American Art

Sotheby‘s New York

New York

Auction: Fri 11 Dec 2020

Exhibition: Sat 5 Dec 2020 to Thu 10 Dec 2020

By Appointment

Sotheby’s American Art sale on 11 December features an exceptional group of paintings, works on paper and sculpture by some of the most celebrated American artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Among the highlights are nine works from the Collection of Carolyn & Roger Horchow, led by Edward Hopper’s Gloucester Factor and House from 1924. Additionally, the sale features two exceptional watercolors by Winslow Homer, Two Girls on the Beach, Tynemouth and In the Rapids, each from a different period in the artist’s career. We are also proud to present Milton Avery’s Mender from the Collection of Ezra and Cecile Zilkha, a monumental Janet Scudder sculpture sold to benefit The Cleveland Museum of Art and Gari Melcher’s Winter offered by the heirs of the Rudolph Mosse Estate sold to benefit the Mosse Art Restitution Project.

11 December 2020 | New York | full auction details

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American Art

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American Art

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American Art

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American Art

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American Art

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American Art

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