CHICAGO, IL.- Leslie Hindman Auctioneers fall auction of Contemporary, Modern, American and European art achieved exceptional prices, realizing over $2.7 million. The highlight of the sale was Wassily Kandinskys Composition No. 26 from the estate of John and Valere Butterwick, which sold for $454,000 (est. $300-500,000). Russian buyers competed aggressively for works sold to benefit the acquisition fund of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, with Natalya Nesterovas The Dragon Flies selling for $23,180 (est. $800-1200). Other contemporary highlights include Victor Vasarely s Photon B which achieved $24,400 (est. $ 8-12,000) and Ibram Lassaws Apsaras which achieved $29,280 (est. $12-18,000). The American auction session was headlined by Reginald Marshs Spooks, from the collection of Majorie and Charles Benton, which realized $85,400. Bidders fought over two Hudson River School