The Long Hangover of the Roaring Eighties
By TOM DEIGNAN
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Buyers last night at the Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Evening sale showed that they were willing to pay for the best lots, but only if forced to. Clocking in at $277 million (including the buyer’s premium) and with more than 80% of the 58 lots sold, the sale lacked the breakneck excitement of recent sales. The big disappointments of the evening were Kees van Dongen’s “Anita en almee” — which didn’t manage to break the artist’s record — and a late Picasso “Buste d’Homme” that just didn’t excite. Both failed to sell along with works by Monet, Leger, Renoir, Matisse, Pissarro, and Gaugin.
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|Buyers last night at the Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Evening sale showed that they were willing to pay for the best lots, but only if forced to. Clocking in at $277 million (including the buyer’s premium) and with more than 80% of the 58 lots sold, the sale lacked the breakneck excitement of recent sales. The big disappointments of the evening were Kees van Dongen’s “Anita en almee” — which didn’t manage to break the artist’s record — and a late Picasso “Buste d’Homme” that just didn’t excite. Both failed to sell along with works by Monet, Leger, Renoir, Matisse, Pissarro, and Gaugin.
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