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ConcludedNov 14 2018
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    • 152 Lots

    101
    Fernand Léger
    Composition à l'échelle
    Estimate
    $25,000 - $35,000
    Sold For
    $11,875
    102
    Fernand Léger
    Composition aux plumes
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    103
    James Ensor
    Resurrection
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    Sold For
    $10,000
    104
    Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
    Zwei liegende Akte
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $10,625
    105
    Pablo Picasso
    Nu couché et homme écrivant (Sleeping Nude and Man Writing)
    Estimate
    $120,000 - $180,000
    Sold For
    $100,000
    106
    Alexej von Jawlensky
    Saint Prex am Genfersee (St Prex on Lake Geneva)
    Estimate
    $2,000 - $3,000
    Sold For
    $2,750
    107
    Alberto Giacometti
    Femmes debout
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $50,000
    Sold For
    $43,750
    108
    André Masson
    Dessin automatique
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $6,250
    109
    George Grosz
    Krieg Tumult
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    Sold For
    $17,500
    110
    Matta
    Morphologie des significations...
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $10,000
    111
    Matta
    To Picture Orbits for the Most Complex Conflicts
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $25,000
    112
    Wifredo Lam
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $18,000
    Sold For
    $21,250

    Jim Dine and the Art of the Everyday

    Jim Dine has been prolific in his 60-plus years of producing works, from large-scale Pop-inflected paintings to emotive collaged works-on-paper. Dine is often considered alongside rougher painters like Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns.

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    113
    Oscar Domínguez
    Nus des femmes
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    114
    Jackson Pollock
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $180,000 - $250,000
    Sold For
    $125,000
    115
    Sam Francis
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $187,500
    116
    Sam Francis
    Hydra
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $40,000
    Sold For
    $32,500
    117
    Sam Francis
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    Sold For
    $15,000
    118
    Sam Francis
    Untitled (Circle Entre Noir et Blanc)
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $43,750
    119
    Willem de Kooning
    Eight works: (i-viii) Untitled
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $150,000
    120
    Philip Guston
    Camera Ready, Like a Dream
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    Sold For
    $23,750
    121
    Philip Guston
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $150,000
    122
    William Anastasi
    Pocket Drawing
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $13,750
    123
    Mark Tobey
    Composition with Blue and Red
    Estimate
    $6,000 - $8,000
    Sold For
    $20,000
    124
    Wayne Thiebaud
    Pie
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $175,000

    Raoul Dufy's Search for Light

    The following selection of masterworks by Raoul Dufy, kept in the same private collection for nearly thirty years, showcases the French painter's lifelong homage to the joy and color of life.

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    125
    Claes Oldenburg
    Cake Slice
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $30,000
    126
    Claes Oldenburg
    Map of Chicago Stuffed with Soft Numbers
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    127
    Robert Morris
    Column, Two Positions, 1961
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $10,000
    Sold For
    $8,750
    128
    Carl Andre
    7 Copper Weather Row
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $93,750
    129
    Agnes Martin
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $62,500
    130
    Mel Bochner
    Untitled (Estimating an 8" x 8" Square)
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    Sold For
    $37,500
    131
    Sol LeWitt
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $40,000
    Sold For
    $37,500
    132
    Sol LeWitt
    Incomplete Open Cube 6/10
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $9,375
    133
    Sol LeWitt
    Incomplete Open Cube 6/21
    Estimate
    $8,000 - $12,000
    Sold For
    $8,750
    134
    Bruce Nauman
    RAW/WAR
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $81,250
    135
    Bruce Nauman
    Modern (Production) Slant Stool
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold
    136
    Fred Sandback
    Untitled (4 drawings for 16 two-part pieces for the John Weber Gallery)
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $18,750

    In the Name of Beauty: Designer Stefan Sagmeister's Picks

    Coinciding with Phaidon's release of 'Sagmeister & Walsh: Beauty', renowned graphic designer and typographer Stefan Sagmeister selects his favorite artworks from our upcoming 20th Century & Contemporary Art sales in New York.

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    137
    Robert Smithson
    Spiral Jetty
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    Sold For
    $27,500
    138
    Robert Mangold
    Ellipse Within a Rectangle #2
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $30,000
    139
    Richard Tuttle
    Three Drawings from the Whitney Series
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    Sold
    140
    Joel Shapiro
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $7,000 - $10,000
    Sold For
    $8,750
    141
    Joel Shapiro
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    Sold For
    $18,750
    142
    Gerhard Richter
    Ohne Titel (2.2.89)
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $40,000
    Sold For
    $93,750
    143
    Gerhard Richter
    Ohne Titel (2.1.89)
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $40,000
    Sold For
    $56,250
    144
    William Nelson Copley
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Sold For
    $16,250
    145
    Raymond Pettibon
    Untitled (Flick)
    Estimate
    $10,000 - $15,000
    Sold For
    $18,125
    146
    Marlene Dumas
    The Apple
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $25,000
    147
    Raoul Dufy
    Nu dans l'atelier de la place Arago à Perpignan
    Estimate
    $200,000 - $300,000
    148
    Raoul Dufy
    Régates à Deauville
    Estimate
    $400,000 - $600,000
    Sold For
    $399,000

    Kaeli Deane's Six Picks from 20th Century & Contemporary Art

    Our Head of Latin American Art, shares modern and contemporary highlights from this month's sales, from Diego Rivera to Ana Mendieta

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    150
    Raoul Dufy
    Le port du Havre
    Estimate
    $350,000 - $450,000
    151
    Raoul Dufy
    Arlequin à Venise
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $62,500
    152
    Raoul Dufy
    Hommage à Bach
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    153
    Raoul Dufy
    Le Grand Orchestre
    Estimate
    $350,000 - $450,000
    154
    Raoul Dufy
    Étude pour le bar du Palais de Chaillot
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    155
    Raoul Dufy
    Le jardin des plantes
    Estimate
    $180,000 - $250,000
    156
    Georges Seurat
    L'Homme à femmes
    Estimate
    $350,000 - $450,000
    157
    Kurt Schwitters
    Mz 30,3
    Estimate
    $120,000 - $180,000
    Sold For
    $100,000
    158
    Max Ernst
    Le peuple des oiseaux
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $43,750
    159
    Jean (Hans) Arp
    Gesticulant
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $93,750
    160
    Joan Miró
    Painting III
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    161
    Joan Miró
    Figure en état de métamorphose (Figure in a State of Metamorphosis)
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold For
    $237,500
    162
    Marc Chagall
    Femme et vase de fleurs
    Estimate
    $180,000 - $250,000
    Sold For
    $225,000
    163
    Rufino Tamayo
    Hombre y la luna
    Estimate
    $120,000 - $180,000
    Sold For
    $137,500
    164
    Diego Rivera
    Don Lupito
    Estimate
    $350,000 - $450,000
    Sold For
    $591,000
    165
    Salvador Dalí
    Don Quichotte
    Estimate
    $180,000 - $250,000
    Sold For
    $187,500
    166
    Roberto Matta
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000
    Sold For
    $7,500
    167
    Roberto Matta
    XXIII
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $100,000
    Sold For
    $150,000
    168
    Diego Rivera
    Girl Holding Flowers
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold
    169
    Jean Dufy
    Le concert
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    Sold For
    $20,000
    170
    Jean Dubuffet
    Mire G 32 (Kowloon)
    Estimate
    $180,000 - $250,000
    Sold For
    $250,000
    171
    Jean Dubuffet
    Figure VIII
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $250,000
    Sold For
    $262,500
    172
    William Baziotes
    Circus Abstraction
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    173
    Mark Tobey
    Between Black and White
    Estimate
    $180,000 - $250,000
    Sold For
    $531,000
    174
    Carol Rama
    La guerra è astratta
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $100,000
    Sold For
    $87,500
    175
    Lee Bontecou
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $43,750
    176
    Milton Avery
    Nude by the Sea
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $32,500
    177
    Wayne Thiebaud
    Cosmetic Lady
    Estimate
    $400,000 - $600,000
    Sold For
    $471,000
    178
    Wayne Thiebaud
    San Francisco Shore
    Estimate
    $450,000 - $600,000
    179
    Ruth Asawa
    Untitled (SD.085, Sculpture Drawing: Tied wire with 8 branches)
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $56,250
    180
    Alexander Calder
    Untitled (Champagne Cork Wire Figure)
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $40,000
    Sold For
    $35,000
    181
    Alexander Calder
    Untitled (Man, Woman, Bird and Sun)
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $22,500
    182
    Alexander Calder
    Pont du gard
    Estimate
    $35,000 - $45,000
    Sold For
    $68,750
    183
    Alexander Calder
    Four Dots with Brass Tail
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold For
    $483,000
    184
    David Smith
    Spectre
    Estimate
    $400,000 - $600,000
    Sold For
    $471,000
    185
    Hans Hofmann
    The Secret Source
    Estimate
    $200,000 - $300,000
    Sold For
    $225,000
    186
    Sam Francis
    Face to Face
    Estimate
    $350,000 - $450,000
    187
    David Smith
    DS 3/4/52
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $35,000
    188
    David Smith
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $55,000
    189
    Richard Pousette-Dart
    Blue Enstrata
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold For
    $275,000
    190
    Richard Pousette-Dart
    Center of the World
    Estimate
    $25,000 - $35,000
    Sold For
    $52,500
    191
    Richard Pousette-Dart
    Mission
    Estimate
    $35,000 - $45,000
    Sold For
    $50,000
    192
    Helen Frankenthaler
    Red Shift
    Estimate
    $600,000 - $800,000
    Sold For
    $759,000
    193
    Robert Motherwell
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $112,500
    194
    Robert Motherwell
    I.H. Series No. 26
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $75,000
    195
    Robert Motherwell
    Yeats' Tower
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $87,500
    196
    Lee Krasner
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold
    197
    Willem de Kooning
    Woman
    Estimate
    $400,000 - $600,000
    Sold For
    $495,000
    198
    Esteban Vicente
    Bamba
    Estimate
    $35,000 - $45,000
    Sold For
    $43,750
    199
    Larry Poons
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $32,500
    200
    Adolph Gottlieb
    Petal
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $212,500
    201
    Arshile Gorky
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $37,500
    202
    Arshile Gorky
    Musical Abstraction
    Estimate
    $120,000 - $180,000
    Sold
    203
    Josef Albers
    Study for Homage to the Square: Awakening
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold For
    $399,000
    204
    Helen Frankenthaler
    Cape Breton
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    Sold For
    $20,000
    205
    Helen Frankenthaler
    Matt Series
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $77,500
    206
    Joan Mitchell
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $118,750
    207
    Sam Francis
    Untitled (Blue Balls)
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $77,500
    208
    Beauford Delaney
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $118,750
    209
    Friedel Dzubas
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $325,000
    210
    Arshile Gorky
    Untitled (Drawing for 'Young Cherry Secured against Hares')
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $40,000
    Sold For
    $30,000
    211
    Hans Hofmann
    The Serpent
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $40,000
    Sold For
    $37,500
    212
    Jules Olitski
    Untitled-Seven
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold For
    $447,000
    213
    Kenneth Noland
    Recovers
    Estimate
    $120,000 - $180,000
    Sold For
    $175,000
    214
    Sam Middleton
    Jazz on Easter Sunday
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $25,000
    Sold For
    $17,500
    215
    Conrad Marca-Relli
    S-5-62
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $43,750
    216
    James Brooks
    Ehr
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold
    217
    Fritz Bultman
    Rosa Park - The Nurses of the Afternoon
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $40,000
    Sold For
    $43,750
    218
    Mark di Suvero
    From Antarctica
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    219
    John Chamberlain
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    Sold For
    $16,250
    220
    John Chamberlain
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $18,000
    Sold
    221
    John Chamberlain
    Untitled
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    222
    Louise Nevelson
    Floating Cloud Cryptic VIX
    Estimate
    $12,000 - $18,000
    Sold For
    $27,500
    223
    Jasper Johns
    Untitled (Red, Yellow, Blue)
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $212,500
    224
    Andy Warhol
    Brillo Soap Pads Box (Pasadena Type)
    Estimate
    $400,000 - $600,000
    225
    Jim Dine
    Crescent Wrench
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    226
    Jim Dine
    Harry Mathews Skis the Vercour
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $112,500
    227
    Jim Dine
    A Study/ Your Yard
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    228
    Ed Ruscha
    Porch
    Estimate
    $400,000 - $600,000
    Sold For
    $483,000
    229
    Andy Warhol
    Silvio Castelli
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $100,000
    Sold For
    $118,750
    230
    Andy Warhol
    Michael Walsh
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $137,500
    231
    Roy Lichtenstein
    Untitled Head I
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    Sold For
    $50,000
    232
    Robert Indiana
    Art
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $81,250
    233
    Robert Rauschenberg
    Spindle Top Rock Glut
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $100,000
    234
    Andy Warhol
    Piss Painting
    Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000
    235
    Claes Oldenburg
    Fagend Study
    Estimate
    $60,000 - $80,000
    Sold For
    $93,750
    236
    Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
    Falling Notes
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold
    237
    Andy Warhol
    Tom Royal
    Estimate
    $15,000 - $20,000
    238
    Andy Warhol
    Price War
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    239
    Christo
    Running Fence (Project for Sonoma County and Marin County, State of California)
    Estimate
    $100,000 - $150,000
    Sold For
    $93,750
    240
    Tom Wesselmann
    Open Ended Nude Drawing Edition #67
    Estimate
    $30,000 - $50,000
    Sold For
    $47,500
    241
    Ed Ruscha
    Fleetwood
    Estimate
    $40,000 - $60,000
    Sold For
    $50,000
    242
    Fernando Botero
    Torero
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    Sold For
    $250,000
    243
    Fernando Botero
    Reclining Woman
    Estimate
    $150,000 - $200,000
    Sold For
    $281,250
    244
    Fernando Botero
    Still Life with Bottle
    Estimate
    $300,000 - $500,000
    Sold For
    $399,000
    245
    León Ferrari
    Esfera (Sphere)
    Estimate
    $140,000 - $180,000
    Sold For
    $137,500
    246
    Jesús Rafael Soto
    Rectangles et Carres
    Estimate
    $250,000 - $350,000
    Sold For
    $275,000
    247
    George Rickey
    Four Rectangles Oblique II
    Estimate
    $120,000 - $180,000
    Sold For
    $137,500
    248
    George Rickey
    Four Cubes with Gimbal II
    Estimate
    $80,000 - $120,000
    249
    Edgar Negret
    Sol
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $43,750
    250
    Niki de Saint Phalle
    Pouf serpent bleu
    Estimate
    $70,000 - $90,000
    251
    Frank Stella
    Drawing for Ossipee III
    Estimate
    $18,000 - $25,000
    Sold For
    $32,500
    252
    Richard Anuszkiewicz
    Temple of Fire Red
    Estimate
    $25,000 - $35,000
    Sold For
    $43,750
    253
    Ralph Goings
    Rock Ola
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000
    Sold For
    $30,000