Post-War & Contemporary Art/Evening
Sale 1301
11 November 2003, 7:00 pm*
20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York

* Admission by ticket only. Please call +1 212 636 2437.



Video Presentations:
Brett Gorvy, International Co-Head, Christie's Post-War & Contemporary Art Department, discusses Johns' Gray Numbers and other highlights of the Dorothy C. Miller Collection.
Wendy Jeffers, independent curator and writer, discusses Dorothy C. Miller and her significant role in Art History.

Audio tour:
Amy Cappellazzo, International Co-Head, Christie's Post-War & Contemporary Art Department, discusses highlights of the sale.



Christie's superb sale this autumn offers collectors and art connoisseurs a fine mix of Abstract Expressionist, Pop and Contemporary masterpieces, in addition to nine important pieces from the collection of Dorothy C. Miller, the pioneering curator of New York's Museum of Modern Art and one of the most influential collectors of the 20th century.

One of the works from the Dorothy C. Miller collection is Jasper Johns' Gray Numbers from 1957 (lot 15). This painting, one of the first from his 'numbers' series, was hand painted without the use of stencils prevalent in the later paintings. Read more >

Also of special note are Mark Rothko's Untitled (lot 28), painted at the height of his creative power; and Roy Lichtenstein's Woman with Peanuts (lot 41), an early Pop work. Read more >

Quality Abstract Expressionist works include Franz Kline's Rue, Clyfford Still's 1945-R and 1950-T, as well as examples from the pioneering women artists of the movement, Joan Mitchell, Lee Krasner and Helen Frankenthaler. Read more >

Contemporary art is well represented with Jeff Koons' Lifeboat (lot 46), a key work from his groundbreaking 1985 solo exhibition; and Takashi Murakami's whimsical large-scale painting Untitled (Gold) (lot 7).

The sale also features photographs by Andreas Gursky (lot 52), Cindy Sherman (lot 5) and Matthew Barney (lot 2).

Read about Christie's Post-War/Day and Contemporary Art/Day sales.

Visit the picture gallery to view highlights of the sale and to enjoy our various multimedia pieces.

Browse the catalogue to view the entire sale or to leave absentee bids online.

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