Showplace Spring Auction Features Warhol, Kusama, Calder

Showplace's Important Fine Art and Design Auction on May 14, 2026, in New York offers 145 lots spanning Old Masters to contemporary art. Highlights include Yayoi Kusama's 'Infinity Nets' (1995, est. $100,000–$200,000), Alexander Calder's 'Paradis' (1976, est. $60,000–$80,000), and Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe's 'Yellow Fanny Pack' (2021, est. $12,000–$18,000). Other notable lots: Henri Martin's 'L'Eglise de Labastide-du-Vert' (est. $60,000–$80,000), Milton Avery's 'Untitled (Winter Landscape Scene)' (est. $20,000–$40,000), and Honoré Daumier's 'L'Avocat Pathetique' (ca. 1850, est. $40,000–$60,000). Kusama's work, from her iconic series, predates Minimalism. Quaicoe, a Ghanaian painter and 2021 Rubell Museum artist-in-residence, is a rising West African art star. Calder's piece recalls his 'Cirque Calder.' Daumier's social commentary has recently gone viral.