IH CHRISTIES Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale 5/17/17 New York Sale Code 14187

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Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale 5/17/17 New York Sale Code 14187

Sale overview
In the culmination of 20th Century Week, the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale features a range of masterworks from the world’s leading artists. Headlining the sale this season are Cy Twombly’s Leda and the Swan and Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of George Dyer, both to emerge on the market for the first time. With highlights including major works by post-war giants and contemporary greats, including Sigmar Polke, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roy Lichtenstein and Willem de Kooning, the auction spotlights the defining movements that have permeated artistic practices since the mid-1940s.

Sale overview

Artist/Maker/Author
Albers, Josef (1888-1976) (1)
Arbus, Diane (1923-1971) (1)
Bacon, Francis (1909-1992) (1)
Basquiat, Jean-Michel (1960-1988) (5)
Beuys, Joseph (1921-1986) (1)
Bourgeois, Louise (1911-2010) (1)
Bradley, Joe (b. 1975) (1)
Broodthaers, Marcel (1924-1976) (1)
Cattelan, Maurizio (b. 1960) (1)
de Kooning, Willem (1904-1997) (1)
Dubuffet, Jean (1901-1985) (1)
Duchamp, Marcel (1887-1968) (1)
Fischer, Urs (b. 1973) (2)
Fischl, Eric (b. 1948) (1)
Gober, Robert (b. 1954) (1)
Grotjahn, Mark (b. 1968) (1)
Guston, Philip (1913-1980) (2)
Judd, Donald (1928-1994) (2)
Kelley, Mike (1954-2012) (1)
Kelly, Ellsworth (1923-2015) (2)
Kiefer, Anselm (b. 1945) (2)
Koons, Jeff (b. 1955) (1)
Lawler, Louise (b. 1947) (1)
Lichtenstein, Roy (1923-1997) (3)
Man Ray (1890-1976) (1)
Martin, Agnes (1912-2004) (1)
Nauman, Bruce (b. 1941) (2)
Noguchi, Isamu (1904-1988) (2)
Oehlen, Albert (b. 1954) (2)
Picabia, Francis (1879-1953) (1)
Polke, Sigmar (1941-2010) (2)
Rauschenberg, Robert (1925-2008) (1)
Richter, Gerhard (b. 1932) (1)
Ryman, Robert (b. 1930) (3)
Salle, David (b. 1952) (1)
Schnabel, Julian (b. 1951) (1)
Schütte, Thomas (b. 1954) (1)
Serra, Richard (b.1938) (1)
Sherman, Cindy (b. 1954) (2)
Stella, Frank (b. 1936) (1)
Stingel, Rudolf (b. 1956) (3)
Twombly, Cy (1928-2011) (1)
Warhol, Andy (1928-1987) (4)
Wool, Christopher (b. 1955) (2)
In the culmination of 20th Century Week, the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale features a range of masterworks from the world’s leading artists. Headlining the sale this season are Cy Twombly’s Leda and the Swan and Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of George Dyer, both to emerge on the market for the first time. With highlights including major works by post-war giants and contemporary greats, including Sigmar Polke, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roy Lichtenstein and Willem de Kooning, the auction spotlights the defining movements that have permeated artistic practices since the mid-1940s.

 

OVERSEAS : OVERSIZED CATALOG HAS TO GO IN A MEDIUM BOX. THERE IS MUCH MORE ROOM FOR OTHER CATALOGS. YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR AN ENVELOPE. WE WILL SEND YOU AN INVOICE FOR THE BALANCE. YOU CAN EMAIL US FOR THE TOTAL.