Christie’s Impressionist & Modern Art auctions in May and November are pillars of New York City’s art market.
The auctions are accompanied by museum-quality exhibitions. They are a great education in art history and the art market.
Christie’s Impressionist & Modern Art Auction Fall 2017
Sixty-eight works of art are for sale.
The auction exhibition opens Saturday, November 4, 2017 from 10 am – 5 pm. The exhibition closes on Monday, November 13, 2017 at 12 noon.
The auction is Monday, November 13, 2017 at 6:30 pm.
Highlights of Christie’s Impressionist & Modern Art Auction Fall 2017
Henri Laurens
French (1885 – 1954)
La bouteille de Beaune
Estimate $1,000,000 – $1,500,000
Lot 12 A
Sold for $1,332,500
Fernand Léger
French (1881 – 1955)
Constraste de formes
Lot 14 A
Sold for $39,241,000
Les quatre acrobates
Estimate $4,000,000 – $6,000,000
Lot 34 A
Henri Matisse
French (1869 – 1954)
Les régates de Nice
Estimate $12,000,000 – $18,000,000
Lot 18 A
Sold for $16,625,000
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
French (1841 – 1919)
Buste de femme, de profil
Estimate $7,000,000 – $10,000,000
Lot 25 A
Sold for $8,187,500
Claude Monet
French (1840 – 1926)
Matinée sur la Seine
Estimate $15,000,000 – $25,000,000
Lot 26 A
Sold for $23,375,000
La Pointe du Petit Ailly
Estimate $6,000,000 – $8,000,000
Lot 24 A
Sold for $7,062,500
Henri Matisse
French (1869 – 1954)
La blouse vert brodée
Estimate $1,500,000 – $2,500,000
Lot 33 A
Sold for $3,132,500
Robert Delaunay
French (1885 – 1941)
La Tour Eiffel
Estimate $2,500,000 – $3,500,000
Lot 27 A
Sold for $3,372,500
Pablo Picasso
Spanish (1881 – 1973)
Pablo Picasso ‘Le Repos (Marie-Thérèse Walter)’ courtesy of Christie’s.
Le Repos (Marie-Thérèse)
Estimate $10,000,000 – $15,000,000
Lot 43 A
Sold for $11,562,500
This is such an expressive painting. You can almost see her dreaming. It last sold at Christie’s in 2012 for $9,882,500.
La villa au palmier
Estimate $2,000,000 – $4,000,000
Lot 44 A
Sold for $5,037,500
Pablo Picasso ‘Figure (de femme inspirée par la guerre d’Espagne)’ 1937. Courtesy of Christie’s.
Figure (de femme inspirée par la guerre d’Espagne)
Estimate $15,000,000 – $20,000,000
Lot 56 A
Sold for $16,093,750
We Spaniards like to show off with pomp and circumstance, but we have a brutal cruel streak inside of us which Picasso expresses perfectly.
Paul Cezanne
French (1839 – 1906)
Poires dans une assiette blanche
Estimate $5,000,000 – $7,000,000
Lot 45 A
Sold for $6,837,500
Gustave Caillebotte
French (1848 – 1894)
Le petit bras de las Seine à Argenteuil, temps couvert
Estimate $1,200,000 – $1,800,000
Lot 58 A
Additional Works
Joan Miró
Spanish (1893 – 1983)
Joan Miró ‘Peinture’ 1933. Courtesy of Christie’s.
Peinture
Estimate $18,000,000 – $25,000,000
Lot 31 A
Sold for $23,375,000
Results
The sale realized $479,320,250 which was the second highest total for Impressionist and Modern Art at Christie’s.
The highest price was realized by Vincent van Gogh’s Laboureur dans un champ which sold for $81,312,500 after a long bidding war.
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