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JEFF KOONS Split Rocker Vase, 2013 Glazed porcelain 14 ¼ x 15 ¾ x 13 Limited edition of 3,500 Estimated Retail Value: $5,000 Making use of conceptual constructs including the ancient, the ever yday, and the sublime, Koons creates luxurious icons and elaborate tableaux, which, beneath their captivating exteriors, engage the viewer in a metaphysical dialogue with cultural histor y, framing questions about taste and pleasure. Consistent with Koons’s persistent fascination with dichotomy and the in-between the inspiration for Split Rocker came when he decided to split and combine two similar but different toy rockers, a pony and a dinosaur. Graciously donated by Gagosian Galler y
C H R I S TO Wrapped Volkswagen (Project for 1961 Volkswagen Beetle Saloon), 2013 Screenprint with collage of fabric, polyethylene, twine, felt pen, pencil additions, and photos with masking tape 22” x 28” AP 23/50 from an edition of 160 arabic numerals + 90 roman numerals + 10 HC + 50 AP + 8PP Publisher: Geuer und Breckner, Düsseldorf, Germany Printer: Schellmann Art, Munich Estimated Retail Value: $14,000 Christo, along with his late wife and par tner, Jeanne-Claude, produced several of the most monumental works of public ar t in modern times, including The Gates in Central Park, which brought more than one million visitors to Central Park in 2005. Wrapped Volkswagen (Project for 1961 Volkswagen Beetle Saloon), a precursor to Christo’s large-scale environmental projects, captures the team’s early exploration of wrapping ever yday objects with fabric or polyethylene to generate new perceptions of the familiar. Graciously donated by ar tist
JOHN NEWSOM Beauty Regained, 2017 Charcoal on paper 17” x 14” Signed and dated on reverse Estimated Retail Value: $8,500 John Newsom’s wheelhouse is the natural world, his paintings characteristically rendered in heroic scale, holding in balance nature’s simultaneously discordant and harmonious narratives which have no beginning and no ending. Newsom’s Beauty Regained, a charcoal drawing made uniquely for our NYCSF Gala, is the ar tist’s paean to beauty; an homage which encompasses all the spiritually and physically regenerative achievements humankind has and will continue to produce. Embodied in the cherished, revered, romantic symbol of the rose, Newsom invites us to remember that which can sometimes be forgotten: Ourselves. Newsom’s work is included in several permanent collections, including The Museum of Modern Ar t and The Whitney Museum of American Ar t. He received a BFA from The Rhode Island School of Design (1992) and an MFA from New York University (1994). Graciously donated by ar tist
ALEXANDRA PENNEY Drink the Wild Air, 2017 Mixed media photodrawing 44” x 56” One-of-a-kind Estimated Retail Value: $10,000 This ongoing series of one-of-a-kind photodrawings, by New York ar tist Alexandra Penney, is based upon flower arrangements, which have been staged in chemistr y beakers. Behind the flowers, the ar tist provides a structural counterpoint in the form of a structural grid. The ar tist’s series is a reflection on three dualities: nature/science, textual/visual, organic/ mathematic. The handwritten texts and marks superimposed on the photographs are derived from writers, poets, philosophers, and ar tists. Drink the Wild Air refers to a line cited from an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson in which he extolls the celebration of life. Graciously donated by ar tist
PA U L S T R A N D Paul Strand Wire Wheel, 1984 Limited edition portfolio; Silver print paper 10 1/8” x 12 11/16” 37 of 100 Estimated Retail Value: $2,640 Paul Strand (1890 – 1976) was an American photographer and early icon of the “straight photography” school, best known for scenes of urban hustle and bustle, formal abstractions and street por traits. Helping to establish photography as an ar t form in the twentieth centur y, his work had profound impact on the f/64 school of photographers, including Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. With a life-long interest in mechanics and cars, skyscrapers and machines - quintessential symbols of modern life in the early twentieth centur y – were among Strand’s subjects. Graciously donated by Eileen O’Kane Kornreich
Clifford Ross was inspired to create four limited-edition prints for NYSCF in 2016, when he saw a stem cell image created by NYSCF Staff Scientist Panos Douvaras, PhD, and noted parallels to his own ar tistic work, much of which is based on high-resolution photographs of nature. All of the images in Ross’s colorful and varied Harmonium series were created from one small detail found in an extremely highresolution photograph of Colorado’s Mt. Sopris. The “one” becomes the “many” in Ross’s images, which the ar tist sees as analogous to the way in which stem cells divide and reproduce. Tonight, in honor of the NYSCF Ar t Leadership award that Clifford Ross is receiving, Harmonium is presented as a special limited por tfolio edition. Clifford Ross’s ar t, which has expanded the boundaries of both photography and printmaking, has often been informed by science. Ross has previously used his Harmonium imager y to make extensive bodies of work on paper as well as computer-generated animated videos such as Harmonium Mountain I featuring an original score by Philip Glass. His work can be found in numerous public collections, including The Museum of Modern Ar t,The Metropolitan Museum of Ar t, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The J. Paul Getty Museum, and The Museum of Fine Ar ts, Houston. Graciously donated by artist
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CLIFFORD ROSS A. Harmonium with Stem Cell III, 2016 Archival pigment print 17 ½” x 19 3/8” Edition 1/15
B. Harmonium with Stem Cell II, 2016 Archival pigment print 17 ½” x 19 3/8” Edition 1/15
D. Harmonium with Stem Cell I, 2016 Archival pigment print 17 ½” x 26 ½” Edition 1/15
C. Harmonium with Stem Cell IV, 2016 Archival pigment print 17 ½” x 14 5/8” Edition 1/15 Retail Price $3,000
EMIL GANSO Seated Nude, 1895-1941 37 ¼” x 29 1/2 “ Oil on canvas Estimated Retail Value: $5,000 German born visual ar tist Emil Ganso came to the United States as a teenager, and initially took a job as a banker. Knowing he always wanted to be an ar tist, Ganso enrolled at the National Academy’s School of Fine ar ts, in 1914. Although Ganso primarily worked with woodcuts, stencil prints, monotype and intaglio, he was also interested greatly in painting and photography. After being featured in several shows in America, Ganso returned to Europe for a shor t while before coming back to the US. In 1940, Ganso was offered an ar tist-in-residence position at the University of Iowa, which he took, before he died a year later in Iowa City. Graciously donated by Eileen and Richard Ekstract w w w. co l l e c t o r s co n ce s s i o n s . co m
K H A R I S K E N N E DY White Collar Goes Black, 2014 24� x 24� Oil with mixed media on board Estimated Retail Value: $2,500 Kharis Kennedy was awarded an A.I.R. Galler y Fellowship (Brooklyn, NY) in 2007. Solo exhibitions and screenings of her work have appeared in public and private institutions across the countr y, including New York, Seattle, Miami and The US Virgin Islands. She lives and works on the island of St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands. In her White Collar Goes Black series, Kennedy examines charity as a new form of imperialism. Her ar t is meant to stimulate discussion and thought. Graciously donated by Eileen and Richard Ekstract w w w. co l l e c t o r s co n ce s s i o n s . co m
TA R R A B A N D E T Primordial Universe, 2015 Ostrich egg, mosaic glass and white gold 12” x 6” Estimated Retail Value: $1,700 Tarra Bandet’s Founding Waves of Evolution transforms direct elements of nature into symbolic fragments of patterned light, vibrant color and structured design with mosaic glass, oil painting, an Ostrich egg and stone. The stunning mixed media sculpture is representative of Bandet’s larger thematic practice that explores the relationship between the complex evolution of humanity and nature. Bandet recognizes that this primar y origin is permanently united to the human condition throughout the entire histor y of all cultures. The constant evolution in nature, which includes humanity, captures our imagination and strengthens the foundations for higher learning by forging a covalent bond between the ar ts and sciences. Graciously donated by ar tist
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EXPERIENCE ART AND ARCHITECTURE WITH PA U L G O L D B E R G E R The midtown skyline is exploding with a whole new wave of super-tall buildings, including two that are taller than the Empire State Building. Tour the new midtown with Paul Goldberger and have a personal discussion about the best—and the worst—of changing New York. Paul Goldberger is a Pulitzer-Prize winning architecture critic and contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Restrictions: Expires May 31, 2018 Graciously donated by Paul Goldberger Value: One-of-a-kind
N E W YO R K YA N K E E S SEASON 2018 Bring three friends to join you for an up-close-and-personal New York Yankees experience. With exclusive “Legend Seats,” directly above the Yankee dug out, it is a baseball lover’s dream. The tickets include complementar y alcohol and buffet. Restrictions: Game subject to availability Graciously donated by Peter John Goulandris and Dr. Karen Burke Goulandris Estimated Retail Value: $5,000
E V E RY T H I N G YO U WA N T E D TO K N OW ABOUT STEM CELLS
( B U T W E R E A F R A I D TO A S K ) This is your oppor tunity to hear directly from a pioneering researcher who is doing the cutting-edge work! You and your guest can join a senior NYSCF Research Institute scientist at NYSCF for a private lunch on site and special behind-the-scenes tour of our new state-of-the-ar t laboratories and headquar ters. Lunch and lab tour for 2 people will last approximately 2 hours and will be scheduled for a mutually agreed upon date before September 30, 2018. Travel and accommodations are not included; package cannot be returned or exchanged. Value: Priceless Reser ve: $1,500
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Give your child and his/her classmates the ultimate stem cell experience through this unique oppor tunity to tour the NYSCF Research Institute laboratories with our researchers. The students will learn about stem cells, scientific research, and exciting careers in science. Each student will receive a special cer tificate of attendance to commemorate their unforgettable day. The entire visit will last approximately 2 hours and will be scheduled for a mutually agreed upon date before September 30, 2018. Program will be tailored to the age group attending (recommended age: 12+). Travel and accommodations are not included; package cannot be returned or exchanged. Value: Priceless Reser ve: $1,500
W I T H S P E C I A L AC K N OW L E D G E M E N T S TO : Gala Art Committee: Jeanne Collins, John Elderfield, Paul Goldberger, Richard J. Massey, PhD, and Elizabeth Sadoff for their guidance and leadership with the silent art auction. The artists, galleries, and individuals who donated art for the silent auction: Tarra Bandet; Christo; Eileen and Richard Eksrtract; Gagosian Gallery; Eileen O’ Kane Kornreich; John Newsom; Alexandra Penney; Clifford Ross. The individuals and companies who donated one-of-a-kind experiences to the silent auction: Paul Goldberger; Peter John Goulandris and Dr. Karen Burke Goulandris.
Thank you for your support of the silent auction, which helps make our stem cell research possible
Cover image: Bruce Sun, The NYSCF Research Institute
CONDITIONS OF SALE Some works of ar t and experiences are subject to a reser ve, which is the confidential minimum price agreed to with the donor, below which the work will not be sold. To ensure your silent auction donation goes to funding stem cell research, we ask all winners to cover the cost of shipping. Winning bids will be automatically charged to your credit card, if swiped at registration. If you did not provide credit card details at registration, NYSCF will send a pledge reminder with instructions on how to fulfill your donation.
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