MODERN + CONTEMPORARY + POST WAR
May 28 – June 13
PICKUP
Local pick up is at the Circle Auction office:
901 Woodswether Road, Kansas City, MO 64105
Monday – Friday, 10am – 4pm.
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DELIVERY
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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:
The Highwaymen: African American Visions of the Florida Landscape
August 15th – 30th | Circle Auction is proud to present this single-owner collection of 35 Highwaymen paintings, featuring 17 landscapes by “the original Highwayman” Harold Newton, as well as works by Alfred Hair, Roy McLendon, Livingston Roberts, Mary Ann Carroll, Al Black, Willie Daniels, Sam Newton, Lemuel Newton, Willie Reagan, and George Buckner.
Jewelry Collections: Fine, Designer, & Antique
August 18th – 30th | Circle Auction is proud to present our Summer 2025 Fine Jewelry auction including fine and designer pieces from around the Kansas City area including David Yurman, Ruven Perelman, Navajo turquoise and sterling, many gold and silver pieces, and gemstone pieces including diamond and emerald.
Contemporary & Modern: Art + Design
October 2025 | Circle Auction is now collecting for a Modern and Contemporary Art and Design auction, scheduled to run October 2025. We invite you to submit items for consideration, joining fine art by Wolf Kahn, Wilbur Niewald, Stanley Lewis, Tom Rippon, and Michael Stack, as well as modern design by Paul McCobb, Russell Woodard, Charles and Ray Eames, and Isamu Noguchi.
Lithographs of Thomas Hart Benton: The Elman Collection
Winter 2025 | Circle Auction is proud to offer an exceptional collection of over 50 lithographs by artist Thomas Hart Benton, assembled by the late Dr. Arthur Elman, a Kansas City-based oncologist and former French consul to the Midwest. We invite art enthusiasts everywhere to join us for this uncommon opportunity to add these outstanding American prints to your collection.