Modernités

Live Auction: 25 October 2022 • 6:30 PM CEST, Session I • 7:30 PM CEST, Session II • Paris

Modernités 25 October 2022 • 6:30 PM CEST • Paris

W ith a life-size sculpture by Rodin, L'Âge d'airain, and Christine and the Queens / Redcar as guest of honour of The Paris Sales week, the new session of the Modernités sale promises to be exceptional. From the former David-Weill collection, the bronze, based on the pure aesthetics of the human form, is a masterpiece of modernity. Having remained in the same collection for fifty years, it is one of the very last examples of this model still in private hands. Exceptional works by Soulages, by Dufy with four decorative panels designed for the villa L'Altana in Antibes, by Nicolas de Staël with a final work from 1955 representing the fort of Antibes, demonstrate the artistic richness of the 20th century. As do the inventions of Schwitters, his friends Kandinsky and Arp, Picasso, Richier and Zao Wou-Ki.

Auction Highlights

Pierre Soulages

Pierre Soulages

Peinture 162 x 130 cm, 2 mai 1963

Estimate: 5,200,000 – 7,200,000 EUR

25 October 2022 | 6:30 PM CEST | Paris

Estimate: 2,000,000 – 3,000,000 EUR

25 October 2022 | 6:30 PM CEST | Paris

Les fleurs des champs

Estimate: 1,300,000 – 1,800,000 EUR

25 October 2022 | 6:30 PM CEST | Paris

Estimate: 800,000 – 1,200,000 EUR

25 October 2022 | 6:30 PM CEST | Paris

Décorations murales à L'Altana (4 panels): (i) L'obélisque (ii) La caravelle (iii) Les perroquets (iv) Le donjon Décorations murales à L'Altana (4 panneaux): (i) L'obélisque (ii) La caravelle (iii) Les perroquets (iv) Le donjon

Estimate: 600,000 – 800,000 EUR

Estimate: 600,000 – 800,000 EUR

25 October 2022 | 6:30 PM CEST | Paris

Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Estimate: 400,000 – 600,000 EUR

Estimate: 400,000 – 600,000 EUR

25 October 2022 | 6:30 PM CEST | Paris

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European Sculpture & Works of Art

Christine & The Queens/Redcar x Rodin

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