Important Collections

From the walls of venerated American institutions—including The Phillips Collection, Kreeger Museum, Walker Art Center, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco—browse the holdings of distinguished museum collections which house the very best of 19th and 20th-century art.

Discover Works Offered by Renowned American Institutions

Where Art Lives

Facing the Modern

Explore works small in scale yet exceptional in quality.

Treasures

One of the foremost visual poets of the 20th century, Marc Chagall’s legacy looms large 40 years after his death. This May, Sotheby’s Modern Day Auction presents several works from across the artist’s career, ranging from a hauntingly tender gouache from 1949-50 to a resplendent oil from 1982-83.

Marc Chagall: 40 Years Later

Tracing Abstraction in 20th-Century Painting

Tracing Abstraction in 20th-Century Painting

Towards Zero

As domestic life changed rapidly in the 20th century, artists around the world took diverse approaches to interior scenes.

Explore Diverse Approaches to Interior Scenes

Modern Domestic

At the Edge of the World

Sheet and Surface

New York

Vice President | Head of Modern Day Auction

Vice Chairman | Head of Middle Market for Modern & Contemporary Art

Scott Niichel

Senior Specialist, Impressionist &amp; Modern Art

Frances Asquith

Assistant Vice President | Specialist, Impressionist & Modern Art

Zoë Zaneteas

Cataloguer, Impressionist & Modern Art

Rachel Hansen

Ellis Anderson

Senior Vice President | Head of American Art

Stefany Morris

Assistant Vice President | Specialist, American Art

Caroline Seabolt

Associate Specialist

Katie Maher

Head of Latin American Art

Anna Di Stasi

Assistant Vice President | Specialist, Latin American Art

Emily Nice

Associate Specialist, Latin American and Contemporary Art

Carola Reyes Benítez

Vice President, Director, Head of Sale, 19th-Century European Paintings

Kathryn Kremnitzer, PhD

Pre Sale Experience Coordinator

Anjli Patel

Post Sale Manager, Impressionist & Modern Art

Samit Sinha

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Sotheby's Modern Day Auction draws together over a century of paintings, drawings and sculpture from across Europe and the Americas to showcase the best of Impressionism and the revolutionary avant-garde movements of the 20th century. Interweaving these movements, counter-movements and transnational cross-currents, the Modern Day Auction encapsulates the innovative ways in which artists—many defying categorization by continent or medium—have dared to challenge tradition to shape the history of modern art. &nbsp; Presented in partnership with 
 
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