Edgar Degas, Danseuses
vertes, c. 1878.
£2,000,000
Gino Severini,
Simultaneite de
groups centrifuges
et centripetes
(Donna alla
finestra), 1914.
£1,7000,000
Pierre-Auguste
Renoir, Gabrielle
reprisant, 1908.
£750,000
Pablo Picasso,
Deux Femmes,
c. 1906-7.
£200,000
Alexej Jawlensky,
Heilandsgesicht:
Neigender Kopf,
1923.
£180,000
Alberto Giacometti,
Buste de Diego,
New York I, 1965.
£90,000
Joan Miro,
Personnage, oiseau,
etoile dans un
paysage, 1978.
£300,000
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artnet auction
results
impressionists & moderns
at christie's london
12/02/96
by Stewart Waltzer
LIVE FROM LONDON: Christie's parade was
rained out on the evening of Dec. 2, 1996,
in a lackluster performance at the
Impressionist and modern sale that brought
back shadows of the dark times.
There is no regulation in London that
requires the auctioneer to announce passed
lots at the time of sale, but the subtle
quaver in auctioneer Christopher Burge's
baritone was equally compelling and all too
frequent.
Very little seemed to go his way. The large
Degas pastel Danseuses vertes that graced
the catalogue's cover was hammered down at
£2 million. It was below the projected
estimate of £2.5 million - £3.5 million, but
still the highest price of the evening.
A very pretty 1914 Severini brought £1.7
million, probably a record for the painter,
and the one note of joy in a bleak
undertaking.
The total volume for the evening was £11.5
million. Of the 59 lots entered, 22 were
passed--at least as determined by the
"quaver test."
70 percent (41 lots) did not exceed the low
estimate. 16 percent (10 lots) exceeded the
low but not the high estimate. 14 percent
(9 lots) exceeded the high. Plainly, prices
will have to come down to match the
expectations of the buyers.
Hammer prices are listed below, shown in
pounds:
LOW MIDDLE HIGH
1. 450,000
2. 680,000 (passed)
3. 250,000 (passed)
4. 140,000 (passed)
5. 1,300,000 van Gogh
6. 95,000 (passed)
7. 1,900,000 (passed) Renoir
8. 129,000
9. 620,000 (passed)
10. 50,000
11. 20,000 (passed)
12. 80,000
13. 80,000
14. 65,000 (passed)
15. no lot
16. Courbet 98,000
17. 350,000
18. Degas 980,000
19. 170,000 (passed)
20. 200,000 (passed)
21. large Degas 2,100,000
22. 870,000
23. Manet 1,450,000
24. 180,000
25. Degas 800,000
26. 220,000
27. 260,000 (passed)
28. 450,000
29. no lot
30. 280,000
31. 235,000
32. 530,000
33. 140,000
34. 110, 000
35. 75,000 (passed)
36. 300,000
37. 140,000 (passed)
38. 75,000 (passed)
39. 110,000
40. 340,000 (passed)
41. 170,000 (passed)
42. 140,000
43. 170,000 (passed)
44. 140,000
45. 380,000 (passed)
46. 510,000
47. 85,000 (passed)
48. 600,000 (passed)
49. 450,000 (passed)
50. 200,000
51. 75,000 (passed)
52. 220,000 (passed)
53. 95,000 (passed)
54. 140,000 (passed)
55. 600,000 (passed).
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