Post-Painterly Abstraction

today | Christie's, New York

MORRIS LOUIS

Lot 611 Pillar of Celebration , 1961

Magna on canvas

€ 1,100,000 - 1,700,000

today | Christie's, New York

HELEN FRANKENTHALER

Lot 623 Enigma , 1975

acrylic on canvas

€ 661,000 - 944,000

today | Christie's, New York

FRANK STELLA

Lot 629 Louisiana Lottery Co , 1962

colored pencil and graphite on paper

€ 142,000 - 189,000

today | Christie's, New York

JULES OLITSKI

Lot 635 Fourth Caliph , 1965

acrylic on canvas

€ 57,000 - 76,000

today | Christie's, New York

FRANK STELLA

Lot 636 Untitled (Invitation) , 1970

acrylic and graphite on card, double-sided

€ 2,800 - 4,700

today | Christie's, New York

HELEN FRANKENTHALER

Lot 638 Stone , 1983

acrylic on canvas

€ 1,400,000 - 2,400,000

today | Christie's, New York

FRANK STELLA

Lot 666 Gabin III , 1971

oil, fabric, felt and corrugated cardboard mounted on shaped panel construction

€ 378,000 - 567,000

today | Christie's, New York

JULES OLITSKI

Lot 668 Basium Blush , 1960

Magna on canvas

€ 378,000 - 567,000

today | Christie's, New York

HELEN FRANKENTHALER

Lot 699 Untitled , 1986

pastel on paper

€ 28,000 - 47,000

4 days | Swann Galleries, New York

ELLSWORTH KELLY

Lot 5 Blue with Yellow , 1965

Color lithograph on Arches

€ 2,700 - 4,600

4 days | Swann Galleries, New York

ELLSWORTH KELLY (AFTER)

Lot 22 Sample Portfolio , 1970

Portfolio with complete text and 10 color offset lithographs

€ 1,400 - 2,300

4 days | Bonhams, New York

Frank Stella

Lot 181 A Hungry Cat Ate Up the Goat, from Illustrations After El Lissitzky's Had G... , 1984

Lithograph, linocut, screenprint in colors, rubber relief and collage with hand-coloring on T.H. Saunders paper and shaped, hand-cut Somerset paper

€ 9,300 - 14,000

4 days | Bonhams, New York

Sam Francis

Lot 130 Variants of Thirteen, from Vegetable Series , 1971

Unique color variant lithograph on Rives BFK paper

€ 4,700 - 6,500

4 days | Bonhams, New York

Ellsworth Kelly

Lot 169 Black White Black , 1970

Lithograph in colors on wove paper

€ 4,700 - 6,500

4 days | Bonhams, New York

Ellsworth Kelly

Lot 170 Canigou, from Romanesque Series (formerly Third Curve Series) , 1973

Lithograph in color with debossing on Rives BFK paper

€ 2,800 - 4,700

4 days | Bonhams, New York

Ellsworth Kelly

Lot 171 Black and White Pyramid , 1973

Screenprint with embossing on wove paper

€ 1,900 - 3,700

4 days | Bonhams, New York

Frank Stella

Lot 182 Quathlamba I, from V Series , 1968

Lithograph in colors with varnish on Lowell paper

€ 2,800 - 4,700

4 days | Bonhams, New York

Frank Stella

Lot 183 Untitled (Angriff) , 1971

Lithograph on Arches paper

€ 2,800 - 4,700

4 days | Tajan, Paris

CLAUDE VIALLAT

Lot 41 SANS TITRE , 1979

Acrylique sur bâche militaire

€ 70,000 - 90,000

5 days | Tajan, Paris

Sam FRANCIS

Lot 135 Sans titre, du portfolio "Papierski" , 1992

Lithographie en couleurs

€ 1,000 - 1,500

5 days | Tajan, Paris

Sam FRANCIS

Lot 136 Sans titre (SFE 117) , 1995

Eau-forte et aquatinte en couleurs

€ 1,500 - 2,000

5 days | Tajan, Paris

Sam FRANCIS

Lot 134 Seal Sail , 1969

Lithographie en couleurs

€ 800 - 1,200

5 days | Tajan, Paris

Sam FRANCIS

Lot 133 Concert Hall III , 1977

Lithographie en couleurs

€ 1,000 - 1,500

6 days | Koller, Zurich

SAM FRANCIS

Lot 3434 Untitled , 1984

Acrylic on paper

€ 3,200 - 5,300

6 days | Koller, Zurich

SAM FRANCIS

Lot 3435 Untitled , 1968

Acrylic and watercolour on firm paper

€ 16,000 - 27,000

6 days | Koller, Zurich

SAM FRANCIS

Lot 3436 Drawing for Sculpture , 1966

Acrylic on firm paper

€ 16,000 - 27,000

6 days | Koller, Zurich

SAM FRANCIS

Lot 3445 Damn braces, bless relapses , 1950

Indian Ink and watercolour on paper

€ 4,300 - 6,400

7 days | Farsettiarte, Prato

Sam Francis

Lot 542 Open Top (SF65-089) , 1965

7 days | Bassenge, Berlin

Ellsworth Kelly

Lot 6809 STOP , 1992

Moderne Kunst

€ 900 - 1,200

7 days | Bonhams, Los Angeles

SAM FRANCIS

Lot 46 Island Plate , 1973

Porte le timbre sec de l'éditeur, 2RC, Rome

€ 400 - 600

7 days | Lempertz, Cologne

Sam Francis

Lot 59 Blue Drawn (SF60-1435)

Gouache und Aquarell auf Karton

€ 30,000 - 40,000

12 days | Dorotheum, Vienna

Ellsworth Kelly

Lot 753 “Purple” , 2001

€ 6,000 - 8,000

12 days | Dorotheum, Vienna

Ellsworth Kelly

Lot 754 “Red” , 2001

€ 6,000 - 8,000

14 days | Ketterer Kunst, Munich

Kenneth Noland

Lot 9 Via Media (Suddenly) , 1963

Acrylic on canvas

€ 600,000 - 800,000

15 days | Ketterer Kunst, Munich

Sam Francis

Lot 334 From Tokyo #4 , 1971

Acrylic on paper

€ 20,000 - 30,000

18 days | Heritage, Dallas

Helen Frankenthaler

Lot 65052 Tout-à-coup , 1987

Etching, aquatint, and drypoint in colors on Magnani paper

€ 24,000 - 33,000

18 days | Heritage, Dallas

Frank Stella

Lot 65053 Talladega Three, II from Circuits , 1982

Relief-printed etching on hand dyed paper

€ 47,000 - 66,000

18 days | Heritage, Dallas

Frank Stella

Lot 65054 Swan Engraving VIII, from Swan Engravings , 1982

Etching on TGL handmade paper

€ 3,800 - 5,700

18 days | Heritage, Dallas

Frank Stella

Lot 65055 Sinjerli Variation II , 1976

Hand-knotted and dyed woven wool tapestry

€ 5,700 - 7,600

18 days | Heritage, Dallas

Ellsworth Kelly

Lot 65056 Untitled (Blue, Yellow, Red) , 1970

Screenprint in colors on wove paper

€ 5,700 - 7,600

18 days | Heritage, Dallas

Helen Frankenthaler

Lot 77002 Untitled , 1997

Acrylic on paper

€ 38,000 - 57,000