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John Wesley, 7 Maidens, duco and oil on canvas, 1963. Estimate $80,000 to $120,000.
NEW YORK, NY
.-Swann Galleries will hold its sale of Modern & Post-War Art on Thursday, May 20. The auction will present a selection of highlights ranging across Modernist illustration, American abstract artistsincluding members of the Irascibles and The ClubColor Field, Pop, Minimalism, American Surrealism and more.
The auction will be headlined by color field, pop and minimalism with 7 Maidens, a 1963 duco-and-oil on canvas painting by John Wesley ($80,000-120,000); Horizontal Brushstroke, a 2003 gouache-on-paper by Sol Lewitt; and a grouping of three portfolios Walasse Ting: Hot and Sour Soup, 1969 with hand lettered poems, acrylic and ink drawings and 19 color lithographs, Hot and Sour Soup, 1969 with 50 poems and 22 color lithographs, and Green Banana, 1971, with 10 poems and 10 color lithographs ($12,000-18,000). Also available are works by Albert Stadler, Emily Mason, James Hilleary an