Christie's Impressionist and Modern Art and The Art of the Surreal Sales Achieve Combined Total of £165,424,500 / $219,187,463 / €192,388,694
IMPRESSIONIST SALES HIGHLIGHTED BY OUTSTANDING RECORDS FOR CAILLEBOTTE AND SIGNAC FROM THE COLLECTION OF AN ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT: MASTERPIECES FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION SOLD TO BENEFIT A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Paul Signac, Le Port au soleil couchant, Opus 236 (Saint-Tropez), £19,501,250 / $25,839,156 / €22,679,954
Gustave Caillebotte, Chemin montant, £16,663,750 / $22,079,469 / €19,379,941
STRONG RESULTS FOR CÉZANNE, MAGRITTE AND RENOIR
Paul Cézanne, Nature morte de pêches et poires, £21,203,750 / $28,094,969 / €24,659,961
René Magritte, Le lieu commun, £18,366,250 / $24,335,281 / €21,359,949
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Sentier dans le bois, £12,691,250 / $16,815,906 / €14,759,924
FURTHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM ACROSS THE EVENING
Edgar Degas, Danseuses dans une sale d’exercice (Trois Danseuses), £4,178,750 / $5,536,844 / €4,859,886
René Magritte, Le pain quotidien, £3,371,250 / $4,466,906 / €3,920,764
René Magritte, Les barricades mystérieuses, £1,871,250 / $2,479,406 / €2,176,264
*Artist Auction Records*
Paul Signac, Le Port au soleil couchant, Opus 236 (Saint-Tropez), £19,501,250 / $25,839,156 / €22,679,954
Gustave Caillebotte, Chemin montant, £16,663,750 / $22,079,469 / €19,379,941
*Record in the Medium*
Emil Nolde, Kopf eines Jungen Mädchen, £611,250 / $809,906 / €710,884
Please find the Top Ten attached.
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Auctions continue on 28 February 2019, with the Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper Sale and the Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale.