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Print Auction At Sotheby’s New York Featuring Important Works From Private And Institutional Collections
PRINT AUCTION AT SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK, MAY 1ST & 2ND
FEATURING IMPORTANT WORKS FROM PRIVATE AND INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS
New York, New York - The May 1st and 2nd sale of Prints is distinguished by a strong selection of important works from private and institutional collections. Approximately 540 works are estimated to sell for $9.6/13.2 million* and will be on exhibition at Sotheby’s New York’s 3rd floor galleries from April 27th through April 30th.
Property from The Estate of Catherine Gamble Curran includes Edgar Degas’ beguiling full portrait Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Paintings Gallery (est. $400/500,000); two iconic images by Mary Cassatt, The Fitting (est. $125/150,000) and In the Omnibus (est. $60/80,000); and the haunting figure within Wasssily Kandinsky’s 1903 woodcut Dame mit Facher (est. $70/90,000).
Additional property from Private American Collections includes Pablo Picasso’s Taureau et Picador, a rincée, an impression with extensive hand additions in ink (est. $200/300,000); a beautiful large scale Jasper Johns monotype Primaries with Secondaries (Variant) (est. $500/600,000); the complete set of Andy Warhol’s iconic portfolio, Campbell’s Soup I (portfolio of 10 prints, est. $250/350,000); and Richard Diebenkorn’s beautiful 1982 aquatint High Green, Version I (est. $150/200,000).
Sotheby’s is also thrilled to present Edvard Munch’s Madonna, a rare example of the 1895 lithograph without the sperm border (est. $600/800,000). And finally, this spring an American Academic Institution will de-accession a fine group of woodcuts by Blanche Lazell, various images executed in the first half of the 20th Century and ranging in value from $18,000-40,000.
ADDITIONAL SALES OF PRINTS
Sotheby’s Print Department is also pleased to announce the inclusion of prints in two additional auctions this season.
Works from The Collection of Patsy and Raymond Nasher offered on May 9th will feature Pablo Picasso’s seminal linoleum cut, Buste de Femme d’apres Cranach le Jeune (est. $275/325,000) as well as a wonderful group of early Jasper Johns prints including the 1968 lithographs Gray Alphabets (est. $80/120,000) and the Black Numeral Series (portfolio of ten, est. $100/150,000).
Finally, on the 14th of May, amongst property offered in the Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Barnett Newman’s 18 Cantos (est. $1.8/2.5 million) will be offered. It is extremely rare to find this set of 18 lithographs intact; the luminous surfaces and subtle harmonies have become icons of 20th Century printmaking and an integral part of the artist’s stunning accomplishments in fusing color and line.
*Estimates do not include buyer’s premium.
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