A monumental 1932 portrait of Picasso’s ‘golden muse’ Marie-Therese Walter will lead Sotheby’s evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in London on February 5. Picasso first encountered Marie-Therese in 1927 when she was 17. Their subsequent love affair is one of the most compelling in 20th century art history. This portrait of Marie-Therese is estimated at £25-35 million.
Claude Monet’s Nymphéas avec reflets de Hautes Herbes is estimated at £12-18 million. There are three works by Egon Schiele from the Leopold Museum in Vienna, an outstanding post war painting by Miro Femme revant de l’evasion of 1945 from the collection of Miriam and Ira D. Wallach estimated at £8-12 million, a selection of works from the collection of the late Earl of Jersey, two pastels by Edgar Degas and a strong offering of German Expressionist art. The auction is expected to bring in more than £103 million.
UPDATE: The auction brought in a combined total of £121,075,400, the second highest total for an evening sale in this category at Sotheby’s. A total of 18 lots sold for over £1 million. The impressionist and modern sale brought in £104.4 million, Surreal works achieved £16,6 million.
PABLO PICASSO 1881 – 1973 FEMME ASSISE PRÈS D’UNE FENÊTRE (£25-35 million). (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR £28,601,250
CLAUDE MONET 1840 – 1926 NYMPHÉAS AVEC REFLETS DE HAUTES HERBES (£12-18 million). (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS MADE £9,001,250.
EGON SCHIELE 1890 – 1918 LIEBESPAAR (SELBSTDARSTELLUNG MIT WALLY)(LOVERS – SELF-PORTRAIT WITH WALLY) (£6.5-8.5 million). (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: IT MADE £7,881,250, A RECORD FOR A WORK ON PAPER BY THE ARTIST.