New York –Saturday May 13, 2023, Christie’s New York continued its successful series of 20th and 21st Century Spring Marquee Week art auctions with the Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper Sale kicking off at 10AM and the Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale following in the afternoon at 1:30PM. Throughout the entire day, the sales saw engaged bidders and global participation. Together, the sales achieved $39,189,106, selling 84% by lot, 94% hammer against low estimate.

The morning’s Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper Sale totaled $10,684,100, selling 83% by lot and 114% hammer against low estimate. The top lot of the sale was La Tamise, a pastel by Claude Monet, that far surpassed its high estimate to sell for $2,954,000. The second and third highest prices in the auction came for a fantastic Van Gogh drawing from the estate of Helen Sonnenberg Tucker titled Weesman met een hoge hoed in zijn linkerhand and Picasso’s Tête d'homme au chapeau from the Orange Blossom Collection—both selling for $529,200.

The afternoon’s Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale totaled $28,505,006, selling 84% by lot and 84% hammer against low estimate. The sale was led by two paintings by Picasso: Le peintre et son modèle achieved $3,317,000 and Buste de jeune fille (Paloma) sold for $1,925,500. The third highest price in the sale came for a wonderful Chagall painting from a Private International Collection, Autour du coq rouge, which sold for $1,865,000.

Both sales offered works from a number of estates and private collections, highlighted by:
• The Collection of Joan and Julius Jacobson totaling $5,260,500
• The Orange Blossom Collection totaling $3,511,620
• The Estate of Sophie F. Danforth totaling $1,824,480

Christie’s Spring Marquee Week Sales will continue Monday, May 15 with the 21st Century Evening Sale live at 7PM.