The Paris autumn auction open with Moderne(s), une collection particulière européenne. Bringing together around 40 works from a single collection, this prestigious sale highlights the European avant-gardes of the early 20th century, featuring masterpieces by René Magritte, Max Ernst, and Egon Schiele. Among the highlights is Paul Signac’s La Passerelle Debilly, a magnificent pointillist landscape painted in 1903, returning to the market for the first time in over 65 years.

Later that day, the fourth edition of Avant-Garde(s) Including Thinking Italian pays tribute to leading figures of 20th- and 21st-century art, including Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Nicolas de Staël and Pierre Soulages. The highlight both the sale and the season is Yves Klein’s largest monochrome, California (IKB 71), painted in 1961, and appearing at auction for the first time. This monumental canvas, measuring over four meters in length, epitomizes the artist’s radical creativity and holds a preeminent place among Klein’s works ever to come to market. Another major highlight is a recently rediscovered lifetime cast of a Femme debout by Alberto Giacometti. At the heart of the auction, the Thinking Italian section showcases outstanding works from the Italian artistic landscape of the 20th and 21st centuries, ranging from Alighiero Boetti’s conceptual embroideries to Mario Schifano’s Pop influences, and culminating in a rare and iconic work by Jannis Kounellis.

The following day, the Art Moderne and Art Contemporain sales will conclude the week, bringing together a carefully curated selection of works by major artists from these periods. Highlights of the modern section include an exceptional selection of animal bronzes by Rembrandt Bugatti, alongside paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Édouard Manet, and Marc Chagall. The contemporary sale features leading post-war figures such as Jean Dubuffet and Hans Hartung, together with key voices of the contemporary art scene, including a portrait by Miriam Cahn.