This month at Christie’s Paris

Paris | March 2018

This March, highlights from the Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller will be on view at Christie’s Paris. Exceptional examples by Gauguin, Picasso and Manet will be on display alongside viewings of our Parisian sales.

We are delighted to offer four important auctions across several categories from 21 to 23 March in Paris. The Dessins anciens et du XIXème siècle sale unveils forgotten treasures from the collection of Comte Arnault Doria, while a selection of works on paper by prominent artists from Gauguin to Zao Wou-Ki will be offered in our Œuvres modernes sur papier auction. Elsewhere, two sales will be dedicated to modern and Impressionist art, including the single-owner private collection sale Hommage à la famille Hessel : Mécènes et Modèles featuring paintings by Édouard Vuillard, Pierre Bonnard and Maurice Denis. Our Art impressionniste et moderne auction will conclude this series of sales offering a wide range of masterpieces, including an 1877 Alfred Sisley river scene of Bougival as well as two iconic bronze sculptures by Auguste Rodin cast during the artist’s lifetime sculpture The Kiss and The Eternal Spring.

2017 Drawing Now award Laureate Lionel Sabatté will also join us during this exciting week of sales and events at Christie’s Paris with his exhibition Éloge de la metamorphose, on view from 16 to 23 March.


Highlights

  • Gustave Moreau (1826-1898)

    Sappho
    watercolours and gouache, outlined by acacia gum
    39 x 28 cm.
    Estimate
    200,000-300,000€
    Related sale
    Dessins Anciens et du XIXème Siècle

  • Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894)

    Jardin potager, Yerres
    signed and dated 'G Caillebotte 77' (lower left)
    pastel on paper
    43.5 x 57.7 cm.
    Executed in 1877
    Estimate
    €150,000-250,000
    Related sale
    Œuvres modernes sur Papier

  • Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947)

    Portrait de Madame Hessel or La Dame en Rouge
    signed and dated 'Bonnard 1901' (upper right)
    oil on cradled panel
    43.1/4 x 31.1/2 in.
    Painted in 1901
    Estimate
    €400,000-600,000
    Related sale
    Hommage à la famille Hessel : Mécènes et Modèles

  • Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940)

    La balayeuse, 346 rue Saint-Honoré
    signed ‘E Vuillard’ (upper right)
    oil on board laid down on cradled panel
    12 x 20 in.
    Painted in 1895
    Estimate
    Estimate on request
    Related sale
    Hommage à la famille Hessel : Mécènes et Modèles

  • Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)

    Le Baiser, 2ème réduction, dit aussi no. 4
    signed 'Rodin' (on the rock, at right) and stamped with the foundry mark ‘F. BARBEDIENNE, FONdeur' (on the left side of the base)
    bronze with dark brown patina
    Height: 23.1/8 in.
    Conceived in 1886, this bronze cast circa 1914
    Estimate
    €500,000–800,000
    Related sale
    Art Impressionniste et Moderne

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