The Impressionist and Modern Art
Evening Sale at Christie's London on 20
June 2012 realised £92,583,550 / $145,541,341/ € 114,618,435, selling 80% by
lot and 84% by value. The auction had a pre- sale estimate of £74.5 million to
£108.7 million.
The top price was paid for "Femme assise", 1949, by Pablo Picasso
(1881-1973) which sold for £8,553,250/ $13,445,709/ € 10,588,924 (estimate: £5
million to £7.5 Million ). In total, 27 works of art sold for over £1 million /
36 for over $1 million, and two artist records were set.
Magritte's “Les jours gigantesques" sparked a fierce
battle between 10 bidders and sold for
almost five times its high estimate,
setting at £ 7,209,250the second highest price
for the artist
at auction.
Pablo Picasso's “Femme au Chien” painted in 1962
fetched £ 6,985,250, Paul Signac view of “La Corne d'or, les Minarets” (1907)
culminated at £ 6,201,250, René Magritte's “Le Monde des Images” (circa 1961)
sold for £4,857,250, Paul Gauguin's “Paysage aux troncs bleus” (1892) went for
£4,521,250,, Maurice de Vlaminck's fauve painting “Les Régates à
Bougival”(1905) was hammered at £ 3,625,250, René Magritte's “Shéhérazade”
(1947) sold for £ 2,953,250, Edgar Degas' “Etude de nu pour la Petite Danseuse
de 14 ans” (circa 1878-1881) fetched £ 2,841,250 and Claude Monet's “Le
Chantier de petits navires près de Honfleur” (1864) doubled its low estimate to
reach £ 2,785, 250.
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