20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

New York Auction 18 May 2017

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Auction 18 May 5pm EDT
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

New York Auction 18 May 2017

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1
Nicole Eisenman
Winter Solstice 2012 Dinner Party
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $670,000
2
David Hammons
African-American Flag
Estimate $700,000 - 1,000,000
Sold for $2,050,000
3
Kenneth Noland
Bridge
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $1,450,000
4
Ellsworth Kelly
Dark Blue Relief
Estimate $2,000,000 - 3,000,000
Sold for $3,105,000
5
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (Venus 2000 B.C.)
Estimate $2,000,000 - 3,000,000
Sold for $2,590,000
6
Roy Lichtenstein
Woman: Sunlight, Moonlight
Estimate On Request
Sold for $10,330,000
Modern & Contemporary Art
'Woman: Sunlight, Moonlight': The Two Sides of a Lichtenstein Woman
On offer from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, a two-faced heroine represents the triumphal return of the female figure in the Pop artist's late postmodern work.
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7
Alexander Archipenko
White Torso
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $250,000
8
Damien Hirst
The Void
Estimate $5,000,000 - 7,000,000
Sold for $5,250,000
9
Peter Doig
Rosedale
Estimate On Request
Sold for $28,810,000
10
Marlene Dumas
Colorfields
Estimate $2,500,000 - 3,500,000
Sold for $4,170,000
11
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate $2,000,000 - 3,000,000
Sold for $3,610,000
12
Adolph Gottlieb
Shadows
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $1,030,000
Modern & Contemporary Art
Contemporary Impressionists: Peter Doig and Damien Hirst
Francesco Bonami discusses how two important works in our Evening Sale take radically different approaches in reinventing Impressionism for the contemporary viewer.
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13
Willem de Kooning
Untitled II
Estimate $12,000,000 - 18,000,000
Sold for $13,130,000
14
Lee Krasner
Gold or Silver
Estimate $1,000,000 - 1,500,000
Sold for $1,690,000
15
Kazuo Shiraga
T52
Estimate $1,000,000 - 1,500,000
Sold for $1,330,000
16
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (Three Heads)
Estimate $650,000 - 850,000
Sold for $790,000
17
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate $1,500,000 - 2,000,000
Sold for $1,810,000
18
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $514,000
Modern & Contemporary Art
The Vision and Passion of Scott Spiegel
Fred Hoffman, PhD, who worked closely with Jean-Michel Basquiat during the artist's residency in Venice, California in the early 1980s, provides an in-depth look at six works from the collection of Scott D.F. Spiegel.
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19
Ed Ruscha
Cherry
Estimate $700,000 - 900,000
Sold for $898,000
20
Agnes Martin
Untitled #1
Estimate $4,000,000 - 6,000,000
Sold for $3,946,000
21
Glenn Ligon
Stranger #55
Estimate $800,000 - 1,200,000
Sold for $874,000
22
Wolfgang Tillmans
quiet mind
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $322,000
23
This lot is no longer available.
24
David Hockney
Three Oranges with a Vase
Estimate $1,800,000 - 2,500,000
Sold for $1,990,000
Modern & Contemporary Art
Filling the Void: Largest Hirst Pill Cabinet Ever Shown in the U.S.
We contextualize a monumental and significant Damien Hirst 'Pill Cabinet' alongside works by Barnett Newman, Donald Judd and Gerhard Richter.
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25
John Chamberlain
Untitled
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $730,000
26
Donald Judd
Untitled
Estimate $1,200,000 - 1,800,000
Sold for $1,174,000
27
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Estimate $1,200,000 - 1,800,000
Sold for $1,030,000
28
Anselm Kiefer
Merkaba
Estimate $600,000 - 900,000
Sold for $970,000
29
Wade Guyton
Untitled
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $670,000
30
Adrian Ghenie
Charles Darwin as a Young Man
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $610,000
Modern & Contemporary Art
Archipenko's Parisian Years: 'White Torso' from MoMA
From New York's Museum of Modern Art and sold to benefit its acquisitions fund, Archipenko's 'White Torso' is a gleaming, silvered testament to the artist's simultaneously innovative and referential approach to modern sculpture.
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31
Ai Weiwei
Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads
Estimate $2,500,000 - 3,500,000
Sold for $3,370,000
32
This lot is no longer available.
33
Rudolf Stingel
Untitled
Estimate $2,000,000 - 3,000,000
Sold for $2,350,000
34
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $754,000
35
Richard Prince
Going Going Going
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $1,090,000
36
Alexander Calder
Two Red Petals in the Air
Estimate $2,500,000 - 3,000,000
Sold for $2,410,000
Modern & Contemporary Art
Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads
Exhibited at nearly forty locations around the world since 2011, Ai Weiwei's installation reconstructs lost treasures from China's imperial past.
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37
This lot is no longer available.
38
Marc Chagall
La joie au cirque
Estimate $1,800,000 - 2,500,000
Sold for $1,930,000
39
Jean Hélion
Abstraction
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $514,000
40
Keith Haring
Keith and Julia
Estimate $700,000 - 1,000,000
Sold for $970,000