Gino Severini (1883-1966) – La Modiste 1915 (400,000-600,000). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2014 UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 421,500
A selection of rare works on paper from the Triton Collection Foundation, spanning over three centuries of art history, will be offered at Christie’s in Paris and London in 2015 and early 2016. The sales will begin with a single owner evening sale of 49 works in Paris on March 25 during the Salon du Dessin. The collection includes works by Pablo Picasso, Camille Pissarro, Paul Cézanne, Fernand Léger, Francis Picabia, Gino Severini, Odilon Redon, André Derain and Salvador Dalí. Many will be offered at auction for the first time.
The privately owned Triton Collection Foundation holds one of the most important collections of the 19th and 20th Century avant-garde art in private hands worldwide. The Triton Collection was built over twenty years by Rotterdam oil and shipping magnate Willem Cordia and his wife Marijke van der Laan. The Foundation was formed in 2011 after his death. It comprises a few hundred works from three centuries of global art from Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Vincent Van Gogh to Yves Klein, Gerhard Richter, Ellsworth Kelly, Marina Abramovich, and Ai Weiwei. The collection is accessible to the public through a continuing programme of loans to over seventy museums worldwide as diverse as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, the Seoul Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art.
“The Cordia family has generously shared its collection with others for many years. They are famed for the care they take to only invest in the very finest examples of an artist’s work. The selection of works on paper which form the Paris single owner sale represents one of the most outstanding groups of drawings from the European avant-garde art to come to market for very many years. To emphasise this once in a lifetime opportunity for international collectors and the unique provenance, buyers will be able to have works marked with a stamp, registered with the Lugt Foundation that certifies The Triton Collection Foundation’s previous ownership” said Tudor Davies, Head of Impressionist and Modern Art at Christie’s Paris.
“Although the core of the Triton Collection Foundation’s collection will remain intact, we don’t part easily from these carefully selected works. However, no living art collection is ever static, moreover it needs to be able to adapt to on-going artistic development and innovation. Triton intends to use its new acquisitions to remain at the forefront of European collections and a home for the avant-garde, which we shall continue to share with the public in its widest form” explained the Cordia Family, the founders of the Triton Collection Foundation.
UPDATE: The sale brought in 9.8 million euro and was 100% sold by lot.
Fernand Leger – Danseuse au tambourin 1954 (250,000-350,000). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2014 UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 673,500
Pablo Picasso – La boija 1900 (300,000-500,000). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2014 UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 361,500