The Stars of London’s Spring Sales Shine in London

Pablo Picasso, Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter), 1937. Estimate Upon Request.

Appearing at auction for the first time, this highly charged work charts Picasso's evolving relationship with his 'golden muse' Marie-Thérèse Walter.

Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale
28 February 2018 | London

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Salvador Dalí, Gradiva, 1931. Estimate 1,200,000–1,800,000.

This jewel-like painting , dating from the peak of the artist's engagement with Surrealism, was acquired in the 1930s by an Argentinian Countess directly from the artist, and has remained in her family to the present day.

Surrealist Art Evening Sale
28 February | London

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Rudolf Stingel, Untitled, 2009. Estimate £4,000,000–6,000,000.

These snow-capped Tyrolean mountains show the Alps near Merano, Italy, where the artist spent his childhood.

Contemporary Art Evening Auction
7 March | London

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Alberto Giacometti, Lustre avec Femme, Homme et Oiseau, 1952. Estimate £6,000,000–8,000,000.

This exceptional chandelier is a unique arrangement of the key figures central to Giacometti's work - the standing woman and the walking man.

Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale
28 February 2018 | London

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Pablo Picasso, Le Matador, 1970. Estimate £14,000,000–18,000,000.

This majestic work , which makes its auction debut here, was included in the legendary 1973 exhibition in the year of the artist's death.

Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale
28 February 2018 | London

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Umberto Boccioni, Testa + Luce + Ambiente, 1912. Estimate £5,500,000–7,500,000.

Despite his early death during WWI, Boccioni nevertheless played a pivotal role the shaping the visual aesthetics of the Futurists.

Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale
28 February 2018 | London

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Gerhard Richter, Gelbgrün (Yellow-Green), 1982. Estimate £7,000,000–10,000,000.

This historic painting was executed in 1982 and marks the true beginning of Richter's ground-breaking series of abstract compositions.

Contemporary Art Evening Auction
7 March | London

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Lynn Chadwick, Pair of Walking Figures - Jubilee 1977. Estimate £600,000–800,000.

This majestic bronze represents one of Chadwick’s most impressive and dynamic sculptures and is a wonderful example of his depiction of motion.

Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale
28 February 2018 | London

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René Magritte, Ciel-Bouteille, 1940. Estimate £600,000–800,000.

This rare painted bottle by Magritte is one of only three examples that remained with the artist, and subsequently his widow, and was sold in the auction of the artist’s estate at Sotheby’s London in 1987.

Surrealist Art Evening Sale
28 February | London

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André Derain, Bateaux à Collioure, 1905. Estimate 7,500,000–10,000,000.

Painted in 1905 at Collioure, a small Mediterranean coastal town, this work is one of Derain's most accomplished Fauve landscapes.

Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale
28 February 2018 | London

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René Magritte, Le jockey perdu, 1947-48. Estimate £1,000,000–1,500,000.

Inspired by the fifteenth-century Renaissance master Paolo Uccello, Le jockey perdu exemplifies Magritte's atmospheric juxtaposition of objects and settings.

Surrealist Art Evening Sale
28 February | London

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David Hockney, Different Kinds of Water Pouring Into a Swimming Pool, Santa Monica, 1965. Estimate £6,000,000–8,000,000.

This work is an extraordinary illustration of what is arguably David Hockney’s most iconic motif within his long and varied oeuvre: the swimming pool.

Contemporary Art Evening Auction
7 March | London

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Michelangelo Pistoletto, Amanti (Lovers), 1962-66. Estimate £2,300,000–3,000,000.

Michelangelo Pistoletto's Amanti (Lovers) , a snapshot of two lovers presented on a reflective mirrored surface, transforms the intimate moment of a couple's embrace into an artistic spectacle.

Contemporary Art Evening Auction
7 March | London

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Max Ernst, Portrait de Joan Miró, Peintre Bénit, 1948. Estimate £600,000–800,000.

This intense portrait by Max Ernst , depicting his close contemporary Joan Miró, is a powerful testament to the enduring relationship between these two artists.

Surrealist Art Evening Sale
28 February | London

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Gerhard Richter, 1025 Farben, 1974. Estimate £5,000,000–7,000,000.

1025 Farben is one of only a very small number of rare colour charts by Gerhard Richter ever to come to auction. Many are held in museum collections.

Contemporary Art Evening Auction
7 March | London

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Andy Warhol, Hammer and Sickle, 1976. Estimate £2,500,000–3,500,000.

The sharp contrast of the black silkscreen and the red underpainting in this work points to the skill of an artist at the peak of his abilities.

Contemporary Art Evening Auction
7 March | London

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