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Running Total for 20th Century Week £189,246,375 / $250,275,011 / €219,736,208

Impressionist & Modern, American and Latin American Art
London EMEA 28 February 2019

SALE RESULTS:

IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART DAY SALE

28 February 2019, London

TOTAL: £16,723,000 / $21,823,516 / €19,198,005

Sold by Lot: 79%, Sold by Value: 83%

The top lot of the sale was Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Vase d'anémones, which realised £851,250 / $1,110,881 / €977,235

New auction record for André Brasilier, Cavaliers en forêt bleue, £323,250 / $421,841 / €371,091 and Georges (Jirí) Kars, Les baigneuses (The Judgement of Paris), £137,500 / $179,438 / €157,850

IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART WORKS ON PAPER SALE

28 February 2019, London

TOTAL: £7,098,875 / $9,264,032 / €8,149,509

Sold by Lot: 72% Sold by Value: 80%

The top lot of the sale was Marc Chagall’s L'été, Les moissonneuses (Les quatres saisons), which realised £671,250 / $875,981 / €770,595

New record in the medium for Jacques Lipchitz, Femme cubist, £299,250 / $390,521 / €343,539 and Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Composition dans un cercle blanc sur fond noir, £187,500 / $244,688 / €215,250

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue. *Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.

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