Christie's 20th / 21st Century Evening Sale Totals $152.7m
Christie's 20/21 Marquee Week Opens with Three Evening Sales totalling £197,472,600 / $263,823,394 / €226,106,127 Up 52% year on year.
On 5 March 2026, Christie's 20/21 Evening Sales generated a total of £197,472,600 / $263,823,394 /€226,106,127, a 52% increase on the total achieved last year, and were 96% sold by lot and 98% sold by value, continuing Christie's long-running market leadership for 20th/21st century art in London, with day and online sales to follow.
- Henry Moore's King and Queen (conceived in 1952-53) selling for £26,345,000 /$35,196,920 / €30,165,025 after almost 8 minutes of bidding in the room across six bidders, is the highest selling lot of the London season
- Significant world auction records achieved for Henry Moore and surrealist artists Dorothea Tanning and Toyen
- The 25th edition of The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale sold 100% by lot and value
- Modern Visionaries – The Roger and Josette Vanthournout Collection – Evening Sale achieved £40,317,750 / $53,864,514 / €46,163,824
Katharine Arnold and Keith Gill, Vice-Chairmen 20th/21st Century Art, Christie's: “To an energy-filled auction room, Christie's 20/21 Evening Sales continued the momentum and renewed confidence seen in the second half of last year, delivering a +52% rise year on year. The Henry Moore masterpiece King and Queen, set a world auction record for the artist and leads the London season this March. Two exceptional Richter's, the first to be sold since the celebrated retrospective at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, were auctioned for very strong prices. Tonight's results at Christie's shape the conversation and set the pace for the seasons ahead globally.”
Main Image: Henry Moore's King and Queen (conceived in 1952-53) Courtesy Christie's