{"id":9131,"date":"2022-05-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prnasia.com\/story\/archive\/3748725_AE48725_0"},"modified":"2022-05-06T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T12:00:00","slug":"sothebys-new-york-presents-1-billion-in-modern-and-contemporary-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transmediavictoria.net.au\/?p=9131","title":{"rendered":"Sotheby’s New York Presents $1 BILLION IN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Including:<\/b><\/p>\n

The Macklowe Collection
<\/b>30 Masterworks from The Most Important Collection of Its Kind<\/b><\/p>\n

The Modern Evening Sale
<\/b>Among the Most Valuable Ever Staged <\/b><\/p>\n

Contemporary Evening Sale
<\/b>Including Standout Offering of Works by German Artists,
<\/b>Led by Highest Estimated Work by Georg Baselitz ever to come to Auction<\/b><\/p>\n

The Now Sale
<\/b>In which Women Artists Outnumber Male Counterparts<\/b><\/p>\n

NEW YORK<\/span>, May 6, 2022<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — As the art market readies itself for the biggest season it has ever seen, the full complement of Sotheby’s May auction week is today unveiled to the public in its entirety in Sotheby’s New York Galleries.<\/p>\n

Carrying a combined estimate in the region of $1<\/span> billion\u2014 on a par with last November’s record-breaking season \u2013  the exhibition and sales will be anchored by a dedicated evening sale of 30 masterworks from The Macklowe Collection – one of the greatest collections of any kind ever to come to the market. A previous sale of works from this collection \u2013 held at Sotheby’s New York<\/span> last November \u2013 realized a record-breaking total of $676.6m<\/span>, making it the most valuable single owner sale ever staged. This season’s offering is no less exciting, featuring important works by Gerhard Richter<\/span>, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol<\/span>, Sigmar Polke<\/span>, Willem de Kooning<\/span>, and many more. Highlights include:<\/p>\n