Lot 673
LIND JENNY: (1820-1887)

Lot 674
GALLI-MARIÉ CÉLESTINE: (1840-1905)

Lot 675
GARDEN MARY: (1874-1967) (x2)

Lot 676
LEHMANN LOTTE: (1888-1976) (+2)

Lot 677
CALLAS MARIA: (1923-1977) Inscribed to Lady Harewood

Lot 678
OPERA

Lot 679
VESTRIS GAÉTAN: (1729-1808)

Lot 680
GRISI CARLOTTA: (1819-1899)

Lot 681
LIFAR SERGE: (1905-1986) On Nijinsky's body being reinterred at Montmartre Cemetery

Lot 682
NUREYEV RUDOLF: (1938-1993)

Lot 683
GÉRICAULT THÉODORE: (1791-1824) An exceptionally rare letter of Géricault to his closest friend

Lot 684
GRANET FRANÇOIS MARIUS: (1775-1849)

Lot 685
COROT JEAN-BAPTISTE: (1796-1875)

Lot 686
NANTEUIL CÉLESTIN: (1813-1873)

Lot 687
BONHEUR ROSA: (1822-1899)

Lot 688
DORE GUSTAVE: (1832-1883)

Lot 689
DORÉ GUSTAVE: (1832-1883)

Lot 690
MANET EDOUARD: (1832-1883)

Lot 691
CAILLEBOTTE GUSTAVE: (1848-1894)

Lot 692
[CEZANNE PAUL]: (1839-1906) A fine portrait, treasured by several generations of Cezanne´ s family

Lot 693
CEZANNE PAUL: (1839-1906)

Lot 694
GAUGUIN PAUL: (1848-1903)

Lot 695
DETAILLE EDOUARD: (1848-1912)

Lot 696
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC HENRI DE: (1864-1901)

Lot 697
SISLEY ALFRED: (1839-1899)

Lot 698
HOSCHEDE MONET ALICE: (1844-1911)

Lot 699
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet seeks a loan days before settling at Vétheuil ´ where the best things I do......will be for you´

Lot 700
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ´ I am deeply distressed and, inevitably, ashamed.....´

Lot 701
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ´ I am attempting something that could put me back on my feet entirely´

Lot 702
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet writes from the country estate of Ernest Hoschedé

Lot 703
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926)

Lot 704
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet departs for a painting expedition on the French Riviera

Lot 705
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet donates a painting of Antibes

Lot 706
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ´ I had a night full of nightmares: the cathedral was collapsing on top of me; it seemed either blue or pink or yellow´´

Lot 707
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ´ ...every day I have to start afresh; it is rare that I can return to the same canvases...´

Lot 708
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ´ But what beautiful things I see, what lovely effects I failed to notice at first´

Lot 709
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ´ it´s up to whoever wants to see my paintings, and I greatly fear their astonishment´

Lot 710
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ´ ...I have a delightful subject: the little islands skimming the water, all covered in snow, with a mountain in the background. It looks like Japan...´

Lot 711
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet seeks to promote an auction for the benefit of Sisley´ s destitute orphans

Lot 712
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ´ I’m off for a stroll towards the hospital to watch the sunset´

Lot 713
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet complains of pains in his legs ´ from sitting by the window where I have been painting for over a month´

Lot 714
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ´....if this lovely misty weather with the sun peeking through were to continue, I hope to get some good work done...´ .´

Lot 715
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926)

Lot 716
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926)

Lot 717
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet writes to an important, early mentor

Lot 718
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926)

Lot 719
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet leads the surviving Impressionists in resistance to being included in the 1900 Universal Exhibition - ´ we have had enough trouble making a name for ourselves´

Lot 720
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926)

Lot 721
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet makes a payment for art supplies

Lot 722
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926)

Lot 723
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ´ ...I feel completely at a loss...´

Lot 724
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ´....apart from painting, I am the laziest man....´

Lot 725
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) ´ Jean Renoir did not deceive you....´

Lot 726
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926)

Lot 727
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet writes following a visit by Clemenceau

Lot 728
[MONET CLAUDE]: (1840-1926) & [CLEMENCEAU GEORGES]: (1841-1929)

Lot 729
RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE: (1841-1919) Renoir invites Monet on a painting expedition

Lot 730
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) Monet to Pissarro on exhibiting their works in Rouen

Lot 731
BONIN-PISSARRO JEANNE: (1881-1948) Written three days after the death of Monet - ´ And so, little by little, the constellation of Impressionists is dwindling´

Lot 732
SARGENT JOHN SINGER: (1856-1925)

Lot 733
CHERET JULES: (1836-1932)

Lot 734
VALLOTTON FELIX: (1865-1925)

Lot 735
ZORN ANDERS: (1860-1920)

Lot 736
STEINLEN THEOPHILE: (1859-1923)

Lot 737
MUCHA ALPHONSE: (1860-1939)

Lot 738
MUCHA ALPHONSE: (1860-1939)

Lot 739
SIGNAC PAUL: (1863-1935)

Lot 740
VUILLARD EDOUARD: (1868-1940)

Lot 741
BONNARD PIERRE: (1867-1947)

Lot 742
MATISSE HENRI: (1869-1954) ´ What a feast of colour for the eyes´

Lot 743
KHNOPFF FERNAND: (1858-1921)

Lot 744
ROPS FELICIEN: (1833-1898) ´ I nearly gave up on everything and never painted again in my life´

Lot 745
ENSOR JAMES: (1860-1949)

Lot 746
DELVAUX PAUL: (1897-1994)

Lot 747
LÉGER FERNAND: (1881-1955)

Lot 748
LEGER FERNAND: (1881-1955) ´ ...dash off to create something truly your own, something new, which might just blow the world away....´

Lot 749
KISLING MOISE: (1891-1953)

Lot 750
ROUAULT GEORGES: (1871-1958)

Lot 751
ZULOAGA IGNACIO: (1870-1945)

Lot 752
UTRILLO MAURICE: (1883-1955)

Lot 753
KAHLO FRIDA: (1907-1954)

Lot 754
MUNNINGS ALFRED: (1878-1959)

Lot 755
HOPPER EDWARD: (1882-1967)

Lot 756
BERENSON BERNARD: (1865-1959)

Lot 757
LAURENCIN MARIE: (1883-1956)

Lot 758
DUCHAMP MARCEL: (1887-1968)

Lot 759
MAGRITTE RENE: (1898-1967)

Lot 760
MAGRITTE RENE: (1898-1967)

Lot 761
PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973)

Lot 762
PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973)

Lot 763
PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973)

Lot 764
PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973)

Lot 765
PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) & ROQUE JACQUELINE: (1926-1986)

Lot 766
PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) & ROQUE JACQUELINE: (1926-1986) ´ and it’s true, she’s weeping; I can see her weeping´

Lot 767
PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) & ROQUE JACQUELINE: (1926-1986)

Lot 768
PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) & ROQUE JACQUELINE: (1926-1986)