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https://www.phillips.com/auctions/auction/NY010717

Start Date

Thursday, November 16, 2017

End Date

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Venue

Phillips Auction House

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

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contemporary art

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington DC.

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Julia Margaret Cameron, A Study, 1865-66. Albumen silver print from glass negative. 34.4 x 26.4 cm (13 9/16 x 10 3/8 in.). Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 1990.1074.3

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Museum

Henri Matisse, The Red Studio, 1911. Oil on canvas. 71 1/4 x 7′ 2 1/4 in. (181 x 219.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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Gallery

Installation view, Elmer Bischoff/Tom Burckhardt: A Dialogue, George Adams Gallery, New York, 2022.

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“Jonas Wood: Plants and Animals” at David Kordansky Gallery

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Women Artists

detail of two women, Judith and her maid, pin a man to a bed and are in the process of decapitating him with a sword as he struggles.

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Drawing

Paul Sandby, A Lady Copying at a Drawing Table, 1765. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.

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Contemporary Art

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Antiques

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Latin American Art

Detail of Peruvian archaeologist Julian C. Tello photographed standing next to the Tello Obelisk, named for his discovery.

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Auction

Andy Warhol, Marilyn, 1967. Sheet measures 36 x 36 in. Published by Factory Additions, New York, printed by Aetna Silkscreen Products, Inc., New York. Estimated: $200,000-250,000.

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Renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, c. 1495–1498. Tempera on gesso, pitch, and mastic. 181 × 346 in (460 × 880 cm). Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan.

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Sculpture

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Painting

Claude Monet, Water Lilies and the Japanese bridge, 1897-99.

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Asian Art

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Fair

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Ancient Art

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LGBTQ Artists

Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987). Self-Portrait, 1986. Acrylic and screenprint on linen, 40 × 40 in. (101.6 × 101.6 cm).

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Modern Art

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The Architecture of Louis Kahn

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Black Artists

Exhibition view featuring The Wake and Resurrection of the Bicentennial Negro (1975–89).

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Indigenous Art

Installation view of Benin Bronzes at the British Museum.

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Design

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Photography

William Klein, Backstage from Who Are You, Polly Magoo?, 1966.

“William Klein: YES” at the International Center of Photography

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