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That's a wrap on the #SothebysNewYork first-ever evening auctions at the Breuer Building! The New York Sales continue with the Exquisite Corpus Day Auction tomorrow, Thursday, 21 November at 9:00 AM EST: https://t.co/4uJyIxJDpU
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'Vue de Rouen depuis la côte Sainte-Catherine' by Claude Monet soars past its estimate to $7.4 million. The work has remained in the Schlumberger Collection for over 60 years and appears at auction for the first time.
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One of the earliest iterations of the musketeer, Pablo Picasso's 'Homme et femme. Têtes', sells for $2.9million after 3 minutes of spirited bidding.
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Making its auction debut after over 80 years in The Phillips Collection, Georgia O'Keeffe's 'Large Dark Red Leaves on White' realizes $7.9 million.
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One of Jean Dubuffet's earliest and most celebrated Paris Circus works, 'Restaurant Rougeot II', sells for $7.5 million.
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The first lot of the Modern Evening Auction — Joan Miró's 'Personnages et oiseau devant le soleil' — sells for nearly 4X its estimate, $2.4 million.
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René Magritte's 'Le Jockey perdu' — one of his largest works on paper — closes the Exquisite Corpus Evening Auction at $2 million.
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'El sueño (La cama)' by Frida Kahlo soars to $54.7 million, becoming the most valuable work by a woman artist ever sold at auction. Painted in 1940 during a pivotal decade in her career, marked by her turbulent relationship with Diego Rivera.
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One of the evening’s most anticipated highlights, Vincent Van Gogh’s 'Piles de romans parisiens et roses dans une verre (Romans parisiens)', achieved $62.7 million — marking the second-highest price ever for a still life by the artist. Among Van Gogh’s nearly 900 oils, fewer than
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The second of two Kay Sage works offered tonight has just sold, bringing their combined total to $4 million — both nearly 2X their high estimates. The late work 'Detour' and 'The Point of Intersection' are two distinct highlights, with 'The Point of Intersection' marking the
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One of the most exceptional works by Dorothea Tanning ever to appear on the market — 'Interior with Sudden Joy' achieves $3.4 million, breaking the artist's auction record.
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The first lot of the Exquisite Corpus Evening Auction Valentine Hugo's 'Le Crapaud de Maldoror' — achieves $825,500, more than 4X its high estimate.
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Henri Matisse spent three years transforming 'Léda et le cygne' from a simple doorway into one of his greatest architectural masterpieces. Tonight it sold for $10.4 million.
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'Ins violett (Into Violet)'—from the height of Wassily Kandinsky's Bauhaus Period— just sold for more than 2X its estimate at $2.4. million.
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We are LIVE from the #SothebysNewYork Breuer Building! Tune in here for real-time auction updates, beginning with The Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection Evening Auction at 6 PM. https://t.co/NECK53Rx9j
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Tonight at the Breuer: The Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection Evening Auction at 6PM EST, followed by Exquisite Corpus Evening Auction at 6:30PM EST and then the Modern Evening Auction at 7:30PM EST. Watch live from #SothebysNewYork on https://t.co/NOu8ZvZpFT.
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