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...David Zwirner sold two Neo Rauchs (both tagged at $1m) to the mainland, one to a new collector from Shanghai. Sean Kelly found success with foil-on-tar paper works by Hugo McCloud at $18,000-$22,000....
...… The best-known Russian takeover in the art world is that of Phillips de Pury, bought by Mercury Group in 2008....
...New York’s David Zwirner Gallery, meanwhile, sold a 2003 work by the German painter Neo Rauch for $1.35m to a US collector....
...Sporting a beige cap and Aviator sunglasses, Pitt quickly snapped up “Etappe” (1998), a painting by the Leipzig School artist Neo Rauch, from Zwirner gallery for just under $1m....
...Ugo Rondinone and Neo Rauch first went under the hammer at Phillips. “There is a great blurring of lines,” de Pury notes of the categories....
...Cappellazzo - both work at Christie’s 17 NEW Thomas Krens and Lisa Dennison - museum directors 18 (21) Marc Glimcher - dealer/gallerist, Pace in New York 19 (17) Charles Saatchi - collector 20 (41) Neo Rauch...
...The latter sold at the New York auction house Phillips De Pury in May last year for close to $1m....
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