Auction: 11:00 AM Central Time, Thursday, October 16

Our curators picked their favorite items from our upcoming October 16 Prints & Multiples Signature® Auction.
| Frank's Picks Frank Hettig | Vice President, Modern & Contemporary Art, Dallas
Jasper Johns Target with Four Faces, 1979
Jasper Johns' Target with Four Faces' (1979) revisits one of his most iconic motifs with a conceptual twist. Rather than presenting literal faces, the work features the word FACE inscribed four times in a block-like panel above the target. With its bold concentric rings of yellow and blue, the target itself anchors the composition with Johns' signature balance of formal rigor and visual power. By reducing representation to the written word, Johns pushes viewers to question how meaning is constructed, bridging the gap between object, symbol, and perception. As a continuation of his target imagery from the 1950s and an evolution toward more conceptual concerns, 'Target with Four Faces' is distinguished in his oeuvre and remains a highly desirable work for serious postwar collections.
James Turrell Deep Sky (complete portfolio, seven works), 1984
James Turrell's 'Deep Sky' (1984) translates the immersive qualities of his light installations into the intimate medium of print. Known for architectural environments such as his 'Skyspaces' and the monumental 'Roden Crater' project, Turrell uses light as a material, reshaping how viewers experience perception and space. In Deep Sky, his aquatints evoke vast, atmospheric fields of color that echo the meditative stillness of standing inside one of his installations. The portfolio represents a rare opportunity for collectors to engage with Turrell's vision outside the architectural scale of his site-specific works. The title itself gestures toward the cosmos, a central theme in his practice, underscoring the portfolio's role as a conceptual extension of his exploration of sky and infinity. As such, Deep Sky' occupies a vital place in Turrell's oeuvre, offering a portable yet profound counterpart to his immersive installations and making it a highly significant addition to collections of contemporary art.
| Holly's Picks Vice President, Modern & Contemporary Art, San Francisco
Keith Haring Radiant Baby, from Icons, 1990
Keith Haring's Radiant Baby is one of his most iconic symbols, representing innocence, and what he called "the purest and most positive experience of human existence." First drawn in New York subways in the early 1980s, the bold outline of a crawling infant encircled with rays became Haring's emblem. The radiating lines suggest spiritual light, evoking religious imagery and associations with the Christ child. Both playful and profound, Radiant Baby embodied hope during the AIDS crisis and remains a powerful emblem of renewal.
Julie Mehretu Untitled (Pulse), 2013
Julie Mehretu is a painter and printmaker known for abstractions that draw on cartography, architecture, and calligraphic gesture to explore history, migration, and social experience. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, she has shown in leading museums and is celebrated for large-scale compositions that capture the dynamism of contemporary life. Untitled (Pulse) translates these concerns into an intimate print, where arcs and strokes overlap in a concentrated field that evokes both urban movement and rhythmic vibration.
| Desiree's Picks Consignment Director, Prints & Multiples, Beverly Hills
Ed Ruscha Made in California, 1971
As a California native, this print resonates with me so much. By appropriating the phrase "Made in California", Ruscha blurs the boundaries between art and commodity, and the words lose their commercial bluntness. Its vibrant orange background plays a key role in how the print communicates California's identity. It radiates warmth and intensity, echoing the colors of the California landscape; sunsets over the Pacific, the arid glow of desert terrain, and the ripe fruit that fueled much of the state's agricultural economy. The choice of orange amplifies the sense of energy and optimism often associated with the West Coast, suggesting vitality and abundance. The absence of imagery invites viewers to project their own associations with California onto the phrase, making the work as much about collective imagination as about literal geography.
Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin (#4), 1982
For Kusama, the pumpkin is more than a botanical object, it is a self-portrait of sorts, a symbol of comfort, resilience, and whimsical eccentricity. Pumpkin #4 is a bold example of the artist's iconic use of repetition, form, and personal symbolism. Both the pumpkin and the background are filled with rhythmic dot patterns, creating a hypnotic visual experience that blurs the lines between object and space. It's a symbol that fuses her identity as a woman, and what makes this lithograph so vibrant and dynamic.
| Rebecca's Picks Rebecca Lax | Consignment Director, Prints & Multiples, New York
Andy Warhol Flowers, 1964
The earliest Flowers print by Andy Warhol, created in 1964, was published to coincide with his exhibition at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York, held from November 21 to December 17, 1964. This print predates the later 1970 Flowers series-a set of 10 prints on larger paper-two examples of which are also included in this Signature Prints auction (see lot numbers 65061 and 65062). One key distinction between the two iterations of the same flowers image, lies in their production: the 1964 print was produced by the commercial offset lithography firm Total Color, also based in New York, the later series done in screen-printing. Warhol frequently employed commercial printing methods to diminish the traditional, handmade quality of fine art printmaking like etching and woodcut, thereby emphasizing the commoditization of his imagery. Far from being a "painting for painting's sake" artist, Warhol challenged the prevailing norms of the art world. As the most iconic figure of Pop Art, he pushed beyond abstract expressionism and helped redefine the boundaries of contemporary art.
Rashid Johnson Untitled Anxious Red, 2021
A special print on offer is Rashid Johnson's Untitled Anxious Red, published in 2021. This limited-edition print features a unique printing process developed by the master printers at Brand X Editions to best reflect the artist's vision. The method explores processes of rejection and absorption, beginning with layered screen-printing runs in glossy white and red silkscreen inks. A final layer of red paste is then applied over the surface and swiftly hand-wiped from the sheet - a gesture evocative of cleaning an inked etching plate. The paste absorbs into the raw paper and further stains it. Each hand worked print in the edition carries subtle, individual variations. Untitled Anxious Red is an early example of Johnson's use of this distinctive technique, marking a pivotal moment in his printmaking practice. Rashid Johnson's work is currently featured in a solo exhibition, Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers, on view at the Guggenheim Museum in New York through January 19, 2026.
| Taylor's Pick Taylor Curry | Director, Modern & Contemporary Art, New York
Andy Warhol One Work, from Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn), 1967
Few images are as instantly recognizable as Andy Warhol's Marilyns. In 1967, Warhol took Marilyn Monroe's iconic face and reimagined it in a portfolio of ten screenprints that turned her Hollywood persona into pure Pop Art. What I love about this impression is the sheer punch of color. The hot pink ground, the blazing yellow hair, and the sharp black shadows all collide to create something at once glamorous and electric. Warhol had a gift for distilling celebrity into a single unforgettable image, and here he transforms Marilyn into both a star and a symbol, bold, consumable, and utterly iconic.
| Taylor's Picks Taylor Gattinella | Consignment Director, Modern & Contemporary Art, New York
Vija Celmins Drypoint - Ocean Surface, 1983
Vija Celmins is celebrated for her painstakingly rendered images of the natural world, from oceans and desert floors to star-filled skies. In works like Drypoint - Ocean Surface from 1983, Celmins translates these subjects with remarkable precision, using the delicate line of drypoint printing to evoke both intimacy and immensity. Each work balances the intricate technique with a meditative quiet that calls the viewer to take a closer look.
Frank Stella Polar Co-ordinates III, 1980
Frank Stella's Polar Co-ordinates III is part of a series inspired by his travels to Scandinavia, where he translated the movement and geometry of maps into vibrant, abstract compositions. Using lithography, Stella layered bold arcs and intersecting lines in dynamic colors that seem to radiate outward with energy. The work reflects his interest in both rigorous structure and playful visual rhythm, creating a print that feels at once ordered and exuberant. An additional impression of this work can be found in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
| Hannah's Picks Hannah Ziesmann | Cataloger and Associate Specialist, Fine Arts, Dallas
Andy Warhol One Work, from Details of Renaissance Paintings (Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1482), 1984
There's something magnetic about the way Warhol reimagines Venus - not as a distant myth, but as a figure we already know, lit in the palette of desire and modernity. Her gaze feels familiar yet unreachable, Botticelli's goddess filtered through the saturated glamor of Pop. The swirling hair, rendered in neon fuchsia and flaming coral, feels less like wind and more like electricity pulsing through the sky. It's Warhol at his most reverent and most rebellious - offering up a centuries-old ideal not to preserve it, but to keep it alive by letting it evolve.
Charles White Folk Singer (Voice of Jericho), 1958
Charles White's The Folk Singer is thunderous in its stillness: a lone figure carved in sweeping lines, head tilted skyward, mouth open wailing in song. The voice feels almost audible, vibrating through the swirling cosmos above him, rendered in fevered, hypnotic strokes. It is not just a portrait, it is an invocation: of spirit, of struggle, of something ancient and unshakably human. White transforms black ink into light, grief into strength, and silence into sound.
Find these and other outstanding modern and contemporary masterworks in Heritage's Prints & Multiples Signature® Auction. The auction's session is 11:00 AM Central Time, Thursday, October 16. Sincerely,
|  | Frank Hettig Vice President, Modern & Contemporary Art Dallas FrankH@HA.com (214) 409-1157
|  | Holly Sherratt Vice President, Modern & Contemporary Art, San Francisco HollyS@HA.com (415) 548-5921
|  | Desiree Pakravan Consignment Director, Prints & Multiples, Beverly Hills DesireeP@HA.com (310) 492-8621
|  | Rebecca Lax Consignment Director, Prints & Multiples, New York BeckyL@HA.com (212) 486-3736
|  | Taylor Curry Director, Modern & Contemporary Art, New York TaylorC@HA.com (212) 486-3503
|  | Taylor Gattinella Consignment Director, Modern & Contemporary Art, New York TaylorG@HA.com (212) 486-3681
|  | Hannah Ziesmann Cataloger and Associate Specialist, Fine Arts, Dallas HannahZ@HA.com (214) 409-1162