The Paris season dedicated to 20th- and 21st-century art sales concluded with an outstanding total of €80,892,328, marking a 39% increase year-on-year. These results confirm the strength of the Paris market and the growing role of the French capital within the international spring sales calendar.

The week opened with the remarkable success of the Collection Claude Terrasse: Dans l’intimité de Pierre Bonnard, which achieved a white-glove result of €3.3 million. The sale was 100% sold and significantly exceeded its high estimate, underscoring sustained interest in Bonnard’s world as well as in historic, family provenance.

The Radical Genius: Works on Paper from a Distinguished Private Collection sale highlighted strong demand for works on paper, totaling nearly €15.7 million. Notable results included Femme assise by Paul Cezanne, which realized €3,964,000, and Study I for Boogie Woogie by Piet Mondrian, sold for €3,720,000, demonstrating the exceptional quality of the group.

The Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Evening Sale was one of the week’s highlights, achieving €40,645,650. Maurice de Vlaminck stood out with La Femme au chapeau, which sold for €5,550,000—his highest price in France in 40 years—while Abstraktes Bild by Gerhard Richter realized €2,317,000. Claude Lalanne made a particularly strong impact, with Pomme de New York reaching €6,038,000 and setting a new auction record for the artist in France.

The Thinking Italian section maintained its strong appeal, with all lots sold, illustrating robust demand for Italian artists and the segment’s strength among international collectors. Highlights included Ettore Spalletti, whose Mobile set a new world auction record, and Giorgio de Chirico, whose Piazza d’Italia achieved five times its estimate.

Day sales continued this momentum with several notable results. In the Contemporary Art sale, Lost in Thought by Tony Cragg quadrupled its high estimate to reach €419,100, while Palmostern by Anselm Kiefer doubled its high estimate to €368,300, and a work by Verena Loewensberg set a new auction record in France.

In the Impressionist and Modern Art sale, a drawing by Van Gogh sparked intense bidding, reaching €1,206,500—ten times its estimate—while a plaster by Camille Claudel, Nourrice au fond d’un jardin by Berthe Morisot, and Les Jardins publics – Feuillage – IV by Édouard Vuillard also achieved strong results.

The week concluded with the online sale Henri Matisse: Tracer le lien, œuvres sur papier de la Fondation Pierre et Tana Matisse, which totaled €1,556,766. La danse, a colour etching echoing the work held at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, achieved €114,300, while Étude de Lys (recto and verso) tripled its high estimate to reach €120,650.

The season now continues in New York with exceptional sales, notably featuring the collections of Agnes Gund, Marian Goodman, and Henry S. McNeil, Jr.