Monday, April 16, 2018

Christie's ART OF THE AMERICAS, EVENING SALE Wednesday 9 May, 7pm



ART OF THE AMERICAS, EVENING SALE
Wednesday 9 May, 7pm
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Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Rich’s House, 1930.  Watercolour and charcoal on paper.  16 x 25 in (40.6 x 63.5 cm).  Estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000.  This lot is offered in The Collection of David and Peggy Rockefeller: Art of the Americas, Evening Sale on 9 May at Christie’s in New York.
Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Rich’s House, 1930. Watercolour and charcoal on paper. 16 x 25 in (40.6 x 63.5 cm). Estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000.
The Collection of David and Peggy Rockefeller: Art of the Americas, Evening Sale on 9 May at Christie’s in New York, a comprehensive survey of masterworks by the leading American artists of the 20th Century including Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, Milton Avery, Thomas Hart Benton, John Singer Sargent and Winslow Homer, among others.

The sale features


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Diego Rivera’s 1931 masterpiece, The Rivals, which was commissioned by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and was given to Peggy and David the year after.

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Willem de Kooning’s Untitled XIX from 1982(
Estimate
USD 6,000,000 - USD 8,000,000)  Image result  and Gilbert Stuart’s George Washington (Vaughan type)
Estimate
USD 800,000 - USD 1,200,000   are among the offerings.

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