Artcurial Post-War and Modern Art Auctions Total €9.1 Million in Paris
Artcurial auctions reached a total of €9,108,015. Nicolas de Staël’s 1949 work sold for €1,085,680. Rembrandt Bugatti’s Marabouts Centrepiece with six silver sculptures fetched €794,400. Josef Sima’s 1959 oil on canvas realized €609,040, more than three times its estimate, while Claude Lalanne’s 1978 copper sculpture reached €463,400. Additional results included a 1982 work at €84,736, Fernand Léger’s circa 1953 piece at €76,120 and Amedeo Modigliani’s Nu de femme debout, les bras levés (1917) at €75,468, which doubled its estimate.
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Robert Combas’s Soldat dansant la danse des avions (1983) sold for €165,500 in the same sessions. Kim Tschang-Yeul’s white marble from the Roger & Denise Vergé collection brought €77,212. The results demonstrate sustained collector demand for established post-war names and rediscovered works, with several lots exceeding estimates by wide margins and indicating firm pricing in the middle and upper tiers of the market.
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- Artists: Nicolas de Staël, Rembrandt Bugatti, Josef Sima, Claude Lalanne, Fernand Léger, Amedeo Modigliani, Robert Combas, Kim Tschang-Yeul, Joan Miró
- Auction Houses: Artcurial
- Locations: Paris
- Prices: €9,108,015, €1,085,680, €794,400, €609,040, €463,400, €84,736, €76,120, €75,468, €165,500, €77,212
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