Kees Van Dongen, Deux Nus Aux Ballons Courtesy Sotheby’s
LOT SOLD. 1,314,500 USDÂ Â (Hammer Price with Buyer’s Premium)
Sotheby’s concluded its Impressionist  & Modern day sale today, with a sale total (including buyer’s premium) of $39,910,775. The auction house sold 73% of lots in the morning session and 62% in the afternoon session.
Pablo Picasso, Tête d’homme Courtesy Sotheby’s
LOT SOLD. 1,142,500 USDÂ Â (Hammer Price with Buyer’s Premium)
The sale featured several modern masterworks from a series of prominent private collections, including Henry Moore’s Working Model for Thin Reclining Figure, estimated at $500,000 – 700,000 and sold for $602,500; Marc Chagall’s Les amoureux à Paris, estimated at $500,000 -700,000 and sold for $602,500; and Odilon Redon’s Pavots et oeillets de poète dans un vase bleu, estimated at $400,000 – 600,000 and sold for $482,500.
Joán Miró, Femme et oiseau dans le nuit Courtesy Sotheby’s
LOT SOLD. 290,500 USDÂ Â (Hammer Price with Buyer’s Premium)
Highlights of the sale include Buste de Diego, an oil painting by Alberto Giacometti from the Estate of Elizabeth Green Romano, which sold for $734,500 (estimated at $1,000,000 – 1,500,000); and Joán Miró’s Femme et oiseau devant la lune, estimated at $500,000 – 700,000 and sold for $590,500, from the Collection of Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller.
Alberto Giacometti, Buste Courtesy Sotheby’s
LOT SOLD. 734,500 USDÂ Â (Hammer Price with Buyer’s Premium)
Ferdinand Leger, La Table dans le Jardin Courtesy Sotheby’s
LOT SOLD. 902,500 USDÂ Â (Hammer Price with Buyer’s Premium)
The most expensive lot was Kees Van Dongen, Deux Nus Aux Ballons , which sold for $1,314,500 (with premium).
-V. Artzimovich
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