Phillips de Pury & Company Announce Highlights from Under the Influence Auction in New York

NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips de Pury & Company announce highlights from the forthcoming Under the Influence auction. Timed to capture the audience of the Armory Arts Week in New York, the highly anticipated sale will present a selection of 288 works including contemporary art, photographs and design. Portrait 5, Stephen(s), 2009 – 2010, a noted work of portraiture attributed to Stephen Colbert, enhanced by the artistic contributions of Shepard Fairey who spray-painted it, Andres Serrano, who Sharpie’d it, and Franke Stella who glanced at it, will be offered as the first lot in the sale. The work debuted on the December 8, 2010 episode of “The Colbert Report” as part of an interview with Steve Martin to discuss the release of his new book An Object of Beauty. The portrait is being sold to benefit school arts projects through DonorsChose.org, an onl

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