Monet, Morisot & van Dongen from Lambrecht-Schadeberg Collection Announced for Christie’s in London

The FT’s Melanie Gerlis has an early look at Christie’s London line up of Impressionist and Modern works that will go on sale Feb 28th. With a total estimate of £10-15m for works to be sold throughout the week with the proceeds earmarked for charity, sale is:

led by 14 works from the personal collection of Barbara Lambrecht-Schadeberg, a philanthropist and the co-owner of Krombacher, one of Germany’s largest independent breweries. Works in the collection include Berthe Morisot’s “Femme en noir” (1875, est £600,000-£800,000), Claude Monet’s “Les Bords de la Seine au Petit-Gennevilliers (1874, est £2m-£3m) and Kees van Dongen’s erotic “Les deux Anges” (1907-09, est £400,000-£600,000).

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