Orange and Blue Six Art Auction Essay

 Orange and Blue
Color Theme Art
Auction Six Essay

1
Montmartre, rue de l'Abreuvoir /
Montmartre, Abreuvoir Street
Jean Dufy (1888-1964), French (brother to Raoul)
Watercolor and gouache on paper,
17" x 25" (w x h), circa 1936-1938
Sotheby's 2025 auction estimate
15,000-20,000 GBP / $19,000- 25,000 USD

2
Le Theatre grec a Taormina /
The Greek Theatre in Taormina
Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) French (brother to Jean)
Oil on canvas, 22" x 18" (w x h), 1922
Sotheby's 2025 auction estimate
$30,000 - $50,000 USD

3
Study for Landscape; Orange and Blue
Graham Sutherland, O.M. (Order of Merit), (1903-1980), British
Watercolor, gouache, pen and ink,
ink wash and pencil, 7" x 9" (w x h), 1971
Sotheby's 2010 auction sold £6,000 GBP / $7,580 USD

4
Writing
Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017), British
Oil on wood, 55" x 46" (w x h), 1991-1993
Christie's 2025 auction estimate
£500,000 - £800,000 GBP /
$630,000 - $1,012,000 USD

5
Squares and Discs Disintegrating,
Orange and Maroon in Blues
Patrick Heron (1920-1999), British
Gouache, 31" x 23" (w x h), 11969
Christie's 2015 auction sold
£21,250 GBP / $26,900 USD

6
Arch Blue with Orange, Red, Blue
Kenneth Noland (1924-2010) American
Acrylic on shaped canvas, 40" x 18" (w x h), 1980
Sotheby's 2016 auction sold $100,000 USD