Contemporary art at auction June 10: Alice Neel, Elaine de Kooning, Kara Walker & more
John Salt, Riviera 2, oil on canvas, 1969. Estimate $30,000 to $50,000.
NEW YORK, NY
.-Swann Galleries sale of Contemporary Art on Thursday, June 10 will feature impressive works from blue-chip artists working across the different schools of the last several decades.
The sale is led by Photorealist pioneer John Salt with the 1969 Riviera 2a hyper-realistic oil-on-canvas work of a car interior, a common motif in his works ($30,000-50,000). During Salts time teaching at the Maryland Institute College of Art his style evolved into the photorealist manner seen in Riviera 2 through discovering the work of photographers such as Garry Winogrand and Lee Friedlander. Artists also practicing in photorealism include Vija Celmins with Comet, linoleum cut, 1992 ($12,00-18,000); Richard Estes with Qualicraft Shoes, color screenprint, 1974 ($3,000-5,000); and Howard Kanocitz with André Champagne, col