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DAY THREE SALES CONTINUE TO BREAK RECORDS AT ART MIAMI
Collectors and Museum Professionals Continue to Show Strong Support for Quality Works
December 3, 2011 (MIAMI, FL) – Art Miami (www.art-miami.com), Miami’s longest running contemporary art
fair and anchor fair to the City of Miami, is announcing a continuation of record-breaking sales at the close of
Day Three of the Fair. Throughout the day, high profile collectors, museum professionals, curators,
connoisseurs and artists engaged with exhibitors and acquired a wide range of superb quality works.
Distinguished for its quality, depth and diversity, Art Miami presents an incredible showcase of works from
internationally renowned modern and contemporary art from 110 international art galleries.
“Day Three sales continue to surpass those in prior years—many galleries have collectively confirmed that this
is the most exciting and vibrant year of sales in our Fair’s history,” said Nick Korniloff, Director of Art Miami.
“We are seeing large international crowds and many important American collectors at the fair, demonstrating
their desire to invest in the highest quality works at the right prices. There is great enthusiasm on the floor,
and we are anticipating sales to continue to soar in the next few days.”
Michael Schultz, owner of Galerie Michael Schultz stated, “In the past I have experienced many art fairs in
America (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Art Basel Miami) but above all, Art Miami is the
most American and authentic fair to me. I have been watching the fair over the past four years as a visitor and
recognized that the variety and the quality have always improved. Now, I take part myself with my gallery and I
do not regret anything at all. Nowhere else in the world, you can find such professional and interested people
as here at Art Miami."
On day three, several galleries reported seeing celebrities and working with notable collectors, museum
professionals, curators and artists, including: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas, Marilyn Manson, Alice
Walton, Don Bacigalupi, Eli Broad, James Rosenquist, Ted & Barbara Alfon, Sharon Corwin, Ron Dennis, Juan
Montoya, Louis Aguirre, George Cohon, Douglas Cohen, Evelyn Tompkins, Carolina Stubbe, Michele Oka
Doner, Carola Hinojosa museum officials from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Chrysler Museum of Art,
Colby College Art Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Museum, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke
University, Norton Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Columbus Museum of Art, Museum
Biedermann, Philips Collection, 21c Museum, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and many more.
Friday evening, Art Miami hosted the Florida State Division of Cultural Affairs Cocktail Reception. Guests
included Katharine Dickinson, Chairman of the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, Michael Spring, Director of
Miami-Dade Country Department of Cultural Affairs, and artist Xavier Cortada.
Additionally, Will Smith, who attended Art Miami on Thursday to visit Claire Oliver Gallery among others, also
was spotted in the lobby of the Mandarin Oriental, Miami, enjoying Art Miami’s Asian Art Exhibit.
Highlights from Day Three (Friday) sales included:
 Galerie Forsblom sold Keith Haring’s painted aluminum sculpture, “Untitled” (Self Portrait, 1989) to a
private collector for $850,000
 Galleri Andersson/Sandstrom sold the Tony Cragg stainless steal sculpture “Points of View” for
$390,000 and another sculpture “Wild Relative” for $82,000 by the same artist
 Hollis Taggart Galleries sold an important Adolph Gottlieb, a study for the stained glass windows at
Park Avenue Synagogue for $225,000. The painting has been in a private collection since 1950. They
also sold a Mark Tobey painting “Untitled” for $38,000, and a Li Lihong porcelain sculpture
“McDonald’s - Flower and Bird” (2008) for $25,000
 Osborne Samuel sold William Turnbull’s bronze sculpture “Small Spade Venus,” for approximately
$150,000, Henry Moore’s drawing “Three Reclining Figures/Three Standing Figures” for $100,000, a
Lynn Chadwick sculpture for $60,000, and a Sean Henry sculpture for $40,000
 Cernuda Arte sold a Cundo Bermudez painting titled “The Offering” for $30,000, a Wifredo Lam ink on
paper titled “Oneiric Bird” (1956) for $13,000, a painting by Vicente Hernandez entitled “A Palm Rises
Up” for $12,000, a painting by Dayron Gonzalez entitled “The Last March”, and a David Rodriguez
painting entitled “The things you never said to me” for $6,500
 Scott White Contemporary Art sold an untitled Ross Bleckner oil on canvas (2010) for approximately
$25,000 and a Claudia Alvarez ceramic and pigment sculpture titled “Girl with Hammer” for about
$3,800
 McCormick Gallery/Vallarino Fine Art sold a Hans Hofmann “Untitled” (1962) oil on board for
$100,000 and a Robert Natkin mixed media collage “Untitled” for $24,000
 Eli Klein Fine Art sold two of Liu Bolin’s “Dragon Series” (Photographs in 9 Panels) totaling $160,000,
five C Prints of Zhang Dali’s “Second History” series totaling $20,000 to an important museum, and 12
of Liu Bolin’s photographs for approximately $24,000
 Galerie Michael Schultz sold an untitled SEO mixed media on canvas work for $90,000, a Bong Chae
Son installation piece entitled “Migrants” for $32,000, a Römer+Römer work entitled “Pride in
Brighton” for $24,000, and Oliver Dorfer acrylic on acrylic glass piece titled “The cgn-files handcracked
illusion 2,” (2010) for $8,700 a KDK C –print titled “sf.C – 1” (2006) for $9,000 and a Bernd Kirschner
oil on canvas “Alles Tun zieht im leben seine Kreise” (2011) for $8,300
 Modernism Inc. sold a Jacques Villeglè “Rue du Prè-Saint-Gervais” for $85,000, a second Naomie
Kremer’s mixed media “Ketubah” for $30,000 and three Michael Dweck prints totaling $45,000
 Pace Prints sold two John Chamberlain monotypes for a total of $70,000, Sol LeWitt’s “Stars” suite of
eight prints for $30,000; a Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh print for $20,000, five Yoshitomo Nara
prints for nearly $25,000, and a Donald Baechler work for $10,000
 Sundaram Tagore Gallery sold a Sohan Qadri ink and die on paper titled “Vega II” (2008) for $55,000,
a Kim Joon digital print titled “Fragile-Holy Plants” (2010) for $20,000, and a digital print titled by the
same artist titled “Golden Hour-Chateau Lafite Rothschild” (2011) for about $9,000 (the edition of five
are completely sold out)
 Waterhouse & Dodd sold a Karen Gunderson oil painting for about $40,000 and another Jean Francois
Rauzier print, “Palau de la Música”
 William Shearburn Gallery sold a Mel Bochner painting for about $38,000
 Dillon Gallery sold Kumi Yamashita’s carven wooden numbers and light fixture titled “Untitled (child)”
for $35,000; Alexander Kaletski’s “Marlboro Man” for $12,000; Michel Tabori’s “Ride the Purple
Sage” for $8,000
 Cynthia Corbett Gallery sold Lluis Barba “The Sight and Smell” for $38,000 and Andy Burgess’ “Palm
Springs House” for $25,000
 Galerie RX sold an untitled Lee Bae painting at the Art Miami’s Asian Art Exhibit at the Mandarin
Oriental, Miami for approximately $32,000
 Contessa Gallery sold three David Drebin digital C prints titled “Jerusalem” (2011) for $25,000, “The
Girl in the Black Dress” for $11,900 and “Girl in New York” (2011) for $10,000, respectively. The
gallery also sold a Jane Manus welded aluminum sculpture titled “Thank You for the Flowers” for
$5,800 (2011)
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Jerald Melberg Gallery sold a Wolf Kahn oil on canvas titled “Pink Sky” (2002) for $25,000 and an
untitled Hans Hoffman mixed media on paper (1947) for $16,000
Ferrin Gallery sold a Sergei Isupov ceramic piece titled “Burning Hot” (2011) for $25,000
James Barron Art sold James Siena’s “Red Pool” for approximately $20,000
Westwood Gallery sold a Bryan El Castillo oil and mixed media on canvas titled “Hudson” (2011) for
$18,000, two Lucien Clergue photographs titled “Picasso in his studio, Mougins” (1965) for $5,000
each and a Jean Cocteau photograph titled “Testament of Orpheus” (1959) for $3,500
Aldo de Sousa Gallery sold an untitled Juan Lecuona acrylic on canvas (1998) for $16,000 and a
Dolores Casares acrylic and nylon piece titled “Virtual Tower” (2011) for $9,000
Catharine Clark Gallery sold an Adam Chapman HD digital work titled “Diagram of Chance and Will
Intersecting (#1) for $15,000, a Scott Greene painting titled “Adam and Evan” for $15,000, a Chris
Doyle two screen animation on a custom built computer titled “Evergrow III” for $12,000, a Travis
Somerville pencil on vintage money bag piece for $10,000 to 21c Museum Hotel of Louisville,
Kentucky, a piece by Sandow Birk titled “Monument to the Constitution of the United States” for
$8,500 and two Stephanie Syjuco pieces for $500 each
BlueLeaf Gallery sold a series of Marty Kelly works on paper to Southern collectors for $15,000 and an
oil on canvas by the same artist for $7,900 to a New York collector
Denise Bibro Fine Art sold three Jerry Meyer mixed media pieces entitled “Smash Away”, “The
Blues”, and “Skyping with the Dead” ranging from $4,500 to $5,200 as well as a Daniel Borlandelli
work entitled “Surrounding Area” for $4,000
David Klein Gallery sold a Tom Wesselmann piece titled “Smoker” (1971) within the six-figure range.
The following galleries also reported important sales for undisclosed amounts:
 Rosenbaum Contemporary sold a Tom Wesselmann original painting
 Arcature Fine Art sold a Peter Anton mixed-media piece
 Mark Borghi Fine Art sold Alex Katz’s “Head of a Woman”, an Andy Warhol print, four Robert
Mangold works, a Jack Tworkov piece and a George Condo piece
 Galerie Terminus sold paintings by Heiner Meyer and Jan Davidoff
 Scott White Contemporary Art sold a De Wain Valentine cast polyester resin piece titled “Circle BlueMagenta Flow” (1970)
 C. Grimaldis Gallery sold a first edition of Chul-Hyun Ahn cast concrete, lights and mirror piece titled
“Tunnel IV” (2011)
 Cernuda Arte sold an Angel Acosta León mixed media work on paper (1960)
 Leslie Smith Gallery sold an untitled Zhuang Hong Yi work
Running from November 29 – December 4 in a state-of-the-art 125,000 square foot pavilion in Midtown
Miami’s burgeoning Wynwood Arts District. Now in its 22nd year, Art Miami includes modern and
contemporary paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography and prints from Europe, Asia, Latin America, India,
the Middle East and the United States. Situated in a newly designed pavilion, one third larger than last year,
Art Miami has grown to include over 100 galleries from 16 countries, with a showcase of 700 artists from 70
countries around the world. From the United States, 300 artists are on display from nearly 30 cities. For a
complete list of exhibitors, visit www.art-miami.com.
Important Information for Media:
Public Show Dates: November 30 – December 4, 2011
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About Art Miami:
Miami’s longest running contemporary art fair, Art Miami will run from November 29 – December 4, 2011. As
the anchor art fair to the City of Miami, the fair will return with a compelling array of modern and
contemporary artwork from over 110 international galleries and prominent art institutions. Art Miami will be
held in a state-of-the-art 125,000 square foot pavilion in Miami’s burgeoning Wynwood arts district. Art
Miami’s Opening Night VIP Preview occurred on Tuesday, November 29, 2011, and benefited The Lotus House
Women’s Shelter.
Art Miami Sponsors + Partners:
Art Miami is generously supported by: Mandarin Oriental, Miami; Persol eyewear; Sotheby’s International Realty;
Balthazar magazine; Bootlegger 21 NY Vodka; Juan Montoya Design, Gander + White; Universal Travel; The Miami
Herald; Spuntino Catering; Société Perrier; Heineken and Midtown Miami.
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