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Sothebys: Important Prints & Multiples Including Property from the Collection of Catherine Woodard and Nelson Blitz, Jr.

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Auction Name Important Prints & Multiples Including Property from the Collection of Catherine Woodard and Nelson Blitz, Jr. Total Sales (USD) 12,109,938.00
Auction Date October 23, 2017 - October 24, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 8,629,300.00
Sale Number #n09647 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 12,553,900.00
Total Lots 397
Sold Lots 331 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 12,994,500.00
% of Lots Sold 83.38% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 18,423,200.00
Unsold Lots 66 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 65.73%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
121 Andy Warhol

CAMPBELL'S SOUP I (F. & S. II.44-53)

1968 USD 500,000.00 - 700,000.00 USD 852,500.00
87 Pablo Picasso

PORTRAIT D'OLGA AU COL DE FOURRURE (BA. 109)

1923 circa 1955 USD 800,000.00 - 1,200,000.00 USD 732,500.00
95 Edvard Munch

EVENING. MELANCHOLY I (SCH. 82; W. 91)

1896 USD 850,000.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD 612,500.00
109 Richard Diebenkorn

GREEN

1986 printed 1986 USD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 USD 492,500.00
84 Edvard Munch

MELANCHOLY III (SCHIEFLER 144; WOLL 203)

1902 USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 USD 468,500.00
96 Pablo Picasso

LA FEMME À LA FENÊTRE (B. 695; BA. 891/II/A)

1952 USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 USD 372,500.00
108 Jean-Michel Basquiat

ANATOMY: 18 PRINTS

1982 USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 USD 372,500.00
83 Jasper Johns

ALE CANS (ULAE 20)

1964 printed 1964 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 300,000.00
82 Andy Warhol

MARILYN MONROE (MARILYN) (FELDMAN & SCHELLMANN II.31)

1967 USD 180,000.00 - 220,000.00 USD 287,500.00
114 Roy Lichtenstein

NUDE WITH YELLOW PILLOW (CORLETT 283)

1994 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 250,000.00
91 Edvard Munch

MOONLIGHT I (SCH. 81; W. 90)

1896 USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 225,000.00
94 Jasper Johns

TWO MAPS II (ULAE 26)

1966 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 212,500.00
120 Andy Warhol

MARILYN MONROE (F. & S. II.23)

1967 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 200,000.00
130 Blanche Lazzell

THE FATIO HOUSE AND BLOCK 119

1939 printed 1939 USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD 162,500.00
224 Pablo Picasso

NATURE MORTE À LA SUSPENSION (NATURE MORTE SOUS LA LAMPE) (B. 1102; BA. 1313)

1962 printed 1962 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 162,500.00
81 Pablo Picasso

MINOTAURE AVEUGLE GUIDÉ PAR MARIE-THÉRÈSE AU PIGEON DANS UNE NUIT ÉTOILÉE (BLOCH 225; BAER 437)

1934 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 150,000.00
93 Jasper Johns

TWO MAPS I (ULAE 23)

1966 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 137,500.00
111 Donald Judd

UNTITLED: FIVE PRINTS (SCHELLMANN 38, 41, 42, 61 & 62)

1961-9 printed 1961-9 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 125,000.00
118 Frank Stella

SINJERLI VARIATIONS SQUARED WITH COLORED GROUNDS I-IV (AXSOM 129-134)

1981 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 100,000.00
214 Pablo Picasso

LA FEMME À LA RÉSILLE (FEMME AUX CHEVEUX VERTS) (B. 612; M. 178 TER)

1949 printed 1949 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 100,000.00
401 Andy Warhol

GRACE KELLY (F. & S. II.305)

1984 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 100,000.00
100 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

JUNKERBODEN (D. H388/A/2/II AND H388/B/1/II; SCH. H412; G. 1085/II/1)

1919 1919 USD 100,000.00 - 125,000.00 USD 93,750.00
387 Andy Warhol

A LA RECHERCHE DU SHOE PERDU (F. & S. IV.69 - 73, 75 - 81, 83, 85)

circa 1955 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 93,750.00
191 Joan Miró

GARGANTUA (D. 972)

1977 printed 1977 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 87,500.00
221 Pablo Picasso

GRANDE TÊTE DE FEMME AU CHAPEAU (B. 1078; BA. 1293)

1962 printed 1962 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 87,500.00
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    Auction 151
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    Auction 151
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
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    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
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