A colorful 1909 canvas of a horse and rider, a forerunner of the artist's groundbreaking abstract paintings, it brought $15 million (its low estimate), or $16.8 million including Christie's fees.
While the star lot of the sale, Gerhard Richter's Düsenjäger, did not soar to the heights the auction house might have hoped for, instead hovering near its low estimate, it brought in the highest price of the evening, selling for $25.5 million.
It sold for $2.1 million; its low estimate was $2 million.
It sold for $3 million, its low estimate, to an unidentified telephone bidder.
It brought $1.1 million, below its low estimate of $1.2 million.
It barely squeaked by its low estimate, another indication that the house had been a bit bullish with these.
There was also a colorful 1928 Matisse canvas of two women, one a reclining nude, "Odalisques Jouant Aux Dames," painted while the artist was living in Nice, France; it made just over its low estimate of $14.8 million, selling for $15.4 million, or $17.4 million including commission.
It brought $1.1 million, just above its low estimate of $1 million.
It ended up selling at its low estimate, $2.3million, making the price $2.7million with the auction house's fee.
Larry Gagosian, the Manhattan dealer, bought it for $5.2 million, just at its low estimate, $5 million.
Another unidentified telephone bidder bought it for $4.7 million, just over its low estimate of $4.5 million.
