The auction will offer an array of artworks from the Jerome & Ellen Stern Collection. Jerome and Ellen Stern epitomized the phrase “to live with art” —by the late 1990s, their homes in New York werefilled by acquisitions, and they commissioned the sculptor and their friend Serge Spitzer to create a 7,500-square-foot building on their compound in the Hamptonsto hold their collection of photography and sculpture. They called it the “ArtBarn.” The collection grew during 60 years of acquisitions from auctions, artists and galleries, includingmore than250 lots of Modern, Surrealist, Contemporary, Israeli and African Art, and 20th-century design. The sale will be the concluding one dedicated to this collection by Sotheby’s and will offer more than 150 lots of artworks, mostly by young artists across the world. With special emphasize over sculpture, including African & Oceanic works of art, the sale will include drawings and paintings by Marlene Dumas and Carroll Dunham, sculptures by Marcos Ramirez Erre and Edward Kienholz, monumental sculptures by Menashe Kadishman and Serge Spitzer, prints by Gerhard Richter and photographs by well-known artists such as Anna and Bernhard Blume and Zhang Huan.What: Sale of artworks from the Jerome & Ellen Stern CollectionWhere: Sotheby’s, 1334 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USAWhen: March 5, 10AM ESTPublic Viewing: February 24, 10AM- 5PM EST; February 25, 10AM- 5PM EST; February 26, 10AM- 5PM EST; February 27, 10AM- 5PM EST; February 28, 10AM- 5PM EST; March 1, 10AM- 5PM EST; March 2, 10AM- 5PM EST; March 3, 10AM- 5PM EST; March 4, 1PM- 5PM ESTHighlights of the Sale:— A 1993 work by Marlene Dumas titled “Small Dark Portrait (With White Teeth)”; estimate: US$80,000-US$120,000;— A 2006 untitled work by Catherine Opie; estimate: US$3,000-US$5,000;— A 1991 work by Marlene Dumas titled “Burnt Out Heart”; estimate: 30,000-US$40,000;— A 1998 work by Thomas Struth titled “Paradise 7, Daintree, Australia”; estimate: US$40,000-US$60,000;— A 2001 work by Frank Thiel titled “Stadt 9/31/D (berlin)”; estimate: US$5,000-US$7,000;— A 1970 work by Menashe Kadishman titled “Necklace in the Forest”; estimate: US$40,000-US$50,000;— “Baumwer/Treework” created between 1985 and 1991 by Serge Spitzer; estimate: US$30,000-US$40,000.More information:www.sothebys.com
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