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WARHOL MARILYN SCREENPRINT ACHIEVES $134,500 AT DOYLE NEW YORK'S NOVEMBER 3, 2008 AUCTION OF OLD MASTER, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY PRINTS
World Auction Records Set for Picasso's Ines and Her Child and Rembrandt's Self-Portrait in a Cloak with a Falling Collar: Bust, Both $16,250, as well as for Etchings by Carl Rungius
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's La Troupe de Mademoiselle Eglantine Fetches $21,250
On November 3, 2008, Doyle New York held a successful auction of Old
Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints. With competitive international
bidding, the sale totaled a strong $1,010,906 against a pre-sale
estimate of $756,600-1,122,600 with 87% sold by lot and 96% by value.
Old Master prints were highlighted by Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait
in a Cloak with a Falling Collar: Bust, etching, 1631, fifth state of
five, which sold for a record $16,250.
European prints included several lithographs by Henri de
Toulouse-Lautrec, including La Goulue, lithograph, 1894 and La Troupe de
Mademoiselle Eglantine, color lithograph, 1896 which sold for $11,875
and $21,250, respectively; several prints and ceramics by Pablo Picasso,
including Ines and Her Child, lithograph, 1947 which brought a record
$16,250 and Goat's Head in Profile, painted white ceramic plate, 1952,
which sold for $12,500; several works by and After Marc Chagall,
including The Three Acrobats, color lithograph, 1957, $8,750 and Roses
and Mimosas, 1967, color lithograph, $11,250; and prints by Joan Miro,
including La Main soft-ground etching and color aquatint, 1953, $13,750.
American prints featured George Bellows, Preliminaries, lithograph, 1916
which fetched $28,750; Walter J. Phillips, Mamalilicoola, BC, color
woodcut, 1928, a record $9,375; several rare-to-the-market etchings and
drypoints by Carl Rungius, including Out of the Canyon, 1937 and
Browsing, 1938, which each sold for record prices of $5,000 and $4,688,
respectively; John Taylor Arms, West Forty-Second Street, etching, 1920,
$5,000; several drypoints by Martin Lewis, including Suburban Evening,
1925, $5,000; two works by Howard Cook from 1930, Chrysler Building,
wood engraving, $7,500 and New England City, etching, a record $2,125;
and Rufino Tamayo, Hombre en Negro, color mixograph, 1976, a record
$5,000.
The contemporary prints section was highlighted by several color
screenprints by Andy Warhol, including [Cow and a Quarter], color
screenprint, 1966, a record $15,000; two from the Marilyn portfolio
(Feldman/Schellmann 23 and 31), 1967 which sold for $86,500 and
$134,500, respectively; and The Star, 1981, $52,500; Marcel Duchamp,
Pulled at Four Pins, etching, 1964, $5,000; and Josef Albers, DR-b,
color screenprint, 1968, a record $4,000.
NEXT PRINTS AUCTION
April 2009
CONSIGNMENTS ARE CURRENTLY BEING ACCEPTED
To have your property evaluated for possible consignment in the April 2009 auction of Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints, please contact:
Cindy Klein, 212-427-4141, ext. 246, prints@DoyleNewYork.com
CATALOGUE
Subscriptions Department, 212-427-4141, ext. 257, subscriptions@DoyleNewYork.com
View the November 3, 2008 catalogue
MEDIA
CONTACT
Louis LeB. Webre, Vice President, Marketing and Media, 212-427-4141, ext
232, louis@DoyleNewYork.com
Images and interviews are available upon request.
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