Sotheby's Contemporary Art Preview Sotheby's has a video preview of their upcoming Sotheby's Contemporary Art auction in New York on the 11th of November online here. There's a few important works in it that must have billionaire art collectors licking their lips. Click on "Browse the Catalogue" on the video preview page above to see all the works up for auction.

My favorite painting in the auction is easily Philip Guston's "Beggar's Joys" work from 1954/55. There's no estimate for the work on the Sotheby's website, but I'm guessing that it's out of my price range by quite a few million.



PHILIP GUSTON 1913-1980
BEGGAR'S JOYS
1954-55
71 1/8 x 68 1/8 in. or 180.7 x 173.1 cm
oil on canvas

In the Sotheby's video preview I almost giggled at the explanation of the Jeff Koons painting called "Cheeky" as I just didn't believe that the guy liked it. It's not a criticism of the guy talking about it, it's the ugly painting that the poor guy had to get excited about.


JEFF KOONS Born 1955
CHEEKY
2000
Estimate 4,000,000—6,000,000 USD
108 x 79 1/2 in. or 274.3 x 201.9 cm
oil on canvas
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