WORLD AUCTION RECORDS ACHIEVED FOR ANDY WARHOL, ROY LICHTENSTEIN, ALICE NEEL & LEE KRASNER

Roy Lichtenstein's Reverie, from 11 Pop Artists Portfolio, Vol. II (Corlett 38), 1965, led the Bonhams Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples sale in New York on May 26, selling for $212,813. The work was estimated at $80,000-120,000. In addition, Andy Warhol's Rebel Without a Cause (James Dean), sold for $162,813, a world auction record for this print; and Roy Lichtenstein's Still Life, sold for $187,813, a world auction record for a tapestry edition by a contemporary artist.

In total, the 248-lot auction achieved a total of $2,786,261 with 94% sold by value and 84% sold by lot.

Deborah Ripley, Bonhams Director of Prints & Multiples, New York, commented: "After our successful March sale of Prints & Multiples in LA, the momentum continued today with strong bidding across the board and establishing 9 world auction records. Furthermore, I am sure Alice Neel's current retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art contributed to the world auction result for her portrait of Ginny. We are also especially pleased with the exceptional result achieved for Lichtenstein's seminal 1965 print, Reverie."

Additional New World Auction Records Established:

• Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Van Heusen (Ronald Reagan), from Ads, 1985
Price realized: $44,062

• Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Bald Eagle, from Endangered Species, 1983
Price realized: $125,312

• Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Paramount, from Ads, 1985
Price realized: $81,562

• Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Mobil, from Ads, 1985
Price realized: $94,062

• Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Teddy Roosevelt, from Cowboys and Indians, 1986
Price realized: $56,562

• Alice Neel (1901-1984), Ginny, 1976
Price realized: $10,200

• Lee Krasner (1911-1984), Primary Series: Blue Stone, 1979
Price realized: $30,312