PRESS RELEASE
PHILLIPS PRESENTS HIGHLIGHTS FROM
THE MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART DAY SALE
Morning Session Led by Pioneering Women Artists, Modernist Masters, and Post-War Icons
Maurizio Cattelan to Headline the Afternoon Session Alongside a Selection of Contemporary and Emerging Voices
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Sigmar Polke Untitled (Crime Story-Happy End), 2005 Estimate: $400,000 - 600,000 |
Tom Wesselmann Great American Nude #18, 1961 Estimate: $600,000 - 800,000 |
NEW YORK – 4 NOVEMBER 2025 – Phillips is pleased to present highlights from its forthcoming Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, taking place on 21 November 2025 at its New York headquarters. Offered across two sessions, the sale embodies a focused curatorial vision that bridges emerging and rediscovered voices with established masters from the late 19th century to the present day. The Morning Session features works by trailblazing female artists such as Mary Abbott, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, and Suzanne Jackson, alongside early Modern masters, including Auguste Rodin and Alexej von Jawlensky. The Afternoon Session shifts toward contemporary and emerging perspectives, with standout works by Alexis Ralaivao, Firelei Báez, and Tyler Mitchell, as well as major works by Sigmar Polke and Maurizio Cattelan. This season, Phillips is also proud to present Property Sold to Benefit the Coalition for the Homeless, with generous contributions from artists Joan Snyder, Katherine Bradford, and Stanley Whitney in support of the New York-based organization’s vital mission.
Annie Dolan and Patrizia Koenig, Co-Heads of the New York Day Sale of Modern & Contemporary Art, said, “This season’s Day Sale brings together a dynamic range of works that reflect key moments in artistic innovation. The Morning Session opens with significant contributions by women artists whose practices are receiving renewed institutional attention. Headlining the sale are masterworks by Auguste Rodin, Tom Wesselmann, and Robert Indiana, each from the most important series in the artists’ individual bodies of work. The Afternoon Session turns toward the present, offering a compelling mix of contemporary and emerging voices. Artists such as Amoako Boafo, Reggie Burrow Hodges, and Calida Rawles engage with themes of identity, media, and cultural storytelling through diverse and powerful visual languages. These works are presented alongside major pieces by Sigmar Polke and Maurizio Cattelan, whose Daddy Daddy, in particular, stands out as a haunting meditation on myth, mortality, and the uneasy intersection of popular culture and fine art.”
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