Americana Week

  • Event date 18 - 20 January
  • Event location New York

Americana Week achieved $15,492,330 across four live auctions for an outstanding start to the year.

The top highlights were Martin Johnson Heade’s Fighting Hummingbirds with Pink Orchid and A Portrait of Two Girls by an American School artist, which each sold for $945,000.

The Outsider Art auction totalled $2,064,384, including Winfred Rembert’s The Black Cat realising $302,400 as the top lot. Things Grow in the United States: Works from the Collection of Jane Fonda continued with thriving sales of $277,956.

The American Art category saw impressive overall results of $8,899,254. The sales established world records for Titian Ramsey Peale, Sarah Miriam Peale, and John George Brown’s A Thrilling Momentwhich achieved $819,000 in the 19th Century American Art sale.

Important Americana concluded the series with a total of $4,535,244, highlighted by lively bidding across the range of fine and decorative arts.

Viewing information

Christie's New York

New York

Location
Christie’s New York
20 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020

Viewing
12 January, 10am – 5pm
13 January, 10am – 5pm
14 January, 10am – 5pm
15 January, 1pm – 5pm
16 January, 1pm – 5pm
17 January, 10am – 5pm
18 January, 10am – 5pm
19 January, 10am – 5pm

Contact
info@christies.com