In November 2025, Freeman’s | Hindman rebranded under one historic name: Freeman’s. As a new brand entity, Freeman’s unites the legacy and expertise of Hindman Auctions in Chicago and Cowan’s Auctions in Cincinnati with the rich history of Philadelphia’s leading regional auction house. The firm is a premier American auction house offering services in multiple categories including fine art, jewelry, design, books and manuscripts, furniture, decorative arts, antiquities, couture, and Asian works of art. With 16 regional locations nationwide, the firm provides auctions, appraisals, private sales, and art advisory services, connecting clients to the global art market. Freeman’s strives to bring art, history, and design to life by connecting people with extraordinary objects through exceptional service and expertise.
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Sep 25, 2025 10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
On September 25th Freeman’s | Hindman will kick off their autumn Fine Art auction season by holding their Post War & Contemporary Art sale in their headquarter Chicago Saleroom; with their fall Print & Multiples auction coming to the block the following day on the 26th. In keeping with classically Chicago aesthetic interests in fantastic figuration and inventive imagery, thematic threads of narrative, surreal, graphic and pop sew together both sales curatorially. Highlights of the Post War & Contemporary Art auction include an uplifting summer firecracker of a Gertrude Abercrombie painting called Homer Run at White Sox Park, 1964 ($60,000 to 8,000) slightly out of left field for her but no less wonderful and Barry Flanagan’s wildly whimsical bronze sculpture Hare on Curly Bell, 1980 ($150,000 to 250,000) ringing true of a fairy tale yet to be told, both expected to soar leaps and bounds beyond their estimate. Multiple lots by Pop Art masters from opposite sides of the pond linked by 1958 births and shared exploration of decisively outlined stylized human forms, Keith Haring and Julien Opie, anchor the Prints & Multiples sale. The top offerings by the respective artists are Haring’s iconic Untitled (from Three Lithographs), 1985 ($50,000 to 70,000) and Opie’s important lenticular suite Walking in London II, 2014 ($60,000 to 80,000). Exhibition previews for both sales will be open by appointment on September 18th through the sale dates at 1550 West Carroll Avenue.
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