Lot 43, "Les Arceaux de roses, Giverny,"
by Claude Monet, oil on canvas, 32 1/8 by 36 7/8 inches, 1913
Another
large Monet with the same estimate as Lot 25 is Lot 43, "Les Arceaux de
roses, Giverny." It measures 32 1/8 by 36 7/8 inches and was
painted in 1913. It is not as
lovely as Lot 25 and sold for $19,421,000.
Lot 40, "Champ d'iris a Giverny," by
Monet, oil on canvas, 18 1/2 by 39 1/8 inches, 1887
Another
Giverny scene by Monet is Lot 40, "Champ d'iris a Giverny." An
oil on canvas, it measures 18 1/2 by 39 1/8 inches and was painted in
1887. It was once owned by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon of
Upperville, Va. Less heavy-handed than Lot 43, it has a very
modest estimate of $3,000,000 to $4,000,000. It sold for $4,066,600.
Lot 21, "Buste de femme au chapeau," by
Pablo Picasso, oil on canvas, 25 5/8 by 21 1/4 inches, 1939
Lot
21 is a nice "Buste de femme au chapeau" by Pablo Picasso
(1861-1973). An oil on canvas, it measures 25 5/8 by 21 1/4
inches and was painted in 1939. It has an estimate of $18,000,000
to $25,000,000. It sold for
$21,679,000.
Lot 51, "Homme assis au casque et a
l'épée," by Picasso, oil on canvas, 57 1/2 by 44 1/4 inches, 1969
Lot
51, "Homme assis au casque et a l'épée," is an oil on canvas by Picasso
that measures 57 1/2 by 44 1/4 inches. It was painted in
1969. It has an estimate of $8,000,000 to $12,000,000. It sold for $9,260,000.
Lot
23, "Element mecanique sur fond jaune (construction metallique)," by
Fernand Léger, oil on canvas, 36 1/8 by 28 7/8 inches, 1950
Lot
23 is a good construction oil on canvas by Fernand Léger (1881-1956)
entitled "Element mecanique sur fond jaune (construction
metallique)." Ie measures 36 1/8 by 28 7/8 inches and was painted
in 1950. It was once owned by The Menil Foundation and Raymond
Nasher. It has an estimate of $2,500,000 to $3,500,000. It sold for $2,775,000.
Lot 20, "Composition a la pipe," by
Fernand Léger, oil on canvas, 25 5/8 by 18 1/4 inches, 1928
Another
good oil on canvas by Léger is Lot 20, "Composition a la pipe."
It measures 25 4/8 by 18 1/4 inches and was painted in 1928. It
has a modest estimate of $2,000,000 to $3,000,000. It sold for $2,055,000.
Lot 27, "Nature morte," by Paul Cézanne,
oil on canvas, 11 1/8 by 15 7/8 inches, 1890
Lot
27 is a simple but good still life by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) that is
an oil on canvas that measures 11 1/8 by 15 7/8 inches. It was
painted in 1890. It has an estimate of $7,000,000 to
$10,000,000. It sold for
$8,131,000.
Lot
31, "Avant la course," by Edgar Degas, oil on paper laid down on board
in a cradled panel, 11 5/8 by 18 1/4 inches, circa 1888
Lot
31 is a fine, small equestrian scene by Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
entitled "Avant la course." It measures 11 5/8 by 18 1/4 inches
and was painted in 1888. It has been widely exhibited and
published and was once in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay
Whitney. It was sold in May 2004 at Sotheby's for $4,376,000
when it had
an estimate of $5,000,000 to $7,000,000. It appeared again at Sotheby's
in November 2009 when it has an estimate
of $4,000,000 to $6,000,000 and sold for $4,674,500 to Barbara and
Martin Zweig. There
are other versions in the Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute
in Williamstown, Massachusetts and the Walters Art Gallery in
Baltimore. At this auction, it has an estimate of
$3,000,000 to $5,000,000. It sold for only $2,415,500!
Lot 28, "Femme accoudée avec chien et
nature morte," by Pierre Bonnard, oil on paper laid down on canvas, 24
1/8 by 19 3/4 inches, 1917
Lot
28 is an excellent oil on paper laid down on canvas by Pierre Bonnard
(1867-1947) that is entitled "Femme accoudée avec chien et nature
morte." It measures 24 1/8 by 19 3/4 inches and was painted in
1917. It has an estimate of $1,800,000 to $2,500,000. It sold for $2,655,000.
Lot 5, "Vert et Rouge," by Wassily
Kandinsky, mixed media on panel, 31 1/8 by 20 1/8 inches, 1940
Lot
5 is a rather animated and cheerful mixed media on panel by Wassily
Kandinsky (1866-1944) entitled "Vert et Rouge." It measures 31
1/8 by 20 1/8 inches and was painted in 1940. It has an estimate
of $3,000,000 to $4,000,000. It
sold for $4,631,000.
Lot 30, "La Danse a la campagne," by
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, pen and ink and crayon on paper, 16 1/8 by 9 3/8
inches, 1883
Lot 30
is a fine drawing by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) entitled "La
Danse a la campagne." A pen and ink and crayon on paper, it
measures 16 1/8 by 9 3/8 inches and was drawn in 1883. It was
once owned by Hermann Goering after it had been confiscated by the
Germans from Paul Rosenberg. It has a very modest estimate of
$800,000 to $1,200,000. It failed to sell.
Lot 26, "Yellow Sweet Peas," by Georgia
Keeffe, pastel on paperboard, 26 1/2 by 19 3/8 inches, 1925
This
season, Christie's decided to discombobulate the auction calendar by
putting a work attributed to Leonardo da Vinci into its major Post-War
and Contemporary Art auction and now Sotheby's has followed that
controversial lead by putting a major American painting into its Modern
& Impressionist Art evening auction with Lot 26, a very good pastel
on paperboard abstraction by Georgia O'Keeffe into its Impressionist
auction. The work measures 26 1/2 by 19 3/8 inches and was
painted in 1925. It has an estimate of $2,500,000 to
$3,500,000. It sold for
$4,405,300.
Lot 48, "Le Grand cirque," by Marc
Chagall, oil and gouache on canvas, 62 3/4 by 121 1/2 inches, 1956
Lot
48, "Le Grand circque," is a large and very colorful and excellent oil
and gouache by Marc Chagall (1887-1985). It measures 62 3/4 by
121 1/2 inches and was painted in 1956. It has an estimate of
$10,000,000 to $15,000,000. It
sold for $16,034,000.
Lot 36, "Le Banquet," by Rene Magritte,
oil on canvas, 29 3/4 by 47 5/8 inches, 1957
A
large landscape by Rene Magritte (1898-1967), Lot 36, is entitled "Le
Banquet." An oil on canvas, it measures 29 3/4 by 47 5/8
inches. It was painted in 1957. It has an ambitious
estimate of $12,000,000 to $18,000,000. It sold for $13,626,000.
Lot 3, "Femme assise (La Mere de
l'artiste)," by Alberto Giacometti, oil on canvas, 27 3/8 by 14 5/8
inches, 1947
Lot
3 is a large and impressive oil on canvas by Alberto Giacometti
(1901-1966) of his seated mother. It measures 27 3/8 by 14 5/8
inches and was painted in 1947. It was once owned by Jules Stein
of Los Angeles and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and was
exhibited at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in
1955. It has an estimate of $4,000,000 to $6,000,000. It sold for $4,292,400.
