Record $65.1 M. Manet Leads Christie’s to Solid $157 M. Impressionist-Modern Total — artnews.com

Manet’s Le Printemps (1881) sold for $65.1 million, easily besting its $25 million to $35 million estimate. Christie’s brought in $165.64 million at its Impressionist and modern auction earlier this evening, a tight, hour-long affair that met the relatively modest goals the house set for itself, with just 4 of the 39 lots failing to find buyers, and 20 of those selling for above their high estimates. That total fell near the evening’s high estimate of $157 million (which is calculated without the buyer’s premiums), though it paled in comparison to Sotheby’s house-best $422 million haul last night.

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