Impressionist and Modern Art


Online, 5 May – 11 June 2020


Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Department is pleased to present a series of online sales across a variety of media and styles, ranging from Picasso ceramics to enchanting Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and boldly Modern artworks.

La Vie en Rose focuses on exuberant landscapes and colorful portraits that transport us to a rosier time when one could enjoy the outdoors and the company of others without limit. Highlights from the auction include works by Henri Le Sidaner, Edgar Degas and Auguste Rodin.

Form and Fantasy explores the significant aspects of modern art. Highlights from artists including Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Alberto and Diego Giacometti and Marino Marini map the course of the avant-garde through abstraction and the fantastical.

We invite you to explore our virtual viewing galleries to peruse highlights from our sales. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information about the sales, or to discuss the market.

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Highlights

  • Auguste Rodin (1840–1917)

    L'Eternel printemps, premier état, taille originale–variante type A, 1946
    signed 'A. Rodin' (on the right side of the rock); inscribed with foundry mark
    bronze with dark brown patina
    Height: 25 in. (63.4 cm.)
    Estimate
    $300,000–500,000
    Related sale
    La Vie en Rose, Online, 12–28 May 2020

  • Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)

    Schwabing—Das weisse haus, 1901
    signed ‘Kandinsky’ (lower right)
    oil on canvas board
    9 x 12 in. (23.5 x 32.5 cm.)
    Estimate
    $250,000–350,000
    Related sale
    La Vie en Rose, Online, 12–28 May 2020

  • Henri Matisse (1869–1954)

    Portrait de Monique Bourgeois, 1942
    signed and dated 'Henri Matisse 10/42' (upper left)
    pen and India ink on paper
    20 x 16 in. (51.4 x 40.6 cm.)
    Estimate
    $150,000–200,000
    Related sale
    La Vie en Rose, Online, 12–28 May 2020

  • Marino Marini (1901–1980)

    Gertrude, il piccolo cavallo, 1952
    raised initials 'MM' (on the top of the base)
    bronze with brown patina
    Height: 15 in. (40 cm.)
    Estimate
    $250,000–350,000
    Related sale
    Form and Fantasy, Online, 29 May – 11 June 2020

  • Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)

    Deux personnages, 1953
    signed and dated 'Picasso 16.12.53' (upper right)
    brush and India ink on paper
    8 x 10 in. (21 x 26.5 cm.)
    Estimate
    $100,000–150,000
    Related sale
    Form and Fantasy, Online, 29 May – 11 June 2020

  • Joan Miró (1893–1983)

    Sans titre, 1981
    gouache, watercolor, pastel and brush and black ink on paper
    19 x 27 in. (48.9 x 69.2 cm.)
    Estimate
    $250,000–350,000
    Related sale
    Form and Fantasy, Online, 29 May – 11 June 2020

  • Max Ernst (1891–1976)

    Un microbe vu à travers un tempérament, 1964
    wood and iron
    Height: 119 in. (303 cm.)
    Estimate
    $150,000–250,000
    Related sale
    Form and Fantasy, Online, 29 May – 11 June 2020

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