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    • 156 Lots

    101
    Lois Dodd
    Burning House with Clapboards
    $60,000 - $80,000
    $215,900
    102
    Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai)
    I See Red: Redskin War Shirt
    $25,000 - $35,000
    $76,200
    103
    Sylvia Snowden
    Salvation
    $60,000 - $80,000
    $127,000
    104
    Lynne Drexler
    Matoaka Aflame
    $60,000 - $80,000
    $114,300
    105
    Vivian Springford
    Untitled (VS 20)
    $60,000 - $80,000
    $95,250
    106
    Joan Mitchell
    Untitled
    $300,000 - $500,000
    $825,500
    107
    Sam Francis
    Untitled SFF.771
    $250,000 - $350,000
    $571,500
    108
    James Brooks
    Noran
    $30,000 - $40,000
    $69,850
    109
    Ed Clark
    Untitled
    $70,000 - $100,000
    $152,400
    110
    Vivian Springford
    Untitled (Tanzania Series)
    $80,000 - $120,000
    $241,300
    112
    Alex Katz
    White Band (Katherine)
    $400,000 - $600,000
    $444,500
    113
    Alex Katz
    Danielle 3
    $300,000 - $500,000
    $304,800

    Personal and Political: Art in 1980s & 1990s New York

    Arts writer Flossie Skelton on the impact of the AIDS epidemic on New York's downtown artists in the '80s and '90s.

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    114
    John Wesley
    Phone
    $80,000 - $120,000
    $88,900
    115
    Andy Warhol
    O.J. Simpson
    $300,000 - $500,000
    $482,600
    116
    Keith Haring
    Untitled
    $600,000 - $800,000
    $952,500
    117
    Roy Lichtenstein
    Brushstroke Sculpture
    $500,000 - $700,000
    $1,016,000
    118
    Joel Shapiro
    Untitled
    $300,000 - $500,000
    $406,400
    119
    John Chamberlain
    TAOIST TOAST
    $400,000 - $600,000
    $444,500
    120
    Tom Wesselmann
    Cross Motion II
    $150,000 - $250,000
    121
    Sol LeWitt
    Wall Drawing #1111 Circle with broken bands of color
    $150,000 - $200,000
    122
    Dan Flavin
    untitled (for Ad Reinhardt) 1b
    $150,000 - $200,000
    $152,400
    123
    Donald Judd
    untitled (Menziken #91-175)
    $500,000 - $700,000
    $698,500
    124
    Brice Marden
    Untitled (#2A)
    $450,000 - $650,000
    $482,600
    125
    Kenneth Noland
    Pairs
    $180,000 - $220,000
    $241,300

    Scenes from an Art Family Life

    More from the daughters of Rosa and Aaron Esman on their parents’ collection.

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    126
    Mary Heilmann
    Shaped Serape
    $80,000 - $120,000
    $152,400
    127
    Sturtevant
    Warhol Gold Marilyn
    $200,000 - $300,000
    $190,500
    128
    Tom Wesselmann
    Study for first face #4
    $80,000 - $120,000
    $114,300
    129
    Tom Wesselmann
    Mouth Fragment
    $100,000 - $150,000
    $101,600
    131
    Wayne Thiebaud
    Red Farm
    $100,000 - $150,000
    $127,000
    132
    Philip Guston
    Lemonade and Doughnuts
    $100,000 - $150,000
    $457,200
    133
    Romare Bearden
    Sunset Limited from Profile/Part I, The Twenties: Mecklenburg County
    $220,000 - $350,000
    134
    Ernie Barnes
    Hustlers
    $70,000 - $100,000
    $254,000
    135
    Gertrude Abercrombie
    Shell
    $20,000 - $30,000
    $63,500
    136
    Gertrude Abercrombie
    Doors with Cat and Shell
    $60,000 - $80,000
    $209,550
    137
    Max Ernst
    Taya's Sun
    $100,000 - $150,000
    $304,800
    138
    Lucio Fontana
    Concetto spaziale
    $200,000 - $300,000
    $482,600

    Artists to Watch

    Artists making waves ahead of Phillips' 20th Century & Contemporary Art New York Sales this May.

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    139
    Jean Dubuffet
    La liquidité du monde
    $300,000 - $500,000
    $444,500
    140
    Francis Picabia
    Suzanne
    $120,000 - $180,000
    $203,200
    141
    Barry Flanagan RA
    Hare
    $200,000 - $300,000
    $330,200
    142
    Jean Dubuffet
    Le fantasque
    $200,000 - $300,000
    $508,000
    143
    Andy Warhol
    Nosepicker II
    $200,000 - $300,000
    $228,600
    144
    Andy Warhol
    Girl in Park (Phipps)
    $70,000 - $100,000
    145
    Andy Warhol
    Boy and Tree
    $70,000 - $100,000
    146
    George Condo
    Take Yourself Away
    $400,000 - $600,000
    $482,600
    147
    Julian Schnabel
    Mi vida es una cumbre de mentiras
    $70,000 - $100,000
    $139,700
    148
    David Wojnarowicz
    The Anatomy and Architecture of June 19, 1953 (for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg)
    $150,000 - $200,000
    149
    David Wojnarowicz
    Untitled (Time/Money) from the Ant series
    $30,000 - $50,000
    $57,150
    150
    Martin Wong
    St. Joseph's
    $150,000 - $200,000
    $190,500
    151
    Martin Wong
    Mandala
    $40,000 - $60,000
    $63,500
    152
    Hugh Steers
    At the Armoire
    $40,000 - $60,000
    $133,350
    153
    Futura 2000
    Self-Portrait of Picasso 1969
    $30,000 - $50,000
    $114,300
    155
    Kenny Scharf
    Somnoplaya
    $200,000 - $300,000
    $292,100
    156
    Peter Saul
    Chinese Cubist
    $80,000 - $120,000
    $120,650
    157
    Esman Collection
    Josef Albers
    Study for Homage to the Square: Bright
    $300,000 - $500,000
    $844,550
    158
    Esman Collection
    Tom Wesselmann
    Little Still Life #20
    $200,000 - $300,000
    $190,500
    159
    Esman Collection
    Claes Oldenburg
    Flying Pizza (Original Drawing for New York Ten)
    $40,000 - $60,000
    $50,800
    160
    Esman Collection
    Roy Lichtenstein
    Prototype for Fish and Sky
    $40,000 - $60,000
    161
    Esman Collection
    Roy Lichtenstein
    Collage for Seascape
    $70,000 - $100,000
    $101,600
    162
    Esman Collection
    Robert Mangold
    A Rectangle and a Circle Within a Square
    $80,000 - $120,000
    $88,900
    163
    Esman Collection
    Robert Mangold
    Four Color Frame Painting #3
    $60,000 - $80,000
    $196,850
    164
    Esman Collection
    Sol LeWitt
    Open Cube Structure
    $40,000 - $60,000
    $63,500
    165
    Esman Collection
    Ilya Bolotowsky
    Rectangle Within a Circle
    $20,000 - $30,000
    $107,950
    166
    Esman Collection
    Frank Stella
    Fortín de las flores (Original Drawing for Ten from Leo Castelli)
    $100,000 - $150,000
    $190,500
    167
    Esman Collection
    Sol LeWitt
    Three-Part Drawing Using Three Colors In Each Part
    $60,000 - $80,000
    $44,450
    168
    Esman Collection
    Sol LeWitt
    Vertical Brushstrokes
    $80,000 - $120,000
    $95,250
    169
    Esman Collection
    Ad Reinhardt
    Untitled (Study for New York International)
    $70,000 - $100,000
    $76,200
    170
    Esman Collection
    Stuart Davis
    Study for a Drawing #1
    $40,000 - $60,000
    $38,100
    171
    Esman Collection
    Giacomo Balla
    Sottobicchiere
    $20,000 - $30,000
    $33,020
    172
    Esman Collection
    Sonia Delaunay
    Rythme couleur
    $30,000 - $40,000
    $76,200
    173
    Esman Collection
    Joan Miró
    Femmes devant le soleil (Women in Front of the Sun)
    $200,000 - $300,000
    $381,000
    174
    Esman Collection
    Fernand Léger
    Composition américaine aux éléments mécaniques
    $15,000 - $20,000
    $40,640
    175
    Esman Collection
    Hannah Höch
    Komposition
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $21,590
    176
    Esman Collection
    Ben Nicholson
    Red to Black
    $40,000 - $60,000
    $88,900
    177
    Esman Collection
    František Kupka
    Quatre histoires de blanc et noir
    $20,000 - $30,000
    $22,860
    178
    Esman Collection
    Paul Klee
    Schatten Fürstin (Princess of the Shadows)
    $20,000 - $30,000
    $50,800
    179
    Esman Collection
    Auguste Herbin
    Composition cubiste
    $15,000 - $20,000
    180
    Esman Collection
    Adolf Wölfli
    Untitled
    $25,000 - $35,000
    $63,500
    181
    Esman Collection
    Jean Dubuffet
    Personnage
    $40,000 - $60,000
    $60,960
    182
    Esman Collection
    Lee Lozano
    Untitled
    $15,000 - $20,000
    $38,100
    183
    Esman Collection
    Gerhard Richter
    Untitled
    $30,000 - $40,000
    $88,900
    184
    Esman Collection
    Tom Sachs
    118 Composition No. III; Composition with Red, Blue, Yellow, and Black (Mondrian)
    $50,000 - $70,000
    $158,750
    185
    Esman Collection
    Tom Sachs
    Gucci Vice on Pedestal
    $15,000 - $20,000
    186
    Esman Collection
    Jacques Villeglé
    Rue de Beaune
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $8,890
    187
    Esman Collection
    Alfred Jensen
    Magic in Egypt II
    $7,000 - $10,000
    $16,510
    188
    Esman Collection
    Adolf Richard Fleischmann
    Untitled
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $12,065
    189
    Esman Collection
    Arman
    The Seven Muses / Galaxiale
    $30,000 - $40,000
    $24,130
    190
    Esman Collection
    Arman
    Poubelle organique
    $8,000 - $12,000
    $16,510
    191
    Esman Collection
    Christo
    Valley Curtain (Project for Colorado) Grand Hogback, 7 Miles North from Rifle
    $60,000 - $80,000
    $107,950
    192
    Esman Collection
    Christo
    Otterlo Mastaba (Project for Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller)
    $12,000 - $18,000
    $19,050
    193
    Esman Collection
    George Rickey
    Sedge with Trapezoids
    $20,000 - $30,000
    $40,640
    194
    Esman Collection
    Mark di Suvero
    Untitled
    $20,000 - $30,000
    $66,040
    195
    Esman Collection
    Tom Wesselmann
    Study for Nude (Study for 7 Objects in a Box)
    $40,000 - $60,000
    196
    Esman Collection
    Tom Wesselmann
    Open Ended Nude (Drawing Edition)
    $25,000 - $35,000
    197
    Keith Haring
    Untitled (Elvis Presley)
    $150,000 - $200,000
    198
    Keith Haring
    Untitled
    $180,000 - $220,000
    No Reserve
    199
    Francesco Clemente
    Tale
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $41,910
    200
    John Wesley
    Good Night Mary
    $30,000 - $50,000
    $38,100
    201
    Andy Warhol
    Dollar Sign
    $50,000 - $70,000
    $95,250
    202
    Andy Warhol
    Ladies and Gentlemen
    $30,000 - $40,000
    $27,940
    203
    Jean-Michel Basquiat
    Untitled (Insect Order)
    $40,000 - $60,000
    $35,560
    204
    Robert Rauschenberg
    Sherbet Tree (Slide)
    $40,000 - $60,000
    $48,260
    205
    Sam Francis
    Untitled
    $80,000 - $120,000
    $139,700
    206
    Grace Hartigan
    Chapeau de Castella
    $50,000 - $70,000
    207
    Helen Frankenthaler
    Coyote Dawn
    $150,000 - $250,000
    $304,800
    208
    Sol LeWitt
    Horizontal Lines in Color (More Or Less)
    $80,000 - $120,000
    209
    Sam Gilliam
    Focus II
    $50,000 - $70,000
    $88,900
    210
    Beauford Delaney
    Untitled
    $30,000 - $50,000
    $57,150
    211
    Adolph Gottlieb
    The Hunter
    $30,000 - $50,000
    212
    Arshile Gorky
    Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia
    $40,000 - $60,000
    $66,040
    213
    Adolph Gottlieb
    Liberation
    $40,000 - $60,000
    214
    Fernand Léger
    Jeune fille à la branche
    $200,000 - $300,000
    $228,600
    215
    Moïse Kisling
    Nu allongé
    $70,000 - $100,000
    $82,550
    216
    Françoise Gilot
    Nude on the Beach by the Sea
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $22,860
    217
    Milton Avery
    Young Mother and Child
    $70,000 - $100,000
    219
    Reginald Marsh
    Coney Island
    $30,000 - $50,000
    220
    Milton Avery
    Pilgrim Tower
    $40,000 - $60,000
    $40,640
    221
    Milton Avery
    Still Life
    $18,000 - $25,000
    $20,320
    222
    Leonora Carrington
    Four works: (i) Study for Snake-Bite Floripondio; (ii) Study for Mural El Mundo Magico de Los Mayas; (iii) Untitled; (iv) Untitled
    $30,000 - $40,000
    $25,400
    223
    Francisco Toledo
    Pez con toro
    $70,000 - $90,000
    224
    Pedro Coronel
    Danza mágica
    $100,000 - $150,000
    $120,650
    225
    Mario Carreño
    La lavandera (The Laundress)
    $100,000 - $150,000
    226
    Fernando Botero
    The Gardener
    $70,000 - $100,000
    $139,700
    227
    Fernando Botero
    Reclining Woman (Donna sdraiata)
    $200,000 - $300,000
    $279,400
    228
    Alfredo Ramos Martínez
    La India de las tunas (Indian Woman with Prickly Pears)
    $25,000 - $35,000
    229
    Aldo Bonadei
    Landscape
    $15,000 - $20,000
    230
    Sergio Camargo
    Sem título
    $250,000 - $350,000
    231
    León Ferrari
    Untitled
    $30,000 - $40,000
    $31,750
    232
    Sergio Camargo
    Sem título (#425-A)
    $18,000 - $25,000
    $35,560
    233
    Louise Nevelson
    Model for the Torah Ark Doors of Temple Beth El
    $30,000 - $50,000
    $30,480
    234
    Louise Nevelson
    Volcanic Magic XXIV
    $15,000 - $20,000
    $30,480
    235
    Magdalena Abakanowicz
    Untitled
    $40,000 - $60,000
    $50,800
    236
    Bruce Nauman
    Untitled (Cross Beams)
    $30,000 - $40,000
    $27,940
    237
    Bernar Venet
    9 Acute Unequal Angles
    $60,000 - $80,000
    $69,850
    238
    Victor Vasarely
    Hazay-a
    $60,000 - $80,000
    $69,850
    239
    Kenneth Noland
    Reborn
    $80,000 - $120,000
    $114,300
    240
    Deborah Remington
    Cambay
    $30,000 - $50,000
    $76,200
    241
    Thomas Downing
    Untitled
    $30,000 - $40,000
    $44,450
    242
    Ralph Humphrey
    October Light
    $18,000 - $25,000
    $24,130
    243
    Thomas Nozkowski
    Untitled (8-64)
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $48,260
    244
    Maurice Sievan
    Zoogarluk
    $15,000 - $20,000
    $279,400
    245
    Shusaku Arakawa
    Sculpting
    $18,000 - $25,000
    $69,850
    246
    George Condo
    Untitled (Impressions)
    $30,000 - $40,000
    $127,000
    247
    Alex Katz
    Ada (Orange)
    $60,000 - $80,000
    $101,600
    248
    Alex Katz
    Study for Bird
    $25,000 - $35,000
    $40,640
    249
    Robert Indiana
    Spring Gold
    $30,000 - $50,000
    $53,340
    250
    Richard Estes
    Venice-imbarcadero a palazzo ducale
    $35,000 - $45,000
    $88,900
    251
    George L. K. Morris
    St. Étienne-du-Mont, No. 2
    $10,000 - $15,000
    $10,160
    252
    Max Weber
    The Refugees
    $6,000 - $8,000
    $7,620
    253
    Sir Jacob Epstein
    Sir Winston Churchill
    $30,000 - $50,000
    $95,250
    254
    Pablo Picasso
    Head of a Boy
    $60,000 - $90,000
    $107,950
    255
    Alexander Calder
    Flyball Governor
    $40,000 - $60,000
    $76,200
    256
    Alexander Calder
    Untitled (Cartoon for Centre Square, Philadelphia Banner)
    $30,000 - $40,000
    $69,850
    257
    Hermann Nitsch
    Wiener Sezession
    $15,000 - $20,000
    $21,590
    258
    Sam Gilliam
    Untitled
    $20,000 - $30,000
    $40,640
    259
    Sol LeWitt
    Wavy Vertical Brushstrokes
    $16,000 - $20,000
    $21,590
    260
    Sol LeWitt
    Tangled Bands
    $12,000 - $18,000
    $12,700