Next week, Christie's and Sotheby's major Impressionist and modern sales will kick off in New York, followed by their contemporary sales. Here are some of the works expected to command the biggest prices.
'Sleeping Girl'
Est: $30 million to $40 million
The 1964 comic-strip painting featuring a pouting blonde has been off the market for nearly 50 years; its owner originally purchased it for $1,600. To generate buzz ahead of the Sotheby's sale in New York, the work traveled to Los Angeles, Hong Kong and London. Lichtenstein's "I can see the whole room!...and there's nobody in it!" sold last year at Christie's for $43.2 million, hitting a new auction record for the artist but falling short of the $45 million high estimate.