PIET MONDRIAN 1872 – 1944 COMPOSITION WITH RED, YELLOW AND BLUE oil on canvas in the artist’s original frame 1927 (£4,500,000-£6,500,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE £9,266,500.
The Impressionist and Modern Art evening sale at Sotheby’s in London on June 19 will feature works from a number of private collections and is expected to bring in more than £75 million. A view of Venice by Monet from 1908 is estimated at £15-20 million. There are paintings by works by Wassily Kandinsky, Joan Miró and Alexander Calder from the the collection of Branco Weiss alongside Modern, Surrealist and sculptural works.
Helena Newman chairman of Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Art Department, Europe, said:
With the breadth of today’s global art market in mind, we have assembled a sale that responds to the taste and demand that have been driving the success of Sotheby’s recent sales. Our Impressionist & Modern Art Sale in New York this May saw clients compete for high-calibre estate property, and our June sale in London maintains the continuity, bringing together an extremely strong selection of works, many of which are from private collections and now come to the market for the first time in decades. We are thrilled that Claude Monet’s view of Venice will lead the sale. With its ravishing palette and modern aesthetic – which is what many of today’s top collectors are looking for – this is a work of timeless appeal. Looking at the sale in broader terms, we are offering works that span the 1870s through to 1982, supreme Impressionist works through to Modern masterpieces, from Monet to Mondrian.”
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for May 31, 2013).