3 min read · 28 Apr 2026

Arriving in Africa. Image courtesy of Sotheby's
Helen Frankenthaler, Arriving in Africa, is due to be sold at Sotheby's in New York on May 14, 2026 with a $3.2m to $4m estimate.
It last sold at auction in 2016 for $1.06m at Christie's. The current low estimate is 433% higher than its previous low estimate of $600,000.
Acrylic and crayon on canvas, 208.0 x 299.3cm. The work has been traded 9 times in the past.
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