Picassos Sell at Christie's Auction
Two Picassos painted late in the artist’s career and a Giacometti bronze brought solid prices at Christie’s on Wednesday night in what was a surprising reversal of tastes and trends.
Two Picassos painted late in the artist’s career and a Giacometti bronze brought solid prices at Christie’s on Wednesday night in what was a surprising reversal of tastes and trends.
Where Sotheby’s had failed to sell its top Picasso and Giacometti at its Impressionist and modern art auction on Tuesday night, just 24 hours later Christie’s received bids from around the world.
His portrait of a musketeer smoking a pipe was sold for $14.6m (£9.7m), while another painting, A Woman with a Hat, fetched $7.7m (£5.1m).
Lots at the Christie's auction sold for a combined total of $103m (£68.65m).
At a rival Sotheby's sale earlier this week, Picasso's portrait of his daughter Maya went unsold. The Daughter Of The Artist At Two-and-a-half Years With A Boat had been expected to fetch up to $24m (£16m).
Pablo Picasso's late period Mousquetaire à la pipe from 1968 was the top lot of the May Christie's Impressionist and Modern Art evening sale, selling for $14,642,500 million. The video, full-length...
Two Picassos painted late in the artist’s career and a Giacometti bronze brought solid prices at Christie’s on Wednesday night in what was a surprising reversal of tastes and trends.
Where Sotheby’s had failed to sell its top Picasso and Giacometti at its Impressionist and modern art auction on Tuesday night, just 24 hours later Christie’s received bids from around the world.
His portrait of a musketeer smoking a pipe was sold for $14.6m (£9.7m), while another painting, A Woman with a Hat, fetched $7.7m (£5.1m).
Lots at the Christie's auction sold for a combined total of $103m (£68.65m).
At a rival Sotheby's sale earlier this week, Picasso's portrait of his daughter Maya went unsold. The Daughter Of The Artist At Two-and-a-half Years With A Boat had been expected to fetch up to $24m (£16m).
Pablo Picasso's late period Mousquetaire à la pipe from 1968 was the top lot of the May Christie's Impressionist and Modern Art evening sale, selling for $14,642,500 million. The video, full-length...
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