Provenance
Private Collection, New York
Private Collection, New York (by descent from the above circa 1997)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
Ludwig Bemelmans, My Life in Art, New York, 1958, p. 76 (illustrated)

212

Ludwig Bemelmans

Pont-Neuf, Barge and Statue of "Le Vert-Galant," Paris

signed "Bemelmans" lower right; partially titled and dated "Le Pont neuf '57" on the reverse
oil on canvas
45 x 57 5/8 in. (114.3 x 146.4 cm)
Painted in 1957.

Estimate
$25,000 - 35,000

Sold for $53,340

Contact Specialist

Annie Dolan
NY Head of Auctions and Specialist, Head of Sale, Morning Session
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Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 20 November 2024

101
Emmi Whitehorse (Diné)
Standing Water
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $165,100
102
This lot is no longer available.
103
Yayoi Kusama
New York
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $228,600
104
Hedda Sterne
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
105
Hedda Sterne
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
106
Carmen Herrera
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $63,500
107
Sonia Gechtoff
In the Red
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $17,780
108
Maija Peeples-Bright
Goose Grand with Geraniums
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $30,480
109
Lawrence Calcagno
Untitled Landscape
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,970
110
Judith Rothschild
Io
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $50,800
111
Alice Baber
Red Song of the Ladder
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $55,000
112
Wolf Kahn
Green and Gray on the Connecticut River
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $228,600
113
Wolf Kahn
Long Connecticut River Painting
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $50,800
114
Elaine de Kooning
The Animal Powers Cave #67
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $330,200
115
Sir Frank Bowling, R.A.
For JJ... New Life
Estimate $280,000 - 380,000
Sold for $279,400
116
Helen Frankenthaler
Figure in a Landscape
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $482,600
117
Alfred Leslie
Ornette Coleman
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $127,000
118
Alfred Leslie
Santurce
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $254,000
119
Norman Lewis
Night Vision
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
120
Ernie Barnes
My First Dunk
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $444,500
121
Dorothea Tanning
Status Quo
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $266,700
122
Kurt Seligmann
Sur les Barricades
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $177,800
123
Herbert Bayer
Messages Through Atmosphere
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $63,500
124
Alfonso Ossorio
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $44,450
125
Alfonso Ossorio
Split
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $120,650
126
Alexander Archipenko
Concave within Concave
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
127
Agustín Cárdenas
Tótem
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $114,300
128
Joseph Cornell
Cassiopeia #2
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $177,800
129
Mary Bauermeister
Needless, Needles
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $101,600
130
Magdalena Abakanowicz
21 Backs
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $304,800
131
Marcel Broodthaers
Figures
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $127,000
132
Robert Ryman
Sign
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
133
John McCracken
Fling
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $190,500
134
Agnes Martin
Untitled
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $69,850
135
Agnes Martin
Snow
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
136
Isamu Noguchi
To Split and Carve
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
137
Yayoi Kusama
Original Infinity Nets
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $368,300
138
Philip Guston
Roman Sky
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $368,300
139
James Rosenquist
The Kabuki Blushes
Estimate $350,000 - 450,000
140
Peter Saul
White Boy Learns a Lesson
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
141
Kenny Scharf
Shoowangshu
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $127,000
142
Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
Sold for $355,600
143
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Arteries of the Left Arm
Estimate $800,000 - 1,200,000
Sold for $889,000
144
Ed Ruscha
Howl
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $1,481,750
145
Martin Wong
El Caribe
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $400,050
146
Hughie Lee-Smith
Little Girl
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,480
147
Romare Bearden
October Morning
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
148
Milton Avery
Red Rocker
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $66,040
149
Milton Avery
Friendly Bovines
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $53,340
150
Milton Avery
Bird and the Southern Sea
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
151
Charles Demuth
Zinnias
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $158,750
152
Oscar Bluemner
Colors of May
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $304,800
153
Oscar Bluemner
Black by Gold
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $495,300
154
Mary Cassatt
Buste d'enfant (Head of Jules)
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
155
Henri Matisse
Visage de jeune fille
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $53,340
156
Henri Matisse
Etude de femme
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $95,250
157
Pablo Picasso
Homme à la coupe assis
Estimate $350,000 - 550,000
Sold for $381,000
158
Jean Dubuffet
Tête pensive
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
159
Joaquín Torres-García
Construcción (boceto para el mural de Saint Bois)
Estimate $250,000 - 350,000
Sold for $279,400
160
Joaquín Torres-García
Livorno
Estimate $90,000 - 120,000
Sold for $101,600
161
This lot is no longer available.
162
José Clemente Orozco
¿Quién sigue? (Who is Next?)
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
Sold for $406,400
163
Claudio Bravo
Red and White Paper
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
164
This lot is no longer available.
165
Manolo Valdés
Mariposas Plateadas III
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $228,600
166
Manolo Valdés
Flores azules
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $139,700
167
Manolo Valdés
Arielle
Estimate $180,000 - 250,000
Sold for $254,000
168
Alexander Calder
Cornucopia
Estimate $280,000 - 350,000
Sold for $520,700
169
Richard Lindner
Untitled
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $88,900
170
Christo
Surrounded Islands (Project for Biscayne Bay)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $114,300
171
Tom Wesselmann
Study for Great American Nude
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $228,600
172
Andy Warhol
Hamburger
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $139,700
173
Andy Warhol
Cats and Dogs (Cecil)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $101,600
174
Andy Warhol
One Dollar Bills (Backs)
Estimate $300,000 - 500,000
175
Robert Indiana
LOVE (Blue Faces Red Sides)
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
176
Ken Price
Zozomo
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
177
Kikuo Saito
Untitled (March 1979)
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $48,260
178
Louise Fishman
Kaddish
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $38,100
179
John McLaughlin
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $88,900
180
Robert Mangold
Column/Figure 21 A
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $158,750
181
Robert Mangold
Column Painting 16, Version 2
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $114,300
182
John Baldessari
Prima Facie (Third State): Treacherous/Genuine
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $124,460
183
Vito Acconci
Photographs: Traffic Light Piece (November 23, 1969)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,700
184
Robert Bechtle
Covered Car – De Haro Street
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,700
185
Ellsworth Kelly
Leaf
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
186
Robert Motherwell
Beside the Sea No. 36
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $69,850
187
Yun Hyong-Keun
Untitled 95-#78
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $50,800
188
Anne Truitt
Sable XX
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $19,050
189
David Smith
8-4-58
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,970
190
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $63,500
191
Alexander Calder
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $190,500
192
Alexander Calder
Ten Triangles of Color
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $95,250
193
Alexander Calder
Line of Seven
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $53,340
194
David Wojnarowicz
Tomato Sauce
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $48,260
195
Bob Thompson
Study for Four Bathers
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $49,530
196
Robert Colescott
Baselitz Man
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $30,480
197
Robert Colescott
Who do you think you're kidding?
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
198
Robert Colescott
Dreaming of her Shadow Lover
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
199
Paul Thek
Untitled (Potato)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $69,850
200No Reserve
Peter Saul
Study for Prune Head
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $699
201
Gerhard Richter
Nach abstraktem Bild (After Abstract Picture)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
202No Reserve
John Armleder
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for $6,985
203
Sol LeWitt
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $24,130
204
Fred Sandback
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
205
Willem de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,240
206
Willem de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
207
Willem de Kooning
Two Women
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
208
Willem de Kooning
Two Women
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
209
Henry Moore
Two Female Reclining Figures
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $22,860
210
Diego Rivera
Niña en cuclillas
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $34,290
211No Reserve
Ingeborg ten Haeff
Untitled
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $508
212
Ludwig Bemelmans
Pont-Neuf, Barge and Statue of "Le Vert-Galant," Paris
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $53,340
213
Willi Baumeister
Composition
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
214
Herbert Bayer
Moon and Structure
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $27,940
215
Xanti Schawinsky
Untitled (Sp-158)
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,350
216No Reserve
Jacques Lipchitz
Reclining Woman: Maquette No. 2
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000 •
Sold for $3,810
217
Alexander Calder
I W Earrings
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $12,700
218
René Portocarrero
Untitled
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $8,255
219
Chico da Silva and the Pirambu School
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $19,050
220
Grace Hartigan
The Hunt
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $82,550
221
Elaine de Kooning
Kaldis
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $27,940
222
Larry Rivers
Blue Hue
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
223
Marjorie Strider
Venetian Blinds
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
224
Vivian Springford
Untitled (VSF328)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
225
This lot is no longer available.
226
Ralph Humphrey
Untitled
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
227
Joseph Glasco
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $9,525
228No Reserve
Conrad Marca-Relli
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000 •
Sold for $2,540
229No Reserve
Esteban Vicente
Untitled
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $10,795

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning...

New York Auction 20 November 2024

Provenance

Literature

212

Ludwig Bemelmans

Pont-Neuf, Barge and Statue of "Le Vert-Galant," Paris

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session