NEW YORK – Christie’s is proud to present Post-War to Present,a live sale taking place Friday, September 29 at Christie’s storied Rockefeller Center saleroom in the heart of New York City. The sale is comprised of more than 280 artworks with a low estimate in excess of $27 million. The top lot of the sale is Abra I, a rich color-filled canvas by Frank Stella.
Among the many sale highlights are a group of pioneering female abstract painters of the Post-War era, including Helen Frankenthaler, Lynne Drexler, and Hedda Sterne. The sale also includes fantastic new perspectives on portraiture through the lens of contemporary artists, including examples by Amoako Boafo and Jenna Gribbon. Further enriching the sale’s offerings is a strong representation of Black artists from the 1960s through today, including important works by Noah Purifoy, Jack Whitten, and David Hammons, along with Joe Overstreet—appearing in a Christie’s sale for the first time—and Rick Lowe, whose work will be coming to auction for the first time in his career.
The first New York auction of the fall season, the Post-War to Present sale embodies expressive high points throughout the lineage of 20th and 21st century art. Highlights from the sale will be on view in Christie’s galleries from Saturday, September 23 through Thursday, September 28.
Select Highlights | Post-War to Present | 29 September 2023
HELEN FRANKENTHALER (1928-2011)
Barcelona
1987
acrylic on canvas
Estimate: $600,000-800,000
DEC. 11, 1975, from Today, 1966-2013
1975
Liquitex on canvas, with handmade cardboard box with newspaper
Estimate: $600,000-800,000
Untitled
2021
acrylic and paper collage on canvas
Estimate: $100,000-150,000
Untitled
1998
oil on Spalding basketball, in original box
Estimate: $80,000-120,000
Untitled
1970
acrylic on canvas
Estimate: $60,000-80,000
Picking Cotton, Rows to the Right
2009
dye on carved and tooled leather
Estimate: $150,000-250,000
Untitled
1967
marble
Estimate: $30,000-50,000
Untitled (Blue Man with “B” on His Back)
circa 1939-1942
graphite and tempera on repurposed card
Estimate: $50,000-80,000
Garden in Bessemer
1986
acrylic on canvas
Estimate: $700,000-1,000,000
Andy Mouse
1986
screenprint in colors on paper, in four parts
Estimate: $800,000-1,200,000
Yellow Jacket (Big Sigh)
2019
oil on velvet
Estimate: $70,000-100,000
KINDER
oil on canvas
2010
Estimate: $30,000-50,000
