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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 & Modern, American and Latin American Art
London EMEA 27 February 2019

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.    

For further commentary on the sale please view the Post-Sale Press Conference here.

View our online report here.

To view the auctions please watch Facebook Live.

Auctions continue on 28 February 2019, with the Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper Sale and the Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale.

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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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