Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper
Impressionist & Modern Art (Day Sale)*
Sale 1230
8 May 2003, 10:00 am & approximately 10:45 am**
20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York
*Featuring property from the Seagram Collection (lots 232-238)
**Immediately following Works on Paper session
While the evening sale typically receives more attention, collectors with a discerning eye are known to have found exceptional works in both the day sale and the works on paper sale.
Reasonably priced and fresh to the market are works by important masters such as Matisse's Renée, harmonie verte; Pissarro's Jeune paysanne à sa toilette; and Boudin's Fécamp. Le bassin.
Christie's offers at auction several hand-woven Aubusson wool tapestries from the Seagram Collection, including Hirondelle d'Amour after a design by Joan Miró (lot 232) and L'homme à la pastèque after a design by Fernand Leger (lot 236). Read more about the Seagram Collection >
Collectors attracted to Fauvism and Surrealism find great works such as Vlaminck's Les coteaux de Chatou en hiver and Masson's L'homme.
Collectors interested in sculpture may bid on Baigneuse debout se tenant les bras aux épaules by Maillol.
Masters of Impressionist and Modern art are also featured in the works on paper section. Of note are van Gogh's Sien Nursing Baby; Picasso's Homme et femme nus debout; and drawings, gouaches and watercolors by Klimt, Tanguy and Matisse.
