Post-War & Contemporary Art

The Post-War & Contemporary Art Department offers blue-chip works by the most renowned international artists from 1945 to the present day. Our team has deep knowledge of the art market and expertise in art from around the globe, be it American and European Art, African Contemporary Art, Latin American Art, Asian Art, Street Art, Queer Art, Middle Eastern or Aboriginal Art and Ultra Contemporary Art.

With fast growing market share in the six-figure range, the department recently set a new record for a sculpture from Frank Stella's Polish Villages series at 1.1 Mio USD, and sold one of the largest works on paper ever offered at auction by Jean-Michel Basquiat for $360,000. Artnet has also long held the all-time record for a painting by Dondi White that sold for $240,000 in 2018.

Strong results have also recently been achieved for works by Post-War masters including Tom Wesselmann, Sol LeWitt and Sam Francis. Additionally our specialists provide access to works by in-demand contemporary artists, such as George Condo, Oscar Murillo, Eddie Martinez, Manolo Valdes, Olafur Eliasson, Takashi Murakami, Aboudia and Genieve Figgis, as well as popular street artists like Banksy, Richard Hambleton, and Rammellzee, among many others.

In addition to online auctions, the department also specializes in private sales. Offering the highest level of service, our specialists provide one-on-one guidance to private and trade clients and institutions of all kinds to help them grow their collections.

Explore our auctions below to find Post-War and Contemporary Art for sale.