MODERN + CONTEMPORARY + POST WAR
May 28 – June 13
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901 Woodswether Road, Kansas City, MO 64105
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MODERN, CONTEMPORARY, and POST WAR: Art & Design
May 28th – June 13th
Circle Auction is pleased to present Post-War, Contemporary & Modern, a selection of modern design and contemporary & post-war art consisting of works chosen from two corporate collections, as well as consignors from around the Kansas City area and beyond.
Highlights include prints and paintings by Andy Warhol, Joan Miro, Willy Aractingi, Salvador Dali, Robert Motherwell, Elizabeth Murray, William Scott, Alexander Calder, Barbara Hepworth, and Jim Dine. Also featured is a wonderful group of Wilbur Niewald watercolors and oil paintings from his pivotal 1970s period.
Additionally offered are various sculpture, glass, and ceramics items including an original 37″ Dale Chihuly ‘Venetian’ hand-blown and applied glass sculpture, Pierre Fernandez Arman Telemann bronze sculpture, Karen Karnes, Victor Vasarely ‘Stele’ signed number sculpture, Heather Marcus, and Lee Lyon; photography including Margaret Bourke-White, Robert ParkeHarrison, Patrick Nagatani, and Bruce Charlesworth; and modern furniture including Charles & Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen Hans, Wegner, Warren Platner, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Milo Baughman.
You can also find the auction on our partner sites: Live Auctioneers & Invaluable
Included in this auction is a wide array of items crafted or collected by the artist, biochemist, writer, and polymath Wilfred Arnold.
The highlight of the Arnold estate is a one-of-a-kind set of living room seating designed and crafted by the artist. Designed with no commercial purpose, this unique set was used in its creator’s own home for over 50 years.
Other highlights include a three Calder inspired mobiles created by Arnold.
Upcoming Auctions:
Modern + Contemporary: Art & Design
Circle Auction is now accepting consignments for Modern + Contemporary: Art & Design. We are seeking notable Midwest and national artists, plus modern furniture and design by makers like Eames, Knoll, Wegner, Chihuly, Aalto, Ken Ferguson, and Val Bertoia. Have something that fits? We’d love to review it.
Kansas City Collections
Circle Auction is accepting consignments for our upcoming 2026 Kansas City Collections. This signature sale features fine art and regionalist works, with a focus on leading Midwest artists like Benton, Sandzén, Curry, Grant Wood, and Bingham. We are also seeking rare coins, bullion, sterling, bronzes, fine jewelry, rare books, antiques, and other standout pieces. Have something exceptional? We’d love to review it.
The Lithographs of Thomas Hart Benton: The Decker Collection
A rare single-owner group of Thomas Hart Benton lithographs, collected by Dr. Clarence R. Decker (UKC president, 1938–1953). Many are personally inscribed to Clarence and Mary Decker, reflecting their documented personal connection with Benton in Kansas City. Highlights include Prayer Meeting, commissioned by Decker in 1949 and recorded in Creekmore Fath’s catalogue raisonné. Fresh to market from long-term family ownership.