Christie’s New York has announced a sale of 200 works of Post-War and Contemporary artwork in a show titled First Open. Five of theses works will benefit the Trevor Project, which provides crisis intervention services to prevent suicide, particularly to lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered individuals.The works are expected to sell within the range of $4,000-$20,000.
The artists who donated works are Jim Hodges, Roni Horn, Jack Pierson, Marilyn Minter, and Dahn Vo to participate. “Christie’s is proud to support the life saving work of The Trevor Project through First Open on March 7. It is an opportunity to enhance culture through art in order to make a difference in the world,” notes First Open organizer Sara Friedlander.
Leading the First Open sale is a 2006 painting by Damien Hirst featuring his signature colored spots titled Rubidium Chloride that is estimated to sell between $600,000 and $800,000. Among the other contemporary works being offered is Elizabeth Peyton’s Mark Webber, which depicts an elongated young curled up on a couch with a weary expression on his face. It is estimated to sell between $200,000 and $300,000, and is part of Peyton’s well known portraits of her close friends, lovers, and pop celebrities either while sleeping, reclining or sitting.
Also of note is a rare 1964 text painting by Ed Ruscha titled Blue Scream, estimated at $150,000-$200,000, and a meaningful watercolor by late artist and photographer Hannah Wilke titled December 27, 1986. The painting comes from Wilke’s B.C. series (meaning “before consciousness”) a series of works that Wilke compiled just before being diagnosed with the lymphoma that took her life in 1993. The painting is estimated to sell between $6,000 and $8,000. The auction will take place March 7th from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Christie’s New York, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, (212) 636-2000. There will be public viewings prior to the day of the sale beginning on March 3.
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