Christies: Pressing Forward: Contemporary Editions from a Private Detroit Collection, 24251, New York

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Auction Report
Auction Date
July 16, 2025 - July 16, 2025
Page Size: 80 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 FRANK STELLA (1936-2024)

Black Series I

Los Angeles 1967 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 37,800.00
2 DONALD JUDD (1928-1994)

Untitled

Munich 1961-1978 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
3 FRED SANDBACK (1943-2003)

Fluoresc. Blue Cord + Rod

the full sheet 1968 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,292.00
4 LARRY RIVERS (1923-2002)

Lucky Strike II

West Islip, New York 1960-1963 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,142.00
5 ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG (1925-2008)

Breakthrough II

West Islip, New York 1965 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 75,600.00
6 JIM DINE (B. 1935)

Drag --- Johnson and Mao

London 1967 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 15,120.00
7 JASPER JOHNS (B. 1930)

Recent Still Life (HC Edition)

West Islip, New York 1966 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Not Sold
8 JASPER JOHNS (B. 1930)

Gray Alphabets

Los Angeles 1968 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 Not Sold
9 JASPER JOHNS (B. 1930)

Decoy

West Islip, New York 1971 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 37,800.00
10 ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997)

On, from the International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving, vol. 5, The International Avant-Garde: America Discovered

Milan 1962, 1964 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
11 ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Flash - November 22, 1963

New York 1968 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 100,800.00
12 GERALD LAING (1936-2011)

Stacy, from Baby Baby Wild Things

London 1968 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,788.00
13 ALLAN D'ARCANGELO (1930-1998)

June Moon 1963, from 7 Serigraphien

Stuttgart, Germany 1969 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,032.00
14 WOLF VOSTELL (1932-1998)

Starfighter, from Graphics of Capitalist Realism (Grafik des Kapitalistischen Realismus)

Berlin 1967, 1968 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,780.00
15 COLIN SELF (B. 1941)

Unique Car

London 1968 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,764.00
16 MARCEL BROODTHAERS (1924-1976)

Museum--Museum

Heidelberg 1972 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 16,380.00
17 JOSEPH BEUYS (1921-1986)

Democracy is Merry

Heidelberg 1973 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,142.00
18 JOSEPH BEUYS (1921-1986)

Earth Telephone

Munich 1973 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,292.00
19 JOHN BALDESSARI (1931-2020)

I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art

Halifax, Canada 1971 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 94,500.00
20 BRUCE NAUMAN (B. 1941)

Raw-War

1971 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Not Sold
21 RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER (1923-2013)

Sailors

Cologne, Germany 1972 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 378.00
22 VIJA CELMINS (B. 1938)

Untitled Portfolio

Los Angeles 1975 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 50,400.00
23 RICHARD BOSMAN (B. 1944)

Man Overboard

New York 1981 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,134.00
24 ERIC FISCHL (B. 1948)

Year of the Drowned Dog

New York 1983 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,900.00
25 ROBERT LONGO (B. 1953)

Gretchen, from Men in the Cities

New York 1984 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 176,400.00
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