Executed in 1945 and catalogued as Bloch 401 / Mourlot 45, this lithograph belongs to a quieter corner of Picasso’s postwar output.
The sale landed squarely within the revised presale estimate of $77 to $114 million, lowered slightly after four of the forty-three lots were quietly withdrawn.
Willi Baumeister, Flächenspannung (Plane tension) (1920), $89,800 to $134,700 estimate is due to be sold at MCA Chicago Benefit Auction Modern and Contemporary Discoveries Auction on June 5, 2025. Oil on canvas, 81.0 x 65.5cm. The work has been traded 4 times in the past.
Piero Dorazio, Motu proprio (1967), $89,500 to $134,200 estimate, is due to be sold at Sotheby's Modern and Contemporary Art Auction in Milan on May 28, 2025. Oil on canvas, 110.0 x 110.0cm. The work has been traded 3 times in the past.
Her use of locally sourced rice, corn, beans, and millet is based on how it is inherited, a “pulse of sustenance.”“The burning of forests leaves behind raw, visceral patterns like scars etched into the skin of the earth,” Athai explains.