Monet's Les Peupliers made $22,482,500 at Christie's in New York against an estimate of $20/30 million.
Paysage de banlieue by Maurice de Vlaminck made $22,482,500 at Christie's against an estimate of £18/25 million.
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Les femmes d'Alger, version L made $21,362,500 including buyer's premium at Christie's. It was estimated at $20/30 million.
Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art evening sale of 57 lots in New York on May 4 brought in $155,995,000. It was 82% sold by lot and 81% by value.
Monet’s Les Peupliers, the joint top lot in this auction, sold at Christie’s in 2000 for $7 million. It was one of the three lots pictured here which sold above $20 million. A new world auction record was set for Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958) for his 1905 Fauvist landscape Paysage de Banlieue.
There were four lots sold at over $10 million, and 19 over $1 million. Buyers were 47% European, 36% American, 4% Asian and 13% other. (See antiquesandartireland.com posts for April 19 and March 26).