THE SALES AT A GLANCE: 
Sale overview: This spring, Christie’s Paris presents the 20th Century Art Week
Sale’s total: €27,6M
Pre-sale estimate for the 2 Art Impressionniste et Moderne sales: €22,4M-34M
Number of lots: 159 - 86% of lots sold - 50% sold above high estimate
3 new world auction records :
Lot 26 : Henri Matisse (1869 – 1954), Nu couché II, bronze with dark brown patina 11 x 19 1/4 in, conceived in Nice in 1927; this bronze cast in 1951 in an edition of 11. 
Sold for €4 482 000, new world auction record for a cast of this model by the artist. 
Lot 30 : Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), Le Baiser, 3ème réduction, bronze with brown patina
Height: 15 5/8 in, conceived in 1886, this version referred to as '3ème réduction' executed in this size in 1901; this bronze cast between 1910 and 1918. Sold for €756 000, new world auction record for a cast of this model by the artist.
Lot 31 : Camille Claudel (1864-1943), Çacountala, charcoal and estompe on paper, 13 x 9 3/8 in, executed circa 1888. Sold for €302 400, new world auction record for a work on paper by the artist. 
Henri MATISSE (1869 – 1954)
Nu couché II, bronze with dark brown patina 11 x 19 1/4 in.Conceived in Nice in 1927; this bronze cast in 1951 in an edition of 11
Estimate : €1,200,000 – 1,800,000
Sold : €4,482,000 New world auction record for this model by the artist 

THE TOP LOT OF THE SALE:
Lot number: 26
Work: Henri Matisse (1869 – 1954), Nu couché II, bronze with dark brown patina 11 x 19 1/4 in, conceived in Nice in 1927; this bronze cast in 1951 in an edition of 11.
Sold for: €4 482 000 world auction record for a cast of this model by the artist
Pre-sale estimate: €1,200,000 – 1,800,000
Lot essay: Putting down his brushes in the late 1920s came as a form of liberation for Matisse, who found respite in the raw simplicity of clay. The result was a series of 3 sensual Odalisque