219 million $ sales at Sotheby's Evening

New York - Simon Shaw, Co-Head of Sotheby’s Worldwide Impressionist & Modern Art Department, commented: “A key factor in tonight’s successes was our longstanding relationships with top collectors, and our partnership with them throughout the sale process – the three works from the Private American Collection that led our sale, Monet’s Le Pont japonais, and more were non-competitive consignments. It was a privilege to offer Picasso’s spectacular Le Sauvetage exactly a decade after we last auctioned it in New York, and we are thrilled to see its price double in that time. We are pleased to once again deliver exceptional results on behalf of a great American institution, with Monet’s Sur la Falaise à Pourville selling for well over its high estimate to benefit the Acquisitions Fund of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.”

The auction was led by three works emerging from a private American collection, which together achieved 57.1 million $ – surpassing their high estimate of 53 million $.

Led by Picasso’s Le Sauvetage from 1932 that sold for 31.525.000 $ after a prolonged bidding battle, soaring over its high estimate of 18 million $.