• Auction 7735

    Impressionist/Modern Evening Sale

    23 June 2009, London

    SALE TOTAL: 37,235,550 (GBP)
30 Lots for Sale 7735
Lot 1
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Einblick in eine Stadt
watercolour over pen and India ink on paper attached to the artist's mount

image: 5 x 10 in. (12.7 x 25.4 cm.)
mount: 9¾ x 12 7/8 in. (24.7 x 32.7 cm.)
estimate
£220,000 - £280,000
($340,000 - $420,000)

price realized
£385,250
($627,572)
Lot 2
Henri Laurens (1885-1954)
Guitare sur la table
gouache, charcoal, white chalk, pencil and collage on paper laid down on the artist's board

20 x 25 7/8 in. (50.8 x 65.7 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($310,000 - $450,000)

price realized
£421,250
($686,216)
Lot 3
Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Mont-roig, le pont
oil on canvas

18 1/8 x 22¾ in. (46.1 x 57.7 cm.)
estimate
£400,000 - £600,000
($610,000 - $900,000)

price realized
£541,250
($881,696)
Lot 4
Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894)
Nature morte aux huîtres
oil on canvas

15 x 21 5/8 in. (38 x 55 cm.)
estimate
£250,000 - £350,000
($380,000 - $530,000)

price realized
£385,250
($627,572)
Lot 5
Eva Gonzalès (1849-1883)
La lecture au jardin (Femme au chapeau rouge)
pastel and charcoal on canvas

15 1/8 x 21 7/8 in. (38.5 x 55.5 cm.)
estimate
£450,000 - £650,000
($680,000 - $980,000)

price realized
£505,250
($823,052)
Lot 6
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Au Parc Monceau
oil on canvas

25¾ x 21 3/8 in. (65.3 x 54.2 cm.)
estimate
£3,500,000 - £4,500,000
($5,300,000 - $6,800,000)

price realized
£6,313,250
($10,284,284)
Lot 8
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947)
Femme à l'alcôve
oil on board

31¾ x 21¼ in. (80.8 x 54 cm.)
estimate
£400,000 - £600,000
($610,000 - $900,000)

price realized
£541,250
($881,696)
Lot 11
Franz Marc (1880-1916)
Springende Pferde
oil on canvas

58½ x 63¼ in. (148.6 x 160.5 cm.)
estimate
£3,000,000 - £4,000,000
($4,600,000 - $6,000,000)

price realized
£3,737,250
($6,087,980)
Lot 12
Emil Nolde (1867-1956)
Mohn
oil on canvas

27 1/8 x 34 5/8 in. (69 x 88 cm.)
estimate
£1,200,000 - £1,600,000
($1,900,000 - $2,400,000)

price realized
£1,273,250
($2,074,124)
Lot 14
Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Peinture (Femme se poudrant)
oil, gouache, watercolour, pastel and India ink on canvas

13 7/8 x 18 1/8 in. (35.3 x 46 cm.)
estimate
£2,200,000 - £2,800,000
($3,400,000 - $4,200,000)

price realized
£3,961,250
($6,452,876)
Lot 16
Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941)
Mystischer Kopf: Frauenkopf auf blauem Grund
oil and pencil on linen-finish paper laid down on board

14 5/8 x 12¼ in. (37.1 x 31.1 cm.)
estimate
£350,000 - £450,000
($530,000 - $680,000)

price realized
£313,250
($510,284)
Lot 17
Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941)
Mystischer Kopf: Frauenkopf auf rotem Grund
oil and pencil on board

14 5/8 x 12¼ in. (37.1 x 31.1 cm.)
estimate
£280,000 - £350,000
($430,000 - $530,000)

price realized
£211,250
($344,126)
Lot 18
August Macke (1887-1914)
Schreibende Frau
oil on canvas

25 5/8 x 19 3/8 in. (65 x 49 cm.)
estimate
£250,000 - £350,000
($380,000 - $530,000)

price realized
£265,250
($432,092)
Lot 20
Alberto Magnelli (1888-1971)
Nature morte au pichet
oil on canvas

27¾ x 22 in. (70.5 x 55.9 cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £200,000
($230,000 - $300,000)

price realized
£121,250
($197,516)
Lot 22
Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
Liegender Junge auf dem Bauch
charcoal and pencil on paper

12¼ x 19 5/8 in. (31.2 x 49.9 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($310,000 - $450,000)

price realized
£433,250
($705,764)
Lot 23
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Der Man der Reise
watercolour and pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount

image: 6¾ x 9 in. (17.2 x 23 cm.)
mount: 9¼ x 11¾ in. (23.5 x 29.8 cm.)
estimate
£300,000 - £500,000
($460,000 - $750,000)

price realized
£337,250
($549,380)
Lot 26
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Flächen und Linien
oil on cardboard

19 1/8 x 27 5/8 in. (48.6 x 70.2 cm.)
estimate
£400,000 - £600,000
($610,000 - $900,000)

price realized
£577,250
($940,340)
Lot 28
Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Composition
oil on canvas

25 5/8 x 19 7/8 in. (65.1 x 50.6 cm.)
estimate
£300,000 - £500,000
($460,000 - $750,000)

price realized
£337,250
($549,380)
Lot 29
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Homme à l'épée
oil on canvas

63¾ x 51¼ in. (162 x 130 cm.)
estimate
£5,000,000 - £7,000,000
($7,600,000 - $11,000,000)

price realized
£5,753,250
($9,372,044)
Lot 30
Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Nature morte (Composition pour une salle à manger)
oil on canvas

47¼ x 33½ in. (120 x 85 cm.)
estimate
£1,200,000 - £1,600,000
($1,900,000 - $2,400,000)

price realized
£1,217,250
($1,982,900)
Lot 31
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Buste de Diego sur tige
bronze with brown and green patina

Height: 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm.)
estimate
£750,000 - £950,000
($1,200,000 - $1,400,000)

price realized
£1,026,850
($1,672,738)
Lot 33
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
La villa au crépuscule
oil on panel

15 x 18 1/8 in. (38 x 46 cm.)
estimate
£300,000 - £400,000
($460,000 - $600,000)

price realized
£385,250
($627,572)
Lot 34
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Nu assis et joueur de flûte
oil on canvas

38 1/8 x 51 1/8 in. (97 x 129.9 cm.)
estimate
£3,000,000 - £4,000,000
($4,600,000 - $6,000,000)

price realized
£3,401,250
($5,540,636)
Lot 36
Odilon Redon (1840-1916)
Le cauchemar (Les trois masques; Vision; Origines)
charcoal on paper

18 1/8 x 14¼ in. (45.9 x 36.4 cm.)
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($160,000 - $230,000)

price realized
£115,250
($187,742)
Lot 38
Hans (Jean) Arp (1886-1966)
Flocons aux rayons jaunes
painted wood relief in the artist's original painted frame

21 5/8 x 27½ in. (54.8 x 70 cm.) (including the artist's frame)
estimate
£150,000 - £200,000
($230,000 - $300,000)

price realized
£140,450
($228,793)
Lot 40
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
Le piano surréaliste
charcoal heightened with white chalk on paper

24 5/8 x 18¾ in. (62.5 x 47.6 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($310,000 - $450,000)

price realized
£241,250
($392,996)
Lot 41
Joan Miró (1893-1983)
Peinture
oil on canvas

7 x 31 3/8 in. (17.7 x 79.6 cm.)
estimate
£450,000 - £650,000
($680,000 - $980,000)

price realized
£577,250
($940,340)
Lot 42
Matta (1911-2002)
Prince of Blood (Tragiptych)
oil on canvas, triptych

left canvas: 30 x 14 in. (76.2 x 35.5 cm.);
centre canvas: 30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.3 cm.);
right canvas: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.8 cm.);
overall: 30 x 72½ in. (76.2 x 184 cm.)
estimate
£300,000 - £400,000
($460,000 - $600,000)

price realized
£457,250
($744,860)
Lot 43
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
On parle le latin
oil on canvas

28 5/8 x 23 5/8 in. (72.8 x 60 cm.)
estimate
£600,000 - £800,000
($910,000 - $1,200,000)

price realized
£657,250
($1,070,660)
Lot 45
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Les sirènes chantent quand la raison s'endort
oil on canvas

36 x 28¾ in. (91.5 x 73 cm.)
estimate
£850,000 - £1,000,000
($1,300,000 - $1,500,000)

price realized
£881,250
($1,435,556)
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