November sees three important sales from Sotheby’s. Property from a Hampstead collection includes Modern & Post-War British Art on the 21st and 22nd. This follows the inauguration of Sotheby’s new Dubai office with a sale on November 13th spanning 20th century and contemporary art, design, photography, books, manuscripts, jewellery and Islamic art and including important works by Jean Dubuffet, Idris Khan and Khalil Gibran.
And all eyes will be on Sotheby’s 16th November New York sale when Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Cabra from the collection of Yoko Ono comes up. Basquait holds the record as the most expensive American painter; in May Sotheby’s sold Untitled for $110 million in a riveting auction house battle. Seems Cabra, which commemorates the 1970 knockout victory of Muhammad Ali over Oscar ‘The Bull’ Bonavena, could punch above its $9-12million estimate.
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cabra
Sotheby’s New York
Estimate $9 million – $12 million
