Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale
Live Auction: 12 May 2021 • 8:30 PM EDT • New York

Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale 12 May 2021 • 8:30 PM EDT • New York

H ighlighting Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening sale this May is one of the most exquisite examples of Claude Monet’s Nymphéas series to come to market in recent history. Painted in 1917-19, Le Bassin aux nymphéas comes from the artist’s legacy-defining late body of work and heralds the dawn of Modernism in its increasingly abstract handling. The monumental painting is joined by an alluring floral still life and a historic landscape by the Impressionist master as well as an exemplary still life by Paul Cézanne. One of the finest examples in private hands, Nature Morte: pommes et poires encapsulates the pioneering trajectory of artistry in the late nineteenth century.

These era-defining paintings are joined by a suite of exquisite works on paper including a rich and luminous pastel Danseuse by Edgar Degas, two gouaches by the Expressionist master Egon Schiele and a trio of lyrical works from Pablo Picasso’s late oeuvre. Augmented by Childe Hassam’s exuberant Flags on 57th Street, Winter 1918 and a stunning oil portrait by Diego Rivera, this season’s sale charts the revolutionary progression of figuration from the early days of the avant-garde to the modern era.

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View 1 of Lot 1010: Le Bassin aux nymphéas
Claude Monet
Le Bassin aux nymphéas
Quintessential Embodiment of Monet's Revolutionary Late Oeuvre
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
Bears the signature Claude Monet (lower right)
Oil on canvas
39⅜ by 79 in.
100 by 200 cm

Painted in 1917-19.
Pablo Picasso
Femme assise en costume vert
Estimate: 14,000,000 – 18,000,000 USD
An Exceptionally Rare Portrait of Picasso's Partner and Muse, Françoise Gilot
Appearing at auction for the first time in nearly 35 years, Pablo Picasso's riveting 1953 portrait of his partner and muse, Françoise Gilot, will join Sotheby's Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art on 12 May in New York.

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Amedeo Modigliani
Jeune fille assise, les cheveux dénoués (Jeune fille en bleu)
Estimate: 15,000,000 – 20,000,000 USD
An Exquisite Late Portrait from Modigliani
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SWITZERLAND

Mellifluously rendered, Jeune fille assise, les cheveux dénoués stands as one of the finest examples of Modigliani’s late portraits in private hands.

Painted in 1919.

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