Monday, June 10, 2019

Christie's Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale London 18 June



  • 20th Century Week at Christie's brings together the biggest names in Impressionist and Modern Art and Modern British Art across six auctions in London this June.
    The Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 18 June is headlined by exceptional pieces by Léger, Picasso, Matisse and Schiele. Alongside these, 13 Surrealist and Dada works are offered from The Landscape of a Mind, an important private collection, including Yves Tanguy’s L’Extinction des especes II and René Magritte’s Le parc du vautour – both superb examples of their kind, offered at auction for the first time – and an iconic Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dalí and Edward James.
Sale highlights
  • Henri Matisse (1869-1954) Le collier d’ambre
    Estimate GBP 5,000,000 - GBP 8,000,000
    (USD 6,345,000 - USD 10,152,000)
    Lot 5
  • Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Homme et femme nus
    Estimate GBP 10,000,000 - GBP 15,000,000
    (USD 12,690,000 - USD 19,035,000)
    Lot 6
  • Fernand Léger (1881-1955) Femme dans un fauteuil
    Estimate on request
    Lot 8
  • Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Femme et Minotaure
    Estimate GBP 1,500,000 - GBP 2,500,000
    (USD 1,903,500 - USD 3,172,500)
    Lot 10
  • Otto Dix (1891-1969) Soldat mit Tabakspfeife
    Estimate GBP 500,000 - GBP 800,000
    (USD 634,500 - USD 1,015,200)
    Lot 9
  • Yves Tanguy (1900-1955) L’Extinction des espèces II
    Estimate GBP 2,500,000 - GBP 4,000,000
    (USD 3,172,500 - USD 5,076,000)
    Lot 14
  • Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Figure aux tiroirs
    Estimate GBP 600,000 - GBP 900,000
    (USD 761,400 - USD 1,142,100)
    Lot 12
  • René Magritte (1898-1967) Le parc du vautour
    Estimate GBP 2,500,000 - GBP 4,000,000
    (USD 3,172,500 - USD 5,076,000)
    Lot 19
  • Henri Edmond Cross (1856-1910) Eucalyptus et oliviers
    Estimate GBP 1,000,000 - GBP 1,500,000
    (USD 1,269,000 - USD 1,903,500)
    Lot 27
  • Paul Signac (1863-1935) Venise Le Rédempteur
    Estimate GBP 2,200,000 - GBP 4,000,000
    (USD 2,791,800 - USD 5,076,000)
    Lot 28
  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) Les hauteurs de Trouville
    Estimate GBP 1,000,000 - GBP 1,500,000
    (USD 1,269,000 - USD 1,903,500)
    Lot 29
  • Henri Laurens (1885-1954) Homme à la pipe
    Estimate GBP 700,000 - GBP 1,000,000
    (USD 888,300 - USD 1,269,000)
    Lot 4
  • Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Paysanne rêveuse assise, soleil couchant
    Estimate GBP 1,500,000 - GBP 2,000,000
    (USD 1,903,500 - USD 2,538,000)
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