Christie’s Latin American Art auctions in May and November are pillars of New York City’s Latin American art scene.
Christie’s Latin American Art auction November 2017
Almost 200 works of Latin American art are for sale. They range from 18th-century colonial painting through modern and contemporary art.
Featured collections in the sale include:
- CUBA MODERNA: Masterworks from a Private Collection
- The Collection of Estela and Joaquín Shapiro
- The Collection of Clara Diament Sujo
- The Tuttleman Collection
- The Lance Aaron Family Collection
- Property from the Collection of Reyna Henaine
The auction goes online on Monday, November 13.
The auction exhibition opens at Christie’s showroom in Rockefeller Center in Midtown, Manhattan on Saturday, November 18 from 10 am – 5 pm.
The auction of Lots 1 – 72 is Tuesday, November 21 at 6 pm.
The auction of lots 75 – 194 is Wednesday, November 22 at 11 am.
Christie’s Latin American Art auction Highlights
The auction is led by Chilean hyperrealist Claudio Bravo’s Lux perpetua (3 Reds and Green), 1999.
Claudio Bravo
Chilean, (1936 – 2011)
Lux perpetua (3 Reds and Green), 1999
Estimate: $900,000 – $1,500,000
Papel aluminio plata sobre tela amarilla, 2010
Estimate: $200,000 – $300,000
Alfredo Ramos Martínez
Mexican, (1871 – 1946)
Mujer con flores, circa 1932
Estimate: $800,000 – $1,200,000
Fernando Botero
Colombian, (1932)
The House, 1995
Estimate: $800,000 – $1,200,000
Ballerina, 1990
Estimate: $400,000 – $600,000
Jorge Jiménez Deredia
Costa Rican, (1954)
Crepúsculo, bronze, 2008
Estimate: $300,000 – $400,000
Installed in Rockefeller Center Plaza before the sale
Rufino Tamayo
Mexican, (1899 – 1991)
Tres personajes en un interior, 1970
Estimate: $600,000 – $800,000
Augusto Torres and Horacio Torres
Uruguayan, (1913 – 1992 and 1924 – 1976)
Untitled, 1960-61
Estimate $120,000 – $180,000
Carlos Cruz-Diez
French-Venezuelan, (1923)
Physichromie 163, 1965
Estimate: $200,000 – $300,000
Carmen Herrera
Cuban, (1915)
Diagonal, 1987
Estimate: $500,000 – $700,000
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