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Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York
Concluded14 May 10am ET 2025
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    • 107 Lots

    101
    Richard Mayhew
    Back Country
    Estimate
    $70,000–100,000
    Sold For
    $177,800
    102
    Jack Whitten
    Her Majesty's Angle
    Estimate
    $150,000–200,000
    Sold For
    $241,300
    103
    Yayoi Kusama
    Pumpkin
    Estimate
    $300,000–500,000
    Sold For
    $381,000
    104
    Claire Falkenstein
    Untitled (Element #1)
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $88,900
    105
    Yayoi Kusama
    The Sea
    Estimate
    $180,000–250,000
    Sold For
    $254,000
    107
    Richard Hunt
    Life Force (5472)
    Estimate
    $30,000–40,000
    Sold For
    $88,900
    108
    Judith Rothschild
    King Agrippa
    Estimate
    $15,000–20,000
    Sold For
    $20,320
    109
    Armando Morales
    Despedida
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    Sold For
    $38,100
    110
    Suzanne Valadon
    Adam et Ève
    Estimate
    $120,000–180,000
    Sold For
    $279,400
    111
    Marc Chagall
    L'Âne Musicien à Saint-Paul
    Estimate
    $250,000–350,000
    Sold For
    $406,400
    112
    Charles Ephraim Burchfield
    Windblown Elms
    Estimate
    $120,000–180,000
    Sold For
    $127,000
    113
    Ansel Adams
    Clearing Winter Storm
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $50,800
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    114
    Norman Rockwell
    Danny the Freshman, 'With the grass wet and slippery fast fielding was out of the question, and Calkins was home before the ball.'
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    Sold For
    $177,800
    115
    Fairfield Porter
    Connecticut Landscape
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $60,960
    116
    Alex Katz
    Eli at Ducktrap
    Estimate
    $300,000–400,000
    Sold For
    $381,000
    117
    Sonia Gechtoff
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $15,000–20,000
    Sold For
    $33,020
    118
    Joan Snyder
    OH Elena
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    Sold For
    $215,900
    119
    Mary Heilmann
    Gaiété Parisienne
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $88,900
    120
    Jean Dubuffet
    Animation parcellaire
    Estimate
    $350,000–450,000
    Sold For
    $355,600
    121
    Richard Diebenkorn
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $250,000–350,000
    122
    Beauford Delaney
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    Sold For
    $228,600
    123
    Ron Gorchov
    Mimosa
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    Sold For
    $152,400
    124
    Ellsworth Kelly
    Study for Blue Yellow Red V
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    125
    Ellsworth Kelly
    Black Curve, Radius 12 Feet
    Estimate
    $400,000–600,000
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    126
    Robert Motherwell
    Untitled (for Jules Verne)
    Estimate
    $150,000–250,000
    Sold For
    $266,700
    127
    Robert Motherwell
    Premonition Open with Flesh over Grey
    Estimate
    $600,000–800,000
    Sold For
    $571,500
    128
    Richard Serra
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $80,000–100,000
    Sold For
    $82,550
    130
    Louise Nevelson
    Hudson River Series IV
    Estimate
    $70,000–100,000
    Sold For
    $120,650
    131
    Dan Flavin
    untitled
    Estimate
    $120,000–180,000
    Sold For
    $139,700
    132
    Richard Artschwager
    Exclamation Point
    Estimate
    $120,000–180,000
    Sold For
    $127,000
    133
    Ed Ruscha
    Dense Deposit
    Estimate
    $70,000–100,000
    Sold
    134
    Ed Ruscha
    Is it Overcast, Radiation Fog, or Scud?
    Estimate
    $200,000–300,000
    135
    Robert Rauschenberg
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $180,000–250,000
    136
    Robert Rauschenberg
    Rush 9
    Estimate
    $300,000–500,000
    Sold For
    $230,000
    137
    Keith Haring
    Three Figures with Arms Crossed
    Estimate
    $150,000–200,000
    Sold For
    $165,100
    138
    Jean-Michel Basquiat
    Untitled (from Tuxedo)
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $342,900
    139
    Andy Warhol
    Two works: (i-ii) Self Portrait with Fright Wig
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    Sold For
    $31,750
    140
    Keith Haring
    Two works: (i-ii) Untitled
    Estimate
    $700,000–1,000,000
    Sold For
    $698,500
    141
    Andy Warhol
    Double Torso
    Estimate
    $450,000–650,000
    Sold For
    $584,200
    142
    Nam June Paik
    Global Groove
    Estimate
    $120,000–180,000
    Sold For
    $152,400
    143
    John Wesley
    Boxing Match
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $16,510
    144
    Peter Saul
    Moment of Decision
    Estimate
    $70,000–100,000
    Sold
    145
    Peter Saul
    Prehistoric Women
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    Sold For
    $88,900
    146
    Francesco Clemente
    Shipwrecked
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $116,840
    147
    Kenny Scharf
    Macrolentz
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $69,850
    148
    Kenny Scharf
    NEW WORLD ORDER
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    Sold For
    $120,650
    149
    Robert Colescott
    Dagwood Bumstead
    Estimate
    $25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    $30,480
    150
    Ernie Barnes
    Pool Player
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    151
    Ernie Barnes
    Loose Ball
    Estimate
    $200,000–300,000
    152
    Fernando Botero
    Still Life with Bananas
    Estimate
    $220,000–320,000
    Sold For
    $304,800
    153
    Manolo Valdés
    Menina
    Estimate
    $200,000–300,000
    Sold For
    $241,300
    154
    Joaquín Torres-García
    Interior de iglesia
    Estimate
    $150,000–250,000
    Sold For
    $127,000
    155
    Raoul Dufy
    La fenêtre aux vitres de couleurs
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $95,250
    157
    Auguste Rodin
    Iris, messagère des dieux, étude avec tête
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $95,250
    158
    Paul Klee
    Eine Art Hochhaus (A kind of skyscraper)
    Estimate
    $70,000–90,000
    Sold For
    $95,250
    161
    Barry Flanagan RA
    Sculler
    Estimate
    $300,000–500,000
    Sold
    162
    Anthony Caro
    Nectarine
    Estimate
    $120,000–180,000
    Sold
    163
    Peter Voulkos
    Rasgeado
    Estimate
    $200,000–300,000
    Sold For
    $190,000
    164
    Franz Kline
    Untitled (Study for Charcoal, Black and Tan)
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $88,900
    165
    Sam Francis
    Untitled Diptych
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $86,360
    166
    David Smith
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $30,000–40,000
    Sold For
    $27,940
    167
    Lynda Benglis
    Devil's Bath
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $95,250
    168
    Jennifer Bartlett
    New York City
    Estimate
    $15,000–20,000
    Sold For
    $12,700
    169
    Edward Kienholz
    Hope for '36
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $25,400
    170
    Leon Polk Smith
    Constellation black and orange
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $78,740
    171
    Ellsworth Kelly
    Seven Oranges
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    172
    Ellsworth Kelly
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    173
    Eva Hesse
    No title
    Estimate
    $35,000–45,000
    Sold For
    $50,800
    174
    Robert Indiana
    The Great American Dream (der Grosse Amerikanische Traum) #1
    Estimate
    $25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    $21,590
    175
    Jack Whitten
    Looking For Bin Laden #8 (Second Set)
    Estimate
    $25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    $45,720
    176
    Jackson Pollock
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $70,000–100,000
    Sold For
    $63,500
    177
    Jackson Pollock
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $120,000–180,000
    Sold For
    $139,700
    178
    Jackson Pollock
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $80,000–120,000
    Sold For
    $82,550
    179
    Arshile Gorky
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $150,000–200,000
    Sold For
    $152,400
    180
    Jackson Pollock
    Reclining Figure
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $60,960
    181
    Willem de Kooning
    Pink Woman
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $91,440
    182
    Willem de Kooning
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $63,500
    183
    Tom Wesselmann
    Nude Cut-Out
    Estimate
    $25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    $35,560
    184
    Tom Wesselmann
    Monica with Necklace, Hands Folded (Rubbed)
    Estimate
    $70,000–90,000
    185
    Marshall M. Fredericks
    The Strong Man
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $21,590
    186
    Philip Pearlstein
    Punch on a Ladder #2
    Estimate
    $25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    $38,100
    187
    Moïse Kisling
    Portrait de jeune fille
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    Sold For
    $35,560
    188
    Tamara de Lempicka
    Nu, les bras levés
    Estimate
    $15,000–20,000
    Sold For
    $19,050
    189
    Tamara de Lempicka
    Nude with a Book
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $25,400
    190
    Reuven Rubin
    Olive Trees in the Galilee
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $33,020
    192
    Marino Marini
    Cavallo e Cavaliere
    Estimate
    $25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    $25,400
    193
    Max Ernst
    Ohne Titel
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $35,560
    194
    Alexander Calder
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    $25,400
    195
    Alexander Calder
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $95,250
    196
    Chico da Silva
    Sem título (Animais Imaginários)
    Estimate
    $12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    $25,400
    197
    William Baziotes
    Circus Abstraction
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $60,960
    198
    Friedel Dzubas
    Waycross
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $69,850
    199
    Julian Stanczak
    The Death of the Sun
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $35,000
    200
    Jules Olitski
    The Kristina Passion
    Estimate
    $25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    $40,640
    201
    Alfred Jensen
    Interval in Six Scales. Per, VI (From a Mural in Five Panels)
    Estimate
    $25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    $48,260
    202
    Alighiero Boetti
    La persona e il personaggio
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    Sold For
    $69,850
    203
    Nuvolo (Giorgio Ascani)
    Primavera Inoltrata
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $6,350
    204
    Joel Shapiro
    Untitled (JS 706)
    Estimate
    $15,000–20,000
    Sold
    205
    Norman Bluhm
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $18,000–25,000
    206
    Norman Bluhm
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    207
    James Brooks
    Mark
    Estimate
    $18,000–25,000
    208
    Michael Goldberg
    Rapids
    Estimate
    $7,000–10,000
    209
    Sam Francis
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $15,000–20,000
    210
    Alfred Leslie
    Letter A
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $19,050
    211
    Alfred Leslie
    Letter E
    Estimate
    $6,000–8,000
    Sold For
    $46,990
    212
    Karel Appel
    Mouse on a Table
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $57,150
    213
    Marsden Hartley
    Fish Stores, Nova Scotia
    Estimate
    $4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    $3,810