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    • 128 Lots

    101
    Emmi Whitehorse (Diné)
    Canyon Lake I
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $18,000
    Sold For
    $177,800
    102
    Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai)
    Eagle Wing
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $40,640
    103
    Hedda Sterne
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $10,795
    104
    Wolfgang Paalen
    Phantoms I
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    Sold For
    $15,240
    105
    René Magritte
    La belle lurette
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $152,400
    106
    Chico da Silva
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $63,500
    107
    Bill Traylor
    Black Bear
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $40,000
    Sold For
    $30,480
    108
    Elaine de Kooning
    Untitled (Bullfight Series)
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    Sold For
    $152,400
    109
    Lois Dodd
    Wild Geraniums
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $228,600
    110
    Willem de Kooning
    Still Life
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $250,000
    Sold For
    $330,200
    111
    Milton Avery
    The White Hen and Fantasy Creatures (double-sided)
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $95,250
    112
    Milton Avery
    Dark Sea, Dark Sky
    Estimate
    $25,000 - $35,000
    Sold For
    $139,700
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    113
    Wassily Kandinsky
    Rapallo-Stürmischer Tag
    Estimate
    $120,000 - $180,000
    Sold For
    $101,600
    114
    Arshile Gorky
    Portrait of the Artist's Wife
    Estimate
    $25,000 - $35,000
    Sold For
    $88,900
    115
    Guy Pène du Bois
    Conversation - Paris Cafe (Yvonne Pène du Bois)
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $18,000
    Sold For
    $27,940
    116
    Raoul Dufy
    La fenêtre aux vitres de couleurs
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    118
    Pierre-Auguste Renoir
    Jeune femme assise
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $250,000
    Sold For
    $254,000
    119
    Pierre Bonnard
    Jardin au bord de la Seine
    Estimate
    $200,000 - $300,000
    Sold For
    $228,600
    120
    Odilon Redon
    Fleurs dans un vase
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold For
    $254,000
    121
    Henri Matisse
    Nu assis ou femme au collier
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    122
    Françoise Gilot
    Flora
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $76,200
    123
    Pablo Picasso
    Tasse et bananes
    Estimate
    $200,000 - $300,000
    Sold For
    $177,800
    124
    Fernand Léger
    Composition à l'échequier
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold
    125
    Willi Baumeister
    Maschine und Mensch
    Estimate
    $25,000 - $35,000
    Sold For
    $66,040
    Article | Modern & Contemporary Art

    When the Old Is New Again

    How contemporary artists use art history to rewrite its course.

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    126
    Howard Hodgkin
    Small Tree near Cairo
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    Sold For
    $139,700
    127
    Philip Guston
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $350,000 - $500,000
    Sold
    128
    Lynne Drexler
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $57,150
    129
    Michael Corinne West
    Save the Tiger
    Estimate
    $25,000 - $35,000
    Sold For
    $40,640
    130
    Judith Rothschild
    Figure in Space
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $30,480
    131
    Hans Hofmann
    Magenta, Yellow and Black
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold For
    $279,400
    132
    Alice Baber
    The Green Day of the Jaguar
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $133,350
    133
    Helen Frankenthaler
    Spirits of Wine
    Estimate
    $1,200,000 - $1,800,000
    Sold For
    $1,168,400
    134
    Robert Motherwell
    Hollow Men Series
    Estimate
    $600,000 - $800,000
    Sold For
    $698,500
    135
    Robert Motherwell
    Zen IV
    Estimate
    $120,000 - $180,000
    136
    Vivian Springford
    Untitled (VSF 347)
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $100,000
    Sold For
    $95,250
    137
    Helen Frankenthaler
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $44,450
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    138
    Joan Mitchell
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $350,000 - $550,000
    Sold For
    $584,200
    139
    Norman Lewis
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    140
    Charles Alston
    Black and White #7
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    Sold For
    $215,900
    141
    Ernie Barnes
    Human Celebration
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $250,000
    Sold For
    $292,100
    143
    Peter Saul
    Prune Head
    Estimate
    $120,000 - $180,000
    Sold For
    $152,400
    144
    Fritz Scholder (Luiseño)
    Super Kachina
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    Sold For
    $177,800
    145
    Andy Warhol
    Skull
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $69,850
    146
    Jean-Michel Basquiat
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $180,000 - $250,000
    Sold For
    $190,500
    147
    Keith Haring
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    Sold For
    $152,400
    148
    Yayoi Kusama
    Butterfly
    Estimate
    $200,000 - $300,000
    Sold For
    $355,600
    149
    On Kawara
    NOV. 8, 1977 (from Today Series, no. 23)
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    Sold For
    $330,200
    150
    Ed Ruscha
    Suddenly Spastic
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $114,300
    151
    Ed Ruscha
    TREMBLING STALKS OF AQUATIC VEGETATION
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    Sold For
    $165,100
    152
    Ed Ruscha
    We're This and We're That Aren't We?
    Estimate
    $180,000 - $250,000
    Sold For
    $177,800
    153
    Josef Albers
    Study for Homage to the Square: Oracle
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold For
    $220,001
    154
    Donald Judd
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $101,600
    155
    Lynda Benglis
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $127,000
    156
    Louise Nevelson
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $203,200
    157
    Olga de Amaral
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $139,700
    159
    Brice Marden
    Honey's Drawing
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $40,000
    Sold For
    $35,560
    160
    Agnes Martin
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold
    161
    Ed Clark
    Ife
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $53,340
    162
    Gerhard Richter
    Untitled 26.2.89
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $190,500
    163
    Richard Serra
    Untitled #21
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    164
    Lynn Chadwick, R.A.
    Maquette, High Wind
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $44,450
    165
    Moissey Kogan
    Mädchenkopf I (Head of a Girl I)
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $8,890
    166
    Gaston Lachaise
    Garden Figure (second state) [LF 137]
    Estimate
    $300,000 - $400,000
    167
    Manolo Valdés
    Reina Mariana
    Estimate
    $300,000 - $500,000
    Sold For
    $444,500
    168
    Aristide Maillol
    La nymphe aux fleurs
    Estimate
    $600,000 - $800,000
    Sold For
    $635,000
    169
    Édouard Vuillard
    Mme Arthur Fontaine au piano
    Estimate
    $120,000 - $180,000
    170
    André Derain
    Nus dans un paysage
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    171
    Louis Valtat
    Les deux soeurs assises, Madame Zette et Madame Juin
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    172
    Maurice de Vlaminck
    Village et bord de rivière
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $101,600
    173
    André Derain
    Nature morte avec bouteille
    Estimate
    $300,000 - $500,000
    174
    Jean Metzinger
    Femme au perroquet (La fenêtre)
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $114,300
    176
    Alexander Calder
    Bow Tie
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    177
    John Chamberlain
    Tonk #8
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $165,100
    178
    Robert Indiana
    Number 0
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $69,850
    179
    Robert Rauschenberg
    Access
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $50,800
    180
    Ken Price
    Lower
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    Sold
    181
    Lawrence Weiner
    Stretched As Tightly As Is Possible (Satin) & (Petroleum Jelly)
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $69,850
    182
    Neil Jenney
    Biosphere #3
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $323,850
    183
    Joseph Kosuth
    'Word, Sentence, Paragraph (Z. & N.) #16'
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    184
    Jack Goldstein
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $101,600
    185
    James Rosenquist
    The Serenade for the Doll after Claude Debussy, Gift Wrapped Doll #18
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $114,300
    186
    Richard Estes
    Staten Island Ferry Docking
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $76,200
    187
    Richard Estes
    Passages (Shopping Center)
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $100,000
    Sold For
    $88,900
    188
    Isamu Noguchi
    Small Wonder
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $30,000
    189
    John McCracken
    Vibe
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $100,000
    Sold For
    $63,500
    190
    John McLaughlin
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $100,000
    Sold For
    $120,650
    191
    John McLaughlin
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $50,800
    192
    Alfred Leslie
    Hipped
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $241,300
    193
    Alfred Leslie
    Lake Front Property
    Estimate
    $120,000 - $180,000
    Sold For
    $152,400
    194
    Leon Polk Smith
    Great Hall
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    195
    Lorser Feitelson
    Magical Space Forms
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $40,000
    Sold For
    $57,150
    196
    Jean-Paul Riopelle
    Cold Climate
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $100,000
    Sold For
    $101,600
    197
    Michael Goldberg
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $30,480
    198
    James Brooks
    Blow
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $40,000
    Sold For
    $30,480
    199
    Friedel Dzubas
    Night Shuttle
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $76,200
    200
    Ilya Bolotowsky
    Ellipse with Yellows
    Estimate
    $25,000 - $35,000
    Sold For
    $22,000
    201
    Ed Clark
    Love Birds
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $95,250
    202
    Alex Katz
    Jessica (Study for New Pink)
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $101,600
    203
    Andy Warhol
    Karen Lerner
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $100,000
    Sold For
    $111,760
    204
    Richard Pettibone
    Andy Warhol 'Lavender Disaster', 1964
    Estimate
    $25,000 - $35,000
    Sold For
    $27,940
    205
    Richard Pettibone
    Andy Warhol 'Liz' 1962
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $50,000
    Sold For
    $38,100
    206
    Kenny Scharf
    BEYOND
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    Sold For
    $241,300
    207
    Peter Saul
    He Forgot Something
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $82,550
    208
    Karel Appel
    Bride
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $88,900
    209
    Karl Wirsum
    Ahh! Macy's Grazed
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $22,860
    210
    Cundo Bermúdez
    Arlequines
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $44,450
    211
    Gustav Klimt
    Frontal stehend, linke Hand an die Hüfte gelegt (Standing Woman with Hand on Hip)
    Estimate
    $25,000 - $35,000
    Sold For
    $24,130
    212
    Armand Guillaumin
    Gelée blanche à Crozant
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $50,000
    213
    Maurice Brazil Prendergast
    The Beach and Along the Sea with Boat and People (double-sided)
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    214
    Maurice Brazil Prendergast
    Study St. Malo
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold
    215
    Milton Avery
    Young Mother and Child
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $38,100
    216
    Reginald Marsh
    Coney Island (double-sided)
    Estimate
    $18,000 - $25,000
    Sold For
    $22,860
    217
    Willem de Kooning
    Reclining Woman
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    218
    Willem de Kooning
    Reclining Women
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    219
    Martín Ramírez
    Untitled (Arches)
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    220
    Jean Dubuffet
    Réchaud-four à Gaz
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    Sold For
    $13,970
    221
    Jean Dubuffet
    Personnage
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $101,600
    222
    Hans Hartung
    P10-1976-H20
    Estimate
    $25,000 - $35,000
    Sold For
    $27,940
    223
    Peter Saul
    Study for Prune Head
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    224
    Jean-Michel Basquiat
    Free comb with Pagoda
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $177,800
    225
    Andy Warhol
    Dollar Sign
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    226
    Andy Warhol
    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $25,400
    227
    Alexander Calder
    Rose des sables
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $133,350
    228
    Alexander Calder
    Grass
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $158,750
    229
    Alexander Calder
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $127,000
    230
    Alighiero Boetti
    Pisciarsi in bocca
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $63,500
    231
    Nuvolo (Giorgio Ascani)
    Primavera Inoltrata
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    232
    Daniel Spoerri
    Tavola toscana (Post-Sevillane, Tableau piège)
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    Sold For
    $19,050