Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale in New York Expected to Exceed $200 Million

NEW YORK, NY.- The Christie’s announced further details of its upcoming Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on November 3. Led by significant works by Henri Matisse, Juan Gris, Joan Miró, Alberto Giacometti, Gustave Caillebotte, Georges Seurat, and Pablo Picasso, the complete sale of 85 lots is expected to achieve in excess of $200 million. Among the highlights of the sale is Property from a Distinguished Private Collection: Four Modern Masterpieces, a superb group of works led by Violon et guitare, a 1913 Cubist composition by Juan Gris (1887-1927). Widely recognized as one of the most significant Cubist still lifes to come to auction and a personal favorite of the artist himself, the painting bears a record estimate of $18-25 million. The previous record was set in November 2008 at Christie’s New York with the sale of Gris’ Livre, pipe et verres of 1915 for $20.8 million. Gris painted Violon et guitare in the

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