A Picasso sold at auction in new York for $45 million
The total amount that was rescued from the auction Christie’s, totaled $289 million
One of the paintings of Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso “Seated woman in a blue dress” (Femme assise, robe bleue, 1939) sold the day before at the evening auction auction house Christie’s in new York for $ 45 million, said the report, which is published on the website of the auction house.
The painting “Seated woman in a blue dress,” the artist depicted his lover, artist and photographer from France don Maar.
At Christie’s evening auction was also sold works by Marc Chagall, Claude Monet and Fernand Leger.
The most expensive lot was the work of French sculptor of the Romanian origin of Constantin Brancusi’s “Sleeping Muse” (La muse endormie, 1913). It realized over $57 million
Brancusi”s La muse endormie casted in 1913 realized $57,367,500
against its estimate of $25,000,000, a #worldauctionrecord for the artist pic.twitter.com/HL7eKBvv6C
— Christie’s (@ChristiesInc) 16 may 2017
“Sleeping Muse”
The total amount that was rescued from the auction Christie’s, totaled $289 million
Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale totals $289.1 M – the most successful auction for the category since 2010 https://t.co/zY1jvgrdXm pic.twitter.com/kEvPBLSfTB
— Christie’s (@ChristiesInc) 16 may 2017