Artcurial
  Italy

Once again this year, the Auction house will be present in Monaco from 16^th to 21^st July for a week of sales focusing on Jewellery, Important Watches, Vintage Hermès and Collector Cars. Discover some of the top lots of this major event not to be missed.

On 8^th and 9^th July, the Impressionist & Modern and Post-War & Contemporary departments will have the pleasure of holding their prestige sales, which will offer a vast selection of exceptional paintings and sculptures. At the evening Contemporary Art sale, collectors will have the opportunity to explore works by Simon Hantaï, Pierre Soulages and Antoni Tapiès. For the first time in France, a rare and exceptional stabile by Alexander Calder will be on offer.

Fig Trees, a work painted by Soutine between 1920 and 1921, will be auctioned off on 8^th July at Artcurial during the Modern & Contemporary Art evening sale.

Since 4^th May 2020, Artcurial’s offices have been open again. In order to receive you as well as possible during this period, we would be grateful if you could make an appointment in advance.

Marie Sanna-Legrand, Director of Watch Departement and and Geoffroy Ader, Expert in Watches, describe a dynamic and growing market, looking for big names and iconic models that resonate.

Following on the sale of the historic furnishings of the Ritz Hotel in 2018, Artcurial will be auctioning close to 1,500 lots dedicated to French Arts of the table and Arts of living.

In 2019, Artcurial, leading French auction house, has confirmed its position of major international player in the art market and totaled €203.1 m, +4% compared to 2018.

The Impressionist & Modern sale was dominated by the exceptional painting Te Bourao (II) by Paul Gauguin, the last artwork still in private hands of a major nine paintings cycle painted in Tahiti and sent to Paris in 1898 as part of an exhibition dedicated to the artist at the Ambroise Vollard gallery. The oil on canvas reaches €9,553,200, almost twice its estimate.

On 13^th November, Artcurial organized its auction dedicated to Old Master & 19^th century art. With a total of €9.2M, the auction is dominated by the great world record for Artemisia Gentileschi at €4.8M with a Lucretia painted in the 1630’s.