Lehmann Maupin Begins Frieze with Electric Sales

By Sarah Douglas

Published: October 14, 2009

Photo by Sarah Douglas

Tracey Emin produced this neon for gallerist Rachel Lehmann as part of the artist's special commission-based project.

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LONDON—By the end of Frieze's preview day, New York gallery Lehmann Maupin had sold several works, including a large abstract painting by Shirazeh Houshiary for £140,000 ($224,000) and two paintings by the Japanese artist known as Mr., for $60,000 and $35,000.

The gallery also sold a couple of specially commissioned neons by Tracey Emin, one to Fernando Frances Garcia, director of the CAC Malaga, as a gift for his wife, and another to New York-based collecting couple Amy and John Phelan. A large Emin neon in the gallery's booth that reads "In Between Your Heart and Soul I Rest with You" attracted a lot of attention, but, alas, is not for sale. It was commissioned by Lehmann Maupin co-owner Rachel Lehmann.

Sarah Douglas is Senior Correspondent for Art+Auction, Modern Painters, and ARTINFO.

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