October 21, 2020
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) held its first live auction since the Covid-19 outbreak on Sunday, October 18, 2020, debuting an internet-broadcast live auction format. Of the 213 lots on offer, 154 sold, and the auction exceeded pre-auction expectations by realizing more than $2M. The headlining lot, an untitled 1987 Jean-Michel Basquiat work on paper from the collection of American screenwriter Becky Johnston, realized more than twice its high estimate for a selling price of $468,750. Other high-selling lots included John Baldessari’s 1963 canvas White X Sign, a turn-of-the-century Henry Moret seascape, the 1973 preparatory work Jeziory (Sketch) by Frank Stella, and Roy Lichtenstein’s Modern Head Relief.
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August 27, 2020
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) is pleased to announce that its new, hybrid-format fall auction will take place October 18, 2020 with both timed and live bidding components. As LAMA’s largest and most robust auction of 2020, this event will offer an irresistible selection of works across styles and movements of the 20th and 21st centuries. Leading more than 200 lots is an exceptional untitled 1987 Jean-Michel Basquiat pencil and charcoal drawing from the collection of Becky Johnston.
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March 23, 2020
Remembering Los Angeles auctioneer, writer, curator, and founder of Los Angeles Modern Auctions, Peter Loughrey.
February 19, 2020
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) held another record-breaking auction of Modern Art & Design on Sunday, February 16, 2020 at their Van Nuys showroom. Among the many significant lots sold, several original and editioned works far surpassed previous records and expectations. Notably high-selling lots reflected LAMA’s specialization in the West Coast-driven markets, with remarkable prices fetched for works by Los Angeles-anchored artists Charles Arnoldi, Lorser Feitelson, Frederick Hammersley, Ed Ruscha, and Betye Saar.
January 13, 2020
Raymond Pettibon artwork from Paul Schimmel’s first exhibition for the Museum of Contemporary Art, “Helter Skelter: L.A. Art in the 1990s” offered at LAMA.
October 7, 2019
LAMA has launched its first ever online-only auction. Including 53 lots of Modern Art & Design, the bidding is now open on the LAMA APP and ending October 20, 2019.
September 26, 2019
LAMA announces top lots in the October 20, 2019 Modern Art & Design Auction
May 23, 2019
Los Angeles Modern Auctions posted strong results with the auction on May 19, 2019 split almost evenly between fine art and design. Top lots included works by Keith Haring, De Wain Valentine, Yaacov Agam, Joe Goode, as well as impressive results designs by Hans Wegner and Poul Kjaerholm.
