Serata altalenante da Christie’s a Londra, con alcuni invenduti e tre lotti ritirati. I tre cataloghi battuti stasera nelle sale di King Street hanno totalizzato 165.674.500 sterline (149.8 milioni nelle evening del febbraio 2018). Nuovi record per Signac (£19,501,250/$25,839,156) e Caillebotte (£16,663,750/$22,079,469)
Questa è stata la prima asta importante dopo l’annuncio, dal 1° febbraio, dell’aumento del buyer’s premium e un cambiamento delle soglie entro le quali i diversi tassi vengono applicati (leggi qui dettagli). Il primo catalogo, in particolare, ha visto diversi invenduti: i suoi ventitrè “Tesori nascosti” non hanno convinto appieno i collezionisti e molti (9) sono rimasti al palo (totale 50,552,000£). Come le ninfee di Monet (“Saule pleureur et bassin aux nymphéas”). Se ieri sera da Sotheby’s ha fatto faville con una veduta di Venezia a oltre 27,5 milioni £, oggi con uno tra i suoi soggetti più iconici non ha trovato un acquirente, fermandosi a 36 milioni £. Il dipinto era presentato con stima a richiesta ma sembra che si aggirasse intorno ai 40 milioni.
Stessa sorte per la prostituita ritratta da Vincent van Gogh: “Portrait de femme: buste, profil gauche” del 1885 era stimata £8,000,000-12,000,000 ed è andata invenduta. Tornava sul mercato a 74 anni di distanza dall’ultima apparizione. L’opera era considerata tra le più importanti del periodo di Anversa, dove van Gogh aveva incontrato la donna ritratta in un cabaret. Poco dopo averla conosciuta, l’aveva descritta in una delle lettere inviate al fratello Theo come “una danzatrice con un’intensa attività lavorativa nelle ore notturne. Non importa come queste ragazze si guadagnano da vivere. I loro volti sono così profondamente veri ed espressivi che tutti li vorranno, se ne innamoreranno”. Ma come non avevano venduto i ritratti allora, così anche oggi l’unsold sembra confermato che van Gogh si sbagliasse…
Successo invece per l’appetitosa frutta di Paul Cézanne: “Nature morte de pêches et poires”, offerta con stima a richiesta (sembra sui 20 milioni), è passata di mano per 21,203,750 sterline. Forse avrà aiutato anche l’illustre provenienza, le pesche e le pere furono infatti acquistate dal noto mercante Ambroise Vollard direttamente dall’artista.
Molto bene anche per il paesaggio di Pierre Auguste Renoir battuto al di sopra delle aspettative a £12,691,250. “Kopf eines Jungen Mädchen” di Emil Nolde è andato ben oltre la stima più alta di 180 mila sterline fermandosi a £611,250 (nuovo record mondiale per un’opera su carta dell’artista). Tra gli altri invenduti eclatanti, si segnala la snodata ballerina di Matisse (quotata 4.5-7 milioni).
La classica Evening Sale (71,306,250£) è stata guidata da un romantico paesaggio di Paul Signac parte di un gruppo di opere intitolato “An Adventurous Spirit: An Important Private Collection Sold to Benefit a Charitable Foundation” che comprende anche dipinti di Gustave Caillebotte, Félix Vallotton, Édouard Vuillard e Giovanni Boldini. Arrivato in asta dopo 20 anni, “Le Port au soleil couchant, Opus 236 (Saint-Tropez)” è una delle prime opere dell’artista dipinte a St Tropez. La stima, su richiesta, era intorno ai 12-14 milioni di sterline. Il delicato tramonto è stato battuto a 19,501,250 sterline, superando così il record dell’artista del maggio dello scorso anno, quando “Portrieux. La Comtesse (Opus no. 191)” del 1888 era stato venduto da Christie’s a New York per 13.812.500 $ (10.188.376 £) nell’asta Rockefeller. Le tre ballerine di Edgar Degas, “Danseuses in un salle d’exercice (Trois Danseuses)”, del 1873, da £ 800 mila sono arrivate 4,178,750. E la passeggiata al sole di Gustave Caillebotte ha fatto £16,663,750, nuovo record per l’artista.
L’ultima asta della serata, The Art of the Surreal, ha totalizzato 43,816,250 £. Dei sette lavori di René Magritte in catalogo, “Le lieu commun” è stato il top price con l’aggiudicazione a 18,366,250. Raffigura uno dei classici uomini con il cappello a bombetta così iconici della produzione di Magritte. Mai offerto prima all’asta, era stimato tra i 15 e i 25 milioni £.
Hidden Treasures: Impressionist & Modern Masterpieces from an Important Private Collection| London 27 February
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Eve à la pomme
bronze with brown patina Height: 23 ¼ in. (59 cm.)
ESTIMATE £150,000 – £250,000 ($195,750 – $326,250)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 187,500
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Après le bain
charcoal on joined paper 23 3/8 x 18 3/4 in. (59.4 x 47.6 cm.)
ESTIMATE £300,000 – £600,000 ($391,500 – $783,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 551,250
Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943)
Les maisons sur la colline, Céret oil on canvas 19 1/2 x 28 3/8 in. (49.5 x 72.1 cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,200,000 – £1,800,000 ($1,566,000 – $2,349,000)
UNSOLD
Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958)
Le Pont de Bezons
oil on canvas 26 1/2 x 31 1/4 in. (67 x 79 cm.)
ESTIMATE £4,000,000 – £6,000,000 ($5,220,000 – $7,830,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 4,746,250
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Danseuse assise sur une table, fond rouge
oil on canvas 13 x 18 3/8 in. (33 x 46.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £4,500,000 – £7,000,000 ($5,872,500 – $9,135,000)
UNSOLD
Paul Cézanne (1839-1906)
Nature morte de pêches et poires
oil on canvas 15 x 18 1/8 in. (38 x 46.3 cm.)
ESTIMATE Estimate on request
PRICE REALIZED GBP 21,203,750
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Femme s’essuyant les cheveux
charcoal on paper 28 1/8 x 24 3/8 in. (71.6 x 61.9 cm.)
ESTIMATE £400,000 – £600,000 ($522,000 – $783,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 803,250
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Sentier dans le bois
oil on canvas 25 3/4 x 21 1/4 in. (65.5 x 54 cm.)
ESTIMATE £7,500,000 – £10,500,000 ($9,787,500 – $13,702,500)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 12,691,250
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Tête de femme penchée (Lorette) oil on panel 13 x 9 3/8 in. (33 x 23.7 cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,500,000 – £2,500,000 ($1,957,500 – $3,262,500)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 2,771,250
Emil Nolde (1867-1956)
Kopf eines Jungen Mädchen
watercolor on Japan paper 18 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (47 x 33.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £120,000 – £180,000 ($156,600 – $234,900)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 611,250
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Saule pleureur et bassin aux nymphéas
oil on canvas 78 1/2 x 70 3/4 in. (199 x 180 cm.)
ESTIMATE Estimate on request
UNSOLD
Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958)
Nature morte bleue
oil on canvas 28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in. (72.9 x 91.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,200,000 – £1,800,000 ($1,566,000 – $2,349,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 2,051,250
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Iris
oil on canvas 39 1/8 x 34 1/2 in. (99.5 x 87.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £4,000,000 – £6,000,000 ($5,220,000 – $7,830,000)
UNSOLD
Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
La femme au fauteuil (Misia et Thadée Natanson)
oil on paper laid down on canvas 36 1/2 x 29 3/8 in. (92.5 x 74.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £2,500,000 – £4,000,000 ($3,262,500 – $5,220,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 3,011,250
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Portrait de femme: buste, profil gauche
oil on canvas 23 5/8 x 19 3/4 in. (60 x 50.2 cm.)
ESTIMATE £8,000,000 – £12,000,000 ($10,440,000 – $15,660,000)
UNSOLD
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Nu sur la chaise longue
oil on canvas 28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in. (73 x 92.1 cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,500,000 – £3,000,000 ($1,957,500 – $3,915,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 1,811,250
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947)
Femme au tub
oil on canvas 51 1/4 x 32 in. (130 x 81 cm.)
ESTIMATE £4,000,000 – £6,000,000 ($5,220,000 – $7,830,000)
RITIRATO
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Danseuse tenant son pied droit dans la main droite
bronze with dark brown patina Height: 21 7/8 in. (53 cm.)
ESTIMATE £150,000 – £250,000 ($195,750 – $326,250)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 112,500
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947)
Jeune femme à la toque noire (étude)
oil on canvas 21 1/2 x 18 1/8 in. (54.5 x 46.2 cm.)
ESTIMATE £150,000 – £300,000 ($195,750 – $391,500)
UNSOLD
Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
Intérieur, la dame en noir
oil on board 28 3/4 x 24 1/4 in. (73 x 61.7 cm.)
ESTIMATE £600,000 – £900,000 ($783,000 – $1,174,500)
UNSOLD
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Nu demi couché
oil on canvas 28 7/8 x 36 5/8 in. (73.5 x 93 cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,500,000 – £3,000,000 ($1,957,500 – $3,915,000)
RITIRATO
Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)
Madame veuve rose
oil on canvas 39 3/4 x 32 in. (100.6 x 81.2 cm.)
ESTIMATE £800,000 – £1,200,000 ($1,044,000 – $1,566,000)
UNSOLD
Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955)
Vieilles maisons
oil on board 19 3/8 x 28 5/8 in. (49 x 72.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £200,000 – £300,000 ($261,000 – $391,500)
UNSOLD
Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale
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Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Danseuses dans une salle d’exercice (Trois Danseuses)
oil on canvas 10 7/8 x 9 in. (27.5 x 22.7 cm.)
ESTIMATE £800,000 – £1,200,000 ($1,051,200 – $1,576,800)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 4,178,750
Félix Vallotton (1865-1925)
En promenade
oil on board 12 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (32.5 x 45 cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,200,000 – £1,600,000 ($1,576,800 – $2,102,400)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 2,231,250
Paul Signac (1863-1935)
Le Port au soleil couchant, Opus 236 (Saint-Tropez)
oil on canvas 25 5/8 x 32 in. (65 x 81.3 cm.)
ESTIMATE Estimate on request
PRICE REALIZED GBP 19,501,250
Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931)
Portrait of Madame Roger-Jourdain
oil on canvas 82 x 34 in. (208 x 86 cm.)
ESTIMATE £800,000 – £1,200,000 ($1,051,200 – $1,576,800)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 1,091,250
Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894)
Chemin montant
oil on canvas 39 1/2 x 49 3/8 in. (100.2 x 125.3 cm.)
ESTIMATE Estimate on request
PRICE REALIZED GBP 16,663,750
Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931)
Portrait of John Singer Sargent
oil on panel 14 1/4 x 11 in. (36.2 x 28 cm.)
ESTIMATE £200,000 – £300,000 ($262,800 – $394,200)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 371,250
Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
Aux Pavillons à Cricqueboeuf. Devant la maison
peinture à la colle on canvas 83 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. (212 x 80 cm.)
ESTIMATE £600,000 – £800,000 ($788,400 – $1,051,200)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 491,250
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Le Penseur, petit modèle
bronze with green and brown patina Height: 14 7/8 in. (37.7 cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,000,000 – £2,000,000 ($1,314,000 – $2,628,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 1,811,250
Le Corbusier (1887-1965)
Deux figures au tronc d’arbre jaune
oil on canvas 51 1/8 x 64 in. (130 x 162.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £2,000,000 – £3,000,000 ($2,628,000 – $3,942,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 2,651,250
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Pomme
watercolour on paper 9 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (25 x 28.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £350,000 – £450,000 ($459,900 – $591,300)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 755,250
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Nature morte, fruits et pot
oil and Ripolin on canvas 18 1/8 x 21 5/8 in. (46 x 55 cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,000,000 – £1,500,000 ($1,314,000 – $1,971,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 1,211,250
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Le cheval à la lune gouache, charcoal and pastel on paper
27 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (68.9 x 51 cm.)
ESTIMATE £350,000 – £450,000 ($459,900 – $591,300)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 467,250
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Petit buste (Diego)
bronze with green and brown patina Height: 8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £600,000 – £800,000 ($788,400 – $1,051,200)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 1,271,250
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Nature morte au crâne de taureau
oil on canvas 25 5/8 x 31 1/2 in. (65.3 x 80 cm.)
ESTIMATE £4,000,000 – £6,000,000 ($5,256,000 – $7,884,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 4,746,250
Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941)
Blaue Schürze
oil on board 40 3/8 x 27 3/8 in. (102.5 x 69.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £2,000,000 – £3,000,000 ($2,628,000 – $3,942,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 1,691,250
Kees van Dongen (1877-1968)
Madame T.
oil on canvas 65 1/8 x 51 1/8 in. (166 x 129.8 cm)
ESTIMATE £1,000,000 – £1,500,000 ($1,314,000 – $1,971,000)
UNSOLD
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Le miroir
oil and sand on canvas 24 x 19 5/8 in. (61 x 49.7 cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,000,000 – £1,500,000 ($1,314,000 – $1,971,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 1,211,250
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Fleurs dans la lumière
oil on canvas 45 ½ x 35 in. (115.6 x 88.9 cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,200,000 – £1,800,000 ($1,576,800 – $2,365,200)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 1,451,250
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
Bords de l’Epte à Êragny, soleil couchant
oil on canvas 23 3/4 x 28 7/8 in. (60.2 x 73.2 cm.)
ESTIMATE £600,000 – £800,000 ($788,400 – $1,051,200)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 791,250
Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894)
L’Assiette de pêches
oil on canvas 15 x 18 1/8 in. (38 x 46 cm.)
ESTIMATE £800,000 – £1,200,000 ($1,051,200 – $1,576,800)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 851,250
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Au bord du fjord de Christiania
oil on canvas 25 5/8 x 36 1/4 in. (64.8 x 91.4 cm.)
ESTIMATE £4,500,000 – £6,500,000 ($5,913,000 – $8,541,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 5,313,750
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
La maison blanche
oil on canvas 29 3/8 x 23 5/8 in. (74.6 x 60 cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,300,000 – £1,800,000 ($1,708,200 – $2,365,200)
UNSOLD
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Femme demi-nue (Portrait de Jeanne Samary)
pastel on paper 24 1/4 x 18 5/8 in. (61.6 x 47.2 cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,000,000 – £1,500,000 ($1,314,000 – $1,971,000)
RITIRATO
Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
Jeune Fille allongée (Premier état
pour le monument à Port-Vendres) lead with dark grey patina Length: 97 in. (246.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £800,000 – £1,200,000 ($1,051,200 – $1,576,800)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 851,250
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Gedenkblatt E
oil and pen and ink on chalk-primed paper, laid down on the artist’s mount
Image: 15 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (40 x 28.5 cm.) The artist’s mount: 22 3/4 x 17 1/8 in. (57.9 x 43.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £500,000 – £700,000 ($657,000 – $919,800)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 1,091,250
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Le rêve du peintre
oil on canvas 39 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (99.7 x 64.8 cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,200,000 – £1,800,000 ($1,576,800 – $2,365,200)
UNSOLD
Emil Nolde (1867-1956)
Iris und Stiefmütterchen
oil on panel 28 3/4 x 34 1/2 in. (73.3 x 87.7 cm.)
ESTIMATE £500,000 – £800,000 ($657,000 – $1,051,200)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 611,250
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)
Bergwaldstudie
oil on canvas 35 x 47 3/8 in. (87.5 x 120.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £400,000 – £600,000 ($525,600 – $788,400)
UNSOLD
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)
L’homme et la femme
oil on board 10 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (26.7 x 21.8 cm.)
ESTIMATE £80,000 – £120,000 ($104,400 – $156,600)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 237,500
René Magritte (1898-1967)
Moments musicaux
gouache, paper collage and pencil on paper 16 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (41.8 x 29.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £750,000 – £1,250,000 ($978,750 – $1,631,250) v PRICE REALIZED GBP 2,411,250
René Magritte (1898-1967)
Le monde poétique II
oil on canvas 25 3/4 x 21 1/4 in. (65.5 x 54 cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,500,000 – £2,500,000 ($1,957,500 – $3,262,500)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 1,931,250
Yves Tanguy (1900-1955)
A force égale
oil on canvas 13 7/8 x 10 5/8 in. (35.2 x 27.1 cm.)
ESTIMATE £300,000 – £500,000 ($391,500 – $652,500)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 431,250
René Magritte (1898-1967)
Le pain quotidien
oil on canvas 36 1/8 x 27 1/2 in. (91.6 x 69.8 cm.)
ESTIMATE £2,000,000 – £3,000,000 ($2,610,000 – $3,915,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 3,371,250
Victor Brauner (1903-1966)
La méthode
encaustic, oil and India ink on paper laid down on Masonite 26 x 20 1/4 in. (66 x 51.3 cm.)
ESTIMATE £60,000 – £90,000 ($78,300 – $117,450)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 237,500
Óscar Domínguez (1906-1958)
Violette Nozières or Elle rêve
oil on canvas 32 1/8 x 39 1/2 in. (81.5 x 100.3 cm.)
ESTIMATE £600,000 – £900,000 ($783,000 – $1,174,500)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 1,811,250
René Magritte (1898-1967)
Le lieu commun
oil on canvas 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in. (100 x 81 cm.)
ESTIMATE Estimate on request
PRICE REALIZED GBP 18,366,250
Man Ray (1890-1976)
L’attente
pen and India ink on paper 13 3/4 x 10 in. (35.1 x 25.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £40,000 – £60,000 ($52,200 – $78,300)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 77,500
Paul Delvaux (1897-1994)
Les sirènes
watercolour, pen and India ink on paper 30 x 43 3/4 in. (76.2 x 111.2 cm.)
ESTIMATE £300,000 – £500,000 ($391,500 – $652,500)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 371,250
Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Femme
gouache, watercolour and pastel on paper 35 3/8 x 25 1/2 in. (89.9 x 65 cm.)
ESTIMATE £300,000 – £500,000 ($391,500 – $652,500)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 515,250
René Magritte (1898-1967)
La belle captive
oil on canvas 15 1/8 x 21 7/8 in. (38.5 x 55.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £2,000,000 – £3,000,000 ($2,610,000 – $3,915,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 2,171,250
Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Femme
bronze with black patina
height: 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £150,000 – £200,000 ($195,750 – $261,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 175,000
Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012)
Los ojos del follaje (The Eyes of Foliage)
oil on canvas 35 1/2 x 46 1/8 in. (90 x 117 cm.)
ESTIMATE £100,000 – £150,000 ($130,500 – $195,750)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 275,000
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Apparizione della ciminiera
oil on canvas 32 x 21 3/8 in. (81.3 x 54.3 cm.)
ESTIMATE £250,000 – £350,000 ($326,250 – $456,750)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 250,000
René Magritte (1898-1967)
Composition on a Sea Shore
oil on canvas 21 ½ x 28 7/8 in. (54.5 x 73.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £2,000,000 – £3,000,000 ($2,610,000 – $3,915,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 2,051,250
René Magritte (1898-1967)
Les barricades mystérieuses
gouache on paper 7 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (19 x 25 cm.)
ESTIMATE £350,000 – £450,000 ($456,750 – $587,250)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 1,871,250
James Ensor (1860-1949)
Scène carnavalesque
(i) oil on joint panels (ii) oil on panel (i) – 39 x 26 cm., 15 3/8 x 10 1/4 (ii) – 39.2 x 29 cm., 15 3/8 x 11 3/8 (2)
ESTIMATE £400,000 – £700,000 ($522,000 – $913,500)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 431,250
Victor Brauner (1903-1966)
Braises
encaustic, oil and India ink on paper laid down on Masonite 12 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. (32.6 x 34.7 cm.)
ESTIMATE £70,000 – £100,000 ($91,350 – $130,500)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 175,000
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Mer et soleil or Tremblement de terre
oil on canvas 32 1/8 x 25 5/8 in. (81.5 x 65 cm.)
ESTIMATE £500,000 – £800,000 ($652,500 – $1,044,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 635,250
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Aux antipodes du paysage
oil and grattage on canvas 9 1/2 x 13 in. (24.2 x 33 cm.)
ESTIMATE £400,000 – £600,000 ($522,000 – $783,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 731,250
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Tête qui regarde (Gazing Head)
plaster
15 7/8 x 14 1/4 x 2 3/8 in. (40.4 x 36.2 x 5.9 cm.)
ESTIMATE £300,000 – £500,000 ($391,500 – $652,500)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 587,250
André Masson (1896-1987)
Jeune fille soufflant sur le feu
oil on canvas 28 3/4 x 23 3/4 in. (73.1 x 60.3 cm.)
ESTIMATE £300,000 – £500,000 ($391,500 – $652,500)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 250,000
Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
Iris
gouache on panel 63 1/8 x 37 3/4 in. (160.8 x 96 cm.)
ESTIMATE £500,000 – £800,000 ($652,500 – $1,044,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 671,250
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
Sans titre
oil on canvas 9 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (23.8 x 16.3 cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,000,000 – £1,500,000 ($1,305,000 – $1,957,500)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 611,250
Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Peinture
oil on canvas 35 3/4 x 28 1/2 in. (90.9 x 72.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £1,200,000 – £1,800,000 ($1,566,000 – $2,349,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 1,331,250
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Ohne Titel (Muschelblumen)
oil and grattage on canvas 21 3/8 x 25 5/8 in. (54.5 x 65 cm.)
ESTIMATE £260,000 – £350,000 ($339,300 – $456,750)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 347,250
Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
Suzanne
oil on board 35 5/8 x 28 3/8 in. (90.5 x 72 cm.)
ESTIMATE £130,000 – £180,000 ($169,650 – $234,900)
UNSOLD
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Où naissent les cardinaux
oil on canvas 57 1/2 x 45 in. (146 x 114.5 cm.)
ESTIMATE £700,000 – £1,000,000 ($913,500 – $1,305,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 731,250
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Projet pour le monument aux oiseaux
oil on canvas laid on board 9 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (24 x 32.4 cm.)
ESTIMATE £100,000 – £200,000 ($130,500 – $261,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 125,000
Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
Sans titre (Composition aux quatre couleurs)
oil on canvas 25 1/2 x 31 7/8 in. (64.7 x 80.8 cm.)
ESTIMATE £180,000 – £250,000 ($234,900 – $326,250)
UNSOLD
Victor Brauner (1903-1966)
Dénombrement II
oil on canvas 25 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. (65 x 54 cm.)
ESTIMATE £100,000 – £200,000 ($130,500 – $261,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 112,500
Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Personnage
painted bronze Height: 63 3/8 in. (161 cm.)
ESTIMATE £300,000 – £400,000 ($391,500 – $522,000)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 371,250
Victor Brauner (1903-1966)
Premier signe d’unification (Lion, Lumière, Liberté)
encaustic, oil and India ink on card laid down on Masonite 22 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (56.5 x 76.7 cm.)
ESTIMATE £70,000 – £90,000 ($91,350 – $117,450)
PRICE REALIZED GBP 150,000