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15 Works That Sold at This Year’s Art Basel Miami Beach
BY ANGELICA VILLA
December 1, 2021 6:38pm

Installation view, Hauser & Wirth at Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami FL, 30 November-4 December 2021.
COURTESY HAUSER & WIRTH/DAN BRADICA

During Art Basel Miami Beach’s VIP opening on Tuesday, the fair came back in full force
after a pandemic-necessitated hiatus. The show unfolded in the usual fashion, with blue-
chip dealers such as Hauser & Wirth and Pace making seven-figure sales, alongside newer
vendors that brought emerging artists to the spotlight. “A confluence of the fair and
various NFT events has brought new crowds to the city and created new interest in the
fair,” said Pace’s president and CEO, Marc Glimcher, in a statement to ARTnews. Below, a
list of the some of the top sales made on the first day of this year’s edition of the fair.

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Photo : Courtesy White Cube

Julie Mehretu at White Cube

Among the most expensive works sold from White Cube’s booth was an untitled abstract
canvas by Julie Mehretu made in 1999. It went for $4 million, as did another painting by
Mark Bradford for the same price. The dealer also placed works by Andreas Gursky,
Theaster Gates, and David Altmejd with buyers during the fair.

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Photo : Courtesy Thaddeus Ropac/Photo: Glenn Steigelman

Robert Rauschenberg at Thaddeus Ropac

Thaddeus Ropac sold Robert Rauschenberg’s Sky Marshal (Spread), from 1978, for $1.5
million. It sold alongside works by Sturtevant, Georg Baselitz, Miquel Barceló, and Daniel
Richter.

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Photo : Courtesy Gladstone Gallery/Keith Haring Foundation

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Keith Haring at Gladstone Gallery

This untitled painting by Keith Haring from 1983, depicting his signature outlined figure
revolving around a beaming sun, was the most expensive work sold by Gladstone Gallery
during the first day, going for $1.75 million. The gallery also sold a work by the late artist
Elizabeth Murray, whose work is the subject of a show now at the gallery in New York, for
$725,000.

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Photo : © Beatriz Milhazes, courtesy Pace Gallery

Beatriz Milhazes at Pace Gallery

Beatriz Milhazes at Pace Gallery

Beatriz Milhazes’s abstract collage painting O Sanfoneiro alegre (2021) sold for $1.3 million
in the opening hours of the fair at Pace Gallery’s booth. Milhazes is one of the most
expensive living female artists at auction, and the work’s seven-figure sale is another sign
of her market dominance. Among the other 30 works sold by Pace were ones by Jeff
Koons, Marina Perez Simão, James Turrell, and Adam Pendleton. An NFT by Glenn Kaino
also sold.

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Photo : © Roni Horn/Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth/ Photo: Ron Amstutz
Roni Horn at Hauser & Wirth

Among the nearly 20 works sold by Hauser & Wirth at Art Basel Miami Beach this year was
Roni Horn’s glass sculpture Untitled (“Surprisingly, suddenly the children’s voices had gone…),
2013–17. It was bought for a price in the range of $1.2 million. In an email, gallery
president Marc Payot said, “It’s clear that American art continues to lead the market with
top quality being the north star on the compass.”

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Photo : Courtesy Perrotin

Daniel Arsham at Perrotin

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A new work by Daniel Arsham, titled Eroded Porsche 911 (2021), sold to a local Miami
collector for just over $500,000 at Perrotin. The work is a white-toned replica of a vintage
car that is cast with epoxy resin and polymer to make it appear fossilized. The gallery also
sold works by Cristina BanBan, Izumi Kato, Josh Sperling, Danielle Orchard, JR, and Mr.

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Photo : Courtesy Sean Kelly

Kehinde Wiley at Sean Kelly

Among the top works that sold to institutions in the opening hours of the fair was one
brought to Florida by Sean Kelly Gallery: Kehinde Wiley’s painting Portrait Abdoulaye Thiaw
(2021). It was purchased by a museum for $425,000. Wiley is currently the subject of a
solo exhibition on view at London’s National Gallery.

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Photo : Courtesy David Kordansky

Mary Weatherford at David Kordansky

David Kordansky sold this abstract canvas affixed with neon light fixtures by Mary
Weatherford. The work, which is inspired by views of Hawaii, went for $300,000. Pieces by
Fred Eversley, Tobias Pils, Matthew Brannon, and Jonas Wood also sold. “As a gallery,
we’ve been waiting to return to Miami Beach for nearly two years,” said Kurt Mueller, the
gallery’s director of institutional relations. “Were gratified by the enthusiasm from
attendees and numerous familiar faces.”

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Photo : Courtesy Lehman Maupin

Angel Otero at Lehmann Maupin

Angel Otero at Lehmann Maupin

Lehmann Maupin sold all the works by Angel Otero that it brought to Miami within the first
hours of the fair. La Victoria (2013), a monumental painting included in the artist’s 2016
Contemporary Art Museum Houston show, sold for $250,000 to an American foundation.
Works by Nari Ward, Teresita Fernández, and Dominic Chambers also found buyers.

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Photo : Courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery

Nick Cave at Jack Shainman

A new soundsuit by Nick Cave was sold for $185,000 by New York’s Jack Shainman Gallery
ahead of a retrospective due to open at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago next
year. Shainman sold several other works by artists on its roster, including pieces by Toyin
Ojih Odutola, Rose B. Simpson, Radcliffe Bailey, Meleko Mokgosi, Richard Mosse, Paul
Anthony Smith, and Becky Suss.

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Photo : Courtesy Jessica Silverman Gallery

Conrad Egyir at Jessica Silverman

From the Meridians section of the fair, Jessica Silverman gallery sold this large-scale
painting by Conrad Egyir for $150,000. Among the other works the dealer also placed with
buyers were paintings by Rashaad Newsome, Woody De Othello, and Hayal Pozanti, as well
as sculptures by Rose B. Simpson and Matthew Angelo Harrison.
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Photo : Courtesy Mitchell-Innes & Nash

Gideon Appah at Mitchel-Innes & Nash

Mitchel-Innes & Nash sold two paintings by Accra-based artist Gideon Appah for prices
within the range of $50,000. Several other works on paper by Appah sold for prices within
the range of $5,000. Meanwhile, two paintings by Pope.L sold for $150,000—one went to a
private museum in Europe—and works by Eddie Martinez, Gerasimos Floratos, and Karl
Haendel sold at prices between $40,000 and $250,000.

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Photo : Courtesy Marianne Boesky

Jammie Holmes at Marianne Boesky

After taking on the Dallas-based painter Jammie Holmes earlier this month, Marianne
Boesky brought the painting Illusions and Meanings (2021) to the fair. A self-portrait of
sorts, it sold for $85,000. The gallery also sold paintings by Danielle Mckinney, Celeste
sorts, it sold for $85,000. The gallery also sold paintings by Danielle Mckinney, Celeste
Rapone, Jennifer Bartlett, and Michaela Yearwood-Dan, all for within the range of $20,000–
$350,000.

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Photo : Courtesy Tiwani Contemporary

Umar Rashid (Frohawk Two Feathers) at Tiwani Contemporary

Umar Rashid (Frohawk Two Feathers)’s 2021 painting Incident at Lover’s Cove. Black
women don’t have to get ready because they stay ready… was among the 10 works by the
women don t have to get ready because they stay ready… was among the 10 works by the
artist that were sold by the U.K. gallery Tiwani Contemporary. The dealer sold out the entire
showcase of paintings just several hours in the fair for at prices around $65,000 each.

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Photo : Courtesy Steven Zevitas Gallery

Papay Solomon at Steven Zevitas

This year’s long awaited Miami Art week was also host to the 10th edition of Untitled Art
Fair. On the fair’s opening day on Tuesday, Boston’s Steven Zevitas gallery showcased
works by Papay Solomon, a young refugee from the West African country of Guinea whose
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photorealist paintings have recently attracted attention from collectors. Tarp Baby (2021)
depicts his 14-year-old nephew dressed in a billowing tarp with a orange Victorian-era
clown collar around his neck. It sold for a price between $40,000 and $60,000.

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