Second Annual Contemporary Art Auction benefits Children's Cancer and Blood Foundation

The Children's Cancer and Blood Foundation (CCBF) hosted the Second Annual Contemporary Art Auction at Sotheby's in New York City on Tuesday, September 22, 2009. The CCBF supports the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at Weill Cornell Medical College and the NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Center for Children's Health through fundraising and educational activities.

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View participating artists and their works!
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Last year's art auction at Phillips de Pury & Company was a huge success with proceeds totaling more than $450,000. Acquisitions are free of a buyer's premium and sales tax, allowing all sale proceeds to go to the division.

Participating artists this year included: Richard Serra, Massimo Vitali, Richard Pettibone, Lino Tagliapietra, Tom Otterness, Abelardo Morell, Zhang Huan, Matthew Pillsbury, Rita Ackermann, Will Ryman including more than 50 other artists.

Highlights of the Children's Cancer and Blood Foundation 2009 Contemporary Art Auction included Richard Serra's Oteiza, 2003, a painting estimated at $23,000 that focuses on a series of intersecting and overlapping ellipses; and a Massimo Vitali Italian beach panorama, #0151 Marina Carrara, Torre Fiat, 1995 estimated at $8,000-9,000.

For more information, please contact:
artauction@childrenscbf.org
212-297-4336
Jennifer Zaleski
Executive Director, CCBF
Email: JZaleski@ChildrensCbf.org