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Phillips de Pury & Co. announces highlights from its upcoming auction of Contemporary art

NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips de Pury & Company announced highlights from its Contemporary Art Under the Influence auction that will take place on March 8th. “Phillips de Pury Company has always been ahead of new trends in the contemporary art market. Our March sales present an excellent opportunity for collectors to participate in the buoyant auction market for recent works by emerging and established artists, alongside the galleries showing during Armory week.” Corey Barr, Specialist, Contemporary Art, Head of Sale, Under the Influence. STERLING RUBY Supermax Wall, 2006, estimated at $50,000 – 70,000. Among the luminaries of a new generation of contemporary artists, Sterling Ruby has established a versatile and impressive practice, ranging from sculpture to video art and large-scale, graffitied canvases. Supermax Wall refers to the high security detention prisons, which, as a