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20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session

New York
ConcludedDec 8 2020
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    • 132 Lots

    101
    Bill Traylor
    Untitled (Black and Brown Horse)
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $55,440
    102
    Jacob Lawrence
    Street Scene
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $69,300
    103
    Milton Avery
    Landscape
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $81,900
    104
    Hans Hofmann
    Provincetown Blue Sea
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $105,840
    105
    Vivian Springford
    Untitled (VSF327)
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $81,900
    106
    Helen Frankenthaler
    Thanksgiving Day Series (#13)
    Estimate
    $25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    $27,720
    107
    Beauford Delaney
    Street Scene
    Estimate
    $120,000–180,000
    Sold For
    $478,800
    108
    Matthew Wong
    A Dream
    Estimate
    $150,000–200,000
    Sold For
    $864,900
    109
    Alexander Calder
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $302,400
    110
    Alexander Calder
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $176,400
    111
    Alexander Calder
    Light Fixture
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $37,800
    112
    Alexander Calder
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $350,000–500,000
    Sold For
    $315,000
    Article | Modern & Contemporary Art

    Ruth O'Hara's Legacy

    The Estate of Ruth O’Hara is testament to the late art dealer and collector’s engagement with the art of her time.

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    113
    Alexander Calder
    Fly choker
    Estimate
    $70,000–100,000
    114
    Alexander Calder
    Tray
    Estimate
    $25,000–35,000
    115
    Alexander Calder
    Lion Cage
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $45,360
    116
    Alexander Calder
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $18,000–25,000
    Sold For
    $52,920
    117
    Alexander Calder
    Aerialist
    Estimate
    $400,000–600,000
    118
    Alexander Calder
    The Crooked Stick and the Straight Stick
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $28,980
    119
    Joan Miró
    Tête
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $60,480
    120
    Joan Miró
    Figures
    Estimate
    $250,000–350,000
    121
    Robert Rauschenberg
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $180,000–250,000
    122
    Robert Rauschenberg
    Untitled (de Gaulle)
    Estimate
    $250,000–350,000
    123
    Robert Rauschenberg
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    $37,800
    124
    Conrad Marca-Relli
    The Expendible
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    Sold For
    $277,200
    Article | Modern & Contemporary Art

    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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    125
    Andy Warhol
    Puma Invader
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $138,600
    126
    Andy Warhol
    Map of Eastern U.S.S.R. Missile Bases (positive)
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $88,200
    127
    Andy Warhol
    Map of Eastern U.S.S.R. Missile Bases (negative)
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $85,680
    128
    Arthur Segal
    Stillleben mit Flasche
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $163,800
    129
    Marc Chagall
    La danse au village
    Estimate
    $4,000–6,000
    Sold For
    $15,120
    130
    Käthe Kollwitz
    Mutter, zwei Kinder an sich pressend
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $56,700
    131
    Richard Pettibone
    Andy Warhol, "Liz," 1963
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $55,440
    132
    Richard Pettibone
    Andy Warhol, "Marilyn Monroe," 1962 (brown)
    Estimate
    $30,000–40,000
    Sold For
    $32,760
    133
    Richard Pettibone
    Jasper Johns "Grey Rectangles," 1957
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $37,800
    134
    Richard Pettibone
    Marcel Duchamp "Bicycle Wheel," 1913
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $63,000
    135
    Alexander Calder
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $200,000–300,000
    Sold For
    $365,400
    136
    Saul Steinberg
    Two Worlds
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $10,080
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    Specialist Wishlist

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    137
    Jean Dubuffet
    Site aux trois arbres
    Estimate
    $400,000–600,000
    Sold For
    $541,800
    138
    Jack Tworkov
    Marsh
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $75,600
    139
    Philip Guston
    Slope
    Estimate
    $300,000–500,000
    Sold For
    $365,400
    140
    Willem de Kooning
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $500,000–700,000
    Sold For
    $630,000
    141
    Mary Heilmann
    Glide
    Estimate
    $150,000–200,000
    Sold For
    $126,000
    142
    Richard Pousette-Dart
    Pool of Contemplation
    Estimate
    $180,000–250,000
    Sold For
    $214,200
    143
    Ralph Humphrey
    Armanda
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    Sold For
    $107,100
    144
    Hans Hofmann
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $150,000–200,000
    146
    Theodoros Stamos
    Navarone
    Estimate
    $80,000–120,000
    147
    Betty Parsons
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $138,600
    148
    Robert Motherwell
    Basque Suite #50
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    149
    David Smith
    Classic Figure III
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    Sold For
    $201,600
    150
    Elaine de Kooning
    Bull
    Estimate
    $15,000–20,000
    Sold For
    $75,600
    151
    Larry Poons
    Panamar
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $100,800
    152
    Friedel Dzubas
    Key Largo
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $63,000
    153
    Roger Brown
    Two works: (i-ii) Untitled
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    Sold For
    $35,280
    154
    Roger Brown
    Looking for a Leveraged Buyout
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $132,300
    155
    Roger Brown
    The Big Bang
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $42,840
    156
    John Wesley
    Flight
    Estimate
    $90,000–120,000
    Sold For
    $81,900
    157
    Kenneth Noland
    Dawn-Dusk
    Estimate
    $150,000–250,000
    Sold For
    $195,300
    158
    Fred Sandback
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $69,300
    159
    Nam June Paik
    Music is Not Sound
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    160
    Carl Andre
    Steel Parallels
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    Sold For
    $176,400
    161
    John Chamberlain
    Los Ang Us
    Estimate
    $400,000–600,000
    Sold For
    $365,400
    162
    Frank Stella
    k.161b
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $75,600
    164
    Roy Lichtenstein
    Suspended Mobile
    Estimate
    $150,000–200,000
    165
    Jean-Michel Basquiat
    Untitled (Geese+)
    Estimate
    $300,000–400,000
    Sold For
    $302,400
    166
    Martin Wong
    Untitled (Antonio Home)
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $138,600
    167
    Keith Haring
    For Herb
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    168
    Andy Warhol
    Marilyn
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    Sold For
    $113,400
    169
    Andy Warhol
    Flowers
    Estimate
    $250,000–350,000
    Sold For
    $277,200
    170
    Andy Warhol
    Portrait of Bronka Weintraub
    Estimate
    $120,000–180,000
    Sold For
    $126,000
    171
    Robert Rauschenberg
    Pewter Drawer
    Estimate
    $300,000–500,000
    Sold
    172
    Robert Rauschenberg
    Quarters from the series Anagrams (A Pun)
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    Sold For
    $126,000
    173
    Ed Ruscha
    Chick Unit
    Estimate
    $200,000–300,000
    Sold For
    $214,200
    174
    Ed Ruscha
    Three works: (i-iii) Periods
    Estimate
    $120,000–180,000
    Sold
    175
    Alex Katz
    Zihuatenejo Bay
    Estimate
    $35,000–45,000
    Sold For
    $50,400
    176
    Neil Jenney
    Lines and Track
    Estimate
    $200,000–300,000
    Sold For
    $245,700
    177
    Ralph Goings
    Hot Fudge Sundae
    Estimate
    $200,000–300,000
    Sold For
    $403,200
    178
    Fernando Botero
    Venus
    Estimate
    $350,000–450,000
    Sold For
    $529,200
    179
    Manolo Valdés
    Regina
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $55,440
    180
    Fernando Botero
    Reclining Woman with Mirror
    Estimate
    $400,000–600,000
    Sold For
    $403,200
    182
    Pablo Picasso
    Personnage endormi et femme accroupie (VIII)
    Estimate
    $150,000–200,000
    Sold For
    $151,200
    183
    Henri Matisse
    Jeune fille assise
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $56,700
    185
    Francis Picabia
    Sans titre
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $42,840
    186
    Francis Picabia
    Sans titre
    Estimate
    $250,000–350,000
    Sold For
    $226,800
    187
    Joan Miró
    Sans titre
    Estimate
    $70,000–90,000
    188
    Wassily Kandinsky
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $140,000–180,000
    189
    Jean Dubuffet
    Texte Logologique VI
    Estimate
    $40,000–50,000
    Sold For
    $52,920
    190
    Alexander Calder
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    Sold For
    $69,300
    191
    Alexander Calder
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $75,600
    192
    Bob Thompson
    The Beg
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    Sold For
    $75,600
    193
    Beauford Delaney
    Self-portrait
    Estimate
    $30,000–40,000
    Sold For
    $315,000
    194
    Andy Warhol
    Rolling Stones - Love you Live Bill Wyman
    Estimate
    $15,000–20,000
    195
    Andy Warhol
    The Annunciation (after Leonardo da Vinci)
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $40,320
    196
    Andy Warhol
    Head (After Picasso)
    Estimate
    $15,000–20,000
    Sold For
    $71,820
    197
    Marisa Merz
    Untitled (Gold and Silver)
    Estimate
    $70,000–90,000
    198
    Gordon Matta-Clark
    Bing-Go Gone
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    199
    Sigmar Polke
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    Sold For
    $75,600
    200
    Georg Baselitz
    Untitled (Beach Picture)
    Estimate
    $12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    $12,600
    201
    Anselm Kiefer
    Gilgamesch im Zedernwald
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    202
    Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern
    Pussy, Die mondmoralische Märchenwundersau com Kurfürstendamm
    Estimate
    $3,000–5,000
    Sold For
    $3,780
    203
    Francis Bacon
    Untitled (Figure upside down on sofa)
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    Sold For
    $157,500
    204
    William Turnbull
    Untitled (Walking Figures)
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $50,400
    205
    Yayoi Kusama
    Grass-Igniting Coruscation
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $75,600
    206
    Yayoi Kusama
    Village with Mountain Views
    Estimate
    $15,000–20,000
    Sold For
    $23,940
    207
    Mark Tobey
    Untitled (Raissance of a Flower)
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $44,100
    208
    Paul Jenkins
    Phenomena Entrance to Peking
    Estimate
    $25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    $22,680
    209
    Al Held
    Cygnus I
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $52,920
    210
    David Novros
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $15,000–20,000
    Sold For
    $32,760
    211
    Alfred Jensen
    Gothic
    Estimate
    $18,000–25,000
    Sold For
    $25,200
    212
    Lee Mullican
    Isis Appearing (Guardian Figure)
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $44,100
    213
    Larry Bell
    Small Mirage Study #162
    Estimate
    $15,000–20,000
    214
    Harvey Quaytman
    Walnut, Slate and Clay
    Estimate
    $25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    $47,880
    215
    Sol LeWitt
    Black and Gray Diagonal Bands in Three Directions with a Black Border
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    216
    Richard Tuttle
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $7,000–10,000
    217
    George Rickey
    Inverted Column
    Estimate
    $30,000–50,000
    218
    George Rickey
    Two Fixed Two Moving Lines III
    Estimate
    $20,000–30,000
    Sold For
    $32,760
    219
    Joel Shapiro
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    $11,970
    220
    Luis Tomasello
    Atmosphère Chromoplastique No. 259
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $39,060
    221
    Edgar Negret
    Árbol
    Estimate
    $25,000–35,000
    Sold For
    $21,420
    223
    Carlos Alfonzo
    Thought Forms
    Estimate
    $60,000–80,000
    Sold For
    $138,600
    225
    Ana Mercedes Hoyos
    Inverapuestas el Perro
    Estimate
    $70,000–90,000
    226
    LeRoy Neiman
    Le rendez-vous
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $40,320
    227
    Bernard Buffet
    La montagne Sainte-Victoire
    Estimate
    $50,000–70,000
    Sold For
    $52,920
    228
    Bernard Buffet
    Princesse Espagnole
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $252,000
    229
    Christian Zervos
    The complete set of Pablo Picasso, Catalogue Raisonné 1875-1973
    Estimate
    $12,000–18,000
    Sold For
    $37,800
    230
    Georges Rouault
    Jeune clown pensif
    Estimate
    $25,000–35,000
    231
    Auguste Herbin
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $8,000–12,000
    Sold For
    $8,820
    232
    Carl Paul Jennewein
    Iris
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $37,800
    233
    Jim Dine
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $18,000–25,000
    Sold For
    $16,380
    234
    Claes Oldenburg
    Two Small Ray Guns
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold
    235
    Larry Rivers
    Dreyfus
    Estimate
    $10,000–15,000
    Sold For
    $8,820
    236
    Kenny Scharf
    Coconut Donut in Space
    Estimate
    $15,000–20,000
    Sold For
    $41,580
    237
    Kenny Scharf
    Turkone
    Estimate
    $40,000–60,000
    Sold For
    $126,000
    238
    Kenny Scharf
    Spacecase
    Estimate
    $30,000–40,000
    Sold For
    $81,900