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Christie’s NY Imp-Mod Eve = $289.2m

May 15, 2017 by Marion Maneker

Christie’s had a solid sale tonight. Here’s the release from Christie’s:

The top lots of the sale were Constantin Brancusi’s (1876-1957) La muse endormie which sold for a world auction record price of $57,367,500 to client in the room after 9 minutes of bidding and Pablo Picasso’s (1881-1973), Femme assise, robe bleue which realized $45,047,500.

Exceptional collections realized strong results:

PROPERTY FROM CLEVELAND CLINIC GENEROUSLY DONATED BY MRS. SYDELL MILLER –  $55.7 million and will continue in our Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale, led by Picasso’s Femme assise dans un fauteuil, $30,487,500

PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF HUNT HENDERSON, NEW ORLEANS – $30.5 million and will continue in our Impressionst and Modern Works on Paper Sale as well as our American Paintings Sale

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Filed Under: Auction Results Tagged With: Christie's, Impressionist, Impressionist & Modern, Modern, New York

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