A Magritte wall - Christie's Impressionist, Modern and Surrealist Art pre-sale exhibition ahead of the Evening sale on 4 February. Highlights include: Cézanne's Vue sur L'Estaque et Le Château d'If, from the collection of Samuel Courtauld, which is coming to the market for the first time since it was acquired 79 years ago, in 1936 (estimate: £8-12 million); The most valuable group of Surrealist art ever to be offered at auction, featuring a group of works by Magritte and Miró, led by Joan Miró's L'oiseau au plumage déployé vole vers l'arbre argenté, 1953, from a Distinguished European Collection (estimate: £7-9 million); Amedeo Modigliani's rare double portrait Les deux filles, 1918 (estimate: £6-8 million); Femme de Venise V by Alberto Giacometti (estimate: £6-8 million); Juan Gris's La Lampe, 1914, which is considered to be among the artist's greatest contributions to Cubism (estimate: £2.5-3.5 million); Paysage à L'Estaque, 1907, by Georges Braque (estimate: £2-3 million); An important group of German works from the collection of industrial chemist Carl Hagemann, representing three of the four founding artists of the Die Brücke movement, led by one of the masterpieces of Die Brücke art: Badende am Waldteich by Erich Heckel, along with key works by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff; and other important works by Chagall, Moore, Picabia, Arp, Ernst, Tanguy and Dominguez. The auction has a total pre-sale estimate of £92.8 million-£133.8 million. Christie's, King Street, London, UK.
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