US AUCTIONS Fall 2017
1. NEW YORK Although his work was not the highest valued sales at Swann’s African American Art auction on October 5th, Sam Gilliam was the big winner last week. His Rubiyat significantly out-performed estimates. A more recent work from 2001 also did quite well.
Also significantly out-performing was Norman Lewis’s work.
Sale total: $2,750,585 | Estimates for sale (without premium): $2,283,500-$3,371,000; 154 lots offered; 124 sold (81% sell-through rate by lot)
All prices include Buyer’s Premium.
4 Henry Ossawa Tanner, Flight into Egypt, oil on canvas, circa 1910. $341,000
48 Norman Lewis, Untitled (Processional Composition), oil on marbleized slate, 1960. $233,000
88 Sam Gilliam, Rubiyat, acrylic and flocking on canvas, 1973. $191,000
20** Elizabeth Catlett, War Worker, tempera, 1943. $149,000
31 Hughie Lee-Smith, Untitled (Youths on a Lakeshore), oil on board, 1952. $93,750
39* Richmond Barthé, The Awakening of Africa, cast bronze, 1959. $87,500
68 Charles White, I Have A Dream, Series #11 (Study for the Wall), oil on board, 1968. $81,250
12 Barthé, Stevedore, cast bronze on marble base, modeled in 1937, cast in 1985. $75,000
150 Eldzier Cortor, Lady with Fan II, oil on canvas, 2005. $75,000
147 Gilliam, Not Spinning, acrylic on plywood construction with aluminum frame, 2001-04. $57,500 C
124 Lee-Smith, Interlude, oil on canvas, 1991.$55,000
125 Lee-Smith, The Encounter, oil on canvas, 1991. $52,500
95* Ernie Barnes, The Maestro, acrylic on canvas in artist-built frame, circa 1978. $47,500
42 Alma W. Thomas, In the Studio, oil on canvas, 1956. $45,000
129 Carrie Mae Weems, Sea Island Series, quadriptych with two silver prints and two text panels, 1992.$45,000
101 Catlett, Glory, cast bronze on wood base, 1981. $40,000
1 Edward M. Bannister, Untitled (Rhode Island Coastal Scene), oil on canvas, circa 1885-89.$40,000
109 Romare Bearden, The Evening Boat, collage and watercolor on board, 1984.$40,000
110 Bearden, At the Dock, watercolor, 1984. $37,500
21 Jacob Lawrence, Eight Passages, eight color screenprints illustrating the Book of Genesis, 1990.$30,000
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