The Cover Lot

Cy + Relics, Rome (1952) by Robert Rauschenberg

Willem de Kooning studying a door painting (Woman) 1966
by Dan Budnik

Louise Bourgeois, 'Les Fleurs', 2010.

Impressive in both scope and scale, 'Les Fleurs' is a pivotal work from Louise Bourgeois’ later legacy. Comprising 28 individual sheets, the artist conceived them as an inseparable whole, intended to be displayed in two rows of fourteen, mirroring the rhythmic structure of a musical score.

Wade Guyton, 'Untitled', 2008.

Henry Moore, 'Helmet Head No. 2', 1950.

This work stands among Henry Moore’s most dynamic sculptural explorations of the human figure in abstraction. Part of a series, it simultaneously evokes a head encased within the protective confines of a helmet and suggests an otherworldly, mechanical form. The work was offered by Christie's New York in 2016 at the Modern British & Irish Art Evening Sale, lot 2.

Pablo Picasso, 'Buste d'homme', 1969.

In October 1969, Picasso created several works depicting a man seated in an armchair, distinguished by a yellow hat. This particular piece is the most monumental of the series. Here, the painting is seen hanging in an anonymous living room in Athens, Greece, back in 1987. The work was last offered by Sotheby's New York in 2009 at the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, lot 31.

The Upper East Side apartment of accessories designer and art collector Reva Ostrow. In 1979, Ostrow commissioned late designer Ward Bennett to reimagine the space at 955 Fifth Avenue, a building originally designed in 1938 by late renowned Italian-American architect Rosario Candela.

Most details in the apartment were custom-made for Ostrow, including the 360° pivoting windows with integrated Venetian blinds.

In the Basel home of Swiss art collector Esther Grether, Alberto Giacometti’s ‘Three Men Walking’ (1948) sits beside Mark Rothko’s ‘Untitled [Blue, Dark Blue, Yellow]’ (1950).

Andy Warhol, 1964

Alberto Giacometti, 1952