Porter’s and Sotheby’s

Miss Porter’s School partnered with Sotheby’s Auction House to present: By Women, For Tomorrow’s Women — The First-Ever All-Women Artist Benefit Auction at a Major Auction House. Agnes Gund ’56 and Oprah Winfrey, longtime supporters of the school served as Honorary Co-Chairs. The auction raised more than $3M for student financial aid at Miss Porter’s School. Final numbers will be reported once all proceeds have been received.

Live Auction

The live auction took place on Friday, March 1, 2019, and the online auction ran through Thursday, March 7 at 12 noon. The works of art that were included in the online auction are as follows. Please scroll down for further information and details on By Women, For Tomorrow’s Women.

Artists
Porters Sothebys Rockburne

Dorothea Rockburne
b.1932

W.I.M.P. #2

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Porters Sothebys Krasner

Lee Krasner
1908 – 1984

Primary Series: Pink Stone 2

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Porters Sothebys Neel

Alice Neel
1900 – 1984

Portrait of Olivia

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Porters Sothebys Brown

Cecily Brown
b.1969

Untitled

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Porters Sothebys Freilicher

Jane Freilicher
1900 – 1984

Untitled from “Self Portrait In A Convex Mirror” by John Ashbery

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Porters Sothebys Woodward

Laura Woodward
1834 – 1926

Home in the Wilderness

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Porters Sothebys Palmer

Pauline Palmer
1867 – 1938

On the Beach (Provincetown, Massachusetts)

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Porters Sothebys Gaylor

Adelaide Lawson Gaylor
1889 – 1986

Still Life

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Porters Sothebys Low

Mary Fairchild Macmonnies Low
1858 – 1946

Battlships on the Hudson River (The Turn of the Tide)

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Porters Sothebys Preheim

Peggy Preheim
b.1963

World Faire 785083

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Porters Sothebys Shin

Jean Shin
b.1971

Clothesline 2

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Porters Sothebys Weems

Carrie Mae Weems
b.1953

Mayflowers Long Forgotten

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Porters Sothebys Bonney

Anney Bonney
b.1949

I. Amelie and Andy
II. Three East Village Graces
III. Silence
(3 works)

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Porters Sothebys Banks

Gabrielle Banks
b.1997

Bird Bath

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Porters Sothebys Saint Phalle

Niki De Saint-Phalle
1930 – 2002

I. Totem, Upside Down Nana, Le Temoin
II. Nana Sante
III. Strength
(3 works)

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Porters Sothebys Milhazes

Beatriz Milhazes
b.1960

Tropical Summer

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Porters Sothebys Kasten

Barbara Kasten
b.1936

Double Negative 6

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Porters Sothebys Jane

Xylor Jane
b.1963

12/21

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Porters Sothebys Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois
1911 – 2010

Has the Day Invaded the Night(From What is the Shape of this Problem?)

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