and images\" width=\"144\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rauschenberg-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/rauschenberg.jpg 698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Rauschenberg<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Taking second just behind the Koons was <em>Buffalo II<\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rauschenbergfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rauschenberg<\/a>, hammering at $78M, which works out to $88.8M with the buyer\u2019s premium. This lot happened to appear relatively early on in the sale, and the bidding was quite slow\u2026 they opened the lot at just $38M, and the interested parties sluggishly battled for more than 12 minutes \u2013 honestly, I could have taken a nap between bids and not missed a thing. Regardless of pace, the figure achieved was still good for a new artist record at auction\u2026 in fact, this and the Koons were just two of seven works that set new artist records at auction over the course of the sale.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37702\" style=\"width: 146px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/warhol.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37702\" class=\"wp-image-37702\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/warhol-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"Double Elvis Mordern Art by Andy Warhol\" width=\"136\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/warhol-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/warhol-768x1191.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/warhol-660x1024.jpg 660w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/warhol.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Warhol<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rounding out the top three was a large work by Warhol\u2026 his <em>Double Elvis (Ferus Type)<\/em>. Measuring nearly seven feet tall, the towering silkscreen on canvas depicting the King of Rock and Roll saw bidding top out at just $48M ($53M w\/p). This work was one of twenty-two \u201cFerus Type\u201d works, which were created for a show at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles\u2026 interestingly, Warhol sent a single enormous roll of canvas (with the 22 works already printed) to the gallery and instructed then director, Irving Blum, to cut the canvas into individual works and stretch them himself \u2013 that\u2019s a lot of work! This <em>Double Elvis<\/em> is from the same series as his work, <em>Eight Elvises<\/em>, which sold privately in 2008 for more than $100M!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37700\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37700\" class=\"wp-image-37700\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lot-21B-Bourgeois-Spider-1024x683-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Spider Abstract Artwork by Louise Bourgeois\" width=\"259\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lot-21B-Bourgeois-Spider-1024x683-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lot-21B-Bourgeois-Spider-1024x683-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lot-21B-Bourgeois-Spider-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louise Bourgeois<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A number of other notable lots made an appearance\u2026 Louise Bourgeois\u2019 <em>Spider<\/em>, which was something out of a horror movie, found a buyer at $32M (est. $30-50M) \u2013 an auction record for the artist\u2026 this enormous sculpture stood more than 12 feet tall with its legs sprawled nearly 25 feet\u2026 the thing took up an entire room at Christie&#8217;s! Lichtenstein\u2019s <em>Kiss III<\/em> brought $31.1M; a large Frank Stella found a buyer at $28M, while setting an auction record; and works by Calder, de Kooning and Joan Mitchell filled in the remaining top 10.<\/p>\n<p>As always, there were a few failures (and as always, Christie\u2019s annoyingly pulled them off their website to provide as little transparency as possible\u2014you gotta love the opacity of the auction world) \u2026 Left unsold were works by Diebenkorn (est. $12-18M), Stella ($5.5-7.5M), Haring ($3.5-5.5M), Basquiat ($6-8M), and Agnes Martin ($4-6M).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37698\" style=\"width: 246px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37698\" class=\"wp-image-37698\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jonas-Wood-Japanese-Garden-3-300x270.png\" alt=\"Japanese Garden 3 Fine Art by Jonas Wood\" width=\"236\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jonas-Wood-Japanese-Garden-3-300x270.png 300w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jonas-Wood-Japanese-Garden-3-768x690.png 768w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jonas-Wood-Japanese-Garden-3.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-37698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonas Wood<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All said, there was one moment that was truly special\u2026 the last lot of the evening was donated by artist Jonas Wood, who is currently seeing a meteoric rise in the art world, in large thanks to Gagosian who is propping up the market like it\u2019s their job\u2026 well, it is their job but you know what I mean. This work, <em>Japanese Garden 3<\/em>, was estimated at just $500-700K, but more importantly was being sold to create and fund a future National Park\u2026 as part of the sale, Global Wildlife Conservation and Rainforest Trust was matching 400% of the hammer price\u2026 things got crazy really quick\u2026 paddles started flying up all over the room\u2026 additionally, there were 16 phone bidders interested in the lot! It was the most lively action of the evening and bidding exploded to $4.1M! Considering all of the proceeds from the sale of this work will be donated, along with the 400% match, this lot raised more than $20 million for wildlife conservation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the evening, just 5 lots failed, yielding a 91% sell-through rate\u2026 the sale totaled $538.9M \u2013 just about in the middle of their expected $413-605M presale estimate\u2026 that also works out to an average of more than $10.5M per sold lot! Check back tomorrow and see how rival Sotheby\u2019s performed in the Post-War and Contemporary markets!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pulling A Chrome Rabbit Out Of A Hat: The feature event of an already glitzy week in the art world was Christie\u2019s Post-War and Contemporary Evening sale, with an expected $413-605M up for grabs! The 58-lot selection was littered with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/05\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\/?contemporary=N\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":37699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[1116,207,134,20,623,1118,1115,724,1113,1114,1117,866,85],"class_list":["post-37697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rehs-galleries","category-rehs-contemporary","tag-andy-warhol","tag-auction-news","tag-auction-records","tag-auction-results","tag-basquiat","tag-calder","tag-elvis-presley","tag-jeff-koons","tag-jonas-wood","tag-louis-bourgeois","tag-robert-rauschenberg","tag-rothko","tag-sculpture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pulling A Chrome Rabbit Out Of A Hat \u2013 Christie\u2019s<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The feature event of an already glitzy week in the art world was Christie\u2019s Post-War and Contemporary Evening sale.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/05\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pulling A Chrome Rabbit Out Of A Hat - Christie&#039;s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The feature event of an already glitzy week in the art world was Christie\u2019s Post-War and Contemporary Evening sale.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/05\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rehs Galleries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RehsGalleriesInc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-05-23T01:02:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-23T19:54:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/koons-rabbit.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"801\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lance Rehs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lance Rehs\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lance Rehs\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1af73bcc60ffc65ae3789309242c7168\"},\"headline\":\"Pulling A Chrome Rabbit Out Of A Hat &#8211; Christie&#8217;s\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-23T01:02:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-23T19:54:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":969,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/koons-rabbit.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Andy Warhol\",\"Auction News\",\"Auction Records\",\"Auction Results\",\"Basquiat\",\"Calder\",\"Elvis Presley\",\"Jeff Koons\",\"Jonas Wood\",\"Louis Bourgeois\",\"Robert Rauschenberg\",\"Rothko\",\"Sculpture\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Rehs 19th &amp; 20th\",\"Rehs Contemporary\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pulling A Chrome Rabbit Out Of A Hat \u2013 Christie\u2019s\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/koons-rabbit.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-23T01:02:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-23T19:54:31+00:00\",\"description\":\"The feature event of an already glitzy week in the art world was Christie\u2019s Post-War and Contemporary Evening sale.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/koons-rabbit.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/koons-rabbit.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":801,\"caption\":\"Jeff Koons\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pulling A Chrome Rabbit Out Of A Hat &#8211; Christie&#8217;s\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rehs Galleries\",\"description\":\"Offering and acquiring high quality paintings in excellent condition. Family owned and operated for more than 80 years!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Rehs Galleries\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/indexlogo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/indexlogo.jpg\",\"width\":153,\"height\":85,\"caption\":\"Rehs Galleries\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/RehsGalleriesInc\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/rehsgalleries\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/rehsgalleries\\\/?hl=en\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/rehscontemporary\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/rehscgi\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/rehscontemporary\\\/?hl=en\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1af73bcc60ffc65ae3789309242c7168\",\"name\":\"Lance Rehs\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/11eb0099eeb151dca92214ac40a59a3499eb81271a954494e95d23c2826a54bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/11eb0099eeb151dca92214ac40a59a3499eb81271a954494e95d23c2826a54bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/11eb0099eeb151dca92214ac40a59a3499eb81271a954494e95d23c2826a54bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lance Rehs\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pulling A Chrome Rabbit Out Of A Hat \u2013 Christie\u2019s","description":"The feature event of an already glitzy week in the art world was Christie\u2019s Post-War and Contemporary Evening sale.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/05\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pulling A Chrome Rabbit Out Of A Hat - Christie's","og_description":"The feature event of an already glitzy week in the art world was Christie\u2019s Post-War and Contemporary Evening sale.","og_url":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/05\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\/","og_site_name":"Rehs Galleries","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RehsGalleriesInc","article_published_time":"2019-05-23T01:02:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-06-23T19:54:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":801,"url":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/koons-rabbit.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lance Rehs","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lance Rehs","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/05\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/05\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\/"},"author":{"name":"Lance Rehs","@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/#\/schema\/person\/1af73bcc60ffc65ae3789309242c7168"},"headline":"Pulling A Chrome Rabbit Out Of A Hat &#8211; Christie&#8217;s","datePublished":"2019-05-23T01:02:18+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-23T19:54:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/05\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\/"},"wordCount":969,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/05\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/koons-rabbit.jpg","keywords":["Andy Warhol","Auction News","Auction Records","Auction Results","Basquiat","Calder","Elvis Presley","Jeff Koons","Jonas Wood","Louis Bourgeois","Robert Rauschenberg","Rothko","Sculpture"],"articleSection":["Rehs 19th &amp; 20th","Rehs Contemporary"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/05\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\/","url":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/05\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\/","name":"Pulling A Chrome Rabbit Out Of A Hat \u2013 Christie\u2019s","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/05\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/05\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/koons-rabbit.jpg","datePublished":"2019-05-23T01:02:18+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-23T19:54:31+00:00","description":"The feature event of an already glitzy week in the art world was Christie\u2019s Post-War and Contemporary Evening sale.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/05\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/05\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/05\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/koons-rabbit.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/koons-rabbit.jpg","width":600,"height":801,"caption":"Jeff Koons"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/05\/pulling-a-chrome-rabbit-out-of-a-hat-christies\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pulling A Chrome Rabbit Out Of A Hat &#8211; Christie&#8217;s"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/","name":"Rehs Galleries","description":"Offering and acquiring high quality paintings in excellent condition. Family owned and operated for more than 80 years!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/#organization","name":"Rehs Galleries","url":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/indexlogo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/indexlogo.jpg","width":153,"height":85,"caption":"Rehs Galleries"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RehsGalleriesInc","https:\/\/x.com\/rehsgalleries","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rehsgalleries\/?hl=en","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rehscontemporary\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/rehscgi","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rehscontemporary\/?hl=en"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/#\/schema\/person\/1af73bcc60ffc65ae3789309242c7168","name":"Lance Rehs","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/11eb0099eeb151dca92214ac40a59a3499eb81271a954494e95d23c2826a54bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/11eb0099eeb151dca92214ac40a59a3499eb81271a954494e95d23c2826a54bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/11eb0099eeb151dca92214ac40a59a3499eb81271a954494e95d23c2826a54bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lance Rehs"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37697"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54450,"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37697\/revisions\/54450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}