{"id":56707,"date":"2025-06-26T14:53:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/?p=56707"},"modified":"2025-06-26T14:53:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:53:32","slug":"sothebys-modern-contemporary-evening-sale-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2025\/06\/sothebys-modern-contemporary-evening-sale-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotheby&#8217;s Modern &#038; Contemporary Evening Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_56708\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysLempicka.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56708\" class=\"wp-image-56708 \" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysLempicka-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"A female nude painting.\" width=\"325\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysLempicka-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysLempicka-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysLempicka.jpg 943w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>La Belle Rafa\u00ebla<\/em> by Tamara de Lempicka<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On Tuesday, June 24th, Sotheby\u2019s London hosted their Modern &amp; Contemporary evening sale, featuring forty-seven lots that focused on art ranging from Impressionist paintings to twenty-first-century installations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The top lot of the sale <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ended up being<\/span> <em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">La Belle Rafa\u00ebla<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, a 1927 oil painting by the Art Deco icon Tamara de Lempicka. Sotheby\u2019s specialists referred to the painting as \u201ca radical pinnacle of her creative development as one of the most important women artists of the twentieth century.\u201d While nude female figure painting <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is often thought<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> of as the realm of male artists, Lempicka <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">was dedicated<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to breaking down barriers and questioning traditional gender roles. Much of her art from the 1920s and 1930s exemplifies how the place of women in society was starting to change. Paintings such as <\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/artsdot.com\/ADC\/Art-ImgScreen-2.nsf\/O\/A-9H5R55\/$FILE\/Tamara-de-lempicka-in-the-green-bugatti.Jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Autoportrait (Tamara in a Green Bugatti)<\/span><\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, <\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/arthive.com\/res\/media\/img\/oy1400\/work\/47b\/490081@2x.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Portrait of Duchess de la Salle<\/span><\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, and <\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net\/?height=800&amp;quality=50&amp;resize_to=fit&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2F-SnCDUAmAJXhoAFG6Ss5wA%2Fnormalized.jpg&amp;width=488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Portrait of Mrs. Allan Bott<\/span><\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> showcase the changing gender norms of the period by depicting differences in fashion, as well as women engaging in activities previously considered masculine. And now, by creating a major female nude painting, Lempicka challenged the conventions of her time once again. The work is incredibly sensual, with the subject emerging out of darkness like a Caravaggio painting. The painting is a form of reclamation of the nude representation of the female body, as well as an expression of the artist\u2019s own desires, given that she was romantically involved with the model featured in the painting. <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">La Belle Rafa\u00ebla<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> is one of only two major paintings by the <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">artists<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> offered at auction this year, the other being her <\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/artsdot.com\/ADC\/Art-ImgScreen-4.nsf\/O\/A-6WHLVG\/$FILE\/Tamara-de-lempicka-portrait-of-doctor-boucard.Jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Portrait du Docteur Boucard<\/span><\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, which sold at Christie\u2019s London in March for \u00a35.5 million hammer.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> The Lempicka just breached its \u00a36 million low estimate, selling for \u00a36.1 million \/ $8.3 million (or \u00a37.46 million \/ $10.19 million w\/p). <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> made <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">La Belle Rafa\u00ebla<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> number five on the list of most expensive paintings by the artist ever sold at auction, placing it just above <\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christies.com\/en\/lot\/lot-6283806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Les deux amies<\/span><\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, which sold at Christie\u2019s New York in 2020 for $9.4 million w\/p.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56709\" style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysPicasso.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56709\" class=\"wp-image-56709 \" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysPicasso-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"An abstract painting of a seated nude woman.\" width=\"223\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysPicasso-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysPicasso-853x1024.jpg 853w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysPicasso-768x922.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysPicasso-1279x1536.jpg 1279w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysPicasso-1706x2048.jpg 1706w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysPicasso.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Nu assis dans un fauteuil<\/em> by Pablo Picasso<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Next up was the Pablo Picasso painting <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nu assis dans un fauteuil<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Completed in 1965, the work is part of a series Picasso created focusing on the seated female nude. The subject is likely Picasso\u2018s wife, Jacqueline Roque, whom he married in 1961. While the Lempicka nude was somewhat of a reclamation of the subgenre, the Picasso is one of the more common takes on the subject from the male perspective. However, Picasso subverts the concept in his own way by having his nude subject seated upright in a chair versus the more traditional and erotic rendition of the reclining naked woman. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> is an arrangement that Picasso would utilize for much of his career, as seen in <\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/th.bing.com\/th\/id\/R.40d9deee5ff2f4a4fd4302f9dddfb407?rik=9E9pBMhCF7EbkQ&amp;riu=http%3a%2f%2f4.bp.blogspot.com%2f-j27Xm0d-76s%2fT4S33ceBalI%2fAAAAAAAAAco%2f3avFo7_fBtY%2fs1600%2fWoman%2bAsleep%2bin%2ban%2bArmchair%2b(The%2bDream)%2b%5b1932%5d.JPG&amp;ehk=SwOUN27Ze3tLtVzooRrbrsFy%2fk8DcdJv%2fInJJsJWa4A%3d&amp;risl=&amp;pid=ImgRaw&amp;r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Dream<\/span><\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, his portrait of his mistress, Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Walter. The Sotheby\u2019s sale marks the first time the Picasso has <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">been featured<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> at auction. House specialists expected it would bring in anywhere between \u00a36 million and \u00a39 million, the same estimate range as the Lempicka. It ended up falling slightly short, hammering at \u00a35.8 million \/ $7.9 million (or \u00a37.1 million \/ $9.7 million w\/p).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And finally, in third place was an untitled oilstick drawing on paper by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Created in 1981, the drawing has also been referred to as <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Indian Head<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, referring to the central figure of the skull. Multicolored lines forming the rough shapes of arrows extend outwards from the top of the head like a patch of plant life. It exhibits influences from New York City street art, as well as the energy and dynamism of mid-century abstract expressionists. The drawing has never been available at auction before and was only exhibited once at the Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles in a 1998 exhibition commemorating the tenth anniversary of the artist\u2019s death. The work ended up hammering at \u00a35.4 million \/ $7.36 million (or \u00a36.6 million \/ $9 million w\/p), approaching the \u00a36 million high end of its estimate range.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56710\" style=\"width: 223px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysBasquiat-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56710\" class=\"wp-image-56710 \" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysBasquiat-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"An abstract drawing of arrows emerging from a skull.\" width=\"213\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysBasquiat-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysBasquiat-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysBasquiat-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysBasquiat-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysBasquiat-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SothebysBasquiat-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Untitled (Indian Head)<\/em> by Jean-Michel Basquiat<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Of all forty-seven lots, there was only one major surprise in the entire sale; the lot that kicked things off that evening. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Yu Nishimura\u2019s 2023 oil painting <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">through<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> the <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">snow<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> is part of the artist\u2019s ongoing series of double portraits, featuring a full-length representation of the artist standing in front of a larger, somewhat hazy, bust-length portrait as a background.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> The faintest remnants of an umbrella blend into the subject\u2019s hairline in the background, deflecting the snow away from the artist\u2019s suit. The work is peaceful and contemplative, allowing the viewer to simultaneously focus on the artist as an individual and the artist engaging with the world around them. Nishimura has established a reputation as one of the most innovative contemporary artists in Japan. The sale of <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">through the snow<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> at Sotheby\u2019s is additional proof of his increasing popularity. Expected to sell for no more than \u00a370K, the Nishimura exceeded this estimate by over three times, selling for \u00a3230K \/ $313.4K (or \u00a3292.1K \/ \u00a3398K w\/p). <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> makes it the second most expensive work by the artist ever sold at auction. It came in closely behind another one of his double portraits, <\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/98c0e9d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8650x10242+0+0\/resize\/4096x4850!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F56%2Fcf%2F7d1739d749918663d12783ae036e%2Fn11724-d8r98-t2-03.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">across the place<\/span><\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, which sold for $406.4K w\/p at Sotheby\u2019s New York this past May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While the Modern &amp; Contemporary evening sale performed well in some respects, it fell slightly short in others. Nineteen of the forty-seven available lots sold within their estimates, giving Sotheby\u2019s a 40% accuracy rate. An additional sixteen lots (34%) sold below, while four lots (9%) sold above. With eight lots remaining unsold, the sale achieved an 83% sell-through rate. The entire auction <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">was expected<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to bring in at least \u00a355.26 million. However, because several high-value lots went unsold, the auction as a whole brought in only \u00a350.95 million \/ $69.4 million. Some of these unsold lots include the Dame Barbara Hepworth sculpture <\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/659076a\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1499x2000+0+0\/resize\/4096x5465!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2Fwebnative%2Fimages%2Fc7%2F11%2Fe517574d47618a656297f9a6eaee%2Fl25006-dbr44-t1-01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Vertical Forms<\/span><\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> (est. \u00a32 million to \u00a33 million), the Sigmar Polke painting <\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/0f8fc0d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/7046x5917+0+0\/resize\/4096x3440!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F3f%2F74%2F4f04eece4aa3bc10b90668e3d43d%2Fl25006-c7dpn-cs-t1-02-cropped.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kronleuchter<\/span><\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> (est. \u00a31 million to \u00a31.5 million), and the Pierre-Auguste Renoir work <\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/865e0ab\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1645x2000+0+0\/resize\/2048x2490!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F3c%2F76%2Fdd9a38fd455396089ce6d795ef63%2Fl25006-b8jl7-t1-01a-pr-cropcopy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jeune fille dans les champs<\/span><\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> (est. \u00a3800K to \u00a31.2 million).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, June 24th, Sotheby\u2019s London hosted their Modern &amp; Contemporary evening sale, featuring forty-seven lots that focused on art ranging from Impressionist paintings to twenty-first-century installations. The top lot of the sale ended up being La Belle Rafa\u00ebla, a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2025\/06\/sothebys-modern-contemporary-evening-sale-2\/?contemporary=N\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":56708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[384,146,224,634,623,1374,131,418,606,604],"class_list":["post-56707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rehs-galleries","tag-19th-century-european","tag-19th-century-french","tag-20th-century-american-art","tag-20th-century-european-art","tag-basquiat","tag-lempicka","tag-nude","tag-picasso","tag-sothebys","tag-street-art"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sotheby&#039;s Modern &amp; Contemporary Evening Sale - Rehs Galleries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On Tuesday, June 24th, Sotheby\u2019s London hosted the Modern &amp; 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