In December 2011 the landmark auction of The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor at Christie’s New York from December 3 – 17 far exceeded Christie’s pre-sale expectations realising a combined total of $156,756,576 (£100,324,209/€120,702,563).
Vincent van Gogh Vue de l’Asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy, Christie’s image
Drawing unprecedented interest from bidders throughout the world, every single one of the 1,778 lots of jewellery, fashion, decorative arts and film memorabilia sold. Christie’s will present the remaining portion of 38 works from the collection – led by Vue de l’Asile de la Chapelle de Saint-Rémy, 1889, by Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) (estimate: £5-7million) – between February 7 and 8 in the London series of major bi-annual Impressionist and Modern Art sales:
Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale
7 February at 7pm: 3 Lots from The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor (lots 10-12)
Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper Sale
8 February at 10:30am: 13 Lots from The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor (lots 324-336)
Impressionist and Modern Day Sale
8 February at 2pm: 22 Lots from The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor (lots 502-523)
