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Event date 23–24 OCT -
Event location Paris
On the same day, the fourth edition of Avant-Garde(s) Including Thinking Italian will pay tribute to leading figures of 20th- and 21st-century art, including Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Nicolas de Staël and Pierre Soulages. The highlight of this sale, and of the season, will be Yves Klein’s largest monochrome, California (IKB 71), painted in 1961, and appearing at auction for the first time. This monumental work, measuring over four meters in length, epitomizes the artist’s radical creativity and holds a preeminent place among Klein’s works to have appeared on the market. The second top lot of the sale is a recently rediscovered lifetime cast of a Femme debout by Alberto Giacometti. At the heart of the auction, the Thinking Italian section will showcase 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, as well as paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Édouard Manet, and Marc Chagall, while the contemporary sale will feature leading post-war figures such as Jean Dubuffet and Hans Hartung, alongside key names of the contemporary art scene, including a portrait by Miriam Cahn.
Exhibition
Location
Christie’s Paris
9 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris
Viewing
17–24 October
Monday – Saturday, 10am – 6pm
Sunday, 2pm – 6pm
Exhibition dates for individual auctions vary; please check the auction page.
Contact
+33 (0) 1 40 76 85 85
clientservicesparis@christies.com
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