Pook & Pook will hold an online auction on July 16, 2025, featuring over 500 lots of modern and post-war art deaccessioned from a distinguished East Coast educational institution. Highlights include eight works by Romare Bearden, over one hundred pieces by Leonid Sokov, paintings by Mikhail Turovsky, conceptual works by Lydia Dona, and a sculpture by Frederick Eversley. The auction will be accessible via PookLive, Bidsquare, and Invaluable, with in-person previews at Pook & Pook's Downingtown, Pennsylvania gallery on July 14-15.
This auction matters because it offers collectors access to a curated selection of 20th-century art spanning surrealism, pop art, op art, and kinetic art, including significant works by underrepresented artists such as Romare Bearden and Leonid Sokov. The deaccessioning by an educational institution also reflects ongoing trends in institutional collections management, while the inclusion of multiple artists from diverse backgrounds underscores the broadening market interest in African American, Russian, Ukrainian, and Israeli art.