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Live Auction20th C. & Contemporary Art Evening SaleNew York
ConcludedNov 14 2019
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    • 42 Lots

    1
    Julie Curtiss
    Party Down
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $50,000
    Sold For
    $400,000
    2
    Tschabalala Self
    Mista & Mrs.
    Estimate
    $120,000 - $180,000
    Sold For
    $275,000
    3
    Sturtevant
    Johns Painting With Two Balls
    Estimate
    $500,000 - $700,000
    Sold For
    $680,000
    4
    Yoshitomo Nara
    Little Thinker
    Estimate
    $3,500,000 - $4,500,000
    Sold For
    $4,220,000
    5
    Joan Miró
    Paysan catalan inquiet par le passage d'un vol d'oiseaux
    Estimate
    $7,000,000 - $10,000,000
    Sold For
    $4,580,000
    6
    Alberto Giacometti
    Portrait of G. David Thompson
    Estimate
    $5,000,000 - $7,000,000
    Sold For
    $4,220,000
    7
    Pablo Picasso
    Femme assise dans un fauteuil
    Estimate
    $5,000,000 - $7,000,000
    Sold For
    $4,820,000
    8
    Norman Rockwell
    Before the Shot
    Estimate
    $2,500,000 - $4,500,000
    Sold For
    $4,700,000
    9
    Vija Celmins
    Night Sky #23
    Estimate
    $1,000,000 - $1,500,000
    Sold For
    $1,040,000
    10
    Robert Ryman
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $1,200,000 - $1,800,000
    Sold For
    $1,580,000
    11
    Philip Guston
    Smoking II
    Estimate
    $6,000,000 - $8,000,000
    Sold For
    $7,657,500
    12
    Philip Guston
    At the Table
    Estimate
    $1,800,000 - $2,500,000
    Sold For
    $2,180,000

    Basquiat's Victory in 'The Ring'

    Painted at the height of his short career, a work laden with symbolism recalls the artist's past, present and future.

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    13
    Luc Tuymans
    Sunset
    Estimate
    $350,000 - $450,000
    Sold For
    $800,000
    14
    Martin Puryear
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $400,000 - $600,000
    Sold For
    $475,000
    15
    Sigmar Polke
    Table Dance
    Estimate
    $2,000,000 - $3,000,000
    Sold For
    $2,180,000
    16
    Roy Lichtenstein
    Haystacks
    Estimate
    $500,000 - $700,000
    Sold For
    $980,000
    17
    Andy Warhol
    Late Four-Foot Flowers
    Estimate
    $6,000,000 - $8,000,000
    Sold For
    $7,430,500
    18
    Jonas Wood
    Small Green 84
    Estimate
    $800,000 - $1,200,000
    Sold For
    $1,340,000
    19
    Wayne Thiebaud
    Candies
    Estimate
    $2,000,000 - $3,000,000
    Sold For
    $2,420,000
    20
    Lee Krasner
    Lame Shadow
    Estimate
    $2,000,000 - $3,000,000
    Sold For
    $2,180,000
    21
    Richard Diebenkorn
    Berkeley #66
    Estimate
    $3,500,000 - $4,500,000
    Sold For
    $3,500,000
    22
    Richard Diebenkorn
    Albuquerque #7
    Estimate
    $900,000 - $1,200,000
    Sold For
    $1,040,000
    23
    Rufino Tamayo
    Cinco Rebanadas de Sandía
    Estimate
    $1,000,000 - $1,500,000
    24
    Morris Louis
    Singing
    Estimate
    $1,500,000 - $2,000,000
    Sold For
    $1,700,000

    Norman Rockwell's Gift for Storytelling

    As one of the American master's most iconic images comes to auction, we look at depictions of a day at the doctor's office from various eras of art history.

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    25
    Ed Ruscha
    Start Over Please
    Estimate
    $3,500,000 - $4,500,000
    Sold For
    $4,220,000
    26
    Jean-Michel Basquiat
    The Ring
    Estimate
    $10,000,000 - $15,000,000
    Sold For
    $15,035,000
    27
    Christopher Wool
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $2,000,000 - $3,000,000
    Sold For
    $2,420,000
    28
    KAWS
    GRRR!
    Estimate
    $1,800,000 - $2,500,000
    Sold For
    $2,180,000
    29
    Keith Haring
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $3,000,000 - $4,000,000
    Sold For
    $2,960,000
    30
    Sean Scully
    Red Bar
    Estimate
    $900,000 - $1,200,000
    Sold For
    $1,760,000
    31
    Jean (Hans) Arp
    Torse Végétal
    Estimate
    $1,200,000 - $1,800,000
    Sold For
    $1,280,000
    32
    Jeff Koons
    Hulk (Friends)
    Estimate
    $3,000,000 - $5,000,000
    Sold For
    $3,380,000
    33
    Henry Moore
    Family Group
    Estimate
    $2,500,000 - $3,500,000
    Sold For
    $2,480,000
    34
    KAWS
    FINAL DAYS
    Estimate
    $1,000,000 - $1,500,000
    Sold For
    $1,460,000
    35
    Cy Twombly
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $2,500,000 - $3,500,000
    Sold For
    $3,740,000
    36
    Jasper Johns
    Figure 6
    Estimate
    $2,000,000 - $3,000,000
    Sold For
    $2,420,000

    The Human Figure in the Post-War Era: Masterworks from the 1940s–1950s

    During one of art history's most turbulent periods, influential artists Miró, Picasso, Giacometti, Moore, Rockwell and Guston took divergent paths as their contemporaries veered further into abstraction.

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    37
    Lygia Clark
    Bicho - O antes é o depois
    Estimate
    $800,000 - $1,200,000
    38
    Carmen Herrera
    Amarillo "Uno"
    Estimate
    $1,300,000 - $1,800,000
    Sold For
    $1,220,000
    39
    KAWS
    UNTITLED
    Estimate
    $1,300,000 - $1,600,000
    Sold For
    $1,520,000
    40
    James Rosenquist
    Highway Temple
    Estimate
    $600,000 - $800,000
    Sold For
    $740,000
    41
    Tom Wesselmann
    Bedroom Painting for Roz
    Estimate
    $600,000 - $800,000
    Sold For
    $920,000
    42
    Alex Katz
    Alexandra
    Estimate
    $400,000 - $600,000
    Sold For
    $620,000

    In the Small Hours: Philip Guston's Late Figurative Painting

    Noted Guston scholar Dr. Kosme de Barañano contextualizes two works from the American artist's later oeuvre, both coming to Phillips from A Discerning Vision: Property from an Important Private Collection.

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    Richard Diebenkorn from Berkeley to Albuquerque

    Two landscape paintings demonstrate Diebenkorn's evolving approach to abstraction over the course of the 1950s.

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