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AUCTION IN NEW YORK 19 MAY 2026
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IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART
ALLEGRA BETTINI
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CONTEMPORARY ART
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LATIN AMERICAN ART
ANNA DI STASI
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DIEGO GIACOMETTI
Pair of “Carcasse” Chenets
(1902-1985)
each impressed DIEGO and monogrammed DG patinated bronze each: 18 ¼ by 7 ½ by 21 ⅞ in. 46.4 by 19.1 by 55.6 cm. Designed circa 1975.
$ 250,000-350,000
2 WASSILY KANDINSKY
(1866 - 1944)
Zwei schwarze Streifen (Two Black Stripes)
signed with the monogram and dated 30 (lower left); signed again, numbered No 540, dated and titled in German and French (on the reverse)
oil and Ripolin on board
19 ⅛ by 27 ½ in. 48.5 by 70 cm.
Executed in December 1930.
$ 2,000,000-3,000,000
3 MARK
Untitled oil on paper mounted on canvas 30 ⅜ by 22 in. 77.2 by 55.9 cm. Executed circa 1959.
$ 5,000,000-7,000,000
(1903 - 1970)
ROTHKO
4
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI
Buste d’homme (dit New York I)
(1901 - 1966)
inscribed Alberto Giacometti, numbered 8/8 and inscribed with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris; stamped Susse Fondeur Paris Cire Perdue (on the interior)
bronze height: 21 ⅜ in. 54.1 cm.
Conceived in 1965 and cast in 1972.
$ 2,000,000-3,000,000
TIFFANY STUDIOS
(1902 - 1932)
“Wisteria” Table Lamp with a “Tree” base designed by Clara Driscoll shade impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS/NEW YORK/348 leaded glass, patinated bronze height: 27 ¾ in. 70.5 cm.
diameter of shade: 18 in. 45.7 cm. Executed circa 1905.
$ 600,000-800,000
VARVARA
Two Figures
signed in Cyrillic VarSt, numbered No. 27. and dated 1921 (on the reverse) oil on canvas
27 ⅝ by 22 ¼ in. 70.2 by 56.5 cm.
Executed in 1921.
$ 1,200,000-1,800,000
STEPANOVA (1894 - 1958)
(1901 - 1966)
La Clairière (Composition avec neuf figures)
inscribed Alberto Giacometti, numbered 6/6 and inscribed with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris bronze
23 ⅝ by 25 ¾ by 20 ⅜ in. 60 by 65.5 by 51.7 cm.
Conceived in 1950 and cast in 1960.
$ 18,000,000-25,000,000
7
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI
PABLO PICASSO
Buste de femme
(1881 - 1973)
signed Picasso (center left); dated 10.7.55. and numbered II (on the reverse) oil and Ripolin on canvas
36 ¼ by 28 ⅞ in. 92.1 by 73.1 cm.
Executed on 10 July 1955.
$ 3,000,000-5,000,000
(1879 - 1940)
Gartenfigur (Garden Figure)
signed Klee (upper right) oil on burlap
31 ⅞ by 24 ¼ in. 81 by 61.5 cm. Executed in 1932.
$ 2,000,000-3,000,000
9 PAUL KLEE
YVES
TANGUY
Aux Aguets le jour
(1900 - 1955)
signed Yves Tanguy and dated 39 (lower right); signed again, titled, dated 1939 and inscribed (on the stretcher) oil on canvas
16 by 11 ¾ in. 40.5 by 30 cm. Executed in 1939.
$ 800,000-1,200,000
11
PABLO PICASSO
Arlequin (Buste)
signed Picasso (on the reverse) oil on canvas
28 ¾ by 23 ¾ in. 73 by 60.3 cm. Executed in spring 1909.
ESTIMATE UPON REQUEST
(1881 - 1973)
12
WASSILY KANDINSKY
Rote Tiefe (Red Depth)
(1866 - 1944)
signed with the monogram and dated 25 (lower left) oil on canvas
39 by 32 in. 100 by 81.3 cm.
Executed in June 1925.
$ 12,000,000-18,000,000
13
DOROTHEA TANNING
Témoins du drame
(1910 - 2012)
signed Dorothea Tanning and dated ‘47 (lower right); signed again (on the stretcher) oil on linen
12 by 11 ⅛ in. 30.5 by 28.3 cm. Executed in 1947.
$ 1,000,000-1,500,000
RENÉ MAGRITTE
Femme-bouteille
oil on glass bottle
height: 11 ⅞ in. 30.2 cm.
Executed in 1955.
$ 800,000-1,200,000
(1898 - 1967)
15
SOPHIE TAEUBER-ARP
Personnages
(1889 - 1943)
stamped Oeuvre Sophie Taeuber-Arp and dated 1926/9 (on the verso) gouache, metallic paint and pencil on paper 13 ⅞ by 10 ¼ in. 35.1 by 26.1 cm.
Executed in 1926.
$ 200,000-300,000
CHARLES SHEELER
Windows
(1883 - 1965)
signed Sheeler and dated -1951 (lower right); signed Charles Sheeler, dated -1951 and titled (on the stretcher) oil on canvas
32 by 20 ⅛ in. 81.3 by 51.1 cm. Executed in 1951.
$ 1,200,000-1,800,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
(1898 - 1976)
La Feuille Jaune
sheet metal, wire and paint
47 ½ by 84 in. 120.7 by 213.4 cm. Executed circa 1954.
$ 2,500,000-3,500,000
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MIKI BENOFF
LÉGER (1881 - 1955)
Femme dans un jardin signed F LEGER and dated 22 (lower right); signed F. LEGER, titled and dated again (on the reverse) oil on canvas 26 by 18 ⅜ in. 66 by 46.7 cm. Executed in 1922.
$ 2,000,000-3,000,000
19
PROPERTY FROM THE BARBIER-MUELLER COLLECTION HENRI
MATISSE
La Chaise lorraine
signed Henri. Matisse (lower right) oil on canvas
51 ¼ by 35 ⅛ in. 129.5 by 89.2 cm.
Executed circa 1919.
ESTIMATE UPON REQUEST
(1869 - 1954)
21
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION PIERRE BONNARD (1867 - 1947)
Nature morte au melon signed Bonnard (lower right) oil on canvas
20 ⅛ by 24 ⅜ in. 51.2 by 61.9 cm. Executed in 1941.
$ 2,500,000-3,500,000
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTOR HENRI MATISSE (1869 - 1954)
La Séance du matin signed Henri. Matisse (lower right) oil on canvas
28 ½ by 23 ¾ in. 72.5 by 60 cm. Executed in 1924.
$ 20,000,000-30,000,000
23
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTOR
MARC CHAGALL (1887 - 1985)
La Nappe mauve
signed Chagall Marc (lower right), signed Marc Chagall (on the reverse) oil on canvas
28 ¾ by 23 ⅝ in. 72.8 by 59.9 cm. Executed in 1972.
$ 2,500,000-3,500,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRESTIGIOUS EUROPEAN COLLECTION
PABLO PICASSO
Tête de femme sur fond jaune
(1881 - 1973)
dated Boisgeloup 18 juillet XXXIV (upper center) oil on canvas
25 ½ by 18 ⅛ in. 64.8 by 46.2 cm. Executed in Boisgeloup on 18 July 1934.
$ 7,000,000-10,000,000
25 PROPERTY FROM THE LATNER FAMILY ART COLLECTION
HEPWORTH (1903 - 1975)
Group II (People Waiting)
Seravezza marble 11 ⅜ by 19 ⅞ by 11 ⅜ in. 29 by 50.4 by 29 cm. Executed in 1952.
$ 2,000,000-3,000,000
BARBARA
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION AUGUSTE RODIN (1840 - 1917)
Penseur, Taille de la Porte dit “Moyen Modèle”
inscribed A. Rodin and stamped with the foundry mark Alexis Rudier Fondeur PARIS; stamped with the raised signature A. Rodin (on the interior) bronze height: 28 ⅛ in. 71.5 cm.
Conceived in 1880 and cast circa 1928.
$ 8,000,000-12,000,000
GEORGIA
O’KEEFFE
Inside Clam Shell
(1887 - 1986)
signed with the initials OK and with the artist’s star device, dated 1930 and titled (on the artist’s original backing board) oil on canvas
24 ⅛ by 36 ⅛ in. 61.3 by 91.8 cm. Executed in 1930.
$ 6,000,000-8,000,000
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
VINCENT VAN GOGH
La Moisson en Provence
(1853 - 1890)
signed Vincent (lower right); titled (lower left) watercolor, gouache, charcoal, reed and quill pens and ink on paper laid down on board
19 ⅛ by 24 ⅛ in. 48.7 by 61.2 cm.
Executed in June 1888.
$ 25,000,000-35,000,000
29
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTION CLAUDE MONET (1840 - 1926)
La Falaise d’Amont signed Claude Monet (lower right) oil on canvas
24 by 29 in. 61 by 73.6 cm. Executed in 1885.
$ 5,000,000-7,000,000
PROPERTY FROM THE DURAND-RUEL FAMILY COLLECTION, PARIS PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841 - 1919)
Baigneuse assise sur un rocher signed Renoir. and dated 92. (lower right) oil on canvas
32 by 25 ½ in. 81.2 by 65 cm. Executed in 1892.
$ 8,000,000-12,000,000
PROPERTY FROM THE NEUMANN FAMILY COLLECTION HENRI MATISSE (1869 - 1954)
Madeleine II
inscribed H.M., numbered 4, stamped BRONZE and stamped with the foundry mark C. Valsuani Cire Perdue bronze height: 23 ⅜ in. 59.4 cm.
Conceived in 1903 and cast in 1951.
$ 2,500,000-3,500,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRESTIGIOUS PRIVATE COLLECTION EDGAR DEGAS (1834 - 1917)
Femme à sa toilette
stamped Degas (lower left) pastel on paper mounted on board
32 ⅝ by 24 ⅜ in. 83 by 62 cm. Executed circa 1894.
$ 5,000,000-7,000,000
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GEORGIA
Pink Camellia
pastel on paperboard
O’KEEFFE
20 ⅛ by 25 ¼ in. 51.1 by 64.1 cm.
Executed in 1945.
$ 2,000,000-3,000,000
(1887 - 1986)
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE WEST COAST COLLECTION
FINI (1907 - 1996)
Portrait de Alida Valli II signed Leonor Fini (lower right) oil on canvas
28 ¾ by 19 ⅝ in. 73.2 by 50 cm. Executed circa 1948.
$ 700,000-1,000,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
LEONORA CARRINGTON
El retorno de la osa mayor signed Leonora Carrington and dated 1966 (lower left) oil on canvas
23 3/4 by 39 1/4 in. 60 by 100 cm. Executed in 1966.
$ 1,000,000-1,500,000
(1917 - 2011)
PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
DOMÍNGUEZ
(1906 - 1957)
Le Printemps (Composition lithochronique)
signed O Dominguez (lower right); dated indistinctly (on the overlap) oil on canvas
22 ⅝ by 27 ⅝ in. 57.5 by 70.2 cm. Executed in 1939.
$ 1,000,000-1,500,000
37
PROPERTY FROM THE LATNER FAMILY ART COLLECTION PABLO
(1881 - 1973)
Le Petit déjeuner
signed Picasso (toward lower left) : dated 19.4.60. (on the reverse) oil and Ripolin on canvas
28 ½ by 36 ⅛ in. 72.5 by 91.8 cm.
Executed on 19 April 1960.
$ 5,000,000-7,000,000
PICASSO
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTION
GOTTLIEB (1903 - 1974)
Crescendo signed Adolph Gottlieb and dated 1960 (on the reverse) oil on canvas
90 by 60 in. 228.6 by 152.4 cm. Executed in 1960.
$ 2,000,000-3,000,000
39
PROPERTY FROM A SWISS PRIVATE COLLECTION RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898 - 1967)
Le Voleur signed Magritte (upper right); signed again and titled (on the stretcher) oil on canvas
17 ¾ by 19 ¾ in. 45 by 50 cm. Executed in 1967.
$ 2,800,000-3,500,000
PROPERTY FROM THE LATNER FAMILY ART COLLECTION
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI
Annette d’après nature
(1901 - 1966)
inscribed Alberto Giacometti, numbered 1/6 and inscribed with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris bronze height: 21 in. 53.5 cm.
Conceived in 1954; this example cast in 1954.
$ 5,000,000-7,000,000
41
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
EGON SCHIELE (1890 - 1918)
Frauenbildnis mit Blauem und Grünem Halstuch (Portrait of a Woman with Blue and Green Scarf)
signed Egon Schiele and dated 1914 (lower right); indistinctly inscribed (lower left) gouache and pencil on paper 17 ⅞ by 11 ¾ in. 45.5 by 30 cm. Executed in 1914.
$ 1,000,000-1,500,000
PROPERTY FROM THE LATNER FAMILY ART COLLECTION
MAX BECKMANN
(1884 - 1950)
Frau nackt, Haare kämmend (auf Rot und Rosa) (Nude Woman, Combing Her Hair (in Red and Pink))
indistinctly signed Beckmann and dated A 46 (lower right) oil on canvas
23 ¾ by 11 ⅞ in. 60.2 by 30.2 cm. Executed in 1946.
$ 800,000-1,200,000
43
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTOR
(1881 - 1973)
Tête de femme
signed Picasso (upper left); dated Paris 27.10.54. (on the reverse) oil on canvas
25 ½ by 21 ⅛ in. 64.9 by 53.7 cm.
Executed in Paris on 27 October 1954.
$ 5,000,000-7,000,000
PABLO PICASSO
PROPERTY FROM A PRESTIGIOUS EUROPEAN COLLECTION
(1893 - 1983)
Peinture signed Miró (lower right); signed Joan Miró, titled and dated 1953 (on the reverse) oil on canvas 96 ½ by 49 ¼ in. 245.3 by 125.1 cm. Executed in 1953.
$ 4,000,000-6,000,000
JOAN MIRÓ
45
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF LOIS PINCUS COHN
PABLO PICASSO
Tête de femme
(1881 - 1973)
signed Picasso and dated 30 mars 43 (toward lower right) gouache on paper laid down on canvas 25 ⅞ by 19 ¾ in. 65.6 by 50 cm. Executed on 30 March 1943.
