Christo

The Gates, Project for Central Park, New York City

signed, titled, inscribed and dated "The Gates (Project for Central Park NYC) Central Park South, 5th Avenue, Central Park South, West 110th Street, Christo, 2003" lower edge; signed and dated "© CHRISTO 2003" on the reverse
pencil, enamel paint, photograph by Wolfgang Volz, wax crayon and fabric sample on brown board
22 x 17 in. (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
Executed in 2003, this work is registered in Christo's archives.

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000

Sold for $113,400

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 24 June 2021

101
Barbara Hepworth
Maquette, Three Forms in Echelon
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $201,600
102
Ellsworth Kelly
Burdock
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $119,700
103
Marcia Hafif
Roman Painting XV
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $22,680
104
Craig Kauffman
Two works: i) Siniguelas; ii) Granada
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $88,200
105
Adolph Gottlieb
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $119,700
106
Robert Rauschenberg
Star-Ear (Jammer)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $63,000
107
George Tooker
Table II
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $239,400
108
Martin Wong
Sergio Smoking a Cigarette And Thinks About All That Happened Two Nights Ago
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $478,800
109
Ed Ruscha
Holloween
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $289,800
110
Wayne Thiebaud
Untitled (Three Cigarettes and a Cigar)
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $630,000
111
This lot is no longer available.
112
Roy Lichtenstein
Collage for Interior with Painting and Still Life
Estimate $800,000 - 1,200,000
Sold for $1,421,500
113
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Double-sided work: (i) New Hampshire Scene; (ii) Untitled (Trees and Houses)
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $15,120
114
Maurice Brazil Prendergast
Autumn in New England
Estimate $15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $15,120
115
Norman Rockwell
The Young Graduate (Big Day) and The Young Graduate: Two works
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $94,500
116
Norman Rockwell
Vacation! (Country Gentleman)
Estimate $250,000 - 450,000
Sold for $453,600
117
Joseph Cornell
Homage to the Romantic Ballet
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,970
118
Joseph Cornell
The Sylph
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $6,300
119
Yayoi Kusama
Butterfly
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $163,800
120
Jiro Takamatsu
Shadow No. 1398
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
121
Henry Moore
Working Model for Animal Form
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $277,200
122
Lynn Chadwick, R.A.
Pair of Sitting Figures VI
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $170,100
123
Ben Nicholson
Aug 62 (Copernicus)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
124
Sir Anthony Caro, O.M, R.A.
Rumba
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $22,680
125
Kurt Schwitters
Oorlog
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
126
Kurt Schwitters
Untitled (Verkade)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $60,480
127
Kurt Schwitters
Untitled (Duke's Mixture)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
128
Alberto Giacometti
Portrait de la mère de l'artiste
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $441,000
129
Henri Matisse
Anemones
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $252,000
130
Joan Miró
Figures
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $107,100
131
Alexander Calder
Aerialist
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $302,400
132
Fernand Léger
La Roue (Projet d'affiche pour La Roue D'Abel Gance)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $277,200
133
John Chamberlain
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $88,200
134
Willem de Kooning
Untitled #4
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $44,100
135
Frank Stella
Seppy
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $252,000
136
Frank Stella
Corpo-senza-l'anima (3.8x)
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
Sold for $567,000
137
Ad Reinhardt
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $157,500
138
Franz Kline
Study for Harleman
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $126,000
139
Conrad Marca-Relli
Black Board 2 L-L-1-84
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $100,800
140
Hans Hofmann
Snow White
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $516,600
141
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (Starvation)
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $315,000
142
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled (The Athlete)
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
143
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $201,600
144
David Wojnarowicz
USDA Choice Beef
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $50,400
145
David Wojnarowicz
Dear Russell
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $26,460
146
David Wojnarowicz and Luis Frangella
Untitled (Genie out of Bottle)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $44,100
147
David Wojnarowicz
Untitled (Wolf)
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
148
David Wojnarowicz
Untitled (To Luis from David)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $5,292
149
Robert Indiana
LOVE (Gold Faces Red Sides)
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $315,000
150
Roy Lichtenstein and Philip Glass
Modern Love Waltz
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $189,000
151
Keith Haring
Pyramid
Estimate $175,000 - 225,000
Sold for $252,000
152
Jim Dine
Twin 6' Heart
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $478,800
153
Kenny Scharf
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $119,700
154
Rammellzee
Untitled REPRESS (Gargoylian Books of Stock)
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $151,200
155
Samuel Havadtoy
K. H.
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,120
156
Keith Haring
Writing Table
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
157
Allan McCollum
Collection of Five Perfect Vehicles
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,760
158
Alighiero Boetti
Ammazzare il tempo
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $63,000
159
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $75,600
160
This lot is no longer available.
161
Victor Vasarely
TSODA
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
162
Victor Vasarely
Grilles II
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
163
This lot is no longer available.
164
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Temple of Spring Blue
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
165
David Diao
Shining Forth
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $132,300
166
Paul Mogensen
Heat Stealth
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,240
167
Robert Barry
Untitled (Going On)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $25,200
168
Suzan Frecon
Light & Earth
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
169
Ursula von Rydingsvard
Droga
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,080
170No Reserve
Robert Overby
Square Scrap
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000 •
Sold for $17,640
171
Frank Gehry
Fish Lamp
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $98,280
172
This lot is no longer available.
173
Richard Pettibone
Train Destroys Valuable Art Object; Andy Warhol, "Campbell's Soup Can (Pepper Pot)", 1962
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $52,920
174
Richard Artschwager
Walking Man
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $65,520
175
Susan Rothenberg
Yellow Studio
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $201,600
176
Julian Schnabel
Canard De Chaine
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $126,000
177
David Hockney
House Palm and Pool
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $1,022,200
178
David Hockney
House Palm and Pool
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $937,500
179
David Hockney
Frogs in the Garden
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $252,000
180
David Hockney
Pulchinellos with Garden Clouds
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $126,000
181
Milton Avery
Tree by the Sea
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $378,000
182
William Theophilus Brown
Still Life with Geranium Blossom
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $12,600
183
Paul Wonner
Flowers, Chairs, a Dog and Two Birds
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $201,600
184
Paul Wonner
Flowers in Bottles: Pansies #3
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $11,970
185
Elmer Bischoff
River Dam
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $25,200
186
David Park
Male
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,780
187
Deborah Butterfield
Untitled (#4108.1)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $88,200
188
Deborah Butterfield
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $52,920
189
Henri Matisse
Vierge à l'enfant
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $138,600
190
Elie Nadelman
Portrait of a Girl
Estimate $1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $7,560
191
William Turnbull
Horse 2
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $365,400
192
This lot is no longer available.
193
Auguste Rodin
Main crispée gauche avec figure implorante
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $44,100
194
Auguste Rodin
Cariatide à l’Urne, taille originale dite aussi petit modèle
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
195
Auguste Rodin
Étude pour Adam au pilier
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,400
196
Auguste Rodin
Étude pour Eve au pilier
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $88,200
197
Auguste Rodin
Vase Saigon "Les Limbes et les Syrènes"
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $10,080
198
Antoine Bourdelle
Cheval avec grand soubassement, étude pour le Monument au général Alvear
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $25,200
199
Alexander Calder
Tray
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $25,200
200
Alexander Calder
Fly choker
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $32,760
201
This lot is no longer available.
202
Fernando Botero
Bowl of Fruits
Estimate $180,000 - 220,000
203
Edgar Negret
Libélula
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,240
204
Loló Soldevilla
Firmamento no. 3
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
205
Alexander Calder
Six, Five, Nine
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $157,500
206
Alexander Calder
Bubbles on Orange
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $163,800
207
Karel Appel
Personnage
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $22,680
208
Manolo Valdés
Retrato de Dorothy IV
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $346,500
209
Arman
Ali Baba's Stash
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
210
Andy Warhol
Anna Magnani
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $201,600
211
Robert Rauschenberg
Untitled (de Gaulle)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $163,800
212
Robert Rauschenberg
Untitled
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $138,600
213
Friedel Dzubas
Spectre
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $65,520
214
Ivon Hitchens
Flowers in a Blue Vase
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $75,600
215
Louise Fishman
Magma
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $65,520
216
Lee Bontecou
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $52,920
217
Hannah Wilke
S.O.S. Starification Object Series
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
218
Ana Mendieta
Three works: (i–iii) Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $37,800
219
Vito Acconci
Walkover
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $52,920
220
Joel Shapiro
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
221
Lita Albuquerque
Auric Field Solar Flash (Gold au2)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $44,100
222
Larry Bell
MSMS 20 (Medium Size Mirage Study)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,860
223No Reserve
Robert Bechtle
W.C. at Block Island
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000 •
Sold for $6,300
224
Lee Lozano
No Title
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $34,020
225No Reserve
Salvador Dalí
Abrazando el poder de mi riqueza comprimiendo los monstruos blandos que persistentemente me atormentan
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000 •
Sold for $315,000
226No Reserve
Salvador Dalí
Fantasmas del pasado junto a mitos de juventud con huevo frito sodomizado
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000 •
Sold for $252,000
227
Wifredo Lam
Sans titre
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $40,320
228
George Grosz
Modell im Studio Stehender Weiblicher Rückenakt
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $21,420
229
Andy Warhol
Moonwalk
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $107,100
230
Andy Warhol
Mario Borsato
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $233,100
231
Andy Warhol
Vito Doria
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $201,600
232
Andy Warhol
Carlo de Benedetti
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $252,000
233
Allan D'Arcangelo
Three works: (i) Watertower; (ii) Watertower with Rectangles; (iii) Watertower with Target
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,680
234
Christo
The Gates, Project for Central Park, New York City
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $113,400
235
David Hockney
Gregory and Shinro, Nara, Japan, Feb. 18, 1983
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $17,640
236
Larry Rivers
Cubism Today–Broad Stroke (Roy and Dorothy Lichtenstein)
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $40,320
237
Olga Albizu
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $26,460
238
Sam Francis
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $69,300
239
Robert Motherwell
Basque Suite #50
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $32,760
240
Conrad Marca-Relli
XM-16-78
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $44,100
241
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Big Brown Nude
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,300
242
Tom Wesselmann
Stockinged Nude
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $126,000
243
Andy Warhol
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $42,840
244
Andy Warhol
Flowers
Estimate $18,000 - 22,000
Sold for $20,160
245
Kenny Scharf
Kozmik Luv
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $60,480
246No Reserve
Jim Dine
The Yellow Venus
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000 •
Sold for $60,480
247
Lynn Chadwick, R.A.
Sitting Couple
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $32,760
248
Joan Miró
Sans titre
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $35,280

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale,...

New York Auction 24 June 2021

Provenance

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Christo

The Gates, Project for Central Park, New York City

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session