Last night, Heritage auctions held its first New York sale of Contemporary art with a 21 lots out of 30 offered:
- Robert Motherwell’s Untitled (Ochre with Black Line), 1972-73/1974, sold for $965,000 in its auction debut following more than 40 years in a private collection.
- Ai Weiwei Surveillance Camera, 2010, sold for $401,000.
- Tom Wesselmann Blonde Vivienne (Filled In), 1985/1995 sold for $317,000, more than double its $150,000 estimate.
- Warhol’s silkscreen Lola Jacobson, 1980 – an iconic society portrait – ended at $185,000.
- Mel Ramos, A Sinister Figure Lurks in the Dark, 1962, which surfaced in Northern California, realized $173,000.
- Reflections on Crash, 1990, from Roy Lichtenstein’s Reflections series, sold for $161,000 against a $100,000 estimate
- Warhol’s $ (Quadrant), 1982, a unique screen print in colors, sold for $131,000
- Arshile Gorky, Untitled (X on Brown Paper), circa 1933-34 ended at $125,000.
- Untitled, 1994, by Sam Francis: Realized: $106,250.
- Study for ‘Wall Explosion I’, 1965, but Lichtenstein: Realized: $100,000.