Le Souffle moderne – Une collection Parisienne

A Parisian Collection

L'oiseau du matin, executed on August 16, 1939.

L'oiseau du matin, Executed on August 16, 1939.

Joan Miró

The collection Souffle Moderne comprises two historical works by Nicolas de Staël, dated from 1947 and 1948.

Nicolas de Staël

Still Life

Paris

Vice President, France | Senior Director | Head of Department Impressionist & Modern Art

Aurélie Vandevoorde

Pre-sale Experience Coordinator, Impressionist & Modern Art

Polina Kozlova

Cataloguer, Impressionist & Modern Art

Joséphine Viat

Associate Cataloguer, Contemporary Art

Armance Gay

Meet our Specialists

Sotheby’s is pleased to announce Le Souffle moderne – Une collection Parisienne, in partnership with François de Ricqlès Conseil. The artworks in this collection, which have remained in the same Parisian collection for over 60 years, are characterized by their apparent oneness, and highlight the experiments on both shape and color inherent to the avant-garde of the 1930s and 1940s. Alongside Joan Miró's masterpiece L’oiseau du matin, executed in 1939, this first-time auction collection features works by some of the 20th century’s greatest masters, including Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Nicolas de Staël and Georges Braque.