Displaying items by tag: white calla lily

The auction of American Art at Sotheby’s New York totaled 38.3 million, approaching its high estimate of $39.7 million and with a strong sell-through rate of 85.4% by lot. Nearly 60% of all sold lots in the sale exceeded their pre-sale high estimates.

Elizabeth Goldberg, Head of Sotheby’s American Art Department, commented: “Our sale today confirmed the vigor and interest in the American Art field that we have been experiencing in recent years. We strive to offer the highest-quality examples we can find, across a broad range of property and price points.

Sotheby's annual American art auction this May will have Georgia O'Keeffe's "White Calla Lily," with an estimate of $8–12 million, as its star lot.

The announcement of the offer of "White Calla Lily" comes on the heels of O'Keeffe's biggest sale, just last year. Her "Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1" went for a whopping $44.4 million (three times its $15-million estimate) at Sotheby's, making it the most expensive painting by a female artist ever sold at auction.