Provenance
Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York
The Museum of Modern Art, Junior Council's Art Lending Service, New York
Private Collection, New York (acquired though the Service above circa 1960)
Thence by descent to the present owners

220

Milton Avery

Pilgrim Tower

signed and dated "Milton Avery 1957" lower right
watercolor on paper
20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66 cm)
Executed in 1957.

This work will be accompanied by a letter of opinion from the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation.

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000

Sold for $40,640

Contact Specialist

Annie Dolan

Specialist, Head of Sale, Morning Session
+1 212 940 1288
adolan@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 16 May 2023

101
Lois Dodd
Burning House with Clapboards
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $215,900
102
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai)
I See Red: Redskin War Shirt
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $76,200
103
Sylvia Snowden
Salvation
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $127,000
104
Lynne Drexler
Matoaka Aflame
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $114,300
105
Vivian Springford
Untitled (VS 20)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $95,250
106
Joan Mitchell
Untitled
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $825,500
107
Sam Francis
Untitled SFF.771
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $571,500
108
James Brooks
Noran
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $69,850
109
Ed Clark
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $152,400
110
Vivian Springford
Untitled (Tanzania Series)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $241,300
111
This lot is no longer available.
112
Alex Katz
White Band (Katherine)
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $444,500
113
Alex Katz
Danielle 3
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $304,800
114
John Wesley
Phone
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $88,900
115
Andy Warhol
O.J. Simpson
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $482,600
116
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $952,500
117
Roy Lichtenstein
Brushstroke Sculpture
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $1,016,000
118
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $406,400
119
John Chamberlain
TAOIST TOAST
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $444,500
120
Tom Wesselmann
Cross Motion II
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
121
Sol LeWitt
Wall Drawing #1111 Circle with broken bands of color
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
122
Dan Flavin
untitled (for Ad Reinhardt) 1b
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $152,400
123
Donald Judd
untitled (Menziken #91-175)
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $698,500
124
Brice Marden
Untitled (#2A)
Estimate $450,000 - 650,000
Sold for $482,600
125
Kenneth Noland
Pairs
Estimate $180,000 - 220,000
Sold for $241,300
126
Mary Heilmann
Shaped Serape
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $152,400
127
Sturtevant
Warhol Gold Marilyn
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $190,500
128
Tom Wesselmann
Study for first face #4
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $114,300
129
Tom Wesselmann
Mouth Fragment
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $101,600
131
Wayne Thiebaud
Red Farm
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $127,000
132
Philip Guston
Lemonade and Doughnuts
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $457,200
133
Romare Bearden
Sunset Limited from Profile/Part I, The Twenties: Mecklenburg County
Estimate $220,000 - 350,000
134
Ernie Barnes
Hustlers
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $254,000
135
Gertrude Abercrombie
Shell
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $63,500
136
Gertrude Abercrombie
Doors with Cat and Shell
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $209,550
137
Max Ernst
Taya's Sun
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $304,800
138
Lucio Fontana
Concetto spaziale
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $482,600
139
Jean Dubuffet
La liquidité du monde
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $444,500
140
Francis Picabia
Suzanne
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $203,200
141
Barry Flanagan RA
Hare
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $330,200
142
Jean Dubuffet
Le fantasque
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $508,000
143
Andy Warhol
Nosepicker II
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $228,600
144
Andy Warhol
Girl in Park (Phipps)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
145
Andy Warhol
Boy and Tree
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
146
George Condo
Take Yourself Away
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $482,600
147
Julian Schnabel
Mi vida es una cumbre de mentiras
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $139,700
148
David Wojnarowicz
The Anatomy and Architecture of June 19, 1953 (for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
149
David Wojnarowicz
Untitled (Time/Money) from the Ant series
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $57,150
150
Martin Wong
St. Joseph's
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $190,500
151
Martin Wong
Mandala
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $63,500
152
Hugh Steers
At the Armoire
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $133,350
153
Futura 2000
Self-Portrait of Picasso 1969
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $114,300
154
This lot is no longer available.
155
Kenny Scharf
Somnoplaya
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $292,100
156
Peter Saul
Chinese Cubist
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $120,650
157
Josef Albers
Study for Homage to the Square: Bright
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $844,550
158
Tom Wesselmann
Little Still Life #20
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $190,500
159
Claes Oldenburg
Flying Pizza (Original Drawing for New York Ten)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,800
160
Roy Lichtenstein
Prototype for Fish and Sky
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
161
Roy Lichtenstein
Collage for Seascape
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $101,600
162
Robert Mangold
A Rectangle and a Circle Within a Square
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $88,900
163
Robert Mangold
Four Color Frame Painting #3
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $196,850
164
Sol LeWitt
Open Cube Structure
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $63,500
165
Ilya Bolotowsky
Rectangle Within a Circle
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $107,950
166
Frank Stella
Fortín de las flores (Original Drawing for Ten from Leo Castelli)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $190,500
167
Sol LeWitt
Three-Part Drawing Using Three Colors In Each Part
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $44,450
168
Sol LeWitt
Vertical Brushstrokes
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $95,250
169
Ad Reinhardt
Untitled (Study for New York International)
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $76,200
170
Stuart Davis
Study for a Drawing #1
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $38,100
171
Giacomo Balla
Sottobicchiere
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $33,020
172
Sonia Delaunay
Rythme couleur
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $76,200
173
Joan Miró
Femmes devant le soleil (Women in Front of the Sun)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $381,000
174
Fernand Léger
Composition américaine aux éléments mécaniques
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $40,640
175
Hannah Höch
Komposition
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $21,590
176
Ben Nicholson
Red to Black
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $88,900
177
František Kupka
Quatre histoires de blanc et noir
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,860
178
Paul Klee
Schatten Fürstin (Princess of the Shadows)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $50,800
179
Auguste Herbin
Composition cubiste
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
180
Adolf Wölfli
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $63,500
181
Jean Dubuffet
Personnage
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $60,960
182
Lee Lozano
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $38,100
183
Gerhard Richter
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $88,900
184
Tom Sachs
118 Composition No. III; Composition with Red, Blue, Yellow, and Black (Mondrian)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $158,750
185
Tom Sachs
Gucci Vice on Pedestal
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
186
Jacques Villeglé
Rue de Beaune
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $8,890
187
Alfred Jensen
Magic in Egypt II
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $16,510
188
Adolf Richard Fleischmann
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,065
189
Arman
The Seven Muses / Galaxiale
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $24,130
190
Arman
Poubelle organique
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $16,510
191
Christo
Valley Curtain (Project for Colorado) Grand Hogback, 7 Miles North from Rifle
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $107,950
192
Christo
Otterlo Mastaba (Project for Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $19,050
193
George Rickey
Sedge with Trapezoids
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,640
194
Mark di Suvero
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $66,040
195
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Nude (Study for 7 Objects in a Box)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
196
Tom Wesselmann
Open Ended Nude (Drawing Edition)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
197
Keith Haring
Untitled (Elvis Presley)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
198
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate $180,000 - 220,000
199No Reserve
Francesco Clemente
Tale
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000 •
Sold for $41,910
200
John Wesley
Good Night Mary
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $38,100
201
Andy Warhol
Dollar Sign
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $95,250
202
Andy Warhol
Ladies and Gentlemen
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $27,940
203
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (Insect Order)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $35,560
204
Robert Rauschenberg
Sherbet Tree (Slide)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $48,260
205
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $139,700
206
Grace Hartigan
Chapeau de Castella
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
207
Helen Frankenthaler
Coyote Dawn
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $304,800
208
Sol LeWitt
Horizontal Lines in Color (More Or Less)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
209
Sam Gilliam
Focus II
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $88,900
210
Beauford Delaney
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $57,150
211
Adolph Gottlieb
The Hunter
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
212
Arshile Gorky
Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $66,040
213
Adolph Gottlieb
Liberation
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
214
Fernand Léger
Jeune fille à la branche
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $228,600
215
Moïse Kisling
Nu allongé
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $82,550
216
Françoise Gilot
Nude on the Beach by the Sea
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $22,860
217
Milton Avery
Young Mother and Child
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
218
This lot is no longer available.
219
Reginald Marsh
Coney Island
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
220
Milton Avery
Pilgrim Tower
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,640
221
Milton Avery
Still Life
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $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
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $25,400
223
Francisco Toledo
Pez con toro
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
224
Pedro Coronel
Danza mágica
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $120,650
225
Mario Carreño
La lavandera (The Laundress)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
226
Fernando Botero
The Gardener
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $139,700
227
Fernando Botero
Reclining Woman (Donna sdraiata)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $279,400
228
Alfredo Ramos Martínez
La India de las tunas (Indian Woman with Prickly Pears)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
229
Aldo Bonadei
Landscape
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
230
Sergio Camargo
Sem título
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
231
León Ferrari
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $31,750
232
Sergio Camargo
Sem título (#425-A)
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $35,560
233
Louise Nevelson
Model for the Torah Ark Doors of Temple Beth El
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $30,480
234
Louise Nevelson
Volcanic Magic XXIV
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $30,480
235
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,800
236
Bruce Nauman
Untitled (Cross Beams)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $27,940
237
Bernar Venet
9 Acute Unequal Angles
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,850
238
Victor Vasarely
Hazay-a
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,850
239
Kenneth Noland
Reborn
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $114,300
240
Deborah Remington
Cambay
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $76,200
241
Thomas Downing
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $44,450
242
Ralph Humphrey
October Light
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $24,130
243
Thomas Nozkowski
Untitled (8-64)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $48,260
244
Maurice Sievan
Zoogarluk
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $279,400
245
Shusaku Arakawa
Sculpting
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $69,850
246
George Condo
Untitled (Impressions)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $127,000
247
Alex Katz
Ada (Orange)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $101,600
248
Alex Katz
Study for Bird
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $40,640
249
Robert Indiana
Spring Gold
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $53,340
250
Richard Estes
Venice-imbarcadero a palazzo ducale
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
Sold for $88,900
251
George L. K. Morris
St. Étienne-du-Mont, No. 2
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,160
252
Max Weber
The Refugees
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $7,620
253
Sir Jacob Epstein
Sir Winston Churchill
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $95,250
254
Pablo Picasso
Head of a Boy
Estimate $60,000 - 90,000
Sold for $107,950
255
Alexander Calder
Flyball Governor
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $76,200
256
Alexander Calder
Untitled (Cartoon for Centre Square, Philadelphia Banner)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $69,850
257
Hermann Nitsch
Wiener Sezession
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $21,590
258
Sam Gilliam
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,640
259
Sol LeWitt
Wavy Vertical Brushstrokes
Estimate $16,000 - 20,000
Sold for $21,590
260
Sol LeWitt
Tangled Bands
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,700

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale,...

New York Auction 16 May 2023

Provenance

220

Milton Avery

Pilgrim Tower

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session