About This Auction

The Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale on 15 May will feature masterful works by some of the most impactful artists of the last century. Leading the sale are defining works by 20th-century visionaries such as Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankenthaler and Alexander Calder, alongside significant works by celebrated and innovative 21st-century artists including Richard Prince, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Simone Leigh. The auction will showcase extraordinary works from prestigious private and public collections, including Works from the Collection of Sir Anthony Caro, For Art’s Sake: Selected Works by Tiqui Atencio and Ago Demirdjian, Property from the Collection of Ellin and Bernhard Blumenthal, A Triumph of Figuration: Selections from the Joel and Carole Bernstein Family Collection, and Love, Keith: Works from the Estate of Joan P. Haring.