The Polke is matched by a Christopher Wool painting also estimated at $ 20m that is the family's second major work by the artist to
come to the auction block.
Not exact matches
Our top lot Norman Lewis» «
Block Island» was his first 1970s oil on canvas
to come to auction.
The abstract paintings by China - born, Paris - based Zao (1921 --RRB- sparked a frenzy of bidding each time they
came on the
block, often pushing prices
to several times estimates at Christie's International's
auction of modern and contemporary Asian art.
It was among 124 artworks produced in the past three years that
came on the
block at this month's New York
auctions — a 114 percent increase over May 2013, when 58 pieces in the same age range were traded, according
to Artnet Worldwide Corp..
The lease sales
come after Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke removed 17,000 acres of public lands near Yellowstone National Park from the
auction block from the March sale in response
to intense public pressure from conservation groups and in order
to address environmental concerns.