The Art Auction
Featured image
Charline von Heyl, Long Swim Home, Girl (detail), 2019
About the event
Get your paddles ready!
The Art Auction, Chicago’s premier event benefitting the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, will occur on Saturday, November 16, 2019. The evening will feature cocktails and viewing, followed by a seated dinner and live auction.
In 1968, just one year after the MCA was founded, a group of trustees began the very first art auction to raise funds for the museum. Continuing this legacy, we are grateful to MCA Trustees Cari B. Sacks and Kenneth C. Griffin who are leading this monumental effort as the 2019 Art Auction cochairs. It is only because of the generosity of today’s leading artists and galleries from around the world that we will present an irresistible group of art that we anticipate will result in one of the most successful benefit art auctions in MCA history.
Works will be on view in the MCA galleries beginning Tuesday, November 12 through November 16, 2019. Please contact Auction Assistant, Lindsay Hutchens at [email protected] or [312-397-4035](tel 13123974035) to request an auction catalogue, or for ticketing questions.
Whether you bid online, in person, or over the phone, this is your chance to support the MCA while adding a spectacular work of contemporary art to your collection. Thank you for your support and we wish you all the best at the auction block!
Cochairs
Cari B. Sacks and Kenneth C. Griffin
Honorary Committee
- Sara Albrecht
- Leslie Bluhm and David Helfand
- Nancy and Steven Crown
- Marilyn and Larry Fields
- Liz and Eric Lefkofsky
- Ashley and Pamela Netzky
- Penny Pritzker and Bryan Traubert
- Michael J. Sacks
- Helen and Sam Zell
Funding
Generously sponsored by Sotheby’s.
Featured images
Charline von Heyl, Long Swim Home, Girl, 2019. Acrylic and fabric on linen. 60 x 50 inches (152.4 x 127 cm); unique.
Courtesy of the artist; Petzel, New York; and Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago.
Richard Prince, Untitled, 2018. Oil stick, collage, acrylic, charcoal, gel medium, and ink-jet on canvas. 62 3/4 x 61 1/4 inches (159.4 x 155.6 cm); unique.
Courtesy of Richard Prince and Gagosian.
Lorna Simpson, Night Light, 2019. Ink and screenprint on gessoed fiberglass. 75 1/2 x 59 x 1 3/8 inches (191.8 x 150 x 3.5 cm); unique.
Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth.
Jacqueline Humphries, Untitled, 2019. Oil on linen. 38 x 40 inches (96.5 x 101.6 cm); unique.
Courtesy of the artist and Greene Naftali, New York
Rashid Johnson, Untitled Broken Men, 2019. Ceramic tile, mirror tile, spray enamel, oil stick, black soap, and wax.
50 x 38 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches (127 x 97.1 x 6.4 cm); unique.
Nick Cave
(American, b. 1959)
Soundsuit, 2011
Mixed media including beaded and sequined garments, fabric, metal, and mannequin
99 x 26 x 15 inches (251.5 x 66 x 38.1 cm); unique
Theaster Gates, Civil Tapestries IV, 2011. Decommissioned hoses and wood. 50 x 28 x 2 inches (127 x 71.1 x 5.1 cm); unique.
Private collection.
Howardena Pindell, Carnival: Rio Samba School, Brazil, 2018–19. Mixed media on canvas. 41 x 83 inches (104.1 x 210.8 cm). Signed and dated, verso. Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago.
Sam Gilliam, B Series 6, 2015. Pigment-based ink on handmade paper. 53 x 27 1/2 inches (134.6 x 69.9 x 3.8 cm); framed: 55 x 29 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (140 x 74.9 x 3.8 cm); unique.
Courtesy of Kenneth C. Griffin.
Takashi Murakami
(Japanese, b. 1962)
Commission portrait
60 inches (150 cm) diameter; edition 1 of 1 + 1 artist's proof
*representative image and work Estimated value: $200,000–300,000
Lisa Yuskavage, The Gobbler, 2013. Pastel over unique ink-jet ground on rag paper. 44 x 44 inches (111.8 x 111.8 cm); framed: 48 1/2 x 50 7/8 x 2 3/8 inches (123.2 x 129.2 x 6) cm; unique.
Courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner.
Friedrich Kunath, If I Don’t See You Again, 2018. Acrylic, oil, and colored pencil on canvas
64 x 46 inches (162.6 x 116.8 cm); unique.
Yinka Shonibare CBE
(British Nigerian, b. 1962)
Creatures of the Mappa Mundi—Gigantes, 2018
Patchwork, appliqué, embroidery, and Dutch wax printed cotton textile
55 1/2 x 47 5/8 inches (141 x 121 cm); framed: 61 5/8 x 54 5/8 inches (156.5 x 138.7 cm); unique
Commissioned by Meadow Arts for Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, UK
Courtesy of the artist, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, and James Cohan Gallery, New York
Petra Cortright, “American Buffalo”/ “barely legal”CHATEAU YON FIGEAC_, 2019. Digital painting on Belgian linen. 68 5/8 x 48 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (174.3 x 123.2 x 3.2 cm); framed: 69 3/8 x 49 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches (176.2 x 125.1 x 4.4 cm); unique.
Gift of the artist and 1301PE, Los Angeles.Thank you to the talented and essential artists and their gallery representatives for their significant contributions.
- 1301PE: Petra Cortright
- Alan Koppel Gallery: John Baldessari
- Alexander and Bonin: Jonathas de Andrade
- Andrew Kreps and Vielmetter Los Angeles: Andrea Bowers
- Anton Kern Gallery and Corbett vs. Dempsey: Brian Calvin
- Aspect/Ratio: Iris Bernblum and Erin Hayden
- Blum & Poe: Friedrich Kunath
- Bortolami: Ben Schumacher
- Carrie Secrist Gallery: Andrew Holmquist
- David Castillo Gallery: Xaviera Simmons
- David Kordansky Gallery: Kathryn Andrews, Rashid Johnson (with Hauser & Wirth), Calvin Marcus, Torbjørn Rødland, Michael Williams
- David Zwirner: Lisa Yuskavage
- DOCUMENT, Team Gallery, and Vielmetter Los Angeles: Paul Mpagi Sepuya
- Facility Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery: Nick Cave
- Gagosian: Richard Prince
- Galeria Isla Flotante: Mariela Scafati
- Galerie Buchholz: Simon Denny
- Galerie Jocelyn Wolff: Miriam Cahn
- Galerie Lelong & Co.: Nancy Spero
- Garth Greenan Gallery: Howardena Pindell
- Gavin Brown’s Enterprise: Arthur Jafa
- Greene Naftali Gallery: Jacqueline Humphries
- Courtesy of Kenneth C. Griffin: Sam Gilliam, John Houck, Margo Wolowiec
- Gypsum Gallery: Basim Magdy
- Hal Fischer
- Hauser & Wirth: Lorna Simpson
- James Cohan: Elias Sime
- Jessica Silverman Gallery: Matthew Angelo Harrison, Matt Lipps (with Marc Selwyn Fine Art)
- Kavi Gupta: Firelei Bàez and José Lerma
- Lévy Gorvy: Terry Adkins
- M. LeBlanc: James Krone
- Maccarone: Trulee Hall, Danny McDonald
- Marian Goodman Gallery: Pierre Huyghe
- Marianne Boesky Gallery: Julia Dault, William J. O’Brien (with Shane Campbell Gallery)
- Mendes Wood DM: Sonia Gomes
- Metro Pictures and Altman Siegel: Trevor Paglen
- Michael Benevento: Martin Soto Climent
- Mitchell-Innes & Nash: Pope.L
- moniquemeloche: Brendan Fernandes, Dan Gunn
- Night Gallery: Paul Heyer
- Overduin & Co.: Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo)
- PATRON: Alex Chitty, Melanie Schiff
- Perrotin: Iván Argote, John Henderson, Leslie Hewitt, Takashi Murakami
- Peter Freeman, Inc.: Thomas Schütte
- Petzel and Corbett vs. Dempsey: Charline von Heyl
- Philip Martin Gallery: Kwame Brathwaite, Katy Cowan
- Pilar Corrias Gallery and Regen Projects: Christina Quarles
- Postmasters Gallery: Eva and Franco Mattes
- Private collection: Theaster Gates
- Regards: Judith Geichman
- Regen Projects: Catherine Opie, James Welling
- Rhona Hoffman Gallery: Emily Jacir, Amanda Williams
- Richard Gray Gallery: David Hockney
- Sadie Coles HQ: Michele Abeles
- Salon 94: Judy Chicago (with Jessica Silverman Gallery), Laurie Simmons
- Shulamit Nazarian: Naudline Pierre
- Sies + Höke: Federico Herrero
- Simone Subal Gallery: B. Ingrid Olson
- Stephen Friedman Gallery: Yinka Shonibare CBE
- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery: Ernesto Neto
- The Third Line and Helena Anrather Gallery: Farah Al Qasimi
- Various Small Fires: Joshua Nathanson
- Victoria Miro: Sarah Sze
- Vielmetter Los Angeles: Edgar Arceneaux, Stanya Kahn
- Virgil Abloh
- Volume Gallery: Ross Hansen, Thaddeus Wolfe
- Western Exhibitions: Elijah Burgher, Jessica Campbell
- White Cube: Michael Armitage
- Courtesy of Lauren Wittels: Christopher Wool