London. 2 June 2010, 2:30 PM
34-35 New Bond Street
Representing some one hundred and eighty artists from more than twenty countries, sale of Century European Paintings features the work of leading painters working across the Continent during the 19 and early 20 centuries.
Led by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot’s classically inspired Jeune femme a la fontaine, other highlights range from the mythical monumentally of Leo Reiffenstein’s The Roses of Heliogabalus to the noble humility of Joaquin Sorolla’s The Christening. German tensions of the nineteen thirties are suggested in Lotte Laserstein’s panoramic Evening over Postdam, while the dry heat of Cairo is evoked in Jean-Leo Gerome’s Muezzin as he calls the faithful to prayer. Further afield Christian Krohg conjures the dramatic moment of Leif Eriksson Discovering America five hundred years before Christopher Columbus.
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Jean-Baptist-Camille Corot
JEUNE FEMME A LA FONTAINE French 1796-18875. Signed COROT level right. 65 by 42 cm. Estimate: $1, 200, 000 – 1, 700, 000 Sold: $ 2 350 000 |
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Joaquin Sorolla
THE CHRISTENING Spanish 1863-1923 Estimate: $1, 000, 000 – 1, 150, 000 Sold: $1 205 000
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Christian Krohg
LEIF ERIKSSON DISCOVERS AMERICA Norwegian 1852-1925. Signed C. Krohg level right. 116.8 by 174.6 cm. Estimate: $222, 000 – 370, 000 Sold: $300 000
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Lotte Laserstein
EVENING OVER POSTDAM German 1898-1993. Signed Lotte Laserstein lower left. 110 by 205 cm. Estimate: $180, 000 – 270, 000 Sold: $615 000
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Leo Reiffenstein
THE ROSES OF HELIOGABALUS Austrian 1856-1934. Signed and dated Leo Reiffenstein/1891 level right. 400 by 296 cm. Estimate: $150, 000 – 220, 000 Not sold |