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Post-War Art/Morning Sale 1233 15 May 2003, 10:00 am 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York This season's sale devotes a special section to the Color Field School, which evolved from Abstract Expressionism and was championed by the influential art critic Clement Greenberg. These artists rejected the angst-ridden gestural brushstrokes of their predecessors in favor of raw stained canvas to assert the flatness of the picture plane. The sale includes important paintings by masters of the genre such as Helen Frankenthaler (lot 136), Morris Louis (lot 135), Kenneth Noland (lot 134) and Friedel Dzubas (lot 138), among others. The sale also features important works by Adolph Gottlieb (lot 106), Claes Oldenburg, (lot 197), Robert Rauschenberg (lot 118) and Larry Rivers (lot 117). Rivers' oil and paper collage on canvas, created circa 1959-1960, has been part of the famous Seagram Collection. Read more about the Seagram Collection > Browse the catalogue to view the entire sale or leave absentee bids online. Christie's specialists provide special audio presentations about select highlights. Read about Christie's Contemporary Art/Day sale. Read about Christie's Post-War & Contemporary Art/Evening sale.  |
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