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THE MAGAZINE AUCTION RESULTS INTERNATIONAL
£28,6M
This London sale on 5 February featured a large number of outstanding works, several with the added interest of
having been off the market for many years. Hence some more than satisfying results, with an overall total of £121 M
(Sotheby's). The clear winner in this "high mass" of modern art was Picasso, whose "Femme assise près d’une fenêtre",
a large painting executed at Boisgeloup in 1932, sold for £28.6M. "Femme rêvant de l’évasion", a 1945 Miró in exactly
the same format, went for £8.44 M, while a gouache by the same artist, "Le Fermier et son épouse", previously in Billy
Wilder's collection, achieved £5.86 M. The latter was included in the catalogue of Surrealist works. It shared star billing
with the "Portrait of Mrs Harrison Williams", a Dalí from 1943 which sold for £2.28 M, although hardly a flattering vision
of his model, who was one of the most beautiful and elegant women of her time... The Impressionists posted some
excellent results, particularly Monet and Degas. A somewhat mediocre "Nymphéas" by Monet went for £9 M, and his
"Le Givre à Giverny", a painting from 1885, for £8.77 M. Meanwhile, two pastels by Degas, "Après le bain (femme
s’essuyant)" and "Danseuse rajustant son chausson", garnered £7.76 M and £4.52 M respectively. Also worth noting:
Sisley's painting of a subject of local interest, "La Tamise avec Hampton Church", from the collection of the Earl of Jersey
(one of the rare British collectors to have sought out Impressionists), which fetched £1.88 M. Xavier Narbaïts
76 GAZETTE DROUOT INTERNATIONAL I N° 23
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973),
"Femme assise près d'une
fenêtre", oil on canvas, painted
in Boisgeloup on 30th October
1932, 146 x 114 cm.
Picasso
superstar