Spring Forward with Art & Design: BILLINGS Announces Three Major Auctions

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BILLINGS is thrilled to announce three major auctions this Spring 2025: Modern Design for Outdoor Living, Spring Modern Art + Design, and Prints and Posters by Sister Mary Corita.

Modern Design for Outdoor Living - March 1^st - 10AM PST.
Back by popular demand, BILLINGS' second annual Modern Design for Outdoor Living auction focuses on outdoor furniture, accessories, and garden oddities that enhance Southern California's indoor-outdoor lifestyle. Explore extensive collections from designers:

• Walter Lamb
• Mario Papperzini
• Paolo Soleri
• David Cressey

Discover unique rustic, industrial, nautical and European furniture, planters, fountains, and bells. Don't miss this exciting event!

View the catalog, register and pre-bid now at www.billingsauction.com.

Spring Modern Art + Design - April 5^th - 10AM PDT.
The BILLINGS annual Spring Modern Art + Design auction features a truly eclectic mix of interesting art and design spanning the 20th century, from arts & crafts to postmodern. 

Among the highlights of this sale is a tremendous collection of 1960s abstract and hard-edge paintings by Los Angeles artist Beverly Politi. These stunning works from her personal collection will be offered to the public for the first time.

Additionally, you will find 'Soriana' sofas by Tobia Scarpa, tapestries by Evelyn Ackerman, leather sectionals by DeSede, Akari light sculptures by Isamu Noguchi, along with examples by Hans Wegner, Borge Mogensen, George Nakashima, and many more.

This auction will be available for online viewing at www.billingsauction.com beginning March 14th.

Prints and Posters by Sister Mary Corita - April 6^th - 10AM PDT
Following the BILLINGS spring sale, is a truly special opportunity to bid on an extensive collection of prints and posters by Sister Mary Corita.

From the family of a decades old friend, student, and associate of Sister Mary, these pieces span Sister Mary Corita's career from the 1950s through the 1970s. 

Included in the collection are many unique pieces, as well as curated examples of works by her students. This is a rare chance to own items that have been in storage for 50 years.

This auction will also be available for online viewing on March 14^th at www.billingsauction.com.

All items are available for in-person preview during the week before each sale at the BILLINGS Arts District warehouse in Downtown Los Angeles. Bidding is available live online, in-person, via phone, or absentee.

BILLINGS Spring 2025 Auctions
2124 Sacramento Street, Los Angeles, CA 90021

Modern Design for Outdoor Living Auction 
March 1, 10am PST

Preview February 22: 9am - 2pm
February 24-27: 9am - 4pm

February 28: 9am - 8pm

Spring Modern Art + Design Auction April 5, 10am PDT
and
Prints and Posters by Sister Mary Corita April 5, 10am PST

Preview March 29: 9am - 2pm
March 31 – April 4: 9am - 4pm

Preview Party
April 4: 6pm - 9pm

About BILLINGS

Founded in 2015 to address an absence of curated channels in Los Angeles' design market, BILLINGS offers a platform for the sale of quality modern design, furniture, art, and decorative objects.

BILLINGS' quarterly auctions feature 300-400+ lots spanning from the pedigreed to anonymous, classic to unusual, and rare to noteworthy. Heavily weighted in mid-century modern selections from the 1960s to the early 2000s, BILLINGS' catalogs represent a wide range of American and international art and design.

BILLINGS' in-house live auctions are accessible online, with options to bid in-person, online, as an absentee or by phone. Registration and pre-bidding begin three weeks before each sale.

For more information and press inquiries, contact Rich Carmichael at [email protected] or by phone at 213-584-2240.

SOURCE BILLINGS