CHRISTIE’S PRESENTS:THE SALE OF THE CENTURY: AN IMPORTANT CORPORATE COLLECTION OF PRINTS AND MULTIPLES

NEW YORK – This April, Christie’s is pleased to present The Sale of the Century: An Important Corporate Collection of Prints and Multiples. This single owner collection comprises over four hundred lots of Twentieth Century editions across a series of live and online sales. This evening sale is anchored by an unprecedented selection of complete portfolios, including an exceptionally rare example of Barnett Newman’s Cantos (estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000), David Hockney’s A Rake’s Progress (estimate: $250,000-3,50,000), and Andy Warhol’s Flowers (estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000),. Modern highlights from the collection include Henri Matisse’s Jazz (estimate: $400,000-600,000), El Lissitzky’s Victory Over the Sun (estimate: $200,000 – 300,000) and a rich selection of prints by László Moholy-Nagy.

THE SALE OF THE CENTURY | SALE HIGHLIGHTS

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987) Flowers the complete set of ten screenprints in colors, 1970 $2,000,000-3,000,000	JASPER JOHNS (B. 1930) Color Numeral Series the complete set of ten lithographs in colors, 1969 $700,000-1,000,000	EL LISSITZKY (1890-1941) Die Plastische Gestaltung der Elektro-Mechanischen Schau ‘Sieg über die Sonne’ the rare complete set comprising ten lithographs in colors, 1923 $200,000-300,000
HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954) Jazz, Tériade, Paris, 1947 the complete set of twenty pochoirs in colors, 1947 $400,000-600,000	DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937) A Rake’s Progress the complete set of sixteen etchings with aquatint in black and red, 1961-63 $250,000-350,000	AGNES MARTIN (1912-2004) On a Clear Day the complete set of 30 screenprints in gray, 1973 $150,000-200,000

Other artists featured in depth include Donald Judd, Jasper Johns, Josef Albers, Blinky Palermo, Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinksy among many others. Assembled over decades with many of these works coming to market for the first time in several years, the collection is one of the most important selections of Prints and Multiples to ever be auctioned. In total, the collection is expected to achieve in excess of $10,000,000.



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