Rago Auctions announces highlights included in the May 4 sales

On May 4, Rago Auctions hosts its semi-annual auctions of American + European and Post-War + Contemporary Art. Included in the sale will be two single-owner segments: “The Archive of Artist /Designer”, as well as “Living Large: Big Paintings from the Allan Stone Collection” with an exclusive New York preview at Allan Stone Projects. Beginning at 9am, the sale of American + European Art will include Paintings by John Frederick Kensett, Henry Martin Gasser, and Henry Martin Gasser; Sculptures by Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, Emilio Greco, and Francisco Zuniga; and Works on Paper by George Grosz, George Copeland Ault, and Françoise Gilot. Of particular note is the auction’s cover lot, lot 31, Milton Avery’s 1944 oil on canvas, “Girl by Lake,” estimated at $300,000 – 500,000. The following sale of Post-War + Contemporary Art, set to begin at noon, will feature paintings by Mavis Pusey, Patrick Heron,