Wise to Art

These days in King’s Street, Christie’s arranges three consecutive days of Impressionist and Modern Art sales offering a total of 329 lots. The sale is available for live Internet bidding (link below right). Here are some of the superb lots:

Evening sale 4 February:

Lot 9 Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940) Les couturières, oil on canvas, estimate £4,500,000 – £6,500,000

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Lot 10 Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) Les deux filles oil on canvas, estimate £3,500,000 – £5,500,000
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Lot 15 Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) Pot bleu oil on canvas, estimate £500,000 – £800,000
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Lot 18 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) L’abandon (Les deux amies) oil on board, estimate £5,000,000 – £7,000,000
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Lot 24 Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) Clovis oil on canvas, estimate £550,000 – £850,000
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Lot 41 Joan Miró (1893-1983) Femme entendant chanter le coq aux éclats violets oil on canvas , estimate £500,000 – £700,000
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Lot 42 Paul Delvaux (1897-1994) Jeux de mains, oil on panel, estimate £400,000 – £600,000
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Lot 46 Francis Picabia (1879-1953) Les acrobates (Gymnastique banale), oil, gouache, watercolour and pencil on board laid down on panel, estimate £400,000 – £600,000
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