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London, UNITED KINGDOM · Jun 10, 2026
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BGUK_3608244_007
Date
Jun 10, 2026
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From set #3608244Masterpieces from The Lewis Collection sale at Sotheby's · 66 assets in this set
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BGUK_3608244 - Sotheby’s will stage a landmark exhibition in London ( free to view 10-23 June ) and two sales of masterpieces from the renowned Lewis Collection. Estimated in the region of £200 million, this will be the most valuable single-owner collection ever offered at auction in Europe, bringing together defining masterpieces of modern figurative painting. Assembled over decades by Joe Lewis and his daughter Vivienne, many of the works in the collection have been exhibited in major museums across the globe – a testament to their exceptional art historical significance – and many have not been seen on the open market for decades, if at all. Masterpieces from the Lewis Collection sale ( 24 June 2026 ) - Edgar Degas 'Petite danseuse de quatorze ans' Est val £18,000,000 - £25,000,000 - Amedeo Modigliani 'Nu assis au collier' Est val £? - Gustav Klimt 'Bildnis Gertrud Loew (Gertha Felsőványi) (Portrait of Gertrud Loew (Gertha Felsőványi))' Est val £20,000,000 - £30,000,000 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 'À Armenonville, en cabinet particulier' Est val £1,500,000 - £2,500,000 - Edgar Degas 'La Loge' Est val £3,000,000 - £4,000,000 - - Gustave Caillebotte 'Portrait de Paul Hugot' Est val £3,500,000 - £4,500,000 - René Magritte 'La Belle promenade' Est val £3,000,000 - £4,000,000 - Pablo Picasso 'Buste de femme' Est val £12,000,000 - £18,000,000 - Egon Schiele 'Danaë' Est val £12,000,000 - £18,000,000 - Max Beckmann 'Artisten' Est val £2,000,000 - £3,000,000 - Lucian Freud 'Sleeping by the Lion Carpet' Est val £25,000,000 - £35,000,000 - Pablo Picasso 'Tête de femme' Est val £2,000,000 - £3,000,000 - Pablo Picasso 'Baigneuses, sirènes, femme nue et minotaure' Est val £3,500,000 - £4,500,000 - Lucian Freud 'Woman in a Grey Sweater' Est val £3,000,000 - £4,000,000 - Francis Bacon 'Two Studies for Self-Portrait' Est val £8,000,000 - £12,000,000 - Pablo Picasso 'Angel Fernández de Soto' Est val £1,500,000 - £2,000,000 - Amedeo Modigliani 'Homme à la pipe (Le Notaire de Nice)' Est val £12,000,000 - £18,000,000 - Kees van Dongen 'La Dame en noir' Est val £1,200,000 - £1,800,000 - Max Beckmann 'Stillleben mit Grammophon und Schwertlilien (Still Life with Gramophone and Irises)' Est val £3,000,000 - £4,000,000 - Marc Chagall 'Les Amoureux de Vence' Est val £2,000,000 - £3,000,000
Location
London, UNITED KINGDOM
