Sotheby’s London said it expects its auction of contemporary art, scheduled for June 21 and June 22, “to be no less spectacular” than its February sale, which netted an unprecedented £30.3 million ($55.9 million), plus eight artist records.
Highlights of next week’s sale include Gerhard Richter’s extraordinarily personal work, Tante Marianne (estimated at £1.5 million to £2 million), depicting the artist as a baby with his aunt, who was euthanized by the Nazis.

Other highlights of the June 21 evening sale include an important early black-and-white painting by Bridget Riley, Untitled (Diagonal Curve) (estimated at £300,000 to £400,000); David Hockney’s The Splash (£2.2 million to £3 million); Willem de Kooning’s Untitled XXI (£1.5 million to £2 million); Neo Rauch’s Losung (£350,000 to £450,000); Peter Doig’s Iron Hill (£400,000 to £600,000); Andy Warhol’s Four Multicolored Marilyns (Reversal Series) (£1 million to £1.5 million); and Lucian Freud’s John Deakin (£1.5 million to £2 million).

Highlights of the June 22 day sale include Elizabeth Peyton’s Matthew (estimated at £80,000 to £120,000); James Rosenquist’s Passion Flower (£150,000 to £200,000); Jack Pierson’s sculpture of found metal and plastic objects, Last Chance (£60,000 to £80,000); and Roberto Matta’s Loge L’Hors de Temps (£65,000 to £85,000).