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The Marcia Marcus Bull Market

On opening night of The Human Situation, the well-heeled collectors at Lévy Gorvy Dayan were helping to drive the market’s historical turn. But works by Marcia Marcus, Alice Neel, and Sylvia Sleigh told a bigger story.

Marcia Marcus
Buyers at this moment in the cycle are intrigued by the discovery of historically established artists they may have previously overlooked, including Marcia Marcus. Photo: Courtesy of the Estate of Marcia Marcus
Marion Maneker
April 15, 2025

Last Thursday night, I was standing in the “drinking room” at Lévy Gorvy Dayan during the opening night of the gallery’s new show, The Human Situation: Marcia Marcus, Alice Neel, Sylvia Sleigh, speaking to the dealer Brett Gorvy. In reality, of course, this wasn’t quite a one percent speakeasy, but rather the office of the gallery’s senior partner, Xan Serafin, commandeered for drinking purposes to keep liquids from circulating around the museum loans in the grand space once owned by the Wildensteins. After all, as Gorvy was telling me, some very important collectors had been through the show, and they were excited to see the wide range of female artists that the show had gathered together—especially the historical works by Marcia Marcus and Sylvia Sleigh.