La vendita di Arte impressionista e moderna da Sotheby’s ha realizzato £96,968,000($157,543,910/€ 108,575,344)  con 32 lotti venduti su 35 offerti. Il paesaggio del Leopold Museum di Vienna ha trainato al vendita: Häuser mit bunter Wäsche (Vorstadt II)  di Egon Schiele, del 1914 è stato aggiudicato a £24,681,250 ($40,099,627/€27,635,665) (st. £22-30 milioni), raddoppiando il record precedente dell’artista. Helena Newman, Chairman, Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern ArHelena Art Department Worldwide, ha commentato: “We were thrilled with the record price achieved for Egon Schiele’s Häuser mit bunter Wäsche (Vorstadt II) and were honoured to bring this museum-quality work to auction. Tonight we saw a great depth of international bidding from all corners of the globe, including North America, Europe and Asia. Bidders competed aggressively for the opportunity to acquire highquality works from private collections, not seen on the market for decades, demonstrating the remarkable strength of the market. Tonight’s sale total brings Sotheby’s worldwide sales for Impressionist & Modern Art in 2011 to date to combined total in excess of £370 million/$600 million.”

TOP LOT

Lotto 9

aggiudicato a: £24,681,250 ($40,099,627/€27,635,665)

stima: £22,000,000-30,000,000 Anonymous
Egon Schiele, Häuser mit bunter Wäsche (Vorstadt II) Houses with Laundry (Suburb II), 1914, oil on canvas
***RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION***
Lotto 15

aggiudicato a: £10,681,250 ($17,353,827/€11,959,826)

stima: £10,000,000-15,000,000 Anonymous
Alberto Giacometti, Trois hommes qui marchent II, 1948, bronze
Lotto 16

aggiudicato a: £6,537,250 ($10,621,070/€7,319,777)

stima: £6,000,000 – 8,000,000 Anonymous
Pablo Picasso, Couple Le Baiser, 1969, oil on canvas
Lotto 19

aggiudicato a: £5,641,250 ($9,165,339/€6,316,524)

stima: £5,000,000 – 8,000,000 European Private Collector
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, La Liseuse, 1889, oil on board
Lotto 27

aggiudicato a: £4,801,250 ($7,800,591/€5,375,973)

stima: £1,500,000 – 2,500,000 International Trade
Pablo Picasso, Homme a la pipe et nu couché, 1967, oil on canvas
Lotto 28

aggiudicato a: £4,745,250 ($7,709,608/€5,313,270)

stima: £4,500,000 – 6,000,000 European Buyer
Joan Miro, Femme a La voix de rossignol dans la nuit, 1971, oil on canvas
Lotto 17

aggiudicato a: £4,073,250 ($6,617,809/€4,560,830)

stima: £2,200,000 – 3,200,000 US Private Collector
Tamara de Lempicka, La Dormeuse, 1930, oil on panel
Lotto 13

aggiudicato a: £2,617,250 ($4,252,246/€2,930,542)

stima: £2,000,000 – 3,000,000 European Buyer
Paul Klee, Stadtburg Kr.(Town Castle Kr.), 1932, oil and tempera on gesso on board
Lotto 3

aggiudicato a: £2,617,250 ($4,252,246/€2,930,542)

stima: £1,200,000 – 1,800,000 US Private Collector
Paul Signac, Les Tours Vertes, La Rochelle, 1913, oil on canvas
Lotto 20

aggiudicato a: £2,505,250 ($4,070,280/€2,805,136)

stima: £1,500,000 – 2,500,000 US Private Collector
Paul Cézanne, La Rivière, circa 1881, oil on canvas