A total of 52 covetable works to inspire collectors worldwide come up at Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art evening sale in London on June 23. Estimates range from £250,000 to £9 million for works by Monet, Picasso, Sisley, Rodin, van Dongen, Marc, Signac, Magritte and Miro. Franz Marc’s Gemsen from 1911 is at auction for the very first time with an estimate of £1.8-2.5 million. The artist sought to create an image of the world in harmony which led to increasingly abstracted elements in his art from 1911, the year he founded Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) with Kandinsky. The top lot in the sale is Iris Mauves by Claude Monet which dates from 1914-1917. It is estimated at £6-9 million. Here is a small selection:
Franz Marc (1880-1916)
Gemsen (£1.8-2.5 MILLION) © Christie’s Images Limited 2015
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Tête (£4.8-6.5 MILLION) © Christie’s Images Limited 2015
Claude Monet (1840-1926) Iris mauves (£6-9 MILLION) © Christie’s Images Limited 2015
THE PROPERTY OF THE MUSÉE RODIN, PARIS
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) Aphrodite, grand modèle (£600,000-800,000). © Christie’s Images Limited 2015