Highly successful auctions at Koller
A seven-figure price was also realised for a landscape by Alfred Sisley, Tournant du Loing à Moret, 1896 (lot 3224, CHF 1.01 million).
ZURICH
.- With over 1 000 bidders from 48 countries worldwide, Kollers June/July auction series was a resounding success across all categories, with each department registering hammer prices well over the pre-sale estimates. World auction records were set for prints by Warhol, Lichtenstein, Alberto Giacometti, as well as for an oil painting by Ukrainian artist Abraham Manievich.
Impressionist & Modern Art
French impressionist & modern art was highly sought after in the 2 July auction, led by Marc Chagalls classic Bouquet dété, which garnered CHF 1.58 million (lot 3251). A seven-figure price was also realised for a landscape by Alfred Sisley, Tournant du Loing à Moret, 1896 (lot 3224, CHF 1.01 million). Two bronze sculptures with impeccable provenances also elicited highly competitive bidding: Auguste Rodins iconic The Kiss, which could be traced back to its exact casting date (lot 3218, CHF 925 000), and Ossip Zadkines Les Trois Surs, which remained in the artists personal collection until the end of his life (lot 3258, CHF 464 000). An 1891 small-format work by Edouard Vuillard, Femme devant un vitrage (lot 3209), sold for ten times its estimate at CHF 317 000, and a landscape by Gustave Loiseau (lot 3210) quadrupled its estimate at CHF 244 000.