Sale 11414
New York
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29 - 30 March 2016
Price realised
USD 1,125
Estimate
Henri Adolphe Laissement (French, 1854-1921) Study of Sea and Sky signed 'H. Laissement' (lower left) pastel on paper 12 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. (31.1 x 39.3 cm.)
Provenance
with Kate de Rothschild, London. Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2003.
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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM THE CLAIRE AND GARRICK STEPHENSON COLLECTION
This monumental, square-format work is a major highlight of Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 20 June in London
The artist reveals how he created a work that became an instant icon when it debuted at the Whitney Museum in New York in 2014
The early 20th-century movement that featured Heckel, Kandinsky and Klee, and which continues to influence artists working today
In the 70th year since its founding, we look back on the movement’s brief, furious life. On 23 and 24 April, 20 works by the group will be offered in Amsterdam
Specialist Joy McCall answers key questions for collectors of the glassmaker’s exquisite pieces. Illustrated with lots offered in the Lalique sale on 15 May
Offered in May, a 1916 canvas that was included in every major survey of Malevich’s Suprematist works during his lifetime, and which revolutionised modern art