NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's Fall Marquee Week continued the morning of Thursday, November 20th with the Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale. In total, the sale achieved $88,779,332, selling 88% by lot and 90% by value, bringing the week's running total to $959,703,714.

Women artists led the sale with Helen Frankenthaler's As Remembered and Joan Mitchell's Untitled diptych, along with Gerhard Richter's Abstraktes Bild, all of which realized $2,759,000 Additional top lots included Keller Fair II by Lynne Drexler, which sold for $2,027,000, setting a new record for the artist, The Carpenters by Jacob Lawrence, which realized $1,682,750, and Last September V by Sam Gilliam, which realized $1,524,000.

4 artist Records were set throughout the course of the sale:

• Lynne Drexler, Keller Fair II, $2,027,000
• Julia Jo, Rhyme or Reason, $203,200
• Catherine Goodman, Solo, $165,100
• Alexander Calder, The Lion Tamer, record for a work on paper, $508,000

Michael Baptist, Co-Head of Day Sale, Post War & Contemporary Art, remarks, “We are thrilled with the outcome of today's Day Sale—the highest total for the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale since Spring 2022. These strong results are a testament to the strength of the market, both in the supply as well as in the healthy demand for high quality works of exceptional provenance.”

Allison Immergut, Co-Head of Day Sale, Post War & Contemporary Art, remarks, “Today's sale was filled with energy, with spirited bidding coming from participants in the room, on the phones and online. More than twenty works sold for prices exceeding the $1 million mark, led by three fantastic works by Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, and Gerhard Richter. We're incredibly thankful to both our clients and our unparalleled Christie's team.”