Christie’s will sell a group of works from the collection of the late philanthropist and collector Agnes Gund during its November auctions in New York, with proceeds benefiting the Gund Art Foundation.
Leading the group is Vija Celmins’s 1990 picture Untitled (Ocean), a photorealistic painting of the ocean’s surface estimated at $6 million to $8 million. It will be offered in Christie’s 21st Century Evening Sale on November 19.
Other highlights include Alexander Calder’s 1963 mobile The Eye in the Black , estimated at $3 million to $5 million, and an untitled bronze sculpture by Cy Twombly from 1997, expected to bring in between $2 million and $3 million.
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Cy Twombly, Untitled (1997), a bronze sculpture from the collection of Agnes Gund, is estimated at $2 million to $3 million. Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd.
The collection also includes works by Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Cindy Sherman, Robert Ryman, Cecily Brown, Glenn Ligon, and Sarah Sze.…