Auction in Christie’s House for one of the most important private collections

Last year the world of fashion suffered a great loss in Yves Saint Laurent‘s death, the great fashion genius. However, some fortunates will have the opportunity of acquiring a piece of this French Algerian designer’s good taste in the Christie’s fundraising auction next 23rd and 25th February.

Christie’s House in London has exhibited for several days and before the auction takes place in Paris some of the masterpieces that formerly decorated the house where the King of fashion, Yves Saint Laurent, and his inseparable professional and love partner Pierre Bergé lived.

This auction includes the art collection compiled by Saint Laurent along his life with fantastic masterpieces painted by important authors, such as Picasso, Gauguin, Matisse, Degas, Mondrian, Toulouse-Lautrec, Gustav Klimt and Juan Gris, amongst others. The collection is completed with Roman and baroque sculptures, goldsmith works dating from the German Renaissance, Art Deco furniture and several works from China.

These valuable masterpieces gathered together by Saint Laurent y Pierre Bergé are expected to collect about 300 million Euros, although the collection will probably be higher, since their good taste is world well-known. «Saint Laurent and Bergé were serious collectors. They were advised by consultants but they knew what they wanted… They focused on quality, origin and the state of conservation of the pieces. They never negotiated the price of something they intended to buy, although they sometimes asked for payment in installments»

Among the paintings in the collection we find «La Tasse de Thé» by Fernand Leger (1921), valued between 10 and 15 million Euros and a beautiful painting by Henri Matisse, «Les Coucous, Tapis Bleu et Rose», valued between 12 and 18 million Euros. The most exclusive masterpiece in the collection is a painting by Pablo Picasso, «Instruments de musique sur un guéridon», an abstract still life with music instruments with an estimated price over 30 million Euros.

A magnificent and unique collection considered by Christie’s as one of the auctions of the century.

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