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Last night at Sotheby’s New York, the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale achieved a strong $199,804,500, well within the overall pre-sale estimate of $167.6/229.9 million and eclipsing the total for the same sale in May 2011. The auction was 81.4% sold by lot, and saw a total of 39 works sell for over $1 million.
Gustav Klimt’s Litzlberg am Attersee (Litzlberg on the Attersee) was the top lot of the sale, achieving $40,402,500 after a prolonged bidding battle (est. in excess of $25 million*), and auction records were set for Gustave Caillebotte, Tamara de Lempicka and Maxime Maufra.
Klimt’s Litzlberg am Attersee (Litzlberg on the Attersee) was bought by David Lachenmann, a private dealer from Zurich, who was bidding on behalf of a private collector who will remain anonymous and who acquired the work because it was “a masterpiece in perfect condition”.
Another key highlight of the evening was Pablo Picasso’s L’Aubade from 1967, which set a new record for a late work by the artist when it sold for $23,042,500 (est. $18/25 million). Picasso painted three monumental works in June 1967 that focused on the dialogue between a flautist and a nude, and the present and final iteration of this theme is among the
most masterful depictions of lovers from the artist’s late oeuvre. The work was on offer from a private North American collection, having been purchased by the current owner at Sotheby’s London in April 1979

Publié le 03.11.2011