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Live Auction20th c. & Contemporary Art Evening SaleNew York
ConcludedDec 7 2020
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    • 35 Lots

    1
    Amy Sherald
    The Bathers
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    Sold For
    $4,265,000
    2
    Jadé Fadojutimi
    Lotus Land
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $378,000
    3
    Vaughn Spann
    Big Black Rainbow (Deep Dive)
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $239,400
    4
    Matthew Wong
    Before Night Falls
    Estimate
    $300,000 - $500,000
    Sold For
    $1,252,100
    5
    Ruth Asawa
    Untitled (S.045, Hanging Five-Lobed, Multilayered Continuous Form within a Form, with Spheres in the First, Second and Third Lobes)
    Estimate
    $1,500,000 - $2,000,000
    Sold For
    $3,539,000
    6
    Agnes Martin
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $1,800,000 - $2,500,000
    Sold For
    $2,450,000
    7
    Morris Louis
    Infield
    Estimate
    $900,000 - $1,200,000
    Sold For
    $1,179,500
    8
    Donald Judd
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $3,000,000 - $4,000,000
    Sold For
    $3,539,000
    9
    Richard Diebenkorn
    Untitled (Berkeley)
    Estimate
    $300,000 - $500,000
    Sold For
    $478,800
    10
    David Hockney
    Nichols Canyon
    Estimate
    Estimate on Request
    Sold For
    $41,067,500
    11
    Amoako Boafo
    Purple on Red
    Estimate
    $200,000 - $300,000
    Sold For
    $756,000
    12
    Barkley L. Hendricks
    Selina/Star
    Estimate
    $800,000 - $1,200,000
    Sold For
    $937,500

    Ruth Asawa: The Making of a Forever Stamp

    How Ruth Asawa's postage stamps, designed by Ethel Kessler, became the most beloved of the year.

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    13
    Norman Rockwell
    The Peephole
    Estimate
    $1,000,000 - $1,500,000
    Sold For
    $2,087,000
    14
    Clyfford Still
    PH-407
    Estimate
    Estimate on Request
    Sold For
    $18,442,500
    15
    Glenn Ligon
    Stranger #67
    Estimate
    $1,400,000 - $1,800,000
    Sold For
    $1,784,500
    16
    Jean-Michel Basquiat
    Portrait of A-One A.K.A. King
    Estimate
    $10,000,000 - $15,000,000
    Sold For
    $11,500,000
    17
    Titus Kaphar
    Veil
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $90,000
    Sold For
    $365,400
    18
    René Magritte
    Untitled (Woman's Face covered by a Rose)
    Estimate
    $1,200,000 - $1,800,000
    Sold For
    $2,329,000
    19
    Norman Rockwell
    An Audience of One
    Estimate
    $2,500,000 - $3,500,000
    20
    Pablo Picasso
    Deux personnages
    Estimate
    $1,200,000 - $1,800,000
    Sold For
    $2,147,500
    21
    Joan Mitchell
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $9,000,000 - $12,000,000
    22
    Gerhard Richter
    Abstraktes Bild (678-1)
    Estimate
    $3,000,000 - $5,000,000
    Sold For
    $4,265,000
    23
    Alexander Calder
    Dot + Loop
    Estimate
    $1,200,000 - $1,800,000
    Sold For
    $2,329,000
    24
    Joan Mitchell
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $10,000,000 - $15,000,000
    Sold For
    $11,297,500

    David Hockney's Wiggly Lanes

    In 'Nichols Canyon,' Hockney turns commuting into art form, capturing every sensation of his hilly, winding drive.

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    25
    Roy Lichtenstein
    Nude with Joyous Painting (Study)
    Estimate
    $1,500,000 - $2,000,000
    Sold For
    $1,672,500
    26
    George Condo
    Transparent Female Forms
    Estimate
    $3,500,000 - $5,500,000
    Sold For
    $4,265,000
    27
    Helen Frankenthaler
    Off White Square
    Estimate
    $2,800,000 - $3,500,000
    Sold For
    $3,720,500
    28
    Morris Louis
    Beth Sin
    Estimate
    $4,000,000 - $6,000,000
    29
    Georg Baselitz
    Forstarbeiter
    Estimate
    $1,800,000 - $2,500,000
    Sold For
    $2,087,000
    30
    Charles White
    Roots
    Estimate
    $500,000 - $700,000
    Sold For
    $877,000
    31
    Roy Lichtenstein
    Coup de Chapeau I
    Estimate
    $500,000 - $700,000
    Sold For
    $937,500
    33
    Kehinde Wiley
    Portrait of Mickalene Thomas, the Coyote
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $378,000
    34
    René Magritte
    Le Choeur des Sphinges
    Estimate
    $1,000,000 - $1,500,000
    Sold For
    $3,115,500
    35
    Mickalene Thomas
    I've Been Good To Me
    Estimate
    $200,000 - $300,000
    Sold For
    $901,200
    37
    Ed Ruscha
    Local Storms
    Estimate
    $800,000 - $1,200,000

    Basquiat's Kings

    In his 'Portrait of A-One A.K.A. King,' Basquiat evokes the traditions of a convention-ridden art historical genre—in order to reject them.

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    Joan Mitchell in Another Dimension

    Patricia Albers, celebrated author of the definitive biography 'Joan Mitchell, Lady Painter' and a forthcoming monograph on André Kertész, shares the stories behind two paintings, created twenty-six years apart.

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    Helen Frankenthaler: Paintings, 1973-1981

    Four important paintings from one of the most pivotal decades of Helen Frankenthaler’s career are now on view in our Southampton gallery through 4 October 2020.

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    Emerging Talent: 12 Artists to Watch

    We're rounding up some relative newcomers to the auction world ahead of this season's 20th Century & Contemporary Art auctions.

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    Inside the Royall Collection

    Some of this season's standout works by Black artists arrive at auction from the Collection of Pamela K. and William A. Royall Jr.

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    Revolutionary Color

    Meet the artists that defined Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting, each on offer in our upcoming 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale.

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    Your Year in Art: 2021 Horoscopes

    What's your sign? We rounded up horoscope predictions for the New Year, with the help of the artists from our 20th Century and Contemporary Art auction.

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