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Event date 9-22 OCT -
Event location Paris
The Paris sales during Art Basel Paris totalled €82 million with a 93% sell-through rate, generating enthusiasm for quality works with exceptional provenance.
The Danute and Alain Mallart Collection achieved €13.6 million, with highlights including works by Marlene Dumas at €1,673,500 and a floorlamp by Jean-Michel Frank which sold for €617,400, three times its low estimate.
Realising €50,8 million, the Avant-Garde(s) sale set auction records in France for Piero Manzoni, Jean Fautrier, Zao Wou-Ki and Fernando Botero, with 15 works exceeding €1 million. The Thinking Italian section confirmed its success with 100% of lots sold, led by Lucio Fontana’s Concetto Spaziale, Attese, which fetched €3,670,000.
The 20/21 Century Art – Day Sale totalled €14.7 million, featuring standout works by Félix Vallotton and Kazuo Shiraga. Finally, the online sale of Marc Chagall's prints from the artist’s Estate won over the public and greatly exceeded its estimate.
Exhibition
Christie’s France has commissioned Felice Varini, a pioneering artist of geometry and colour, to create an installation for Christie’s architectural space. This monumental work Disques évidés excentriques, will be on view until July 2025.
Christie’s Paris
9, avenue Matignon
75008 Paris
FELICE VARINI, Disques évidés excentriques Photo : © Anna Buklovska © Adagp, Paris, 2024