Auction Christie's «The Art of Impressionism and Modernism" - today!
Total estimate: 85 lots, including outstanding works by Henri Matisse, Juan Gris, Joan Miro, Alberto Giacometti, Gustave Caillebotte, Georges Seurat and Pablo Picasso, is more than $ 200 million
Today, November 3 in New York held an evening auction Christie's «The Art of Impressionism and Modernism." Total estimate: 85 lots, including outstanding works by Henri Matisse, Juan Gris, Joan Miro, Alberto Giacometti, Gustave Caillebotte, Georges Seurat and Pablo Picasso, is more than $ 200 million.
undisputed top auction lots will be four masterpieces of modernism from a private European collection. One of them - the canvas Juan Gris (1887-1927) "Violin and Guitar" in 1913 - is cubistic composition, estimated by experts at the auction house 18-25 million dollars. It is expected that this pattern will set a new record price for the product Gris ( current record belongs to his work "The Book, the tube and glasses "in 1915, gone under the hammer in Christie's November auction in 2008 for 20.8 million dollars ). "Violin and Guitar" unanimously recognized art critics one of the most outstanding examples of this trend of all that has appeared at auction in recent years. In addition, this painting was one of the most beloved creations Gris is written in the summer of 1913 in southern France during one of the most productive periods of its creator. Of the thirteen paintings, created by the artist at that time, it is most fully combines the perfection of form, color and ideas. Over the years this work meticulously studied the critics and art historians, and to this day, "Violin and Guitar" is one of the most iconic designs of cubism and early modernism. Painting is often exhibited in international exhibitions in major museums around the world. Upcoming auctions - the first appearance of the picture to the public since 1985.
Another auction from the collection - the canvas Joan Miro ( 1893-1983) "Air" in 1938 - a surreal landscape with blue sky and yellow hills, reminiscent of Spain (estimate of 12-18 million dollars). The color palette chosen for the work of Miro, symbolizes the patriotic feelings of the artist to his native Catalonia. Snake-like creature depicted in the bottom of the canvas, many critics viewed as a caricature of General Franco - a leader of the fascist movement and the perpetrator of burns in while the Spanish Civil War. The canvas was exhibited in Paris' Grand Palais and the New York MoMA Museum.
The third of four paintings - "The plant against the window . Still Life (1927) hand of Paul Klee (1879-1940), exhibited with the estimate 3-4 million dollars.
Finally, a pastel by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973 ) "Head of a Woman" in 1921 (estimate 5-7 million dollars). Work carried out in a neoclassical style, was created by the artist in the summer of 1921, during his stay in the town of Fontainebleau, near Paris with his wife, Olga Khokhlova, and newborn son, Paul. Picasso's interest in the arts classicism is at work in his film "Motherhood", which depicts the figure of the mother holding her child in her arms (estimate: 10.7 million dollars). This painting is put up for sale from the collection of Mildred and Hillman Browns. The latter was a famous American radio producer and creator of a series of famous radio shows. The Browns bought the canvas around 1950, and since it was in their property. In the upcoming auction, it will be the first time since 1966, demonstrated the general public. Part of the proceeds from the sale of paintings will be donated to charity projects initiated by the daughter of the spouses Brown.
Of the sculptures included in the catalog auction, special mention deserves monumental bronze relief of" Nude female figure from behind IV »work by Henri Matisse, estimated at a record $ 25-35 million dollars .
very interesting and a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti's "Woman V Venice "(estimate 8-12 million dollars) in a series of sculptures of naked women, Giacometti created for the Venice Biennale in 1956. It is considered the most sensual of all, created by sculptor at the time. A total of 10 bronze molded copies of this work, and four of them are in major museum collections in France and Germany.
number of top lots on sale of the outstanding private assembly, in particular from collections of Max Palevsky . From there, there are works by Rodin, Morandi, Munch and Schiele, and five paintings by Fernand Leger brush. Note among them Leger painting "Cup of Tea" (estimate 8-12 million dollars) that was created in 1920-1921.
for trades exhibited paintings Seurat, Pissarro, Chagall , Bonnard and Caillebotte's collection of Walter and Phyllis Shorensteyn. Top lot among them is the landscape brush Caillebotte, entitled "The Seine at Argenteuil" (estimate 5-7 million dollars), which among the yachts participating in races on the Seine, is recognizable and colorful boat to the artist.
from a private French collection at Christie's auction of the evening came a group of early works by Georges Seurat, including oil sketch for the painting "A Sunday on the island of Grand Zhatt. This sketch, along with four other early paintings, demonstrates remarkable skill Sera. This collection was formed in the years 1988-2001, the total estimate Thong of this meeting more than $ 4 million.
Source: press release Christie's
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