Impressionist & Modern Art, Evening Sale Sale 1147 6 November 2002, 7:00 pm* 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York *Admission by ticket only. Please call +1 212 636 2437 Viewing and Contact Drawn primarily from a number of important private collections, such as the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Norman Granz and The Cohen Collection, Christie's fall sale features an exquisite group of works by Cézanne, Gauguin, Léger, Modigliani, Monet, Picasso, and other renowned masters. The centerpiece of the sale is a late example of Monet's Nymphéas series, Le bassin aux nymphéas, painted 1917-1919 and like the other paintings created at the lily-pond behind Monet's house at Giverny. Of special interest is an elegant and sophisticated portrait of an anonymous sitter, La robe noire, by Modigliani. This 1918 masterpiece shows all the characteristic traits of the artist's distinctive figural type that he adopted after 1916, such as the elongated oval face and the graceful neck. Read more about this work. Other highlights include Pablo Picasso's bronze, La guenon et son petit, conceived in Vaillauris in October 1951, at a time when Picasso had become deeply engrossed in domestic life with Françoise GiLot and their two children, son Claude and daughter Paloma. The sculpture is an assemblage of simple daily elements such as a Panhard car that became the top of the monkey's head with its windshield framing the eyes. Another car, a Renault, is put upside down to show its trunk and rear fender as the sculpture's lower jaw. Read more about this fascinating work. Browse the catalogue to view the entire sale and leave absentee bids online. Viewing: 1  November  10:00 am - 05:00 pm 2  November  10:00 am - 05:00 pm 3  November  01:00 pm - 05:00 pm 4  November  10:00 am - 05:00 pm 5  November  10:00 am - 05:00 pm 6  November  10:00 am - 12:00 pm Contacts: Nick Maclean Christopher Eykyn Tel: +1 212 636 2050 Back to top Sale 1147, Lot 42 Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) La guenon et son petit Bronze with brown patina Conceived in 1951 Estimate: $5,000,000-$7,000,000 To be offered in the evening sale