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Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale
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Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale
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Alfred Sisley (1839-1899)
Après-midi de mai à By, près de Moret-sur-Loing
Estimate GBP 650,000 - GBP 900,000
Price realised GBP 755,250
signed ‘Sisley.’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
19 7/8 x 28 ¾ in. (50.5 x 73.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1882
Provenance
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist on 10 May 1882.
Catholina Lambert, New Jersey, by whom acquired from the above on 5 April 1888; his sale, American Art Association, New York, 21-24 February 1916, lot 137.
L. Jellinek, New York, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Mr & Mrs Robert J.F. Schwarzenbach, New York, circa 1920.
Robert & Brigitte Schwarzenbach Wooters, New York, a gift from the above in 1941, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, New York, 7 May 2002, lot 20.
Private collection, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Nature morte au chien
Estimate GBP 4,000,000 - GBP 6,000,000
Price realised GBP 4,385,576
signed 'Picasso' (upper left); dated '22.10.62.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
51 1/8 x 63 ¾ in. (130 x 162 cm.)
Painted in Mougins on 22 October 1962
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, by 1964.
Stephen Hahn Gallery, New York, until at least 1978.
Private collection, United States.
Halcyon Gallery, London.
Private collection, by whom acquired from the above in 2007.
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Gefährliche Straße
Estimate GBP 4,500,000 - GBP 6,500,000
Price realised GBP 9,740,250
signed ‘Grosz’ (lower left); signed, dated and indistinctly inscribed 'GROSZ Juli 1918, 19...STREETSCENE 1918' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
18 5/8 x 25 ¾ in. (47.3 x 65.3 cm.)
Painted in July 1918
Provenance
Galerie Neue Kunst [Hans Goltz], Munich, by whom acquired directly from the artist on 24 January 1920.
Dr Burg, Cologne, by whom acquired from the above, by April 1920.
George Grosz, Douglaston, Long Island, New York, by 1939.
Richard L. Feigen & Co, Inc., Chicago, by whom acquired from the above on 24 March 1959.
Acquired by the present owner circa 1970.
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Intérieur au pot de fleurs
Estimate GBP 7,000,000 - GBP 10,000,000
Price realised GBP 7,243,250
signed 'Picasso' (upper left); dated '20.12.53.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
51 ¼ x 38 1/8 in. (130 x 96.8 cm.)
Painted on 20 December 1953
Provenance
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (no. 6358).
Leigh B. Block, Chicago.
Saidenberg Gallery, New York.
Private collection, Italy.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 3 July 1979, lot 90.
Harriet Griffin Fine Art, New York.
William Pall Gallery, New York, by whom acquired from the above in October 1987.
Waddington Galleries, London (no. B18038), by whom acquired from the above in January 1988.
Private collection, Paris, by whom probably acquired from the above in July 1989; sale, Christie's, London, 8 December 1999, lot 74.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Trois hommes qui marchent (Grand plateau)
Estimate GBP 8,000,000 - GBP 12,000,000
Price realised GBP 11,272,500
signed and numbered ‘2/6 A. Giacometti’ (on the side of the base); stamped with the foundry mark ‘. Alexis Rudier . Fondeur . Paris.' (on the side of the pedestal)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 28 ¼ in. (72 cm.)
Conceived in 1948 and cast in bronze in a numbered edition of six, this example cast in 1950
Provenance
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (no. 2370), by whom acquired directly from the artist in February 1950.
Joseph Cantor, Indianapolis, by whom acquired from the above on 28 April 1951.
Private collection, United States, by 1979.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (no. 15449), by whom acquired from the above on 28 May 1982.
Eppinghoven collection, Germany, by whom acquired from the above on 3 March 1987; sale, Christie's, New York, 10 May 1994, lot 63.
Acquired at the above sale.
Private collection, by whom acquired from the above; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 25 June 2008, lot 34.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Femme en blanc debout devant une glace
Estimate GBP 600,000 - GBP 800,000
Price realised GBP 551,250
signed 'Henri . Matisse' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 ¾ x 21 ¼ in. (73 x 54 cm.)
Painted in Nice in late 1918 - early 1919
Provenance
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (no. 21474), by whom acquired directly from the artist on 20 March 1919.
L'Art Moderne, Lausanne, by whom acquired from the above on 31 December 1919.
Alphonse Kann, Paris.
Francis Warin Weil, Maisons-Alfort, by descent from the above.
Galerie Maeght, Paris, by whom acquired from the above in 1952.
Private collection, by whom acquired from the above circa 1955.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 30 March 1987, lot 21.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 20 June 2006, lot 129.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Portrait de Madame Fould (La femme au jabot)
Estimate GBP 400,000 - GBP 600,000
Price realised GBP 491,250
signed and dated 'Renoir. 80.' (upper right)
oil on canvas
21 5/8 x 18 1/8 in. (55.2 x 46 cm.)
Painted in July 1880
Provenance
Léon Fould, Paris, by whom commissioned directly from the artist in July 1880.
Jeanne Lanvin, Paris.
Marie-Blanche Lanvin, Comtesse Jean de Polignac, Paris, by descent from the above circa 1946.
Baron Fould-Springer, Switzerland, by whom acquired from the above; his estate, Christie's, New York, 4 November 2003, lot 17.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Louis Anquetin (1861-1932)
Femme à sa toilette
Price realised GBP 1,331,250
Estimate GBP 400,000 - GBP 600,000
signed and dated 'L. Anquetin 89' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 ¼ x 28 ¾ in. (92 x 73 cm.)
Painted in 1889
Provenance
Thérèse Crufond.
Eugène & Anna Boch, Belgium & France.
Lucienne Barbary.
Paul Glazomich.
Private collection, Delft.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2010.
