Detail of Lot
27
The lot has an estimate of $25,000,000
to $35,000. It sold for
$27,045,000 including the buyer's premium as do all results mentioned
in this article
The sale total
was $141,532,000 with 86 percent of the 51 offered lots selling.
In a May 13, 2016 article in The New
York Times, Scott Reyburn and Robin Pogrebin noted that
"proceeds from the sale - which included only one guarantee - were down
30 percent from the $202.6 million achieved at the equivalent sale last
year." The article also
noted that the other half of the auction's waterlily painting by Monet
is at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
Lot 16, "Au
Petit-Gennevilliers," by Claude Monet, oil on canvas, 21 1/2 by 28 7/8
inches, 1874
The cover illustration of the auction
catalogue is Lot 16, "Au Petit-Gennevilliers," by Claude Monet, a
superb oil on canvas that measures 21 1/2 by 28 7/8 inches. It
was painted in 1874. It is property from the H. O. Havemeyer
Collection and was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in
1993. It has an estimate of $12,000,000 to $18,000,000. It sold for $11,365,000.
Lot 19,
"Mandoline a la partition (Le Banjo)," by Georges Braque, oil on
canvas, 42 3/8 by 35 1/8 inches, 1941
Lot
19 is a great still life oil on canvas by Georges Braque (1882-1963)
entitled "Mandoline a la partition (Le Banjo). It measures 42 3/8
by 35 1/8 inches and was painted in 1941. It was exhibited at The
Phillips Collection in Washington in 2013 and has been widely
published. It has an estimate of $7,000,000 to $10,000,000.
It sold for $10,245,000.
Lot 29,
"Village derriere-des-arbes, Ile-de-France," by Paul Cézanne, oil on
canvas, 22 by 18 1/4 inches, 1879
Lot
29 is an excellent landscape by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) entitled
"Village derriere-des-arbes, Ile-de-France." An oil on canvas, it
measures 22 by 18 1/4 inches and was painted in 1879. It has been
widely exhibited and very widely published. It has a very modest
estimate of $3,500,000 to $4,500,000. It sold for $3,413,000.
Lot 31,
"Madame de Galea a la meridienne," by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, oil on
canvas, 45 by 63 7/8 inches, 1912
Lot
31 is a very large and superb oil on canvas by Pierre-Auguste Renoir of
"Madame de Galea a la meridienne." It measures 45 by 63 7/8
inches and was painted in 1912. The woman in the painting was,
according to the catalogue entry, "the long-time paramour of the
now-legendary modern pictures dealer Ambrose Vollard." The entry
notes that the painting took more than 50 sittings.
Detail of Lot
31
The
lot has an estimate of $8,000,000 to $12,000,000. It failed to sell!
Lot 28, "La
marchande de pommes," by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, oil on canvas, 25 1/2
by 21 1/4 inches, 1890
Lot 28 is a very lovely oil on canvas by
Renoir entitled "La marchande de pommes." It measures 25 1/2 by
21 1/4 inches and was painted in 1890. The catalogue entry
reproduces a much darker version of the painting that is at The
Cleveland Museum of Art. The lot has a very modest estimate of
$1,200,000 to $1,800,000. It
sold for $2,965,000.
Lot 14,
"Jeune fille a table," by Pierre Bonnard, oil on canvas, 18 by 26 1/2
inches, 1925
Lot
14 is a nice oil on canvas by Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) entitled
"Jeune fille a table." It measures 18 by 26 1/2 inches and was
painted in 1925. It once belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Joshua L. Logan
of New York. It has an estimate of $700,000 to $1,000,000. It sold for $785,000.
Lot 7, "Jeune
femme a la rose (Margherita)," by Amedeo Modigliani, oil on canvas, 25
5/8 by 18 1/8 inches, 1916
Lot 7 is a very good and strong
portrait oil on canvas by Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) that is
entitled "Jeune femme a la rose (Margherita)." It measures 25 5/8
by 18 1/8 inches and was painted in 1916.
Detail of Lot
7
It has an estimate of $12,000,000 to
$18,000,000. It sold for
$12,765,000
Lot 21, "Dos
desnunos en el bosque (La terra misma)," by Frida Kahlo, oil on metal,
9 7/8 by 11 7/8 inches, 1939
Lot
21 is a painting of two nude woman in a landscape by Frida Kahlo
(1907-1954). Entitled "Dos desnunos en el bosque (La terra
misma)," it is an oil on metal that measures 9 7/8 by 11 7/8
inches. It was painted in 1939. It has been widely
exhibited and published. It was onced owned by Dolores Del Rio,
the actress, and the catalogue entry remarks that "if the women in Two
Nudes in a Forest are seen as different women, the dark one probably
refers to Dolores Del Rio with whom Kahlo is known to have had an
intimate relationship. It has an estimate of $8,000,000 to
$12,000,000. It sold for
$8,005,000, an auction high for a Latin American artist.
Lot 4,
"Sculpture with Color (Eos)," by Barbara Hepworth, hopton wood stone
with grey and blue paint, 23 1/4 inches high, 1946
Lot
4 is a very fine sculpture by Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) that is
entitled "Sculpture with Color (Eos)." It is 23 1/4 inches high
and was created in 1946. It has been widely exhibited. It
has an estimate of $1,200,000 to $1,800,000. It sold for $5,429,000.
