Con i 141,532,000 $ realizzati questa sera da Christie’s si chiude la settimana delle big auction newyorkesi. Solo le Evening Sale (manca ancora la day sale di domani) hanno fatto girare nella Grande Mela ben 924,671,250 dollari.
Il catalogo contava 52 lotti, di cui 7 sono rimasti senza acquirente. Tra questi nomi che solitamente non rimangono al palo, come Magritte, Matisse, Sisley, Rodin (che da Sotheby’s lunedì ha relizzato invece il nuovo record d’asta), Picasso e Renoir.
Medaglia d’oro e di bronzo per due opere di Claude Monet. “Le bassin aux nymphéas” dipinto nel 1919, dell’ultima serie dedicata alle Ninfee, è stato aggiudicato a $27,045,000, top price della serata. Era presentato a 25 – 35 milioni $. L’altro Monet, “Au Petit-Gennevilliers” del 1874, è stato venduto al di sotto della stima più bassa per $11,365,000. Si tratta di uno dei suoi primi lavori realizzati a Argenteuil.
Il ritratto di Amedeo Modigliani “Margherita”, che stimava 12 – 18 milioni, si è conquistato il secondo posto con $12,765,000.
Anche se l’opera di Frida Kahlo “Dos desnudos en el bosque (La tierra misma)” non si è discostata di molto dalla stima più bassa, ha realizzato il suo nuovo record d’asta nonchè quello per il prezzo più alto archiviato da un’opera di un’artista latino americana. Era il primo dipinto della Kahlo a comparire sul mercato dal 2006 ed era stato donato all’attrice degli anni Venti Dolores del Río.
Tra le aggiudicazioni di rilievo, che i bidders si sono particolarmente sudati, il mandolino di George Braque del 1941 che da 7 milioni è arrivato a $10,245,000; la scultura di Barbara Hepworth che una gara serrata ha portato da 1,200,000 a $5,429,000; “Die Schlange auf der Leiter” di Paul Klee che da 400,000 è schizzato a $1,085,000; “Buste d’homme” di Pablo Picasso da $1,800,000 a $3,077,000; Hermann Max Pechstein da 900,000 a $2,165,000; “Ligustri” di Francis Picabia da 1,200,000 a $2,629,000 $.
I risultati di questa sera e della competitor di lunedì scorso, fanno pensare che in questo momento i collezionisti preferiscano l’arte contemporanea. Le Evening Sale di postwar and contemporary hanno visto prezzi molto più elevati ma anche in sala c’era un’atmosfera differente. Un clima più frizzante e un pubblico partecipe, con qualche fischio e timide urla che non ci si aspetterebbe in questi luoghi e contesti. Forse per i moderni il pubblico è meno giovane e alcune valutazioni erano troppo alte. O forse il ricordo dell’adrenalinico maggio 2015 è ancora troppo vivo.. che abbia in parte oscurato i risultati di questo 2016?
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Family Group
bronze with green and brown patina Height: 7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.)
ESTIMATE $400,000 – $600,000
PRICE REALIZED $461,000
Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
Ligustri
oil, gouache and brush and black ink over pencil on panel 59 ¾ x 37 7/8 in. (151.5 x 96.2 cm.)
ESTIMATE $1,200,000 – $1,800,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,629,000
Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Les femmes à la toilette
oil on canvas 25 1/8 x 18 ¼ in. (65.3 x 46.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE $2,500,000 – $4,500,000
PRICE REALIZED $3,189,000
Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
Sculpture with Colour (Eos)
hopton wood stone with grey and blue paint Height (excluding base): 23 ¼ in. (59.1 cm.)
ESTIMATE $1,200,000 – $1,800,000
PRICE REALIZED $5,429,000
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Girl Seated against Square Wall
bronze with dark brown and green patina Height: 40 ¼ in. (102.3 cm.) Width: 33 in. (83.8 cm.) Depth: 27 5/8 in. (70.2 cm.)
ESTIMATE $1,000,000 – $1,500,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,085,000
Chaim Soutine (1893-1943)
Le poulet sur fond bleu
oil on canvas 31 ½ x 16 1/8 in. (80 x 41.2 cm.)
ESTIMATE $700,000 – $1,000,000
PRICE REALIZED $845,000
Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920)
Jeune femme à la rose (Margherita)
oil on canvas 25 5/8 x 18 1/8 in. (64.9 x 46.1 cm.)
ESTIMATE $12,000,000 – $18,000,000
PRICE REALIZED $12,765,000
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
La Femme au Tambourin
Image size: 26 ¼ x 20 ¼ in. (67 x 51 cm.) Sheet size: 30 1/8 x 22 3/8 in. (77 x 57 cm.)
ESTIMATE $800,000 – $1,200,000
PRICE REALIZED $965,000
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Homme assis
oil and Ripolin on canvas 57 3/8 x 44 7/8 in. (146.7 x 113.9 cm.)
ESTIMATE $8,000,000 – $12,000,000
PRICE REALIZED $8,005,000
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Portrait aux cheveux bouclés, pull marin (Allan Stein)
oil on canvas 21 5/8 x 18 1/8 in. (55 x 46 cm.)
ESTIMATE $800,000 – $1,200,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,745,000
Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
La parade sur fond jaune gouache and brush and India ink on paper 23 x 28 3/8 in. (58.4 x 72 cm.)
ESTIMATE $500,000 – $800,000
PRICE REALIZED $425,000
René Magritte (1898-1967)
L’explication
gouache on paper 14 x 10 ¾ in. (35.6 x 27.3 cm.)
ESTIMATE $1,000,000 – $2,000,000
UNSOLD
René Magritte (1898-1967)
Femme-bouteille
oil on glass bottle Height: 11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm.)
ESTIMATE $500,000 – $800,000
PRICE REALIZED $725,000
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947)
Jeune femme à table
oil on canvas 18 x 26 ½ in. (45.7 x 67.3 cm.)
ESTIMATE $700,000 – $1,000,000
PRICE REALIZED $785,000
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Le poisson échoué au soleil
oil on panel 5 5/8 x 7 ½ in. (14.3 x 19 cm.)
ESTIMATE $400,000 – $700,000
PRICE REALIZED $605,000
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Au Petit-Gennevilliers
oil on canvas 21 ½ x 28 7/8 in. (54.6 x 73.3 cm.)
ESTIMATE $12,000,000 – $18,000,000
PRICE REALI ZED $11,365,000
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Amoureux dans le ciel ou Village enneigé (Vitebsk)
oil on board 28 ¾ x 23 ½ in. (73 x 59.8 cm.)
ESTIMATE $700,000 – $1,000,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,145,000
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
La Minotauromachie
Image size: 19 ½ x 27 ¼ in. (50 x 69 cm.) Sheet size: 22 ¼ x 30 in. (57 x 76 cm.)
ESTIMATE $2,000,000 – $3,000,000
PRICE REALIZED 2,629,000
Georges Braque (1882-1963)
Mandoline à la partition (Le Banjo)
oil on canvas 42 3/8 x 35 1/8 in. (107.7 x 89.1 cm.)
ESTIMATE $7,000,000 – $9,000,000
PRICE REALIZED $10,245,000
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Nu couché III
bronze with dark brown patina Length: 18 in. (45.8 cm.)
ESTIMATE $1,000,000 – $1,500,000
UNSOLD
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)
Dos desnudos en el bosque (La tierra misma)
oil on metal 9 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. (25 x 30.2 cm.)
ESTIMATE $8,000,000 – $12,000,000
PRICE REALIZED $8,005,000
Jacques Villon (1875-1963)
L’Acrobate
oil over pencil on canvas 39 3/8 x 28 5/8 in. (99.8 x 72.7 cm.)
ESTIMATE $800,000 – $1,200,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,025,000
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Compotier et verres
oil on canvas 23 5/8 x 28 ¾ in. (60 x 73 cm.)
ESTIMATE $1,500,000 – $2,000,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,565,000
Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Composition au compas et à la coquille
oil on canvas 36 ¼ x 25 ¾ in. (92 x 65.3 cm.)
ESTIMATE $2,000,000 – $3,000,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,165,000
Alfred Sisley (1839-1899)
Garage de bateaux à Saint-Mammès
oil on canvas 21 1/8 x 28 ½ in. (54 x 73 cm.)
ESTIMATE $1,000,000 – $1,500,000
UNSOLD
Paul Cézanne (1839-1906)
Route en sous-bois
watercolor and pencil on paper 19 1/8 x 12 ½ in. (48.4 x 31.7 cm.)
ESTIMATE $500,000 – $800,000
PRICE REALIZED $581,000
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Le bassin aux nymphéas
oil on canvas 39 3/8 x 40 7/8 in. (99.6 x 103.7 cm.)
ESTIMATE $25,000,000 – $35,000,000
PRICE REALIZED
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
La marchande de pommes
oil on canvas 25 ½ x 21 ¼ in. (64.8 x 54 cm.)
ESTIMATE $1,200,000 – $1,800,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,965,000
Paul Cézanne (1839-1906)
Village derrière des arbres, Île-de-France
oil on canvas 22 x 18 ¼ in. (55.9 x 46.3 cm.)
ESTIMATE $3,500,000 – $4,500,000
PRICE REALIZED $3,413,000
Camille Claudel (1864-1943)
La petite Châtelaine, version à la natte courbe fine
white marble Height: 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm.)
ESTIMATE $800,000 – $1,200,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,445,000
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Madame de Galéa à la méridienne
oil on canvas 45 x 63 7/8 in. (114.3 x 162.4 cm.)
ESTIMATE $8,000,000 – $12,000,000
UNSOLD
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947)
Femme faisant une réussite
oil on canvas 23 5/8 x 19 in. (60 x 49 cm.)
ESTIMATE $700,000 – $1,000,000
PRICE REALIZED $845,000
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Annette X
bronze with dark brown patina Height: 17 3/8 in. (43.8 cm.)
ESTIMATE $800,000 – $1,200,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,565,000
Rene Magritte (1898-1967)
Stimulation objective
gouache on paper 18 1/8 x 14 ¼ in. (46 x 36.2 cm.)
ESTIMATE $800,000 – $1,200,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,085,000
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Femme assise
oil on canvas 25 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. (65.1 x 49.8 cm.)
ESTIMATE $4,000,000 – $6,000,000
UNSOLD
Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942)
Monsieur cactus (Homme cactus I)
bronze with dark brown patina Height: 27 in. (68.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE $2,000,000 – $3,000,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,345,000
René Magritte (1898-1967)
Les profondeurs du plaisir
oil on canvas 31 ½ x 39 3/8 in. (80 x 100 cm.)
ESTIMATE $4,500,000 – $6,500,000
UNSOLD
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Le peintre et son modèle
oil on canvas 19 ¼ x 42 ¼ in. (49.3 x 107.3 cm.)
ESTIMATE $2,500,000 – $3,500,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,629,000
Chaim Soutine (1893-1943)
La Polonaise
oil on canvas 19 5/8 x 17 ½ in. (49.9 x 44.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE $700,000 – $1,000,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,565,000
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947)
Fruits
oil on canvas 22 ¼ x 14 ¾ in. (56.5 x 37.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE $800,000 – $1,200,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,505,000
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Les bourgeois de Calais
ESTIMATE $2,000,000 – $3,000,000
UNSOLD
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Femme en bleu
oil on canvas 16 ¾ x 14 in. (42.5 x 35.6 cm.)
ESTIMATE $1,000,000 – $1,500,000
UNSOLD
Camille Claudel (1864-1943)
La Valse ou Les valseurs, grand modèle
bronze with dark brown patina Height: 18 ¼ in. (46.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE $700,000 – $1,000,000
PRICE REALIZED $725,000
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Buste d’homme
oil on canvas 31 7/8 x 25 5/8 in. (81 x 65 cm.)
ESTIMATE $1,800,000 – $2,500,000
PRICE REALIZED $3,077,000
Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Nature morte
oil on canvas 36 ¼ x 25 ½ in. (92 x 64.7 cm.)
ESTIMATE $2,000,000 – $4,000,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,405,000
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
La Femme qui pleure
Image size: 27 1/8 x 19 ½ in. (69 x 50 cm.) Sheet size: 29 3/8 x 21 5/8 in. (75 x 55 cm.)
ESTIMATE $1,800,000 – $2,500,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,745,000
Hermann Max Pechstein (1881-1955)
Stilleben mit Akt, Kachel und Früchten (recto); Kurische Waldlandschaft…
oil on canvas 38 7/8 x 39 in. (98.5 x 99 cm.)
ESTIMATE $900,000 – $1,200,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,165,000
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Die Schlange auf der Leiter
oil and watercolor on paper laid down by the artist on board in the artist’s frame 11 5/8 x 18 7/8 in. (30 x 48 cm.)
ESTIMATE $400,000 – $600,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,085,000
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Portrait de jeune femme
pencil on paper laid down on card 19 5/8 x 16 in. (50 x 40.8 cm.)
ESTIMATE $1,000,000 – $1,500,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,205,000
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
La Balayeuse
oil on canvas 25 5/8 x 18 3/8 in. (65.1 x 46.7 cm.)
ESTIMATE $1,000,000 – $1,500,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,085,000
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Baigneuse allongée (Premier état pour le monument à Port-Vendres)
bronze with dark green patina Length: 96 ½ in. (245.2 cm.)
ESTIMATE $1,200,000 – $1,600,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,445,000
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
L’idylle en bleu
oil and tempera on canvas 32 x 25 ½ in. (81.3 x 64.9 cm.)
ESTIMATE $1,000,000 – $1,500,000
PRICE REALIZED 1,805,000