LONDON — A painting by the Scottish-born artist Peter Doig fetched $10 million on Wednesday at an auction at Sotheby’s, breaking the artist’s record and underlining the enduring market influence of the work’s latest owner, the collector Charles Saatchi.
The work, “White Canoe” a 1991 canvas of a boat on a lake that mirrors trees, went to an unidentified telephone bidder. (The price does not include the commission.) The previous record for a Doig painting was his “Iron Hill,” which sold for $2.1 million in June at Sotheby’s.
The $10 million sale price far exceeded the auction house’s estimate for the painting. Sotheby’s had predicted that it could go for as much as $2.4 million.
The auction house is said to have bought “White Canoe” and six other Doig paintings from Sir Charles last year for about $11 million.
Wednesday’s sale was part of a hectic auction week here with projected total sales of as much as $810 million. Several major collectors, including Sir Charles and David Geffen, are selling works to capitalize on soaring prices.
Sir Charles, founder of an advertising agency and a prominent art trend-spotter, has been focusing on Chinese and American contemporary art lately.
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