The Visionary Works of Emerson Woelffer
Updated August 25, 2026
| Date | August 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | Los Angeles Modern Auctions |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, 60642 · more auctions in Chicago |
| Lots | 50 |
| Estimates | $600 – $6,000 |
What's in this auction
50 lots, mostly antiques & furniture (1). 50 lots have photos and 50 have full descriptions. Pre-sale estimates $600–$6,000 across 50 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog.
Highest-estimated lots
- Emerson Woelffer, For Picabia After Breton's The Great Ant Eater — est. $4,000–$6,000
- Emerson Woelffer, 300 Hands With Black Shape — est. $4,000–$6,000
- Emerson Woelffer, Girl in White — est. $4,000–$6,000
- Emerson Woelffer, The Orange Juice Man — est. $4,000–$6,000
- Emerson Woelffer, Untitled — est. $4,000–$6,000
From the auction house
Widely regarded as one of the defining figures of Southern California abstraction, Emerson Woelffer helped shape the course of Los Angeles modernism through both his artistic practice and his decades as an influential educator. Abstract LA: The Visionary Works of Emerson Woelffer on August 21st presents fifty works spanning the artist's remarkable career, offered to benefit the scholarship fund at Otis College of Art and Design, where Woelffer taught from 1974 until his retirement in 1989. Featuring paintings in oil and acrylic alongside mixed-media collages and works on paper, the sale traces Woelffer's lifelong exploration of color, form, and gesture, revealing the singular visual language that established him as a pioneering voice in postwar American abstraction. Full catalog and bidding: view on liveauctioneers .
In this auction (50 lots)
Categories: Antiques & Furniture (1)
- Lot 0100 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0101 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0102 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled (from the Chair series)
- Lot 0103 — Emerson Woelffer, For Picabia After Breton's The Great Ant Eater
- Lot 0104 — Emerson Woelffer, 300 Hands With Black Shape
- Lot 0105 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0106 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0107 — Emerson Woelffer, Winter Picnic
- Lot 0108 — Emerson Woelffer, Girl in White
- Lot 0109 — Emerson Woelffer, What did you say?
- Lot 0110 — Emerson Woelffer, Amy Lou
- Lot 0111 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0112 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled (from the Picasso series)
- Lot 0113 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0114 — Emerson Woelffer, Double White
- Lot 0115 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0116 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0117 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0118 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0119 — Emerson Woelffer, Lotto #1
- Lot 0120 — Emerson Woelffer, Fifteen Hundred Fingers
- Lot 0121 — Emerson Woelffer, Moon Poet
- Lot 0122 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0123 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0124 — Emerson Woelffer, The Orange Juice Man
- Lot 0125 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0126 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0127 — Emerson Woelffer, Minotaure
- Lot 0128 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0129 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0130 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0131 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0132 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0133 — Emerson Woelffer, White Tri
- Lot 0134 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0135 — Emerson Woelffer, The Blue Cloud
- Lot 0136 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0137 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0138 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0139 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0140 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0141 — Emerson Woelffer, Homage a Moholy
- Lot 0142 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0143 — Emerson Woelffer, Homage RM
- Lot 0144 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0145 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0146 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0147 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
- Lot 0148 — Emerson Woelffer, Poet Noir
- Lot 0149 — Emerson Woelffer, Untitled
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