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Modernity: From Avant-Garde to Abstraction

Sotheby’s presents a new auction by the most famous modern artists. Works by Monet, Man Ray, Magritte and Marcel Duchamp are joined by Rodin sculptures and masterpieces of contemporary art from Pierre Soulages. Modernités: de Rodin à Soulages takes place in Paris on 19 October.

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