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otheby’s is pleased to present our Prints Part II auction, featuring an extensive survey of printmaking spanning the late 15th century to the present day. The sale brings together early intaglio works by Albrecht Dürer and Rembrandt alongside important modern prints by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, and bold postwar and contemporary works by Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. With estimates ranging from $1,000 to over $100,000, the auction celebrates printmaking as a medium of innovation and accessibility for collectors at every level.
The sale will be preceded by Prints & Photographs Part I on April 14th, the second highly anticipated installment in our innovative cross‑category auction series. Bringing together exceptional works that trace the development of image‑making across printed media, the sales highlight centuries of artistic ingenuity, technical mastery, and creative vision.
Bidding for Prints Part II will begin to close on April 15th at 1pm EST, following the closing of A Survey of Post War Prints by Ten Twentieth Century Masters at 11am EST.
The pre‑sale exhibition will be hosted at Sotheby’s new global headquarters in the historic Breuer Building on Madison Avenue, providing collectors the opportunity to experience these works within one of New York’s most celebrated architectural landmarks.
Sotheby’s is honored to present a selection of works from the Cy Twombly Foundation, sold to fund its grantmaking efforts. Acquired by Twombly during his lifetime as part of his personal collection, many of the prints came directly from his peers and illustrate the breadth of his collecting interest, from Laszlo Maholy-Nagy and Georges Braque to Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol. An additional six lots from the collection will be offered in the Prints & Photograph Part I live auction on April 14th.
Sotheby’s is honored to present a notable selection of works from the distinguished Collection of Dorothy and Roy Lichtenstein. A renowned printmaker, Lichtenstein cultivated enduring collaborations with master print workshops including Gemini G.E.L., Universal Limited Art Editions, and the Leo Castelli Gallery. From the early 1960s onward, Lichtenstein engaged rigorously with a wide range of print media, treating the medium as a site of sustained experimentation.
Lichtenstein consistently tested the technological limits of printmaking, frequently combining multiple processes within a single work to produce richly layered compositions. His signature use of Ben-Day dots—adapted from the visual language of comic books and commercial illustration—foregrounds the tension between mechanical reproduction and artistic authorship. Through both his methods and subject matter, Lichtenstein emerges as a central innovator of the Pop Art movement, redefining the status of printmaking within Contemporary Art.
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For the first time in nearly two decades, Sotheby’s is delighted to offer Old Master Prints in our Prints auctions in New York. Featuring works from three private collections, the selection of prints spans almost two centuries of the golden age of Northern European printmaking and includes iconic subjects by Martin Schongauer, Israhel van Meckenem, Albrecht Dürer and Rembrandt.
