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CHRISTIE'S SPRING AUCTIONS OF IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART ACHIEVE 150,7 MILLION USD
03 May 2012
Catégorie : MARKET
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Christie's
Impressionist and Modern Art Day and Works
on Paper sales
held in New York on May 2, 2012 achieved $33,655,375
(£20,866,333/EUR25,578,085) with 83% of lots sold .
This sale
crowned Christie's auctions of the week which saw Henri Matiss'es Fauvist still
life “Les Pivoines” (The Peonies) and Paul Cézanne's watercolour study of the
“Card players” each reach 19,1 million USD. This brought the grand total for
Christie's spring Impressionist and Modern Art sales in New York to
$150,741,375 (£93,459,653/ EUR114,563,445).
The top
lot of the combined Paper sales was Ernst Barlach's "Weinende
Frau", a unique carved and stained wood figure executed in 1923, which sold
for $938,500, a new world auction record for the artist.
Stefany
Sekara Morris and David Kleiweg de Zwaan, Heads of the Day and Works on Paper
Sales commented: “We
are delighted with the results from today's sales, which demonstrated the
global appetite for carefully selected works offered fresh to the market.
There was spirited bidding for works from private collections and institutions
from a diverse group of clients seated in the busy saleroom, as well as strong
participation from bidders using Christie's LIVE™, our online bidding platform.
In addition to the strong sell-through rates, we are particularly pleased with
the exceptional results of Kandinsky's Vibrierend, a watercolour, pen and India
ink executed in 1928 which sold for $782,500, and Barlach's Weinende Frau,
which soared to $938,500, against a presale estimate of $200,000-300,000,
setting a new world auction record for the artist.”
Both the
record-setting Barlach sculpture and the Cézanne study were consigned from the
collection of the late Texas collector and internationally renowned medical
expert, Dr. Heinz F. Eichenwald.
Marc
Chagall's oil, gouache and pen and India ink on canvas titled “Les Anémones” (1956)
fetched 830,500 USD while “Danse vers le bonheur”, an oil on canvas painted by
the same artist in 1966 went for 782,500 USD.
Pablo Picasso oil on canvas
“Paysage de Vallauris” painted on July 1st, 1953 sold for 758,500
USD while Vincent Van Gogh's "Head of a peasant woman", a charcoal on paper drawn in February-March 1885 in
Nuenen fetched 722,500 USD against a high estimate of 350,000 USD.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir oil
on canvas titled “Coco “ painted circa 1903-1904 sold for 722,500 USD and “Tête
de Madeleine”, an oil on canvas painted by the same artist in 1912-1914 found a
buyer for 578,500. Henri Martin's “Le Vert et les premières maisons de La
Bastide”, an oil on canvas painted circa 1925 went for 638,500 USD and Camille
Pissarro's « Crique avec voilier », an oil on canvas painted in 1856
sold for 530,500 USD.
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Christie's
Impressionist and Modern Art Day and Works
on Paper sales
held in New York on May 2, 2012 achieved $33,655,375
(£20,866,333/EUR25,578,085) with 83% of lots sold .
This sale
crowned Christie's auctions of the week which saw Henri Matiss'es Fauvist still
life “Les Pivoines” (The Peonies) and Paul Cézanne's watercolour study of the
“Card players” each reach 19,1 million USD. This brought the grand total for
Christie's spring Impressionist and Modern Art sales in New York to
$150,741,375 (£93,459,653/ EUR114,563,445).
The top
lot of the combined Paper sales was Ernst Barlach's "Weinende
Frau", a unique carved and stained wood figure executed in 1923, which sold
for $938,500, a new world auction record for the artist.
Stefany
Sekara Morris and David Kleiweg de Zwaan, Heads of the Day and Works on Paper
Sales commented: “We
are delighted with the results from today's sales, which demonstrated the
global appetite for carefully selected works offered fresh to the market.
There was spirited bidding for works from private collections and institutions
from a diverse group of clients seated in the busy saleroom, as well as strong
participation from bidders using Christie's LIVE™, our online bidding platform.
In addition to the strong sell-through rates, we are particularly pleased with
the exceptional results of Kandinsky's Vibrierend, a watercolour, pen and India
ink executed in 1928 which sold for $782,500, and Barlach's Weinende Frau,
which soared to $938,500, against a presale estimate of $200,000-300,000,
setting a new world auction record for the artist.”
Both the
record-setting Barlach sculpture and the Cézanne study were consigned from the
collection of the late Texas collector and internationally renowned medical
expert, Dr. Heinz F. Eichenwald.
Marc
Chagall's oil, gouache and pen and India ink on canvas titled “Les Anémones” (1956)
fetched 830,500 USD while “Danse vers le bonheur”, an oil on canvas painted by
the same artist in 1966 went for 782,500 USD.
Pablo Picasso oil on canvas
“Paysage de Vallauris” painted on July 1st, 1953 sold for 758,500
USD while Vincent Van Gogh's "Head of a peasant woman", a charcoal on paper drawn in February-March 1885 in
Nuenen fetched 722,500 USD against a high estimate of 350,000 USD.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir oil
on canvas titled “Coco “ painted circa 1903-1904 sold for 722,500 USD and “Tête
de Madeleine”, an oil on canvas painted by the same artist in 1912-1914 found a
buyer for 578,500. Henri Martin's “Le Vert et les premières maisons de La
Bastide”, an oil on canvas painted circa 1925 went for 638,500 USD and Camille
Pissarro's « Crique avec voilier », an oil on canvas painted in 1856
sold for 530,500 USD.
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