Auction:September 17 at 1 PM CT

Our curators picked their favorite items from our upcoming September 17 Prints & Multiples featuring the Surrealism of Salvador Dali Showcase Auction
| Holly's Picks Vice President, Modern & Contemporary Art, San Francisco
Donald K. Sultan Fish, from Fruits and Flowers, 1990
This auction presents a group of prints by Donald Sultan, ranging from the crisp outline of Martini to the dramatic density of Black Roses. A highlight is Fish from Fruits and Flowers, a screenprint that brings a school of fish to life through layered blacks and grays, their eyes breaking through the darkness with flashes of light. The composition balances abstraction and representation, turning a simple subject into an image that feels graphic, rhythmic, and animated.
Mark Tobey The Awakening-Night, from Homage to Tobey, 1974
Mark Tobey (1890-1976) was an Abstract Expressionist whose "white writing" style combined Western abstraction with Asian calligraphy, music, and his Bahá'í faith to create meditative fields of rhythm and light. A central figure of the Northwest School, his paintings pioneered an "all-over" approach in which webs of calligraphic marks covered the entire surface and influenced artists such as Jackson Pollock. The Awakening-Night, from Homage to Tobey reflects these ideas in etching, where white lines course across a dark ground to suggest spectral forms that hover between abstraction and recognition.
| Desiree's Picks Consignment Director, Prints & Multiples, Beverly Hills
Ed Ruscha Hollywood in the Rain, from Hollywood Collects, 2008
As a Los Angeles native, this print resonates with me so much. It transforms the iconic Hollywood sign into a moody, cinematic vision. Against a misty backdrop streaked with rain, the landmark appears both monumental and fragile, evoking the glamour and melancholy intertwined in Los Angeles's cultural mythology. Ruscha's characteristic blend of text, landscape, and atmosphere gives the work a cinematic quality, part celebration and part critique. It is fleeting, enigmatic and dreamlike, like Hollywood itself.
After Pablo Picasso Mother and Child with Shawl, from Barcelona Suite, 1966
I love this print because it captures an intimate and tender moment that reflects both Picasso's classical grounding and modern sensibility. The work, created during his return to Barcelona after World War I, shows Picasso's deep engagement with themes of maternity and protection. The mother's enveloping shawl conveys warmth and security, while the simplified, almost sculptural forms reveal his dialogue with tradition and his search for timeless human expression. This print exemplifies the balance of emotional depth and formal restraint that defines much of Picasso's work.
| Taylor's Picks Taylor Gattinella | Consignment Director, Modern & Contemporary Art, New York
After Pablo Picasso Mother and Child with Shawl, from Barcelona Suite, 1966
Jacob Lawrence's Stained Glass Windows is a striking screenprint that draws inspiration from the bold colors and rhythmic patterns of stained-glass design. Created late in his career, the work reflects Lawrence's ongoing exploration of cultural heritage, spirituality, and community. With this piece, Lawrence transforms the traditional medium of stained glass into a modern visual language that speaks to hope, faith, and perseverance. It is one of several fantastic examples of Lawrence's printmaking presented in this auction.
Bob Dylan Classic Car Show, Cleveland Ohio, from The Beaten Path, 2016
Though he is better known as one of the greatest songwriters and influential musicians, Bob Dylan is also a prolific visual artist. The Beaten Path is a series of limited-edition prints in which Dylan explores the American landscape through everyday scenes of motels, diners, gas stations, and backroads. Rather than focusing on people, Dylan highlights the built environment and the quiet beauty of ordinary places. The series reflects both nostalgia and commentary on the changing face of America, blending realism with his distinct artistic voice. Also, on offer in the auction, are several prints from Dylan's Asia Series.
| Rebecca's Pick Rebecca Lax | Consignment Director, Prints & Multiples, New York
Kim Jones Untitled, from Way In, Way Out: Exit Art Portfolio, circa 1970, printed 1997
Artist Kim Jones was diagnosed with Perthes, a polio-like illness, as a child, confining him to a wheelchair and leg braces from ages seven to ten. Thirteen years later, he served in the Vietnam War as a Marine (1967-68). These formative experiences deeply influenced his artistic practice. Jones earned his BFA from CalArts in 1971 and MFA from Otis Art Institute in 1973. He was part of a groundbreaking circle of conceptual artists-including Chris Burden, Suzanne Lacy, Paul McCarthy, and Barbara T. Smith-who used body-based performance to confront war, violence, civil rights, and sexual politics. I've long been fascinated by Jones' work-especially his haunting Mudman performances I personally encountered in SoHo during the 1980s, and his intricate war-game drawings. This print celebrates the power of the female form overtaking electricity-she even wears an electric crown. It was published by Exit Art, the pioneering NYC non-profit led by Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo.
| Hannah's Picks Hannah Ziesmann | Cataloger and Associate Specialist, Fine Arts, Dallas
David Hockney The Boy Hidden In An Egg, from The Little Sea Hare, Six Fairy Tales from the Brother's Grimm, 1969
David Hockney's The Boy in the Hidden Egg balances wit and tenderness with effortless grace. At first glance, the oversized speckled egg draws a smile and a chuckle - its scale exaggerated, its surface whimsically dense with spots, and a bird standing just beside it, peering at its unlikely charge with a kind of puzzled expression. As the viewer looks closer, a delicately outlined figure of a boy is revealed within the shell, curled up, held in quiet suspension. The image becomes unexpectedly intimate: a portrait of retreat, introspection, and safety. There's something profoundly comforting about the boy's posture, gently enclosed in this improbable womb, observed by a bird that seems both bemused and bewildered. Hockney invites us into a space where absurdity and tenderness coexist - a reminder that humor and vulnerability are never far apart.
Lynne Yamamoto .Serv ICE, from Way In, Way Out: Exit Art Portfolio, 1997
Lynne Yamamoto's Serv ICE, part of the Way In, Way Out: Exit Art Portfolio, transforms a seemingly simple archival image into a quietly layered meditation on labor, memory, and representation. At first glance, the print appears lighthearted: a woman smiles as she scoops ice cream behind a soda fountain counter, surrounded by the nostalgic markers of mid-century Americana. But Yamamoto complicates this scene by spacing the phrase "SERV ICE" across the page - disrupting its readability and underscoring the scripted roles often assigned to Asian American women within narratives of cheerful service. A closer look reveals delicate strands of Yamamoto's hair threaded through the surface of the print, a visceral and personal intervention that speaks to presence, intimacy, and embodied history. With a restrained visual language and subtle but potent interventions, Yamamoto invites viewers to question how we frame - and are framed within - moments of cultural memory.
Find your next unique piece of art in our September 17 Prints & Multiples featuring the Surrealism of Salvador Dali Showcase Auction. Sincerely,
|  | 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
|  | Taylor Gattinella Consignment Director, Modern & Contemporary Art, New York TaylorG@HA.com (212) 486-3681
|  | Rebecca Lax Consignment Director, Prints & Multiples, New York BeckyL@HA.com (212) 486-3736
|  | Hannah Ziesmann Cataloger and Associate Specialist, Fine Arts, Dallas HannahZ@HA.com (214) 409-1162