Free Arts NYC 22nd Annual Art Auction: Summer in September
Free Arts NYC 22nd Annual Art Auction: Summer in September
Lid
Lot Closed
September 24, 09:10 PM GMT
Estimate
500 - 750 USD
Lot Details
Description
William Wegman
Lid
2016
Signed and dated on verso
Pigment print
11 x 8 ½ in.
Framed: 15 x 12 ½ in.
Please note that Sotheby’s is waiving the standard Buyer’s Premium and Overhead Premium for this benefit auction. The final purchase price for the winning bidder will include Hammer Price only plus any shipping charges (as applicable).
Please note that while this auction is hosted on Sothebys.com, it is being administered by Free Arts NYC, and all post-sale matters (inclusive of invoicing and property pickup/shipment) will be handled by Free Arts NYC. As such, Sotheby’s will share the contact details for the winning bidders with Free Arts NYC so that they may be in touch directly post-sale.
Acquired directly from Artist in 2021
William Wegman (born 1943, Holyoke, Massachusetts), is an artist whose paintings, drawings, videos and photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally. He is best known for his work featuring his Weimaraners, a collaboration which began in the 70s with his dog Man Ray and which continues today with Flo and Topper. Wegman and his dogs have appeared on David Letterman, Saturday Night Live, Sesame Street, the cover of The New Yorker and French Vogue. Recent exhibitions include “Before/On/After: William Wegman and California Conceptualism” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and “William Wegman: Being Human,” a traveling exhibition of his large format Polaroids which began in Rencontres d’Arles in 2018 and will travel through 2021.