Live Auction

Modern & Contemporary Art

New York
Begins26 September 11am ET 2026

170 Lots

1
Emma Webster
A Setting Scene
Estimate
$50,000–70,000
2
Yayoi Kusama
Late Autumn Skies
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
3
Jane Freilicher
Wild Rose Bush
Estimate
$6,000–8,000
4
Lois Dodd
Night Bayou at Pierre Part, LA
Estimate
$10,000–15,000
5
Lois Dodd
View from Van Loonen's at Night
Estimate
$10,000–15,000
6
Fairfield Porter
Path and Footbridge
Estimate
$60,000–80,000
7
Fairfield Porter
Flowers on a Bank
Estimate
$50,000–70,000
8
Neil Welliver
Birches
Estimate
$10,000–15,000
9
Sabine Moritz
Olymp 1
Estimate
$30,000–50,000
10
Cecily Brown
Untitled (Paradise)
Estimate
$80,000–120,000
11
Derek Fordjour
Single Sculler Stride
Estimate
$250,000–350,000
12
Rashid Johnson
Untitled Anxious Red Drawing
Estimate
$250,000–350,000
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13
Jenna Gribbon
My Girlfriend as Pollyanna
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
15
Nicholas Bierk
Dahlia
Estimate
$6,000–8,000
16
Amanda Ba
Pig's Skin
Estimate
$18,000–25,000
17
John Chamberlain
SMILE CODE
Estimate
$200,000–300,000
18
Rashid Johnson
Seven Stars
Estimate
$150,000–200,000
19
Adam Pendleton
Untitled (WE ARE NOT)
Estimate
$180,000–250,000
20
Torkwase Dyson
Mass of Consequence
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
21
Hernan Bas
Stroll
Estimate
$25,000–30,000
22
Simone Leigh
Untitled, from Queen Bee
Estimate
$25,000–35,000
23
Tishan Hsu
gray-zone-7
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
24
Tau Lewis
Seashell
Estimate
$15,000–20,000
25
Suchitra Mattai
The Theater of Joy
Estimate
$25,000–35,000
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26
Sarah Crowner
Sliced Triangles 2
Estimate
$50,000–70,000
27
Lissy Funk
The Secret Fish (Der geheime Fisch)
Estimate
$40,000–60,000
28
Brent Wadden
Untitled
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
29
Yves Klein
Monochrome bleu sans titre (IKB 321)
Estimate
$100,000–150,000
30
Wayne Thiebaud
Plain Diagonal Ridge
Estimate
$120,000–180,000
31
Julian Schnabel
2 Dean
Estimate
$15,000–20,000
32
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai)
Jocko: Butterflies
Estimate
$15,000–25,000
33
George Morrison (Ojibwe)
Cerulean Shadows. Approaching Night (Red Rock Variation: Lake Superior Landscape)
Estimate
$40,000–60,000
34
Sir Frank Bowling, R.A. OBE
Copter
Estimate
$15,000–20,000
35
Jenny Holzer
The Survival Series: Green Diodes
Estimate
$30,000–50,000
36
Nam June Paik
Untitled (Old television)
Estimate
$15,000–20,000
37
Milton Avery
Reclining Bather
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
Designer Jonathan Simkhai in his atelier.
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38
Wayne Thiebaud
Purple Rocks
Estimate
$70,000–100,000
39
Gertrude Abercrombie
Shell
Estimate
$50,000–60,000
40
Adolph Gottlieb
Pictograph
Estimate
$70,000–100,000
No Reserve
41
Hans Hofmann
The Climb
Estimate
$150,000–200,000
42
Paul Jenkins
Phenomena breathe blue
Estimate
$15,000–20,000
43
Alfred Leslie
Dental Caries
Estimate
$40,000–60,000
44
Alfred Leslie
Companion to Black Painting
Estimate
$100,000–150,000
45
Tom Wesselmann
Drawing After Bedroom Painting #6
Estimate
$300,000–400,000
46
Andy Warhol
Camouflage
Estimate
$150,000–200,000
47
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate
$120,000–180,000
48
Andy Warhol
Dr. Carlo Monzino
Estimate
$180,000–250,000
49
Mary Abbott
Untitled
Estimate
$30,000–50,000
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50
Paul Jenkins
Phenomena Under Water Winds
Estimate
$40,000–60,000
51
Mary Heilmann
Little Rosebud
Estimate
$40,000–60,000
52
George Condo
MOTHER AND CHILD
Estimate
$100,000–150,000
53
Friedel Dzubas
Estoril
Estimate
$70,000–100,000
54
Shusaku Arakawa
Untitled
Estimate
$12,000–18,000
55
Kenzo Okada
Unsolved
Estimate
$10,000–16,000
56
Beverly Pepper
The Burning Bush Menorah
Estimate
$40,000–60,000
57
Sol LeWitt
Wall Drawing #635: A tilted form with color ink washes superimposed, on each of two walls
Estimate
$100,000–150,000
58
Lawrence Weiner
VARYING DEGREES OF DAMAGE DONE TO THE SAME THING
Estimate
$80,000–120,000
59
Joe Goode
Untitled (Torn Sky)
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
60
Kenny Scharf
Rollinalong
Estimate
$70,000–100,000
61
John Philip Falter
The Bridge
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
62
John Philip Falter
The Noon Whistle
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
63
Juan Genovés
Meollo I
Estimate
$100,000–150,000
64
Baltasar Lobo
Torse incliné en avant sur socle
Estimate
$25,000–35,000
65
Marc Quinn
Life after Life
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
66
Thomas Houseago
Dream Panel (Cat)
Estimate
$40,000–60,000
No Reserve
67
Sarah Lucas
One's nob (iii)
Estimate
$8,000–12,000
68
Haim Steinbach
code of silence #2
Estimate
$30,000–40,000
69
Ken Price
Baby I
Estimate
$60,000–80,000
70
David Salle
Democratic Theory and Practice
Estimate
$40,000–60,000
71
Avery Singer
Untitled
Estimate
$100,000–150,000
72
Oscar Murillo
geographical avalanche
Estimate
$80,000–120,000
73
Alex Da Corte
Sewn To The Sky (Aquarius)
Estimate
$60,000–80,000
74
Rashid Johnson
Untitled (Love in Outer Space)
Estimate
$25,000–35,000
75
Sterling Ruby
BC (3627)
Estimate
$40,000–60,000
76
Shara Hughes
Enter Goldfish
Estimate
$30,000–60,000
77
Jerrell Gibbs
Top Down
Estimate
$25,000–35,000
78
Asuka Anastacia Ogawa
Hunting
Estimate
$15,000–20,000
79
Asuka Anastacia Ogawa
Melinha
Estimate
$25,000–35,000
80
Genieve Figgis
The Artist
Estimate
$50,000–70,000
81
Pam Evelyn
Newlyn
Estimate
$5,000–7,000
82
Tomoo Gokita
Lingerie Model
Estimate
$25,000–35,000
83
Leslie Martinez
The Urgency of Objecthood
Estimate
$8,000–12,000
84
Noelia Towers
Sea Swallow Me
Estimate
$7,000–10,000
85
Ouattara Watts
Untitled
Estimate
$12,000–18,000
86
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
Glassell Park
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
87
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
Study for Glassell Park
Estimate
$4,000–6,000
88
Donna Huanca
Nicotiana Rustica
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
89
Haegue Yang
Trustworthy X # 141
Estimate
$10,000–15,000
90
Liu Wei
Jungle 1
Estimate
$25,000–35,000
91
Ai Weiwei
Color Cup
Estimate
$70,000–100,000
92
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Untitled (A)
Estimate
$15,000–20,000
93
Richard Pettibone
Piet Mondrian, 'Composition with Blue, Yellow, Black and Red', 1922
Estimate
$15,000–20,000
No Reserve
94
Kelley Walker
Andy Warhol and Sonny Liston fly on Braniff (when you got it-flaunt it)
Estimate
$40,000–60,000
95
Matt Connors
Reader
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
96
Julian Opie
Monique Walking
Estimate
$25,000–35,000
97
Anne Collier
Tear (Comic) #8
Estimate
$7,000–10,000
98
Cindy Sherman
Untitled #125
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
99
R.H. Quaytman
Distracting Distance, Chapter 16 (Woman in the Sun - Diamond Dust Scuff)
Estimate
$12,000–18,000
100
Nan Goldin
Greer on the bed, NYC
Estimate
$10,000–15,000
101
Michal Rovner
Ovesh
Estimate
$10,000–15,000
102
Gabriel Orozco
Samurai Tree (Invariant 1R)
Estimate
$30,000–50,000
103
Carrie Mae Weems
Side Girls
Estimate
$12,000–18,000
104
Carrie Mae Weems
Afro Chic
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
105
Francesco Vezzoli
Media Frenzy - Patricia Hill On Vanity Fair
Estimate
$18,000–22,000
106
Mark Bradford
Life Size
Estimate
$10,000–15,000
107
Duane Michals
de Chirico
Estimate
$10,000–15,000
108
Larry Bell
Cube #37
Estimate
$40,000–60,000
109
Robert Motherwell
Cabaret No. 10
Estimate
$25,000–35,000
110
Robert Motherwell
Cabaret No. 3
Estimate
$25,000–35,000
111
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Carol Nude
Estimate
$25,000–35,000
112
Paul Jenkins
Phenomena Red Under
Estimate
$4,000–6,000
113
Nancy Grossman
Blunderbuss
Estimate
$10,000–15,000
114
Joseph Cornell
Untitled
Estimate
$6,000–8,000
115
William N. Copley
Feasting a Fawning Parasite, or Glutting a Harlot's Purse; from "The Song of the Wage Slave"
Estimate
$7,000–10,000
116
Sigmar Polke
Untitled
Estimate
$5,000–7,000
117
Francesco Clemente
Autoritratto sonore
Estimate
$30,000–50,000
118
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (Twilite Doubleheader...)
Estimate
$25,000–35,000
119
Raymond Pettibon
No title (And ever, as...)
Estimate
$25,000–35,000
120
Robert Longo
Cross 7
Estimate
$4,000–6,000
121
Raymond Pettibon
No Title (I could see...)
Estimate
$7,000–10,000
122
Sol LeWitt
Left: Red & Blue Lines; Right: Red & Yellow Lines
Estimate
$7,000–10,000
123
Stanley Whitney
Untitled
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
124
Robert Longo
Untitled
Estimate
$4,000–6,000
125
Giangiacomo Rossetti
Untitled
Estimate
$8,000–12,000
126
Glenn Ligon
Study for Negro Sunshine #76
Estimate
$15,000–20,000
127
Huma Bhabha
Untitled
Estimate
$15,000–20,000
128
Louis Fratino
Man and Dog
Estimate
$8,000–12,000
129
Robert Nava
Drawing
Estimate
$5,000–7,000
130
Tschabalala Self
At Home - Lady in Blue in Sunroom
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
131
Yoshitomo Nara
C'Mon Everybody
Estimate
$15,000–20,000
132
Louise Bonnet
Untitled
Estimate
$10,000–15,000
133
Kehinde Wiley
Untitled
Estimate
$40,000–60,000
134
André Butzer
Untitled
Estimate
$40,000–60,000
135
Marc Quinn
Red Carpet
Estimate
$7,000–10,000
136
KAWS
PERMANENT THIRTY-THREE (1553)
Estimate
$15,000–20,000
137
Robert Zehnder
Signal
Estimate
$15,000–20,000
138
Angela Heisch
Where There's Smoke
Estimate
$10,000–15,000
139
Roby Dwi Antono
We are there together
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
140
Brice Guilbert
Fournez
Estimate
$18,000–22,000
141
Danielle Orchard
Bra Strap (After Kirchner)
Estimate
$10,000–15,000
142
Rachel Eulena Williams
Stained Glass
Estimate
$10,000–15,000
143
Tala Madani
Holy Light
Estimate
$18,000–25,000
144
Sadie Benning
Garden
Estimate
$8,000–12,000
145
Bony Ramirez
Clean Up, After the Storm
Estimate
$10,000–15,000
146
Jess Valice
Boy in Green
Estimate
$12,000–18,000
147
Tanya Ling
Columba
Estimate
$8,000–12,000
148
Jake Longstreth
Manzanita Avenue
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
149
Beatriz Milhazes
Ovale
Estimate
$30,000–50,000
150
Solange Pessoa
Série Botânica
Estimate
$15,000–20,000
151
Oscar Murillo
Untitled (synthetic trash paintings)
Estimate
$15,000–20,000
152
Bernadette Despujols
Ronald Williams
Estimate
$7,000–10,000
153
Michael and Magdalena Frimkess
Untitled
Estimate
$6,000–8,000
154
Victor Grippo
A 17 grados de la Vertical
Estimate
$10,000–15,000
155
Magdalena Fernández
3e000
Estimate
$10,000–15,000
156
Caio Fonseca
Pietrasanta Painting
Estimate
$7,000–10,000
157
Emiliano di Cavalcanti
Sem título
Estimate
$100,000–150,000
158
Abigaíl Varela
Esperando reclinada
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
159
Oswaldo Vigas
Arácnida II
Estimate
$18,000–25,000
160
Enrico Donati
Sacred Tablet
Estimate
$6,000–8,000
161
Nedo
Progresion 50
Estimate
$18,000–25,000
162
Alicia Penalba
Infant du sorcier
Estimate
$30,000–50,000
163
Angel Botello
Untitled
Estimate
$15,000–20,000
164
Ignacio Iturria
Wood chess with 11 objects
Estimate
$6,000–8,000
165
Francisco Matto
Cafe
Estimate
$6,000–8,000
166
Francisco Matto
Constructivo con dos figuras
Estimate
$7,000–10,000
167
Joaquín Torres-García
Eva
Estimate
$15,000–20,000
168
José Gurvich
Hombres con reloj
Estimate
$20,000–30,000
169
Julio Alpuy
Buenos Aires
Estimate
$8,000–12,000
170
Gonzalo Fonseca
Man, Symbols, Space
Estimate
$6,000–8,000
171
Francisco Zúñiga
Dos mujeres sentada
Estimate
$10,000–15,000