Sotheby's has earned 127 million pounds on the works of Impressionist and Modern
London series of trading works of Impressionism and Modernism brought the auction house Sotheby's 127 million pounds - largely due to the lots from private collections Branco Weiss, Stanley Seeger and Gustav Rau
Series London auction of Impressionist and Modern Art brought the auction house Sotheby's 127 million pounds. The total estimate of the three auctions (evening sale on June 19 and two day trading on June 20) was 99,8-140,8 million pounds. most expensive work sold in the three auctions, was a Venetian landscape by Claude Monet "The Palazzo Contarini" . Top lot was sold for 19.7 million pounds (estimate 15-20 million pounds).
auction success was achieved largely from private collections Branco Weiss, Stanley Seeger and Gustav Rau, in the amount of work of these meetings have brought 29.5 million pounds. The proceeds from the sale of works from the collection Branco Weiss (and it is more than £ 16 million) will go to support research programs of ETH Zurich. A 6.7 million pounds, which collected works from the collection of Gustav Rau, the German committee will support UNICEF (UN Children's Fund).
In afternoon trading Impressionist and Modern top lot was the painting of Vincent Van Gogh's "Windmill in Opvettene" six times higher than the preliminary estimate (estimate 200-300 thousand pounds, the result of 1.3 million pounds). A two paintings by Henri le Sidane (Henri Le Sidaner) - «Boats» (180-250 thousand pounds) and "Old houses. Quimperle "(250-350 thousand pounds) - also exceeded the estimate and went for 482.5 and 386.5 thousand pounds, respectively.
Among the works on paper, it is worth mentioning the work of" Embrace "by Pablo Picasso, sold for 3.1 million pounds (estimate 1,5-2 million pounds), as well as a record of so-called "Kit Vollard" (a compilation of 100 etchings made by Picasso for Ambroise Vollard), who had gone under the hammer for $ 2.6 million pounds.
In addition, through a series of Sotheby's auctions were set record prices for works by František Kupka ("Etude in red colors," estimate 0.7-1 million pounds, the result is 1, 9 million pounds), sculptures of Camille Claudel ("Waltz", estimate 1,5-2 million pounds, the result of 5.1 million pounds), graphics Kandinsky ("mixing" estimate 600-800 thousand pounds, the result of 1.65 million pounds ).
| Auction | total estimate of millions of pounds | result, millions of pounds | items sold |
| «The Impressionists and modernists." Evening auction. June 19, 2013 | 77,5-109,9 | 105 9 | 58 |
| «The Impressionists and Modernists. Works on paper. " Day trading. June 20, 2013 | 8,3-11,5 | 7 1 | 97 |
| «The Impressionists and modernists. " Day trading. June 20, 2013 | 11,6-16,6 | 14 5 | 142 |
| Total all auctions | 99,8-140,8 | 127 | 297 |
Source : Press Release Sotheby's
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