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Phillips’ April Editions and Works on Paper Auction
Realizes $7.2 Million, Showcasing the Strength of the
Market for Prints and Multiples
Spirited Bidding Throughout for Modernist Women Artists, and Record Prices for Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, and Roy Lichtenstein
New York, 18 - 20 April 2023
Sale Total: $7,240,207 / £5,843,723 / €6,607,471
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Lots Sold: 414 | Lots Offered: 438
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Sold by Lot: 95% | Sold by Value: 96%
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Rebecca Tooby-Desmond at the Rostrum during Phillips’ April Editions Auction
Kelly Troester and Cary Leibowitz, Deputy Chairmen and Co-Heads of Editions and Works on Paper, said, “We are delighted to continue the momentum of our robust Spring season with the April Editions auction receiving such an enthusiastic response from our community, marked by 41% of lots selling at or above the high estimate and nearly 10% of lots doubling or more the high estimate. The strength of the category across the board was underscored by bidders participating from nearly 50 countries on the phones, online, and in our saleroom at 432 Park Avenue. Collectors vied for works spanning the 20th and 21st centuries – from Camille Pissarro to Andy Warhol, Lee Krasner to Jean-Michel Basquiat, setting over 60 new auction records. Modernist female artists such as Sonia Delaunay, Francoise Gilot, Meret Oppenheim and Louise Bourgeois attracted some of the most spirited bidding of the day, along with record prices in our Contemporary Day Sale session from Katherine Bernhardt, John Wesley and Damien Hirst, as well as, in our Post War Day sale session from Agnes Martin, Vija Celmins and Robert Ryman. We were also particularly pleased with the results of the Property from the Collection of Rosa and Aaron Esman, which brought over the high pre-sale estimate and achieved 14 records led by Josef Albers’ Hommage to the Square, the complete set of ten screenprints, which realized three times its estimate.”
Top Ten Lots
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Lot
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Description
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Estimate
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Price Achieved
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96
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Jasper Johns, High School Days, The Critic Smiles, Flag, Light Bulb, and Bread, from Lead Reliefs (G. 129-133; ULAE 72-76), 1969
World Auction Record for the Complete Set
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$200,000 - 300,000
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$355,600
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139
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Andy Warhol, Superman, from Myths (F. & S. 260), 1981
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$150,000 - 250,000
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$241,300
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133
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Andy Warhol, Marilyn (F. & S. 23), 1967
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$120,000 - 180,000
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$241,300
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138
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Andy Warhol, Bighorn Ram, from Endangered Species (F. & S. 302), 1983
World Auction Record
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$60,000 - 90,000
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$222,250
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127
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Roy Lichtenstein, Nude Reading, from Nudes series (C. 288), 1994
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$120,000 - 180,000
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$203,200
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136
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Andy Warhol, Sunset (see F. & S. 85-88), 1972
World Auction Record
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$80,000 - 120,000
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$190,500
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115
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Tom Wesselmann, Delphinium and Daisies (W.P.I. E19), 1989-1992
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$40,000 - 60,000
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$184,150
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137
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Andy Warhol, Volkswagen, from Ads (see F. & S. 358), 1985
World Auction Record Price for Unique Variant
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$100,000 - 150,000
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$165,100
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102
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Julian Opie, Sian Walking; Jeremy Walking in Coat; Verity Walking; and Kris Walking (C. 147-150), 2010
World Auction Record for the Complete Set
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$85,000 - 120,000
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$146,050
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108
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David Hockney, A Bigger Book: Art Edition A, B, C and D, 2010/2016
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$100,000 - 150,000
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$133,350
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Esman Collection Auction Records
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Lot
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Description
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Estimate
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Price Achieved
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14
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Josef Albers, Hommage to the Square: Ten Works by Josef Albers (D. 156), 1962
World Auction Record for the Complete Set
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$30,000 - 50,000
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$95,250
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25
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Jasper Johns, Target (ULAE 35, S. 71), 1967
World Auction Record for the Lithograph
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$25,000 - 35,000
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$53,340
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5
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Jackson Pollock, Untitled (after Number 22, 1951) (O'C. & T. 1095), 1951
World Auction Record for the Multiple
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$30,000 - 50,000
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$50,800
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11
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Ellsworth Kelly, Colored Paper Image XIII (Yellow Green Black Blue Orange), from Colored Paper Images (T. 309, A. 153), 1976
World Auction Record for the Multiple
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$25,000 - 35,000
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$50,800
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9
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Mel Bochner, No, 2009
World Auction Record for the Multiple
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$10,000 - 15,000
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$22,860
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New Auction Records
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Lot
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Description
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Estimate
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Price Achieved
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96
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Jasper Johns, High School Days, The Critic Smiles, Flag, Light Bulb, and Bread, from Lead Reliefs (G. 129-133; ULAE 72-76), 1969
World Auction Record for the Complete Set
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$200,000 - 300,000
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$355,600
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138
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Andy Warhol, Bighorn Ram, from Endangered Species (F. & S. 302), 1983
World Auction Record
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$60,000 - 90,000
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$222,250
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136
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Andy Warhol, Sunset (see F. & S. 85-88), 1972
World Auction Record
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$80,000 - 120,000
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$190,500
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115
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Tom Wesselmann, Delphinium and Daisies (W.P.I. E19), 1989-1992
World Auction Record for the Edition
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$40,000 - 60,000
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$184,150
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137
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Andy Warhol, Volkswagen, from Ads (see F. & S. 358), 1985
World Auction Record Price for Unique Variant
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$100,000 - 150,000
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$165,100
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102
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Julian Opie, Sian Walking; Jeremy Walking in Coat; Verity Walking; and Kris Walking (C. 147-150), 2010
World Auction Record for the Complete Set
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$85,000 - 120,000
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$146,050
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111
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David Hockney, Pictured Gathering with Mirror, 2018
World Auction Record for the Multiple
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$50,000 - 70,000
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$120,650
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128
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Roy Lichtenstein, Landscape with Poet (G. 1673, C. 303), 1996
World Auction Record for the Lithograph
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$40,000 - 60,000
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$97,790
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103
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Ed Ruscha, Ghost Station, 2011
World Auction Record for the Multiple
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$30,000 - 50,000
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$72,390
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144
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Andy Warhol, Cow (F. & S. 12A), 1976
World Auction Record for the Multiple
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$12,000 - 18,000
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$69,850
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125
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Various Artists, The Geldzahler Portfolio, 1998
World Auction Record for the Complete Set
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$25,000 - 35,000
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$57,150
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Exchange Rate on 21 April 2023: US$1 = £0.8071, €0.9126, HK$7.8487
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