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Art in America, August, 2005

Listed below are highlights from the spring and fall 2004 auction seasons, featuring works of Impressionist, modern and contemporary art from five of New York's most prominent auction houses. Each entry provides the artist's name, title of work, date, final price, the work's presale estimate and the date of sale.

Final prices quoted here include buyers' commission rates, which vary. Sotheby's, Phillips de Pury & Co. and Doyle charge 20 percent on the first $100,000 and 12 percent on the rest. The commission at Christie's is 19.5 percent up to $100,000, and 12 percent on amounts above. Swann charges 15 percent on the first $50,000 and 10 percent on the remainder. Estimates do not reflect commissions.

Sotheby's

Spring 2004:

Pablo Picasso, Boy with a Pipe (1905), $104.2 million (est. $70 million), May 5.

Edouard Manet, Races at the Bois de Boulogne (1872), $26.3 million (est. $20-30 million), May 5.

William Blake, The Good and Evil Angels Struggling for the Possession of a Child (1795-1805), $3.9 million (est. $1-1.5 million), May 5.

Balthus, Golden Afternoon (1957), $3.8 million (est. $4-6 million), May 5.

Claes Oldenburg, Sewing Machine (1961), $1.6 million (est. $500,000-700,000), May 12.

James Rosenquist, Air Hammer (1962), $512,000 (est. $500,000-600,000), May 12.

Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (1995), $478,400 (est. $400,000-600,000), May 12.

Fall 2004:

Paul Gauguin, Maternite II (1899), $39.2 million (est. $30 million), Nov. 4.

Piet Mondrian, New York Boogie Woogie (194142), $21 million (est. $20-30 million), Nov. 4.

Chaim Soutine, Page Boy at Maxim's (ca. 1925), $6.7 million (est. $2.5-3.5 million), Nov. 4.

Henry Moore, Three Piece Reclining Figure: Draped (1975), $8.4 million (est. $4-6 million), Nov 4.

Barbara Hepworth, The Family of Man: Figure I, Ancestor I (1971), $1.1 million (est. $400,000-500,000), Nov. 4.

Mark Tansey, The Key (1984), $1.2 million (est. $700,000-900,000), Nov. 9.

Richard Phillips, The President of the United States of America (2001), $142,000 (est. $70,000-90,000), Nov. 9.

John Singer Sargent, Group with Parasols (A Siesta), 1905, $23.5 million (est. $9-12 million), Dec. 1.

Christie's

Spring 2004:

Giorgio de Chirico, The Great Metaphysician (1917), $7.2 million (est. $7-10 million), May 4.

Odilon Redon, Vase with Japanese Warrior (ca. 1905), $3.8 million (est. $2-3 million), May 4.

Jackson Pollock, No. 12 (1949), $11.7 million (est. $5-7 million), May 11.

Jeff Koons, Jim Beam, J.B. Turner Train (1986), $5.5 million (est. $2-3 million), May 11.

Ed Ruscha, Damage (1964), $3.6 million (est. $1.8-2.5 million), May 11.

Chuck Close, Gwynne (1982), $2.8 million (est. $2.5-3.5 million), May 11.

Joan Mitchell, Degel (1961-62), $1.5 million (est. $500,000-700,000), May 11.

Fall 2004:

Claude Monet, London, the Parliament, Effects of Sun and Fog (1904), $20.2 million (est. $16-18 million), Nov. 3.

Joan Miro, Caress of the Stars (1938), $11.8 million (est. $6-8 million), Nov. 3.

Andy Warhol, Mustard Race Riot (1963), $15.1 million (est. $15 million), Nov. 10.

Robert Motherwell, Elegy to the Spanish Republic #7 (1961), $2.9 million (est. $600,000-400,000), Nov. 10.

Lee Bontecou, Untitled (1960), $847,500 (est. $500-700,000), Nov. 10.

Maurizio Cattelan, Not Afraid of Love (2000), $2.8 million (est. $700,000-900,000), Nov. 10.

Phillips de Pury & Co.

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Blue Heads (1983), $2 million (est. $1.8-2.5 million), May 12.

Marlene Dumas, Young Boys (1993), $993,600 (est. $250,000-350,000), May 12.

Bridget Riley, Serif (1964), $792,000 (est. $500,000-700,000), May 12.

Christopher Wool, Untitled (1990), $848,000 (est. $500,000-700,000), May 12.

Richard Prince, My Name (1987), $747,200, (est. $150,000-200,000), May 12.

Barbara Kruger, Untitled (I Shop Therefore I Am), $601,600 (est. $80,000-120,000), Nov. 8.

Cindy Sherman, Untitled #92 (1981), $478,400 (est. $250,000-350,000), Nov. 8.

Marlin Kippenberger, Terrorist/Tourist (1997), $612,800 (est. $200,000-300,000), Nov. 11.

Tom Friedman, Untitled (2001), $310,400 (est. $100,000-150,000), Nov. 11.

Doyle

Gottfried Schalcken, The Lovers (ca. 1700), $545,100 (est. $80,000-120,000), Jan. 21.

Charles Henry Demuth, Garden Flowers (1933), $209,100 (est. $150,000-250,000), Dec. 1.

William James Glackens, Boats and Car Track (ca. 1915), $152,500 (est. $80,000-120,000), May 26.

Swann

Aaron Douglas, Untitled pastel (Scottsboro Boys), ca. 1935-36, $41,400 (est. $15,000-25,000), Feb. 26.

Charles White, Study for a Man Singing (1943), $34,500 (est. $7,000-10,000), Mar. 2.

Bernd & Hilla Becher, Industrial Facades (1978), $56,350 (est. $20,000-30,000), May 20.