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9 April 2024

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THE SALE OF ŒUVRES CHOISIES TOTALED:   €12.4M| $13.4M 

Impressionist & Modern Art Week sale week started with Art Impressionniste & Moderne - Œuvres Choisies, featuring a selection of exceptional works 
Paris France 9 April 2024
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<strong>THE SALE OF </strong><strong><em>ŒUVRES CHOISIES </em></strong><strong>TOTALED: </strong>  <strong>€12.4M| $13.4M</strong> 
Cécile Verdier, Chairman of Christie's France and auctioneer for the sale of Impressionist & Modern Art - Oeuvres Choisies  © Christie's Images Limited 2024 Photo Nina Slavcheva 
  • NEW WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR FRANÇOISE GILOT SET AT €1.3M  
  • 65% OF LOTS SOLD ABOVE THE HIGH ESTIMATE 
  • THE IMPRESSIONISTS HONORED ON THE OCCASION OF THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOVEMENT  

Paris - Following the success of its first Impressionist and Modern Art: Œuvres Choisies sale in April 2023, Christie's Paris presented this afternoon a specialised sale of 23 works by some of the most sought-after artists coming from prestigious private collections. The star piece was Matisse et Terrus by André Derain, painted in 1905 and never been brought to the market before. It fetched €3.2 million, confirming the importance of its rediscovery. The sale also featured the greatest Impressionist artists, such as Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Berthe Morisot, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the movement, as well as a work by Françoise Gilot, Concert on the Green (Le Concert Champêtre) from 1953, which this evening fetched €1.3 million, a new world record for the artist 

 
Sale total: €12.4M| $13.4 M 
Pre-sale estimate: $7.4 – 11.4 M 
Number of lots: 23 
96% of lots sold  
 

THE TOP LOT OF THE SALE: 

Lot number: 12 

Work: André Derain (1880-1954), Matisse et Terrus, 1905. Huile sur toile, 40.3 x 54.3 cm.  

Sold for: €3.2M 

Pre-sale estimate: €2,000,000 – 3,000,000  

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MOST NOTABLE LOTS: 

 

 
 
 

 

 
 

 

 

LOT 7 
Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) 
Les Coteaux de La Celle, après Saint-Mammès 
huile sur toile 
53.7 x 65 cm. 
Estimate: €400,000 – 600,000 

Price realized: €693,000 
© Christie’s Images Ltd 2024  

 

LOT 13 
Françoise Gilot (1921-2023)  
Concert on the Green (Le Concert Champêtre), 1953  
huile sur panneau  
130 x 162 cm.  
Estimate: €200,000 – 300,000 

Price realized: €1,310,500  

New world record for the artist 

© Christie’s Images Ltd 2024 

 

LOT 6 
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) 
Petit bras de Seine à Argenteuil 
huile sur toile 
50.3 x 65.4 cm. 
Estimate: €200,000 – 300,000 

Price realized: €554,400 

© Christie’s Images Ltd 2024 

 

UPCOMING IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART SALES: 
 

10th April 

Art Impressionniste et Moderne. Vente du jour Sale on 10 April at 2 pm   

Exhibition until 10 April 

From 4 to 12 April  

La Collection Sam Josefowitz : Ensemble d’estampes fin de siècle  

Online sale from 4 to 12 April  

Exhibition until 11 April 

11th April  

Man Ray dans la Collection de Marion Meyer  

Sale on 11 April at 2 pm   

Exhibition until 11 April 

 

 

 

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue. *Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.