Auction Analysis: Sotheby's New York

Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale  | May 14, 2018

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AUCTION RECORDS

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 UNSOLD TOP LOTS

 OTHER NOTABLE LOTS

WHO BOUGHT WHAT?  

Jean Arp’s Ptolemee II (1961) sold to Chris Eykyn of Eykyn Maclean for $2.24 million (est. $1.5-2 million). 

RETURNING TO AUCTION

 Claude Monet’s Matinee sur la Seine (1896) sold for $20.6 million (est. $18–25 million). It last sold at Sotheby’s New York in November 2000 for $5.7 million.

Fernand Léger’s Le Dernier jaune sold for $5.87 million (est. $6-8 million), backed by a Sotheby’s guarantee. It last sold in the Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge auction at Christie’s Paris in 2009 for €3.7 million.