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Auction Info

Auction Name
Contemporary Visions: Two Distinguished Private Collections including Property from the Estate of Ruth Miles Pite
Auction Date
04/15/2025 - 04/15/2025
Sale Number
#6442
Total Lots
38
Sold Lots
33
Lots Sold
86.84%
Unsold Lots
5
Total Sales (USD)
173,696.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
117,300.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
176,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
154,900.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
231,400.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
75.06%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
37 Cindy Sherman

Untitled #212 (from History Portrait), 1989

1989 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 60,800.00
47 William Kentridge

Phenakistascope, 2000

2000 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,800.00
66 Shirin Neshat

I Am Its Secret, 1993

1993 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 12,160.00
27 Harry Callahan

New York, 1945 and Torn Sign, 1946 (two works)

1945 and 1946 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 12,160.00
51 Kiki Smith

Little Head, 1993

1993 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,680.00
77 Tauba Auerbach

Compression System (Marble), 2013

2013 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,400.00
88 Larry Clark

Tulsa, 1972

1972 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,400.00
28 Harry Callahan

Chicago, c. 1946 (two works)

c. 1946 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,800.00
29 Harry Callahan

Chicago, 1948

1948 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,800.00
36 Candida Hofer

Eth, Zurich I and Eth, Zurich II (two works), 1993

1993 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,480.00
35 Candida Hofer

Lycee Gustave Monod Enghien-les-Bains III, 1999

1999 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 4,480.00
39 Jan Vercruysse

La Chute des Anges (No. 72), 1983

1983 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 3,520.00
91 Philip-Lorca diCorcia

Tokyo, 1994

1994 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,200.00
78 Robert Rauschenberg

The Rauschenberg Visual Autobiograph (X-Ray, Written Record of Major Events, and Dance) (F. 60), 1969 (three works)

1969 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,200.00
90 Philip-Lorca diCorcia

New York, 1993

1993 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,200.00
30 Harry Callahan

Eleanor, Chicago, 1953

1953 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,560.00
26 Harry Callahan

Detroit, 1942, Aix-en-Provence, 1957-1958 and Chicago, 1961 (a group of 3 works)

1942, 1957-1958 and 1961 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,176.00
45 Maya Lin

Ecliptic, 1999

1999 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,176.00
89 Tseng Kwong Chi

New York, New York, 1979, printed 2001

1979, printed 2001 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,176.00
31 Harry Callahan

Providence (two works)

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,048.00

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