Milton Avery

Lone Animal

signed and dated “Milton Avery 1962” lower right; signed, titled and dated ""Lone Animal" by Milton Avery 1962" on the reverse
oil on paper
23 1/8 x 35 1/4 in. (58.7 x 89.5 cm)
Executed in 1962.

Estimate
$25,000 - 35,000

Sold for $25,400

Contact Specialist

Nina Piro
Specialist, Associate Vice President
npiro@phillips.com
646-647-5387

20th Century & Contemporary Art

New York Auction 18 July 2023

1
Kate Pincus-Whitney
Feast in the Neon Jungle: Rose of Jericho (winter solstice)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $12,700
2
Hayal Pozanti
Their Sweet Silver Voices
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $30,480
3
Anna Valdez
Pheasant
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $9,525
4
Angela Heisch
Nosey Pryer
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,985
5
Daisy Dodd-Noble
Climb
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $16,510
6
Ana Benaroya
She Can't Hear The Music
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
7
Jason Boyd Kinsella
Study #8
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $95,250
8
Andrea Marie Breiling
Brian Liked & Hearted It (Instagram Blows)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $63,500
9
Lynne Drexler
Untitled (Still Life with Zucchini Squash)
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,350
10
Lynne Drexler
Untitled (Lavender)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $22,860
11
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai)
Columbia River
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $66,040
12
Paul Jenkins
Phenomena Wingspan Right & Left
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $69,850
13
Perle Fine
Plum over Pink from the Cool Series
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $17,780
14
Sol LeWitt
Forms Derived from a Cube (two parts)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $7,620
15
Sol LeWitt
Forms Derived from a Cube (two parts)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $15,240
16
Theodoros Stamos
Infinity Field Lefkada Series: For Caspar David Friedrich #8
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,985
17
Sally Michel Avery
Reflected Grove
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $63,500
18
Sally Michel Avery
Abandoned Pier
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $10,160
19
Alex Katz
Nathan, Red and John
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $19,050
20
Wolf Kahn
Barn with a Blue Window
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $17,780
21
Wolf Kahn
Formal Tree Row
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,400
22
Janice Biala
Deux tulipes
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $16,510
23
This lot is no longer available.
24
William Nelson Copley
Untitled (Marjorie and Bill)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $19,050
25
Andy Warhol
Roy Lichtenstein
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $7,620
26
John Wesley
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,970
27
Richard Prince
Untitled (original)
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $107,950
28
David Salle
Peel
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $40,640
29
Jennifer Bartlett
Alphabet Eight
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $107,950
30
Alex Katz
Kym in White
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $35,560
31
Karen Kilimnik
Goldie Hawn
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $48,260
32
Glenn Ligon
Mirror Drawing #9
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
33
Sam Francis
Untitled (SF73-0002)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $19,050
34
Adolf Richard Fleischmann
Composition #301
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $24,130
35
Robert Motherwell
Open No. 137: In Ultramarine on Beige
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $114,300
36
Elaine de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $6,985
37
Mary Bauermeister
No More Pink Straws
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,240
38
Edmund de Waal
three short walks, II
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
39
Pablo Picasso
Femmes fleurs (Flower women)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $21,590
40
Ai Weiwei
Colored Vases
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
Sold for $107,950
41
Wang Yigang
Untitled
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $38,100
42
Katherine Bernhardt
Socks + Basketballs + Pizza + Plantains + Toilet Paper
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $53,340
43
Aboudia
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
44
Spencer Lewis
The Pink Mirror Stage
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $15,240
45
Milo Matthieu
Discoteca
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $24,130
46
Javier Calleja
Not everyday or…
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $73,660
47
Brice Guilbert
Fournez
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,350
48
Brice Guilbert
Fournez
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $6,350
49
Pipilotti Rist
Remake of the Weekend
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $6,350
50
Lucy Dodd
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
51No Reserve
Szabolcs Bozó
Fred
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for $6,985
52
Robert Nava
Ghost Truck #2
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $24,130
53
Brett Crawford
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
54
Pieter Schoolwerth
Abstraction
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $20,320
55
Umar Rashid (Frohawk Two Feathers)
The Fire Witch
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
56
Jordi Ribes
The Guest Bath
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $30,480
57
Nate Lowman
Gonzo
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $12,065
58
Daniel Arsham
My Backpack (Peach Chiaroscuro)
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $30,480
59
Dylan Kraus
Untitled
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $13,970
60
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,430
61
Gideon Appah
Day
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $88,900
62
Caroline Absher
Prism
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $12,700
63
This lot is no longer available.
64
Jansson Stegner
Kate
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $13,970
65
Karyn Lyons
The Reader
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $25,400
66
Petra Cortright
007 goldeneye_all characters cheat
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $13,970
67
Matt Connors
Second Table
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,970
68
Damien Hirst
6252. I think I am
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $9,525
69
Damien Hirst
Happiness
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $35,560
70
This lot is no longer available.
71
Olafur Eliasson
Colour Vision Kaleidoscope
Estimate $70,000 - 100,000
Sold for $88,900
72
Zhang Xiaogang
Young Girl No. 3
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $63,500
73
Zaha Hadid
Z-stream
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $127,000
74
Rodney Graham
Essence of Smoke
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $38,100
75
Asli Özok
Dance
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $69,850
76
Salvador Dalí
Moïse from the La Sainte Bible series
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
77
George Condo
Untitled
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
78
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (Their eyes...)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $19,050
79
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (Pure joy...)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $13,970
80
Nicole Eisenman
Girl Audience Baseball Game (#164)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
81
Emma Amos
Presence
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
82
Louis Fratino
Cat's Face
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Sold for $3,810
83
Austin Lee
Two works: (i) Untitled; (ii) Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $4,445
84No Reserve
Jordy Kerwick
A Drawing #35
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for $1,270
85
Alex Katz
Doug
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $16,510
86
Alex Katz
Barry, Edward and Chris
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $11,430
87
Fairfield Porter
Buildings
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
88
Fairfield Porter
Study for "View"
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
89
Milton Avery
Lone Animal
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $25,400
90
Alighiero Boetti
Cieli ad alta quota (per mia figlia Agathe, da suo padre)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $27,940
91
Grace Hartigan
Italian Comedy
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $30,480
92
Perle Fine
Untitled from the Cool Series
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $12,065
93
Betty Parsons
Untitled
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,795
94
Aaron Curry
Dirty Rat Treehouse
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $10,795
95No Reserve
Adrián Villar Rojas
Angel from the series Lo que el fuego me trajo (What fire has brought me)
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000 •
Sold for $12,700
96
Adam Parker Smith
Ludovisi Gaul
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
97No Reserve
Eduardo Basualdo
Damage is Done (El daño está hecho)
Estimate $5,000 - 10,000 •
Sold for $4,064
98
Alex Gardner
Listened and Remembered
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $12,700
99
Louise Bonnet
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $24,130
100
Sophie Larrimore
Finger Lakes
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,350
101
Louis Fratino
Man and Dog
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,160
102
Julian Pace
Self Portrait with Birds
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
103
Austin Eddy
The Endlessness Of A Blue Star-Strewn Night.
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $20,320
104No Reserve
Jordy Kerwick
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000 •
Sold for $33,020
105
Will Boone
Dead Red
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
106
Justin Liam O'Brien
Leaving Riis
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $27,940
107
Jason Fox
I don't even know what okay is anymore
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
108
Michael Vasquez
This is Ours – Minh
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $10,160
109
Andy Dixon
Christie's (Lord Berners Faringdon House)
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $10,795
110
Cyprien Gaillard
Untitled
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
111
Rita Ackermann
Fire By Days XXVIII
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $9,525
112
Jonathan Meese
Inspektor Spornbleuns Granulat
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $21,590
113
Friedrich Kunath
A Brief History of Love
Estimate $7,000 - 10,000
Sold for $16,510
114
Sam Friedman
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $8,890
115
Christian Rosa
Untitled
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $13,970
116
Ida Ekblad
To drink a glass of melted snow
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $25,400
117No Reserve
Isshaq Ismail
Mood 11
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000 •
Sold for $12,700

20th Century & Contemporary Art

New York Auction 18 July 2023

Provenance

89

Milton Avery

Lone Animal

20th Century & Contemporary Art