Auction Highlights: Contemporary Art — June 5, 2025

At Auction Thursday, June 5 at 12 PM ET

We look forward to offering a strong selection of prints by Andy Warhol, including Consommé (Beef), African Elephant, and The New Spirit, and Andy Mouse by Keith Haring, among our Pop Art section. Following our previous success in offering a diverse group of contemporary Black artists, this sale will also feature works by Richard Mayhew, Frank Wimberley, Cassi Namoda, Hughie Lee-Smith, and Vanessa German.  Twenty-first century highlights include an important unique work by Shepard Fairey. Fairey’s Voting Rights are Human Rights is the result of a collaboration between the artist and photographer Steve Schapiro who documented the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Fairey installed a mural of the subject in Downtown Milwaukee in 2020, part of a national tour in coinciding with the 2020 election season.  

Andy Warhol, Consommé (Beef) from Campbell’s Soup I, color screenprint on smooth wove paper, 1968. Estimate $30,000 to $50,000.
Andy Warhol, African Elephant, color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board, 1983. Estimate $80,000 to $120,000.
Andy Warhol, The New Spirit (Donald Duck), color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board, 1985. Estimate $50,000 to $80,000.
Keith Haring, Andy Mouse, color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board, 1986. Estimate $150,000 to $200,000.
Ellsworth Kelly, Nine Squares, color screenprint and offset lithograph on Rives BFK, 1976-77. Estimate $12,000 to $18,000.
Hughie Lee-Smith, Interlude, oil on linen canvas, 1991. Estimate $70,000 to $100,000.
Richard Mayhew, Prelude, oil on cotton canvas, 1993-94. Estimate $40,000 to $60,000.
Frank W. Wimberley, Of Course, acrylic on canvas, 2011. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000.
Vanessa German, Untitled, mixed media assemblage, circa 2011. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
Cassi Namoda, Man of My Dreams, acrylic on canvas, 2017. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
Shepard Fairey, Voting Rights are Human Rights, unique color screenprint with collage on canvas, 2019. Estimate $75,000 to $100,000.