CHRISTIE’S. Londra, 21 giugno 2011
La Evening Sale Christie’s di Impressionisti e Moderni che presentava un corposo catalogo di oltre 90 lotti, tra i quali opere della collezione del celebre mercante d’arte Ernst Beyeler, ha totalizzato 140,019,200 sterline (Lots Sold: 80, Lots Offered: 92, Sold by Lot: 87%). Tra le migliori aggiudicazioni il lotto 49, Pablo Picasso “Femme assise, robe bleue” stimato 4,000,000 – 8,000,000 sterline e aggiudicato a £17,961,250 e il lotto 1, la scrivania di Ernst Beyeler, che era presentata con una stima di £8,000 – £12,000 ma è stata aggiudicata a £289,250. Due nuovi record mondiali sono stati realizzati da August Macke e Paul Klee
TOP TEN:
| Lot
|
Description
|
Estimate (£)
|
Purchase Price
|
Buyer
|
| 49 | Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Femme assise, robe bleue
|
4,000,000 – 8,000,000 | £17,961,250
$29,133,148
€20,260,290
|
Dimitri Mavromatis |
| 47 | Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Jeune fille endormie
|
9,000,000 – 12,000,000 | £13,481,250
$21,866,588
€15,206,850
|
Anonymous |
| 13 | Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Buste de Françoise
|
7,000,000 – 10,000,000 | £10,681,250
$17,324,988
€12,048,450
|
Anonymous |
| 28 | Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Le Vallon
|
5,500,000 – 8,500,000 | £6,425,250
$10,421,756
€7,247,682
|
US Trade |
| 29 | Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
La Source (nu allongé)
|
4,000,000 – 6,000,000 | £5,081,250
$8,241,788
€5,731,650
|
US Private |
| 45 | René Magritte (1898-1967)
Souvenir de Voyage
|
3,500,000 – 4,500,000 | £4,969,250
$8,060,124
€5,605,314
|
European Private |
| 54 | Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Bayerisches Dorf mit Feld
|
2,000,000 – 3,000,000 | £4,969,250
$8,060,124
€5,605,314
|
European Private |
| 15 | Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Le drapeau
|
2,800,000 – 4,000,000 | £4,185,250
$6,788,476
€4,720,962
|
US Private |
| 73 | Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Tänzerin
WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION
|
2,000,000 – 3,000,000 | £4,185,250
$6,788,476
€4,720,962
|
Anonymous |
| 42 | August Macke (1887-1914)
Im Bazar
WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION
|
600,000 – 800,000 | £3,961,250
$6,425,148
€4,468,290
|
Anonymous |
