Results: The March Contemporary Curated sale featuring In Its Own Light: Property from the Collection of Ed Cohen and Victoria Shaw totaled $26,187,625, exceeding its $22,900,000 pre-sale high estimate at one of the highest totals ever for a Contemporary Curated sale. Ed Ruscha’s Broken Pencil led the sale by surpassing its high estimate of $450,000 to sell for $1,332,500 and Gerhard Richter’s Abstraktes Bild (843-4), from the collection of Ed Cohen and Victoria Shaw, sold for $1,152,500, above its $800,000 high pre-sale estimate.
Auction Details: Sotheby’s is delighted to present our next Contemporary Curated auction on 2 March, coinciding with Armory Arts Week in New York. Contemporary Curated is the foremost destination for new collectors and established clients to acquire accessibly priced works by leading artists of the postwar and contemporary periods. "In Its Own Light: Property from the Collection of Ed Cohen and Victoria Shaw" will start at 10:00 AM with Lot 1 and Contemporary Curated will start approximately at 11:00 AM with Lot 47. Each season, the auction features selections from leading tastemakers from the spheres of art, business and fashion, offering a diverse range of works that have captured the imagination of the market. This season’s sale will offer works by Alexander Calder, Wayne Thiebaud, On Kawara, George Condo and Robert Rauschenberg, among others.
View Catalogue: Lots 1-46
View Catalogue: Lots 47-378
The search criteria did not match any available item; please modify your criteria.
Interested in bidding online for this sale? click here to register for BIDnow.
Watch live auctions, manage your account, sign up for updates, share your favourites, create wishlists and more.
Create An AccountWould you like to watch the live sale only or also participate in bidding?
Watch Live Sale Register to BidOnline Registration to Bid is Closed for this Sale. Would you like to watch the live sale?
Watch Live Salesale registration is closed because the sale is starting within 24 hours.
To participate in this sale please call the Bids Department
All successful registrations for this sale will show under the ‘Auctions’ section of ‘MyAccount’.
To participate in this sale please call the Bids Department