New York Autumn Auctions 2023: Major Lots Revealed

The major auction houses Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips have unveiled their catalogs for the upcoming New York autumn sales starting November 7, 2023. Christie's leads with its 21st Century Evening Sale on November 7 and 20th Century Evening Sale on November 9. Top lots include Cy Twombly's Untitled (Bacchus 1st Version II) estimated at $18-25 million, Joan Mitchell's Untitled (1959) at $25-35 million, and Claude Monet's Le bassin aux nympheas (c. 1917) expected around $65 million. Sotheby's auctions begin November 8-9 with the prestigious Landau collection, featuring Pablo Picasso's Femme à la montre (1932) and Ed Ruscha's Securing the Last Letter (Boss) (1986) at $35-45 million. Their November 15 sales highlight Jean-Michel Basquiat's Self Portrait as a Heel (Part Two) (1982) estimated at $40-60 million. Phillips holds its sale on November 14, split between the Triton Collection Foundation masterpieces and 20th Century & Contemporary Art, with Pablo Picasso's Femme en corset lisant un livre (c. 1914) at $15-20 million and Gerhard Richter's Abstraktes Bild (636) (1987). The auctions will test market trends after London and Paris performances.