Contemporary Art

May 5, 2017

These examples come from our May 11 auction of Contemporary Art. From the initial proliferation of engraving in the fifteenth century to the explosion of lithography in the late…

May 2, 2017

Notes from the catalogue of our May 11 auction of Contemporary Art.   Though Motherwell is known for his integral role in the New York school of Abstract Expressionism, the…

November 12, 2014

Examples of Fluxus artwork appear in many of our auctions, and demand seems to be on the rise for works by the group, which was active from the early 1960s through the late…

November 4, 2014

A highlight in our upcoming auction of Contemporary Art is a leather jacket tagged by various 1980s graffiti artists, including Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988). These artists…

November 11, 2013

Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) was a pioneering figure in the establishment of Minimalism and Conceptualism during the postwar era. He studied art at Syracuse University and moved to New…