For Leonard A. Lauder, every artwork carried a biography. He understood that provenance is the key to locating an object within the larger story of modern art. From Van Gogh’s ‘Le Semeur’ (gifted by the artist to a fellow young painter) to Robert Rauschenberg’s ‘Untitled’ (once owned by photographer Kay Harris)—each work in the Leonard A. Lauder, Collector Evening & Day Auctions is shaped as much by its journey as by its composition. The Evening Auction begins Tuesday 18 November at 6:00PM ET. W