Christie’s will offer a landmark Brancusi piece, La Jeune fille sophistiquée at its May Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in New York, a piece which is rumored to be estimated at $70 million. “A daring and exquisite work of art, the Brancusi from The Collection or Elizabeth Stafford represents one of the vanishingly small number of the artist’s bronzes with its original carved base not in a museum collection, says Conor Jordan, Deputy Chairman, Impressionist and Modern Art, New York. “Its appearance on the market will be an exciting event for the world’s foremost collectors of Modern art.â€
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