In addition to her landmark modeling career, Kloss has been an unceasing advocate for education. To celebrate the beginning of Women's History Month on March 1st, Kloss will honor pioneering women artists from the Post War period through to the present day.

Meet Our Curator: Karlie Kloss

Discover masterful examples from some of the most important artists working from the 20th Century to today.

Auction Highlights

Highlights from Contemporary Curated

From Yayoi Kusama and Lee Bontecou to Takaka Yamaguchi and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, explore leading women artists in the sale.

 Celebrating Women’s History Month

Featuring a range of extraordinary works on paper from the likes of Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston and more.&nbsp;

Exceptional Works on Paper

Explore magnificent works from the Collection of art historian, curator, and&nbsp;<i>The Paris Review</i>&nbsp;editor, Richard D. Marshall and architect and designer, William T. Georgis.

Explore magnificent works from the Collection of art historian, curator, and The Paris Review editor, Richard D. Marshall and architect and designer, William T. Georgis.

The Collection of William T. Georgis & Richard D. Marshall

Art In Dialogue

Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated sale is thrilled to feature works by those paving the trajectory of the art world today, including Takako Yamaguchi, Jadé Fadojutimi, Cynthia Daignault, Henry Taylor and more.

Uncover spectacular works from those at the forefront of Contemporary art today, including Takako Yamaguchi, Jadé Fadojutimi, Cynthia Daignault, Henry Taylor and more.

Emerging Voices

Explore works from the impeccable collections of Chara Schreyer, Emily Fisher Landau, John Cheim, and Solita Cohen.

Important Collections

Important Collections Featured in Contemporary Curated

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Assistant Vice President | Head of Contemporary Curated

Haleigh Stoddard 

Assistant Vice President | Specialist, Contemporary Curated

Daniela Lazo-Cedré

Cataloguer

Graham Ashby

Devon Mifflin

Senior Vice President | Head of Latin American Art, Americas

Anna Di Stasi

Assistant Vice President | Specialist, Latin American Art

Emily Nice

Associate Cataloguer, Latin American Art

Isabel Rubio-Topete

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Sotheby’s is honored to partner with supermodel, entrepreneur, philanthropist and collector Karlie Kloss for <span class="Enhancement" data-inline>
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        </span>who contributes her unique perspective through a selection of works by women artists in the sale. The March sale features exceptional works from trailblazing artists who define the Post War period as well as innovative and established players in Contemporary art. Highlights from the sale include boundary-defying collections of Chara Schreyer, Emily Fisher Landau, John Cheim, Solita Cohen, and William T. Georgis &amp; Richard D. Marshall.

Contemporary Curated

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        </div><br><i>– Richard Armstrong, Director, Guggenheim Museum, 2008-2023</i><br><br>&nbsp;<br><br>Assembled over decades through friendship, a shared love of the arts, and professional collaboration with artists, the collection of William T. Georgis and Richard D. Marshall is a testament to their incomparable roles in shaping the worlds of contemporary art, architecture, and design. Respected for his curatorial vision and keen connoisseurship, Richard D. Marshall is remembered for his influential and prescient twenty-year curatorial tenure at The Whitney Museum of American Art, and as the art editor of the legendary literary and cultural magazine <i>The Paris Review </i>from 1975 to 1990. His many contributions as a prodigious art historian include some of the most seminal exhibitions and publications on artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, Robert Mapplethorpe, Isamu Noguchi, Alex Katz, Ed Ruscha, and Christopher Wool, among others. Marshall had a discerning, if not courageous, eye for both emerging and established artists and developed close and enduring relationships with both artists and fellow curators throughout his life and career.<br><br>Marshall’s spouse, William T. Georgis, continues to lead his successful architecture and design firm, Georgis &amp; Mirgorodsky, and is highly regarded for his prescient and modern vision. Together, they lived a remarkable and creative life. Georgis’ work as an architect and designer is undeniably informed by his extensive knowledge of art and decorative arts. Georgis’ many accomplishments range from highly acclaimed private residences to large institutional and commercial projects, including the Seagram Building, the Museum of the City of New York, and the renowned renovation of the iconic Lever House in midtown Manhattan. His own La Jolla home, which he shared with Marshall, is a spectacular modernist residence with exceptional art and design and unobstructed views of the Pacific Ocean.<br><br>

After graduating from the Whitney Museum of American Art’s prestigious Independent Study Program in 1973, Marshall joined the Museum as a curator of contemporary art. One of his first projects was to co-curate the landmark exhibition <i>Calder’s Universe </i>alongside the renowned editor and art historian Jean Lipman in 1976-77. This historic exhibition coincided with Calder’s selection as the Bicentennial artist for the 200th anniversary of the United States, for which he created <i>The Flying Colors of the United States </i>as an exterior design for a Boeing 727-200 for Braniff International Airways. Calder deeply appreciated Marshall’s foundational role in the exhibition and gifted him <i>Untitled</i>, a work on paper depicting an airplane in flight.<br><br>

Select Exhibitions Curated by Richard D. Marshall

In 1990, Marshall organized an exhibition dedicated to Ruscha’s relationship to the architecture and built environments of Los Angeles, giving particular attention to his photographic practice. The exhibition’s title is borrowed from one of Ruscha’s artist books of the same name, and Marshall himself extensively collected Ruscha’s books.

Edward Ruscha: Los Angeles Apartments, Whitney Museum of American Art

Marshall curated the watershed retrospective for Jean-Michel Basquiat, which traveled to The Menil Collection, Houston; Des Moines Art Center, Iowa; and Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama. In his lifetime, Marshall was one of Basquiat’s staunchest advocates, and he partnered with the esteemed Jean-Louis Prat in the creation of the artist’s monumental, multi-volume catalogue raisonné.

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Whitney Museum of American Art (and traveling)

During his prolific time at the Whitney, Marshall also co-curated six Biennials alongside legendary curators and museum directors Richard Armstrong, Lisa Phillips, and Thelma Golden. His seminal group exhibitions included <i>New Image Painting</i>, <i>The New Sculpture 1965-75</i>, <i>Ceramic Sculpture</i>, and <i>American Art Since 1970</i>, among others.

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        </div><br>– Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director, The New Museum, 1999-Present<br><br><br><br>In addition to his work as a curator and art historian, Marshall was the arts editor for <i>The Paris Review</i> for fifteen years. Founded in 1953, <i>The Paris Review</i> began as a quarterly literary magazine which featured fiction, poetry, and interviews. After Marshall assumed the role of arts editor in 1975, the range of artists featured expanded exponentially as a direct result of his prescient and rigorous eye. Original works by Francesco Clemente, Robert Gober, Félix González-Torres, Keith Haring, Robert Moskowitz, Elizabeth Murray, and Susan Rothenberg were presented alongside notable literary figures such as Harold Brodkey, William S. Burroughs, and Milan Kundera.<br>

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Georgis’ renovation of Lever House prompted the creation of a prestigious commission and exhibition program directed by Marshall. These distinguished and innovative exhibitions were presented in the outdoor plaza and glass-enclosed lobby, whose renovation had been overseen by Georgis. During Marshall’s tenure, exhibitions included commissions by Mike Bidlo, John Chamberlain, Tara Donovan, Félix González-Torres, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Sarah Morris, Isamu Noguchi, Jorge Pardo, Enoc Perez, Taryn Simon, Jonas Wood, and others. Presenting both emerging and established artists in an iconic public environment was a perfect representation of Marshall and Georgis’ collective genius and creative passion.<br><br><br><div class="Enhancement">
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        </div>&nbsp;<br><i>– Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator, The Studio Museum in Harlem</i><br><br>&nbsp;<br><br>Highlights from The Collection of William T. Georgis and Richard D. Marshall include four exquisite works on paper by Jean-Michel Basquiat including <i>Untitled (Charlie Parker’s All Stars)</i> and <i>Untitled (History of Jazz) </i>in addition to works by Chuck Close, George Condo, Keith Haring, Mike Kelley, Tala Madani, Jack Pierson, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Kenny Scharf, and Christopher Wool.<br><br><br>