10 mai 2019

Lot 35A. Claude Monet (1840-1926), Coin du bassin aux nymphéas, stamped with signature 'Claude Monet' (Lugt 1819b; upper right); stamped again with signature 'Claude Monet' (Lugt 1819b; on the reverse), oil on canvas, 51 3/8 x 35 in. (130.5 x 88.8 cm.) Painted in Giverny, circa 1918-1919. Estimate USD 15,000,000 - USD 25,000,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Michel Monet, Sorel-Moussel (by descent from the above). Galerie Katia Granoff, Paris (acquired from the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 17. A Junyao purple-splashed dish, Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368); 16.5cm (6 1/2in) diam. Estimate £ 3,000 - 5,000 (€ 3,500 - 5,800). © Bonhams 2001-2019. With shallow curving sides rising to a flared rim, supported on a short foot, covered with a thick glaze of lavender-blue colour highlighted with a purple splash.  Provenance: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition 2003, London, no.50A distinguished English private collection. Note: For similar dish, Jin or Yuan dynasty, see J. Ayers,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 16. A Junyao-glazed dish, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127); 19cm (7 1/2in) diam. Estimate £ 20,000 - 30,000 (€ 23,000 - 35,000). © Bonhams 2001-2019. Well potted with shallow rounded sides rising to an angular everted rim, covered all under an attractive lavender-blue glaze thinning to a mushroom colour to the rim.  Provenance: John Sparks Ltd., London, 20 November 1989A distinguished English private collection. Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, London, 16 May 2019

Lot 6. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Course de taureaux, signed '-P. Ruiz Picasso-' (lower left), gouache and pastel on board, 18 ½ x 27 ½ in. (47.1 x 70 cm.) Executed in Barcelona, 1900. Estimate USD 3,500,000 - USD 5,500,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019. Provenance: (Possibly) Berthe Weill, Paris (acquired from the artist).(Possibly) Adolphe Brisson, Paris (acquired from the above).Anon. sale, Maître Maurice Rheims, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 18 March 1959, lot 24.Acquired at the above sale by the late... [Lire la suite]

Lot 64A. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), La Lettre (La Réponse), signed and dated ‘Picasso 23’ (lower right); dated '16 Avril-23' (on the stretcher), oil on canvas, 39 ½ x 31 7/8 in. (100.3 x 81 cm.) Painted in Paris, 16 April 1923. Estimate USD 20,000,000 - USD 30,000,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019. Provenance: Paul Rosenberg, Paris (acquired from the artist, circa 1926). Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York (acquired from the above, by 1940).Sarah Campbell-Blaffer,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 15. A rare ding-type brown-glazed cupstand, Song Dynasty (960-1279); 11.5cm (4 1/2in) diam. Estimate £ 20,000 - 30,000 (€ 23,000 - 35,000). © Bonhams 2001-2019. The thinly-potted cup with deep rounded sides resting on a thin shallow dish, and supported on a tall spreading foot, covered inside and out in a rich chocolate-brown glaze thinning on the underside and rim areas to dark-green and black, Japanese wood box.  Provenance: Pa European private collectionChristie's New York, 18 March... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3. A Dingyao carved 'lotus' lobed dish, Song-Jin Dynasty (960-1234); 20.4cm (8in) diam. Estimate £ 10,000 - 15,000 (€ 12,000 - 17,000). © Bonhams 2001-2019. The shallow bowl thinly potted with a hexalobed rim, the interior finely carved on the sides and across the well with exquisite curling lotus blossoms on winding foliate stems, all covered with a rich creamy glaze, fitted box.  Provenance: Peel Park Museum, Salford (label). Note: Compare with a mallow-petal plate with similarly... [Lire la suite]

Lot 25. Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), Lunia Czechowska (à la robe noire), signed 'modigliani' (upper right), oil on canvas, 36 3/8 x 23 5/8 in. (92.4 x 60 cm.). Painted in 1919. Estimate USD 12,000,000 - USD 18,000,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019. Provenance: Leopold Zborowski, Paris. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius J. Sullivan, New York (acquired from the above, by 1932); Estate sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 6 December 1939, lot 58.Chester Dale, New York (acquired at the above sale). M.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 31A. Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), Tête, limestone, Height: 20 1/8 in. (51 cm.), Carved circa 1911-1912; unique. Estimate USD 30,000,000 - USD 40,000,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019. Provenance: Private collection, Paris. Anon. sale, Maître E. Ader, Palais Galliera, Paris, 12 December 1962, lot 18. Private collection, France.Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above, 1964). Sir Edward and Lady Hulton, London (acquired from the above, 20 October... [Lire la suite]

Lot 12. An amber-glazed bowl, Tang Dynasty (618-907); 19cm (7 1/2in) diam. Estimate £ 2,000 - 3,000 (€ 2,300 - 3,500). © Bonhams 2001-2019. Finely potted with deep ridged sides rising to a slightly everted rim, covered except the base in a rich honey-brown glaze pooling in the interior and around the foot..  Provenance: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2006, no.31.A distinguished English private collection. Note: The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test... [Lire la suite]