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De Kooning from 1968 Leads Heritage New York May Sales

April 25, 2016 by Marion Maneker

Willem de Kooning, East Hampton II, 1968  (600-800k USD)

Heritage continues its expansion into the Modern, Postwar and Contemporary middle market with another early say to start the Spring season in New York. This year, the top lot is a Willem de Kooning’s East Hampton II, a work on paper mounted on canvas from 1968 (above.) Other highlights from the sale taking place on May 2nd in New York are:

  • Helen Frankenthaller,  Tantric, 1977, (est. $500,000-$700,000).
  • Wassily Kandinsky, Untitled (Composition lyrique), 1922, (est. $400,000-$600,000)
  • Robert Rauschenberg, Untitled, 1985, at public action for the first time (est. $300,000-$500,000)
  • Jeff Koons, Ice Bucket (est. $300,000-$500,000)
  • Milton Avery, Bather, 1961 (est. $300,000-$500,000)
  • Andy Warhol, Ethel Scull, 1963, (est. $200,000-$300,000).
  • Marc Chagall,  Le peintre à la palette, 1983, (est. $200,000-$300,000)
  • Fernand Léger, Composition, 1925, (est. $150,000 – $250,000)

 

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