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The Collection of Edward Albee

26 September 2017 | 10:00 AM EDT | New York

SALE TOTAL

12,459,313USD
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  • 30
    Milton Avery
    Meditation
    LOT SOLD.3,668,750USD
  • 38
    Jean Arp
    Les Deux soeurs
    LOT SOLD.1,992,500USD
  • 63
    Marc Chagall
    Portrait de la soeur de l’artiste
    LOT SOLD.852,500USD
  • 20
    Wassily Kandinsky
    Weiss auf Schwarz (White on Black)
    LOT SOLD.792,500USD
  • 42
    Lee Krasner
    Untitled
    LOT SOLD.588,500USD
  • 11
    John McLaughlin
    V-1957
    LOT SOLD.516,500USD
  • 7
    Kurt Schwitters
    Ohne Titel (Konstruktion mit Rotem Kreis und Schwarzem Dreieck) (Untitled (Construction with Red Circle and Black Triangle))
    LOT SOLD.444,500USD
  • 58
    Milton Avery
    Two Nudes
    LOT SOLD.372,500USD
  • 15
    John McLaughlin
    #11-1960
    LOT SOLD.262,500USD
  • 22
    Medardo Rosso
    Enfant juif (Bambino Ebreo)
    LOT SOLD.250,000USD
  • 66
    Walt Kuhn
    Helen
    LOT SOLD.225,000USD
  • 21
    Ossip Zadkine
    Buste de femme
    LOT SOLD.150,000USD
  • 55
    Susan Rothenberg
    Untitled
    LOT SOLD.137,500USD
  • 45
    Alfred Leslie
    Untitled
    LOT SOLD.112,500USD
  • 24
    Jacques Lipchitz
    Study for Benediction 
    LOT SOLD.112,500USD
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Sale Number: N09678 Lots : 104

SALE TOTAL

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Sotheby’s is honored to announce that we will offer The Collection of Edward Albee in a dedicated auction this September in New York. The full proceeds of the sale will benefit The Edward F. Albee Foundation, which provides residencies for writers and visual artists in Montauk, Long Island.

For many, Sotheby’s September auction will offer a new window into Edward Albee’s life and creative mind. Sourced from artists, friends and galleries over several decades, the majority of the 100+ works on offer adorned the walls of Albee’s Tribeca loft, which he rehung often to explore new artistic connections. In keeping with his constant experimentation as a playwright, the collection focuses on the birth and evolution of Abstraction in 20th century art, and a highly-personal intellectual pursuit of the ephemeral and the elusive – from a stunning figural work by Milton Avery, to a whimsical relief by Jean Arp, a Bauhaus work by Wassily Kandinsky, and a group of geometric abstractions by John McLaughlin.

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