Lot 9,
"Le Pin de Bertaud," by Paul Signac, oil on canvas, 25 1/2 by 31 7/8
inches, 1900
Lot 9 is a good landscape by Paul
Signac (1863-1935) entitled "Le Pin de Bertaud." An oil on
canvas, it measures 25 1/2 by 31 7/8 inches and was painted in
1900. It was once owned by Alain Delon. It has an estimate
of $3,500,000 to $5,000,000. It
sold for $4,062,500.
Lot
23, "Dame im Fauteil," by
Gustav Klimt, oil on board, 20 1/2 inches square, 1898
Lot 23 is a lovely
oil on board of a woman in an armchair by Gustav Klimt
(1862-1918). It measures 20 1/2 inches square and was painted in
1898. It has an estimate of $7,000,000 to $9,000,000. It sold for $7.437,500.
Lot
8, "Vétheuil," by Claude Monet, oil on canvas, 23 5/8 by 31 1/2 inches,
1880
Lot
8 is an excellent riverscape by Claude Monet (1840-1926) entitled
"Vétheuil," an oil on canvas that measures 23 5/8 by 31 1/2
inches. It was painted in 1880. It has an estimate of
$4,000,000 to $6,000,000. It
sold for $5,075,000.
Lot
27, "Danae," by Egon Schiele, oil and metallic paint on canvas, 31 5/8
by 49 3/8 inches, 1909
The cover illustration of the
catalogue is Lot 27, "Danae,"by Egon Schiele (1890-1918). An oil
and metallic painton canvas that measures 31 5/8 by 49 3/8 inches, it
was painted in 1909. It was recently on extended loan to the
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The catalogue entry states that it is the artist's "greatest early
masterpiece" and "contains the first flowering of Schiele's unique
vision and voice." "The jewel-like surface, the geometrical
patterning and the broad expanses of color in the present work
epitomize the lavishness and opulence of the Jugenstil decorative
tradition."
The lot has an estimate of $30,000,000 to $40,000,000. It was withdrawn just before the auction.
Lot
29, "La Pianiste," by Georges Braque, oil and sand on canvas, 57 1/8 by
40 3/8 inches, 1937
Lot 29 is a beautiful painting
of a female pianist by Georges Braque (1882-1963). An oil and
sand on canvas, it measures 57 1/8 by 40 3/8 inches and was painted in
1937. It has a modest estimate of $6,000,000 to $8,000,000. It sold for $7,100,000.
Lot 24, "Petites filles
Spartiates provoquant des garcons," by Edgar Degas, oil on canvas, 25
7/8 by 32 inches, 1860
Lot 24 is a very fine study of four
nude boys by Edgar Degas (1834-1917). It is an oil on canvas that
measures 25 7/8 by 32 inches and was painted in 1860. It is
entitled "Petites filles provoquant des garcons." The catalogue
entry maintains that it is the artist's "most dynamic history painting
remaining in private hands," adding that "it is one of three
significant oil studies Degas executed prior to the completion of his
final masterpiece of the same title which resides in the National
Gallery of London." The other two are at the Art Institute of
Chicago and the Harvard Art Museums.
It has an estimate of $4,000,000 to $6,000,000. It sold for $6,087,500.
Lot 4, "Le Roi jouant
avec la reine," by Max Ernst, bronze, 38 1/2 inches high, conceived in
1944 and cast in the 1950s.
Lot 4
is a very fine bronze by Max Ernst (1891-1976) entitled "Le Roi jouant
avec la reine." It is 38 1/2 inches high and was conceived in
1944 and cast in the 1950s. It property from the collectiion of
Robert Motherwell and Renate Ponsold Motherwell and had been acquired
from Jean and Domenique De Menil of Houston circa 1973. It has
been very widely published and the catalogue entry states that it is
the artist's masterpiece in sculpture.
It has an estimate of 4,000,000 to $6,000,000. It sold for $15,987,500, an auction record
for the artist.
Lot
35, "Disgregazione x velocita, penetrazione dinamiche d'automobile," by
Giacomo Balla, gouache, wash and brush and ink on paper laid down on
card, 26 5/8 by 37 7/8 inches, 1913
Lot
35 is a superb Futurist study by Giacomo Balla (1871-1958) entitled "Disgregazione x velocita, penetrazione
dinamiche d'automobile." It is a
gouache, wash and brush and ink on paper laid down on card that
measures 26 5/8 by 37 7/8 inches. It was painted in 1913.
It has been very widely published.
The catalogue entry noted that the "dynamic" painting is "a thundering
influx of white, gray and black...[that] exemplifies Futurism at its
most thrilling."
It has a modest estimate of $1,800,000 to $2,500,000. It was passed.
Lot 37,
"Composition (Projet pour un mural de ceramique destine au
Wilhelm-Hack-Museum de Ludwigshafern, Allemagne)," by Joan Miro, oil,
gouache, pencil and wax crayon on paper mounted on canvas, 38 5/8 by
220 1/4 inches, 1978
Lot 37 is a very large work by Joan
Miro (1893-1983) entitled
"Composition (Projet pour un mural de ceramique destine au
Wilhelm-Hack-Museum de Ludwigshafern, Allemagne)." The oil,
gouache, pencil and wax crayon on paper mounted on canvas measures 38
5/8 by
220 1/4 inches and was painted in 1978. It has an estimate of
$2,500,000 to $3,500,000. It
sold for $2,712,500.
Lot
19, "Buste de Diego," by Alberto Giacometti, bronze, 24 3/4 inches
high, numbered 1/6, 1958
Lot
19 is a bronze bust of Diego, the artist's brother, by Alberto
Giacometti (1901-1966). It is 24 3/4 inches high and is numbered
1/6 and was created in 1958. It has an estimate of $10,000,000 to
$15,000,000. It sold for $10,925,000.
Lot 38, "Bibliotheque
de l'Ile Saint-Louis," by Diego Giacometti, bronze, wood and metal, 129
1/4 by 170 3/4 by 142 7/8 inches, 1969
Lot 38 is a very large,
bronze, wood and metal bookcase by Diego Giacometti (1902-1985) that
was created in 1969. It measures 129 1/4 by 170 3/4 by 142 7/8
inches. It has an estimate of $2,000,000 to $3,000,000. It sold for $6,312,500, an auction record
for the artist.
