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ConcludedMay 15 2019
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    • 139 Lots

    101
    Jean Dubuffet
    Corps de dame
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $106,250
    102
    Jean Dubuffet
    Personnage (no. 25)
    Estimate
    $25,000 - $35,000
    Sold For
    $81,250
    103
    Jean Dubuffet
    Personnage (no. 27)
    Estimate
    $25,000 - $35,000
    Sold For
    $81,250
    104
    Jean Dubuffet
    Personnage (P. 14)
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $87,500
    105
    Jean Dubuffet
    Personnage (mi corps)
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $212,500
    106
    Jean Dubuffet
    Jouhandeau innocent
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    Sold For
    $156,250
    107
    Jean Dubuffet
    Barbe des bourreaux de Paris
    Estimate
    $300,000 - $500,000
    Sold For
    $350,000
    108
    Jean Dubuffet
    Michel Tapié
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $50,000
    Sold For
    $25,000
    109
    Jean Dubuffet
    Deux arabes
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $100,000
    Sold For
    $125,000
    110
    Jean Dubuffet
    Tête griotte
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $143,750
    111
    Jean Dubuffet
    Buste (avec graffiti au couteau)
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $225,000
    112
    Jean Dubuffet
    Deux Automobiles (Peugeot, Fiat)
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $50,000
    Sold For
    $81,250

    Mark Tobey Over Time: Charting a Painting's Provenance from the 1950s

    Mark Tobey's 'Desert Town (Wild City)' takes us back to a momentous time in the artist's career. Making its way from New York to Paris and Basel, this work's esteemed and storied provenance captures the remarkable trajectory of an artist garnering widespread international acclaim.

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    113
    Joseph Cornell
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $137,500
    114
    Joan Miró
    Torse de femme
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold For
    $350,000
    115
    Joan Miró
    Maquette de l'arc de la Fondation Maeght
    Estimate
    $180,000 - $220,000
    Sold For
    $237,500
    116
    Jean Dubuffet
    Arbre aux deux étages
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold For
    $250,000
    117
    Josef Albers
    Study to Homage to the Square - Looking Out
    Estimate
    $200,000 - $300,000
    Sold For
    $275,000
    118
    Tom Wesselmann
    Cut-Out Nude Study
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $268,750
    119
    Sam Francis
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $350,000 - $450,000
    Sold For
    $450,000
    120
    Franz Kline
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $40,000
    121
    Hans Hofmann
    Pilgrim Heights View - Provincetown
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $100,000
    122
    Jim Dine
    Window Brain
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $40,000
    123
    Willem de Kooning
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $212,500
    124
    Willem de Kooning
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    Sold For
    $162,500

    Got the Time: Matt Dike & Jean‐Michel Basquiat

    'To Repel Ghosts' provides an extraordinary glimpse into Basquiat’s time in L.A. and his working friendship with record producer Matt Dike. Writer Peter Relic recounts the story, based on his years spent interviewing Dike.

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    125
    Robert Rauschenberg
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $200,000 - $300,000
    Sold For
    $250,000
    126
    John Chamberlain
    Tiny Piece #7
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    Sold For
    $150,000
    127
    Claes Oldenburg
    Punching Bag
    Estimate
    $200,000 - $300,000
    Sold For
    $200,000
    128
    Richard Serra
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $200,000
    129
    Louise Nevelson
    Column IV
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $106,250
    130
    Christo
    Orange Store Front (Project) Part I
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $40,000
    Sold For
    $175,000
    131
    Robert Graham
    Source Figure
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $50,000
    132
    Frank Stella
    Misano
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold For
    $475,000
    133
    George Segal
    Woman with Sunglasses on Bench
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold For
    $275,000
    134
    Jean Dubuffet
    Le verre d'eau
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $52,500
    135
    Roberto Matta
    Le responsable de l'optimisme
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $52,500
    136
    Frank Stella
    Untitled (Concentric Square)
    Estimate
    $25,000 - $35,000
    Sold For
    $18,750

    Phillips x Artelligence Podcast: Jean-Michel Basquiat's Self Portrait from the Collection of Matt Dike

    The Art Market Monitor's Marion Maneker speaks to Scott Nussbaum and Fred Hoffman about the unique collection coming to auction in New York.

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    137
    Frank Stella
    Conway
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $18,000
    Sold For
    $30,000
    138
    Alexander Calder
    Meadow Grass
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $62,500
    139
    Alexander Calder
    Las Vegas
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $187,500
    140
    Ed Clark
    Hot and Cold
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $337,500
    141
    Jiro Takamatsu
    Shadow (No. 1400)
    Estimate
    $180,000 - $250,000
    142
    Ed Ruscha
    Etc.
    Estimate
    $200,000 - $300,000
    Sold For
    $387,500
    143
    Agnes Martin
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $350,000 - $450,000
    Sold For
    $375,000
    144
    Carmen Herrera
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $275,000
    145
    Ellsworth Kelly
    Coral Leaf (1)
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $106,250
    146
    Yayoi Kusama
    Accretion (No. 1)
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $175,000
    147
    Louise Nevelson
    City Series
    Estimate
    $200,000 - $300,000
    148
    Joan Miró
    Untitled III
    Estimate
    $300,000 - $400,000

    Atsuko Tanaka: Creating the New Japan

    Radical, pioneering and avant-garde, Tanaka changed the post-war landscape as the foremost female artist in the Gutai group.

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    149
    Pablo Picasso
    Femme en buste/ Buste de femme couchée
    Estimate
    $300,000 - $500,000
    Sold For
    $375,000
    150
    Pablo Picasso
    Buste de femme assise dans un fauteuil
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    151
    Jean-Michel Basquiat
    Untitled (Red/Black Figure)
    Estimate
    $400,000 - $600,000
    Sold For
    $400,000
    152
    Jean-Michel Basquiat
    Untitled (Standing Male Figure)
    Estimate
    $700,000 - $1,000,000
    153
    Jean-Michel Basquiat
    Untitled (Figure with Blue Head)
    Estimate
    $500,000 - $700,000
    Sold For
    $437,500
    154
    Jean-Michel Basquiat
    Untitled (Insect Order)
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    155
    Andy Warhol
    Map of Eastern U.S.S.R. Missile Bases (Positive)
    Estimate
    $700,000 - $1,000,000
    Sold
    156
    Robert Rauschenberg
    Bottoms (Syn-Tex Series)
    Estimate
    $120,000 - $180,000
    Sold For
    $112,500
    157
    John Wesley
    Bumstead's Foot
    Estimate
    $120,000 - $180,000
    Sold For
    $112,500
    158
    Roy Lichtenstein
    Purist Painting with Dice
    Estimate
    $450,000 - $650,000
    Sold For
    $652,500
    159
    Andy Warhol
    Brillo Soap Pads Box
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold For
    $437,500
    160
    Andy Warhol
    Piss
    Estimate
    $500,000 - $700,000
    Sold For
    $644,000
    161
    John Chamberlain
    INCIDENTALLYNEUTERED
    Estimate
    $300,000 - $400,000
    Sold For
    $475,000
    162
    Dan Flavin
    untitled (to Bob and Pat Rohm)
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold For
    $325,000
    163
    Fred Sandback
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    Sold For
    $35,000
    164
    Craig Kauffman
    #1-8
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $90,000
    165
    Carlos Cruz-Diez
    Chromointerférence Mécanique
    Estimate
    $180,000 - $220,000
    Sold For
    $162,500
    166
    Kenneth Noland
    Greenbriar
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold For
    $337,500
    167
    Kenneth Noland
    Mysteries: To Blue
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    Sold For
    $325,000
    168
    Bernar Venet
    Two Indeterminate Lines
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    Sold For
    $262,500
    169
    Richard Serra
    Tracks #31
    Estimate
    $300,000 - $400,000
    Sold For
    $475,000
    170
    Richard Serra
    Left Corner Square to the Floor
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $150,000
    171
    Robert Ryman
    CORE XXI
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $90,000
    Sold For
    $137,500
    172
    Sol LeWitt
    Black Cubes
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $112,500
    173
    Jesús Rafael Soto
    Naranja Superior
    Estimate
    $200,000 - $300,000
    174
    Loló Soldevilla
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $75,000
    175
    Dadamaino
    Volume
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $50,000
    Sold For
    $47,500
    176
    Manolo Valdés
    Rostro sobre fondo turquesa
    Estimate
    $180,000 - $250,000
    Sold For
    $225,000
    177
    Fernando Botero
    Portrait of Nadine Haim
    Estimate
    $120,000 - $180,000
    Sold
    178
    Fernando Botero
    El Rapto de Europa
    Estimate
    $300,000 - $400,000
    Sold For
    $375,000
    179
    Fernando Botero
    Horse
    Estimate
    $600,000 - $800,000
    Sold For
    $740,000
    181
    Piero Pizzi Cannella
    Nero, Ferro, Battuto; Sottile, Ferro, Battuto (Diptych)
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $40,000
    182
    Lucio Fontana
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $100,000
    Sold For
    $131,250
    183
    Mario Merz
    Una lunghissima domenica
    Estimate
    $180,000 - $200,000
    Sold For
    $187,500
    184
    Jannis Kounellis
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $137,500
    185
    Armando Morales
    Trois Baigneuses
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $90,000
    Sold For
    $87,500
    186
    Francisco Toledo
    Luz’ de Foco
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $100,000
    Sold For
    $106,250
    187
    Mark Tobey
    Desert Town (Wild City)
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $87,500
    188
    Alexander Calder
    Brooch
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $35,000
    Sold For
    $50,000
    189
    Max Ernst
    Portrait d’ un ancêtre (Portrait of an ancestor)
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $175,000
    190
    Rodolfo Nieto
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $30,000
    191
    Carlos Cruz-Diez
    Sin título (serie Signos vegetales)
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $56,250
    192
    Helen Frankenthaler
    White Rose of Sharon
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold
    193
    Franz Kline
    Black, White, Brown
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    194
    Hans Hofmann
    Fragrance
    Estimate
    $280,000 - $350,000
    195
    Willem de Kooning
    Study for a Woman
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    196
    David Smith
    A Sketch for a Sculpture (Raven Series)
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $40,000
    Sold For
    $43,750
    197
    Sandú Darié
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $28,000 - $32,000
    Sold For
    $75,000
    198
    Atsuko Tanaka
    85-E
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold For
    $200,000
    199
    Shozo Shimamoto
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    200
    Sam Gilliam
    Pantheon I
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $100,000
    Sold
    201
    Romare Bearden
    Mecklenburg Monday
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $62,500
    202
    Saul Steinberg
    The Real Table
    Estimate
    $25,000 - $35,000
    203
    Richard Estes
    Turkey Landscape
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    204
    Philip Pearlstein
    Model with Empire State Building
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $100,000
    Sold For
    $125,000
    205
    Tom Wesselmann
    Study for Bedroom Blonde, Black and Green Pillows
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $100,000
    Sold For
    $60,000
    206
    Tom Wesselmann
    Study for Still Life with Matisse & Johns
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    207
    Tom Wesselmann
    Double Study for Bedroom Painting #22
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $100,000
    Sold For
    $87,500
    208
    Patrick Nagel
    Kristen
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $90,000
    Sold For
    $300,000
    209
    Christo
    Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida)
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $100,000
    210
    Christo
    Running Fence (Project for Sonoma County and Marin County, State of California)
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $90,000
    Sold For
    $187,500
    211
    John Chamberlain
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $100,000
    212
    John Chamberlain
    Fleabane (Marsh)
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $47,500
    213
    Andy Warhol
    Portrait of a Woman (Linda Oxenberg)
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    Sold For
    $412,500
    214
    Andy Warhol
    Elixir de Markoff Royal Jelly
    Estimate
    $18,000 - $25,000
    215
    Susan Rothenberg
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $10,000
    216
    Eduardo Terrazas
    2.30, From the series "Tablas"
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $50,000
    217
    Kazuya Sakai
    Pintura N°14, Série II
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $50,000
    Sold For
    $30,000
    218
    Sir Frank Bowling, R.A.
    Mooring
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $60,000
    219
    Sir Frank Bowling, R.A.
    Three works: (i) Resting; (ii) Alighting; (iii) Hovering
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    220
    Kenneth Noland
    Winds 82-28
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    221
    Robert Motherwell
    Pall Mall on Blue
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $50,000
    222
    Richard Pettibone
    Frank Stella Takht-I-Sulayman II, 1968
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $50,000
    Sold For
    $75,000
    223
    Sol LeWitt
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $40,000
    Sold For
    $62,500
    224
    Sol LeWitt
    Complex Form
    Estimate
    $18,000 - $22,000
    Sold For
    $20,000
    225
    Sol LeWitt
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    Sold For
    $16,250
    226
    Howard Mehring
    Primal
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $25,000
    227
    Thomas Downing
    Blue Tender
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $50,000
    Sold For
    $200,000
    228
    Sam Gilliam
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    Sold For
    $40,000
    229
    Sam Gilliam
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $93,750
    230
    Michael Goldberg
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $40,000
    Sold For
    $37,500
    231
    Alfred Leslie
    Seated Figure
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    232
    Sam Francis
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $40,000
    233
    Milton Resnick
    Idyl
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $18,000
    Sold For
    $93,750
    234
    Waltercio Caldas
    Wood Wind
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $37,500
    235
    Pedro Coronel
    Roma
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $112,500
    236
    Cundo Bermúdez
    La Chismosa
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    237
    Roberto Fabelo
    Cautiva
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    238
    Carlos Rojas
    Untitled (from the Mujeres en Faja series)
    Estimate
    $25,000 - $35,000
    Sold
    239
    Shuji Mukai
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $22,500
    240
    Louise Nevelson
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $27,500