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Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale

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The Impressionist & Modern Art day Sale achieved a final total of £21,063,750. The top lot of the auction was Vincent van Gogh's striking drawing Old Man Praying. Executed in 1883 when the artist was living in The Hague, the work sold for £1,085,000, more than double its pre-sale high estimate. Other highlights of the sale included Marc Chagall's joyful Les Mariés aux deux bouquets and Bateaux et barques aux Martigues, painted in 1907 by Raoul Dufy, which achieved £749,000 and £605,000 respectively.

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The Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale on 4 February 2016 features a diverse and exciting selection of paintings, works on paper and sculpture by the leading artists of the late 19th and 20th centuries. Highlights will include works by important artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, Marc Chagall, Egon Schiele, Vincent van Gogh, Alexeij von Jawlensky and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.