Léa Bloch
Specialist, Head of Sale | Impressionist & Modern Art
Léa Bloch is Associate Specialist and Head of Sale at the Impressionist and Modern Art department, based in Paris.
Léa’s role as Head of Sale sees her sourcing business and developing client relationships throughout Europe, advising on consignments, acquisitions and appraisals across the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Since taking over responsibility for the Art Impressionniste et Moderne sale, Léa has overseen the sale of a number of record breaking works including the sale of the Edgar Degas oil, Danseuses (Les coulisses de l'Opéra), sold for 6,101,500€, three times its pre-sale estimate, setting a new auction record in France for the artist.
Léa has overseen the first Impressionist auction ever to take place in Hong Kong, the sale of the private collection of Claude Monet, in 2017 and in 2021, she co-organized the “Women in Art” sale, first sale dedicated to women artists to ever take place in France.
Additionally, Léa has a particular focus on provenance research during the Nazi-era, working closely with the Restitution Department.
Léa first joined Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art department in 2015. She was responsible for cataloguing and researching all the Impressionist and Modern Art sales in Paris and assisting with drafting proposals for consignments and providing clients with valuations.
Léa holds a master’s degree in Law and Economics from the Paris Dauphine University and a bachelor’s degree in History of Art and Archeology from La Sorbonne University, with a focus on 19th and 20th Century Art.
Léa’s role as Head of Sale sees her sourcing business and developing client relationships throughout Europe, advising on consignments, acquisitions and appraisals across the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Since taking over responsibility for the Art Impressionniste et Moderne sale, Léa has overseen the sale of a number of record breaking works including the sale of the Edgar Degas oil, Danseuses (Les coulisses de l'Opéra), sold for 6,101,500€, three times its pre-sale estimate, setting a new auction record in France for the artist.
Léa has overseen the first Impressionist auction ever to take place in Hong Kong, the sale of the private collection of Claude Monet, in 2017 and in 2021, she co-organized the “Women in Art” sale, first sale dedicated to women artists to ever take place in France.
Additionally, Léa has a particular focus on provenance research during the Nazi-era, working closely with the Restitution Department.
Léa first joined Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art department in 2015. She was responsible for cataloguing and researching all the Impressionist and Modern Art sales in Paris and assisting with drafting proposals for consignments and providing clients with valuations.
Léa holds a master’s degree in Law and Economics from the Paris Dauphine University and a bachelor’s degree in History of Art and Archeology from La Sorbonne University, with a focus on 19th and 20th Century Art.
