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Born | 1967 Iserlohn, Germany |
Nationality | German |
Occupation(s) | Chairman, Phillips |
Cheyenne Westphal (born September 1967) is the chairman of auctioneers Phillips. [1] [2] [3] [4] She was worldwide head of contemporary art at Sotheby's until April 2016, having joined the firm in 1990. [5] [6] Westphal joined Phillips as Chairman in 2017. [2]
Westphal joined Phillips from Sotheby’s where she served as Worldwide Head of Contemporary Art. [7] She led sales that resulted in world records for Gerhard Richter (Abstraktes Bild, $46.3 million), Sigmar Polke (Jungle, $27.1 million), Piero Manzoni (Achrome, $20.2 million), and Alberto Burri (Saccho e Rosso, $13.2 million), among many others. Westphal presided over every Sotheby’s contemporary sale in Europe since 1999, [8] including the most successful contemporary art auction in Europe in July 2015, which achieved a record-breaking $204.7 million. [9]
Westphal brought a number of single-owner collections to market, including the Damien Hirst sale, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, which raised $200.7 million in 2008. [10] This was followed by the $140 million Helga and Walther Lauffs Collection of Post-War European and American Art [11] and The Lenz Schoenberg Collection in 2010, yielding £23 million and setting nineteen auction records, many for art from the ZERO movement. She negotiated the sale of CountDuerckheim's Post-War German Art in 2011, which raised a record $92.2 million and set records for German artists. [12]
In 1990, Westphal joined Sotheby’s [6] after graduating from St. Andrews Scotland and studying contemporary art under Professor Ann Wagner at UC Berkeley in California. [13] [11]
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Cheyenne Westphal | |
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Born | 1967 Iserlohn, Germany |
Nationality | German |
Occupation(s) | Chairman, Phillips |
Cheyenne Westphal (born September 1967) is the chairman of auctioneers Phillips. [1] [2] [3] [4] She was worldwide head of contemporary art at Sotheby's until April 2016, having joined the firm in 1990. [5] [6] Westphal joined Phillips as Chairman in 2017. [2]
Westphal joined Phillips from Sotheby’s where she served as Worldwide Head of Contemporary Art. [7] She led sales that resulted in world records for Gerhard Richter (Abstraktes Bild, $46.3 million), Sigmar Polke (Jungle, $27.1 million), Piero Manzoni (Achrome, $20.2 million), and Alberto Burri (Saccho e Rosso, $13.2 million), among many others. Westphal presided over every Sotheby’s contemporary sale in Europe since 1999, [8] including the most successful contemporary art auction in Europe in July 2015, which achieved a record-breaking $204.7 million. [9]
Westphal brought a number of single-owner collections to market, including the Damien Hirst sale, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, which raised $200.7 million in 2008. [10] This was followed by the $140 million Helga and Walther Lauffs Collection of Post-War European and American Art [11] and The Lenz Schoenberg Collection in 2010, yielding £23 million and setting nineteen auction records, many for art from the ZERO movement. She negotiated the sale of CountDuerckheim's Post-War German Art in 2011, which raised a record $92.2 million and set records for German artists. [12]
In 1990, Westphal joined Sotheby’s [6] after graduating from St. Andrews Scotland and studying contemporary art under Professor Ann Wagner at UC Berkeley in California. [13] [11]