
Sotheby’s – 5 maggio 2015, New York
Van Gogh, Monet, Picasso. I pronostici si avverano tra i grattacieli di New York, dove durante la notte italiana l’asta di Impressionist & Modern Art da Sotheby’s ha aperto le danze di una stagione primaverile di vendite più ricca che mai.
69 i lotti in catalogo, cinque dei quali ritirati. Ma i collezionisti hanno drizzato le antenne sui pezzi più succulenti e più attesi. In particolare sulla famigerata tela “L’Allée des Alyscamps” di Van Gogh riproposta sul mercato dopo 12 anni e assegnata per 66,330,000$. Cifra sei volte superiore alla precedente aggiudicazione e tanto ingente da classificarsi come il terzo risultato più alto per un’opera del pittore olandese venduta all’asta.
Segue a ruota il padre dell’Impressionismo, indiscusso protagonista del catalogo di Sotheby’s. Con sei capolavori all’asta, Monet da solo questa sera ha incassato ben $115.378.000, quasi un terzo del fatturato totale dell’asta. Top lot – e non c’è da stupirsi – le sue prime “Nymphéas” che, battute per $54,010,000, sono diventate il secondo risultato più alto dell’artista, sostituendosi ad un altro esemplare della stessa serie venduto nel giugno 2014 da Sotheby’s a Londra per $53.982.178.
Datate 1905, queste Ninfee furono esposte alla mostra dedicata alla fortunata serie, organizzata alla Galleria Durant-Ruel nel 1909 e si presentano oggi non solo come una fondamentale testimonianza dell’evoluzione dello stile dell’artista, ma anche come apripista del futuro espressionismo astratto che dalla metà del ‘900 arriva fino ai giorni nostri.
$23,098,000 è invece il risultato di “Le Palais Ducal” e $20,410,000 la cifra per cui è passata di mano “Bassin aux Nymphéas, Les Rosiers”. Mentre a prezzi più contenuti, rispettivamente $11,4 e $6,4 milioni, sono andate all’incanto “La Seine à Vethéuil” e “Le Chemin d’Epinay, Effet de Neige”. Al palo solo “Au Val Saint-Nicolas Près Dieppe, Matin”.
Anche Picasso non perde il suo smalto e fa breccia nel cuore – e nei portafogli – dei più astuti buyers. La sua “Femme au Chignon dans un fauteuil”, stimata $12-18 milioni, nel giro di pochi minuti accumula tante offerte da passare di mano per $29,930,000. E non tardano a trovare nuovi proprietari le altre cinque opere, tra dipinti e sculture, del maestro cubista.
Bene anche per Giacometti che si conferma uno degli artisti più apprezzati del momento: delle sue tre sculture offerte da Sotheby’s due sono state assegnate per cifre superiori alle loro stime: $16,154,000 per “Femme de Venise IV”, divenuta l’aggiudicazione più alta della nota serie “Femme de Venise”; e $12,794,000 per “Buste de Diego (Aménophis)”. Invenduta invece “Annette: Venise” e battuto per $7,082,000 l’olio su tela “Pommes dans l’atelier” proveniente dalla Collezione di Jerome H. Stone.
Nonostante i 14 lotti rimasti al palo, tra cui lavori di Chagall, Renoir, Degas e Matisse, la vendita newyorkese di Sotheby’s ha incassato $368,344,000, il totale più alto degli ultimi sei anni nelle omologhe vendite.
Due infine i record da segnalare: quello di Rudolf Bauer segnato con “Squares” venduto per $850,000; e quello di Rembrandt Bugatti che con il suo “Babouin Sacré Hamadryas” aggiudicato per $ 2,770,000 ha mandato in pensione il precedente risultato più alto, pari a $2.617.000, ottenuto da Christie’s nel 2008 con una sua scultura.
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LOLO SARNOFF
Paul Cézanne
CABANE PROVENÇALE
Estimate 300,000 — 400,000 USD
Price Realized: $394,000
PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTION
Marc Chagall
LES TROIS ACROBATES
Estimate: 700,000 — 1,000,000 USD
Unsold
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
Edgar Degas
LE BAIN
Estimate: 900,000 — 1,200,000 USD
This Lot has been withdrawn from the sale
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE PHILADELPHIA COLLECTION
René Magritte
L’APPEL DES CIMES
Estimate: 900,000 — 1,200,000 USD
Price Realized: $1,690,000
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LOLO SARNOFF
Pablo Picasso
LE HIBOU NOIR
Estimate: 800,000 — 1,200,000 USD
Price Realized: $ 1,210,000
THE ART OF INSPIRATION: THE JEROME H. STONE COLLECTION
Marc Chagall
CRÉPUSCULE OU LA MAISON ROUGE
Estimate: 2,500,000 — 3,500,000 USD
Price Realized: $5,066,000
THE ART OF INSPIRATION: THE JEROME H. STONE COLLECTION
Alberto Giacometti
BUSTE DE DIEGO (AMÉNOPHIS)
Estimate: 6,000,000 — 8,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $12,794,000
THE ART OF INSPIRATION: THE JEROME H. STONE COLLECTION
Fernand Léger
LA ROUE BLEUE, ÉTAT DÉFINITIF
Estimate: 8,000,000 — 12,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $10,554,000
THE ART OF INSPIRATION: THE JEROME H. STONE COLLECTION
Juan Gris
GUITARE ET COMPOTIER
Estimate: 2,000,000 — 3,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $2,170,000
THE ART OF INSPIRATION: THE JEROME H. STONE COLLECTION
Joan Miró
L’OISEAU ENCERCLANT D’OR ÉTINCELANT LA PENSÉE DU POÈTE
Estimate: 6,000,000 — 9,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $ 9,770,000
THE ART OF INSPIRATION: THE JEROME H. STONE COLLECTION
Alberto Giacometti
POMMES DANS L’ATELIER
Estimate: 3,500,000 — 5,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $7,082,000
THE ART OF INSPIRATION: THE JEROME H. STONE COLLECTION
Fernand Léger
LES PÊCHEURS
Estimate: 2,500,000 — 3,500,000 USD
Price Realized: $3,370,000
THE ART OF INSPIRATION: THE JEROME H. STONE COLLECTION
Raoul Dufy
MARINE
Estimate: 800,000 — 1,200,000 USD
Price Realized: $610,000
THE ART OF INSPIRATION: THE JEROME H. STONE COLLECTION
Fernand Léger
LES DEUX PÊCHEURS
Estimate: 4,000,000 — 6,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $5,290,000
THE ART OF INSPIRATION: THE JEROME H. STONE COLLECTION
Georges Rouault
PIERRETTE
Estimate: 300,000 — 400,000 USD
Price Realized: $514,000
THE ART OF INSPIRATION: THE JEROME H. STONE COLLECTION
Ben Nicholson
JULY 1960 (CYCLADES 2)
Estimate: 600,000 — 800,000 USD
Price Realized: $610,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN COLLECTION
Henry Moore
WORKING MODEL FOR LOCKING PIECE
Estimate: 900,000 — 1,200,000 USD
Price Realized: $1,450,000
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
Vincent van Gogh
L’ALLÉE DES ALYSCAMPS
Estimate Upon Request
Price Realized: $66,330,000
PROPERTY OF AN EAST COAST COLLECTOR
Claude Monet
AU VAL SAINT-NICOLAS PRÈS DIEPPE, MATIN
Estimate: 3,000,000 — 4,000,000 USD
Unsold
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE FRENCH COLLECTOR
Camille Claudel
LA VALSE (DEUXIÈME VERSION)
Estimate: 1,200,000 — 1,800,000 USD
Price Realized: $ 1,450,000
GOLDWYN: A LEGACY IN ART
Pablo Picasso
FEMME AU CHIGNON DANS UN FAUTEUIL
Estimate: 12,000,000 — 18,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $29,930,000
GOLDWYN: A LEGACY IN ART
Henri Matisse
ANÉMONES ET GRENADES
Estimate: 5,000,000 — 7,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $6,074,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
Marc Chagall
LES DEUX BOUQUETS
Estimate: 1,200,000 — 1,800,000 USD
Price Realized: $2,050,000
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
Fernand Léger
FIGURES DESCENDANT UN ESCALIER
Estimate: 3,500,000 — 4,500,000 USD
This Lot has been withdrawn from the sale
PROPERTY OF A SOUTHERN LADY
Jacques Lipchitz
PIERROT AU CLARINET
Estmate: 1,000,000 — 1,500,000 USD
Price Realized: $ 1,090,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FAMILY COLLECTION
Pablo Picasso
FEMME ASSISE DANS UN FAUTEUIL NOIR
Estimate: 7,000,000 — 9,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $8,090,000
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF FRANCES COLES
Auguste Rodin
EVE, PETIT MODÈLE – VERSION À LA BASE CARRÉE DITE AUSSI « AUX PIEDS PLATS »
Estimate: 1,500,000 — 2,000,000 USD
Unsold
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
Claude Monet
LA SEINE À VÉTHEUIL
Estimate: 6,000,000 — 8,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $11,450,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
ANÉMONES DANS UN VASE
Estimate: 500,000 — 700,000 USD
Price Realized: $670,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
Claude Monet
NYMPHÉAS
Estimate: 30,000,000 — 45,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $54,010,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
Camille Pissarro
LE LOUVRE, MATIN, PRINTEMPS
Estimate: 1,200,000 — 1,800,000 USD
Price Realized: $1,570,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
Vincent van Gogh
FEMME DANS UN CHAMP DE BLÉ
Estimate: 5,000,000 — 7,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $ 6,410,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
Paul Gauguin
NATIVITÉ
Estimate: 4,000,000 — 6,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $ 5,850,000
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
Alberto Giacometti
FEMME DE VENISE VI
Estimate: 8,000,000 — 12,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $16,154,000
PROPERTY FROM AN EAST COAST COLLECTION
Alfred Sisley
ÉTÉ À MORET
Estimate: 2,500,000 — 3,500,000 USD
Price Realized: $ 3,834,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED ASIAN COLLECTION
Camille Pissarro
PAYSANNES CAUSANT DANS LA COUR D’UNE FERME, ÉRAGNY
Estimate: 1,500,000 — 2,500,000 USD
Price Realized: $4,730,000
Wassily Kandinsky
EPANOUISSEMENT
Estimate: 2,000,000 — 3,000,000 USD
Unsold
PROPERTY FROM A PRESTIGIOUS PRIVATE COLLECTION, CALIFORNIA
André Derain
VUE DE CASSIS
Estimate: 1,800,000 — 2,500,000 USD
Price Realized: $2,530,000
René Magritte
LA CONNAISSANCE ABSOLUE
Estimate: 1,500,000 — 2,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $1,810,000
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANTHONY GOLDSCHMIDT
Claude Monet
LE PALAIS DUCAL
Estimate: 15,000,000 — 20,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $23,098,000
PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Henry Moore
WORKING MODEL FOR THREE PIECE RECLINING FIGURE: DRAPED
Estimate: 2,500,000 — 3,500,000 USD
Price Realized: $2,890,000
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION
Paul Klee
DAEMONISCHE MARIONETTEN (DEMONIC PUPPETS)
Estimate: 1,200,000 — 1,800,000 USD
Unsold
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Max Ernst
PORTRAIT D’UNE FILLE AVEC BOUCLES D’OREILLES MEXICAINES
Estimate: 1,500,000 — 2,500,000 USD
Price Realized: $1,810,000
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTOR
Pablo Picasso
NU COUCHÉ ET FEMME SE LAVANT LES PIEDS
Estimate: 6,000,000 — 9,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $ 10,330,000
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LOLO SARNOFF
Pablo Picasso
LE CHAT ACCROUPI
Estimate: 2,000,000 — 3,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $ 1,810,000
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
René Magritte
LES FENÊTRES DE L’AUBE
Estimate: 800,000 — 1,000,000 USD
Unsold
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
Claude Monet
BASSIN AUX NYMPHÉAS, LES ROSIERS
Estimate: 18,000,000 — 25,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $20,410,000
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
LA BOHÉMIENNE
Estimate: 2,500,000 — 3,500,000 USD
This Lot has been withdrawn from the sale.
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
Claude Monet
LE CHEMIN D’EPINAY, EFFET DE NEIGE
Estimate: 6,000,000 — 8,000,000 USD
Price realized: $ 6,410,000
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
FEMME NUE COUCHÉE SOUTENANT DES FRUITS
Estimate: 6,000,000 — 8,000,000 USD
Unsold
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTOR
Auguste Rodin
IRIS, MESSAGÈRE DES DIEUX, ÉTUDE SANS TÊTE, GRAND MODÈLE
Estimate: 2,000,000 — 3,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $ 2,890,000
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION
Edgar Degas
FEMME À SA TOILETTE
Estimate: 2,500,000 — 3,500,000 USD
Unsold
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION, COLORADO
Aristide Maillol
NU DEBOUT SE COIFFANT
Estimate: 1,000,000 — 1,500,000 USD
Price Realized: $ 1,570,000
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION, COLORADO
Edgar Degas
FEMME DEBOUT ET VUE DE FACE AGRAFANT SON CORSET
Estimate: 1,800,000 — 2,500,000 USD
Unsold
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION, COLORADO
Chaïm Soutine
PORTRAIT DE MADAME X – PORTRAIT ROSE
Estimate: 1,000,000 — 1,500,000 USD
Price Realized: $ 1,030,000
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION, COLORADO
Alberto Giacometti
ANNETTE: VENISE
Estimate: 2,500,000 — 3,500,000 USD
Unsold
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION, COLORADO
Henri Matisse
NU ACCOUDÉ
Estimate: 1,200,000 — 1,800,000 USD
Unsold
René Magritte
LA GÉANTE
Estimate: 1,200,000 — 1,800,000 USD
Unsold
PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Joan Miró
FEMME ET OISEAU
Estimate: 600,000 — 800,000 USD
Price Realized: $1,090,000
PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR
Gustave Caillebotte
BOUQUET DE ROSES DANS UN VASE DE CRISTAL
Estimate: 900,000 — 1,200,000 USD
Unsold
PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR
Alfred Sisley
LADY’S COVE, LANGLAND BAY, LE MATIN
Estimate: 1,500,000 — 2,000,000 USD
1,450,000
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
Edgar Degas
FEMME À SA TOILETTE
Estimate: 2,500,000 — 3,500,000 USD
This Lot has been withdrawn from the sale.
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
Aristide Maillol
VÉNUS SANS BRAS
Estimate: 600,000 — 800,000 USD
Price Realized: $1,210,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
Marc Chagall
COUPLE AU DOUBLE PROFIL
Estimate: 1,800,000 — 2,500,000 USD
Unsold
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
Rembrandt Bugatti
BABOUIN SACRÉ HAMADRYAS
Estimate: 2,000,000 — 3,000,000 USD
Price Realized: $2,770,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, CANADA
Rudolf Bauer
SQUARES
Estimate: 700,000 — 900,000 USD
Price Realized: $ 850,000
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTION
Pablo Picasso
VERRE ET FRUITS
Estimate: 800,000 — 1,200,000 USD
Price Realized: $1,510,000
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
LA ROSE DANS LES CHEVEUX
Estimate: 2,000,000 — 3,000,000 USD
This Lot has been withdrawn from the sale.
PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTOR
Edgar Degas
TROIS DANSEUES
Estimate: 800,000 — 1,200,000 USD
Price Realized: $610,000