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Contemporary Art Evening Auction

16 May 2019 | 7:00 PM EDT | New York

SALE TOTAL

341,850,050USD
Browse Lots
  • 9
    Francis Bacon
    Study for a Head
    LOT SOLD.50,380,000USD
  • 12
    Mark Rothko
    Untitled
    LOT SOLD.50,095,250USD
  • 26
    Francis Bacon
    Study for Portrait
    LOT SOLD.14,501,500USD
  • 21
    Christopher Wool
    Untitled 
    LOT SOLD.14,000,000USD
  • 25
    Willem De Kooning
    Untitled X
    LOT SOLD.12,565,200USD
  • 29
    Lee Krasner
    The Eye is the First Circle
    LOT SOLD.11,654,000USD
  • 15
    Mark Rothko
    Untitled (Red and Burgundy Over Blue)
    LOT SOLD.10,515,000USD
  • 35
    Robert Motherwell
    Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 134
    LOT SOLD.10,287,200USD
  • 7
    Ed Ruscha
    I Tried to Forget to Remember
    LOT SOLD.8,237,000USD
  • 16
    Mark Rothko
    Untitled (Red on Red)
    LOT SOLD.8,237,000USD
  • 24
    Philip Guston
    Red Sky
    LOT SOLD.7,325,800USD
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Sale Number: N10069 Lots : 63

SALE TOTAL

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Bacon and Rothko Propel Contemporary Art Auction to $341.8 Million

First Look: Mark Rothko at the Apex of his Career

Please be advised that we will be delaying the start of the auction until 7:15 pm EDT. The President of the United States will be in Manhattan tomorrow evening and we are anticipating street closures on the Upper East Side between approximately 5:45 pm and 6:15 pm.

This May, Sotheby’s is thrilled to bring to market a robust offering of contemporary masterpieces, highlighted by Mark Rothko’s seminal Untitled, 1960, coming from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The Contemporary Art Evening Auction will be further distinguished by works from the collection of David Teiger; proceeds from the sales will benefit the Teiger Foundation, one of the world’s most significant art foundations, set up to support and promote excellence in contemporary art.

 

Bacon and Rothko Propel Contemporary Art Auction to $341.8 Million

First Look: Mark Rothko at the Apex of his Career

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Grégoire Billault
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Head of Contemporary Art,
New York
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Amy Cappellazzo
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Allan Schwartzman
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Allan.Schwartzman@sothebys.com
Leslie Prouty
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Contemporary Art
+1 212 606 7254
leslie.prouty@sothebys.com
Michael Macaulay
Senior Vice President
Senior International Specialist
Contemporary Art
+1 212 606 7254
michael.macaulay@sothebys.com
Saara Pritchard
Senior Specialist, Senior Vice President
Contemporary Art
Saara.Pritchard@sothebys.com
David Galperin
Head of Evening Sale
Senior Vice President
Contemporary Art
+1 212 606 7254
David.Galperin@sothebys.com
Kelsey Leonard
Associate Specialist
Contemporary Art
+212 894 1032
Kelsey.Leonard@sothebys.com
   
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