Christie’s American Art live and online auctions totalled US$17,735,750. On 18 May, the live auction Fields of Vision: The Private Collection of Artists Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason featured modern, Post-War and contemporary paintings, works on paper, prints and sculptures and sold for over 96% by lot with active bidding across three continents and 56% of the lots exceeding their high estimates. The top lot of the sale was Georgia O’Keeffe’s Autumn Leaf with White Flower that sold for US$4,950,000 and world auctions were set for both artists Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason, elevating the artist couple within the pantheon of iconic 20th century painters. The online auction of the Collection concluded on 20 May with a white-glove sale, 100% sold by lot and achieving US$589,625. Proceeds from the auctions benefited the Wolf Kahn | Emily Mason Foundation and the Emily Mason | Alice Trumbull Mason Foundation, preserving their artistic vision through exhibitions, research, and philanthropy.

The dedicated American Art live sale on 18 May similarly produced exceptional results, realising US$9,023,750 with 36% of lots selling above their high estimates. The top lot was Norman Rockewell’s Jeff Raleigh’s Piano Solo (“’Oh Lord,’ Jeff said prayerfully, ‘I wish Alice was here. Oh, I wish she could hear this…’”) (The Virtuoso) that more than doubled its low estimate of US$1,200,000 and sold for US$2,910,000.