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Impressionist & Modern Art

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In February 2010 Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art department in London made auction history. Giacometti's L'Homme qui marche I sold for £65 million, a world record price for a sculpture sold at auction. It was one of the highlights of the February Evening Sale which achieved £146.8 million, the highest total for any sale ever held in London.

The New York sale held in May also brought some exceptional prices, including $28.6 million for Matisse's Bouquet pour le quatorze juillet and $13.8 million for Modigliani's portrait of his muse Jeanne Hébuterne au collier. Two new artist records were set, for Isamu Noguchi and Salvador Dalí.

Our most recent sale, held in London this June, established a new auction record for Edouard Manet, whose Self-Portrait with a Palette sold for £22.4 million ($33 million). André Derain's Fauve masterpiece Arbres à Collioure from the collection of Ambroise Vollard sold for £16.2 million ($24 million),...
Treasures from the Vollard Safe

Treasures from the Vollard Safe

Join Samuel Valette and Helena Newman as they offer personal insight into the main Treasures from the Vollard Safe.

Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale

Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale

Join Sotheby's specialists from the Impressionist & Modern Art team as they discuss important works by Edouard Manet, Henri Matisse and André Derain, to be offered in the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on 22 June.