Led by Francis Bacon’s majestic Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus from 1981, Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale in June is comprised of works by many of the most celebrated Post-War and Contemporary artists. Anchored by a spectacular group of abstract masterpieces from the Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson, including exceptional paintings by Clyfford Still, Richard Diebenkorn and Mark Rothko, the June sale also boasts a definitive Roy Lichtenstein Brushstroke painting from 1965 and a superlative Jean-Michel Basquiat ‘Head’ from 1982.
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