Auction introduction: Effective 20 May 2024, Sotheby's has lowered its Buyer's Premium rates and removed Overhead Premium for all categories excluding Wine & Spirits. Sotheby's Overhead Premium will only be charged for Wine & Spirits lots. Please refer to the Conditions of Business located on the relevant sale page for the updated rates. Taking place live in London on 25 June, Sotheby’s Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction will encompass over a century of pioneering artistic production. Beginning with the innovations of the Impressionists, it spans the birth of Modernism in the early 20th century through to the evolution of Abstract Expressionism and Contemporary abstraction and figuration. The sale includes a group of works from the esteemed collection of Ralph l. Goldenberg; a collection that is defined by the singular perspective of an extraordinary collector driven by diligence, intellect and, above all, curiosity. Other highlights by Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti, as well as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paula Rego and Lucio Fontana illustrate crucial moments in the history of this important and influential period of artistic innovation.