Our 20th and 21st Century Art auctions in New York achieved $1,453,504,726 — the highest total ever for our May marquee auctions — with strong participation from the US, Asia and around the world. Record-setting results for Jackson Pollock’s Number 17A, 1948, which realised $181,185,000, Constantin Brancusi’s Danaïde, which sold for $107,585,000 and Mark Rothko’s No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe) at $98,385,000 led a week defined by spirited bidding in the room, on the phones and online. Distinguished private collections from Si Newhouse, Agnes Gund, Marian Goodman and Henry S. McNeil, Jr., among others, helped drive momentum throughout the sales, alongside standout performances for works by Gerhard Richter, Pablo Picasso, Josef Albers, Alice Neel and many more. Browse the auction results and read the full sales report for additional highlights.

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