NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s will present Outsider Art, the first sale of New York Americana Week, taking place at 10AM on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at Rockefeller Center. The sale offers an array of more than 140 exceptional works with important examples by the category’s most iconic artists including Martín Ramírez, Bill Traylor, Adolf Wolfli, William Hawkins, Thornton Dial, Winfred Rembert and more. With estimates ranging from $800 to $200,000, the sale offers an opportunity for buyers just embarking on their collecting journey and seasoned collectors alike.
Cara Zimmerman, Head of Outsider Art, Christie’s, comments, “It is a pleasure to present the Outsider Art sale to our clients this January in New York. The auction is replete with outstanding artwork by the category’s most notable artists. We are particularly delighted to once again offer works from the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation.”
The sale kicks off with a wonderful group of 41 objects being sold by the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation. Among the selection are works by Purvis Young, Nellie Mae Rowe, Thornton Dial, Clementine Hunter and Bill Traylor, including Untitled (Pitcher and Bowl), an elegant, widely-published and exhibited work by the artist. Further sale highlights include two magnificent three-dimensional pieces by William Hawkins and the large and important pieced-paper Untitled (Stag with Two Dogs) by Martín Ramírez, who stands among the best known self-taught artists of the 20th century.
Global Treasury: The Life and Collection of Selim & Mary Zilkha
Christie’s will present Global Treasury: The Life and Collection of Selim & Mary Zilkha, taking place 6 February 2025 at Rockefeller Center. This spectacularly rich ensemble of rare works ranging from the Renaissance to 19th century is linked through sublime craftsmanship and illustrious provenances. A modern Kunstkammer – an encyclopedic collection that defies categorization – in the grand princely tradition, this group of works is singular among American collections. Highlights include the exquisite Nero-Augustus Aldobrandini tazza, Netherlandish, 1587–99 (estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000); an impressively large South German silver-gilt nautilus cup, mark of Hans I Clauss, Nuremberg, circa 1630 (estimate: $700,000-$1,000,000); the only known complete set of 17th-century silver playing cards, signed Michael Frömmer, Augsburg, 1616 (estimate: $500,000-800,000); a sumptuous Japanese lacquer commode by Joseph Baumhauer (estimate: $400,000-600,000); a pair of royal German silver-gilt ewers and sideboard dishes, mark of Conrad Hölling, Hannover-Neustadt, circa 1700-24 (estimate: $800,000-1,200,000); and a German parcel-gilt silver, enamel and gem-set ostrich-form cup and cover, mark of Andreas I Wickert, Augsburg, 1651-1654 (estimate: $500,000-800,000)
