Impressive collection of works from private collections, presented on January 19, 2023 in Monaco by the Hôtel des Ventes de Monte Carlo.
Near Italy, brilliantly represented by five works by Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) on the theme of the horse placed in an idealized environment, sometimes antique or fantastic.
Estimates between 20 and 30.000 euros.
A masterpiece by Henri Martin (1860-1943) depicting the port of Collioure, a mythical city for painters located on the Mediterranean, near Perpignan. No canvas of this size (73 cm x125cm) of this quality and this subject ever presented in public sale.
Estimated 250 to 350.000 euros.
Next, paintings by the main post-impressionists: Vlaminck, Utrillo, Valtat, Rouault etc ..
Estimates between 10 and 40.000 euros.
Extremely rare: three printing stones featuring female faces drawn in lithographic pencil by Henri Matisse. (1869-1954)
Estimated between 40 and 60.000 euros each.
Two silver dishes resulting from the collaboration between the goldsmiths Francois and Pierre Hugo and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) on the models of Vallauris ceramic dishes.
Each estimated between 20 and 30.000 euros.
Vietnamese amateurs, so active in
present in the search for their artists who worked after the 2nd World War, will be mobilized for these two children ingenuously lying on the grass by Trong Thu Mai (died 1980) a canvas (38 x63 cm)
estimated 150 to 200.000 euros.
Without omitting more contemporary paintings and sculptures by Bernard Buffet André Brasilier, Atlan, Raza, François Xavier Lalanne…
Monegasque by adoption Fernando Botero (born in 1932) a bronze (height 49 cm) representing a woman with generous curves
estimated 250 to 300.000 euros.
Russia in the spotlight with three major paintings byAlexandra External (1882-1949)
also extremely rare because of their dates of execution - 1912-1914 - and the cubist spirit that characterizes them.
Estimated between 60 and 80.000 euros.
The ultimate lighting on the cover of the sales catalog, from an Italian private collection:
From the best and most sought after periods: Karel Appel (1921 – 2006)
a composition bursting with colors, produced in 1952.
dimensions 73cm x 60cm
Estimate 250 to 300.000 euros.