American Art Makes $233m in New York

An extraordinary volume of American art was sold in New York between the Ebsworth Collection, the inclusion of American art in the Contemporary Evening sales and the regular category sales in American art.

American Art Sales Highlights

Jacob Lawrence, The Businessmen ($1.5-2m) $6.17m

This November was an unusual season for the American art category with so many works on offer in other sales. There were several works by Georgia O’Keeffe in the evening sales of Contemporary art, Jacob Lawrence had a star turn at Sotheby’s during their Evening sale, and the sa…