MODERN ART

MODERN ART AUCTIONS

Millon's entire team of auctioneers and experts in Modern Art is at your disposal to offer you the best sales strategy for your works of art (drawings, paintings, prints, sculptures, etc.) dating from the 1860s to the Second World War.

Under the aegis ofAlix Casciello, Millon's Modern Art department benefits from the expertise of Cécile Ritzenthaler and a prestigious historic address: the Salons du Trocadéro, located at 5 avenue d'Eylau in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

At MILLON Riviera, Imen Gharbi manages the sales of this department.

Our modern art auction calendar

A key player in the market, the Modern Art department organises around ten auctions each year.

At these not-to-be-missed events for art lovers and collectors from all over the world, we present works from various artistic movements from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century: 
 

• Impressionism (Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Alfred Sisley, Gustave Caillebotte, Edouard Manet, ...),
• Post-impressionism (Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Edouard Vuillard, Pierre Bonnard, etc.),
• Symbolism (Gustave Moreau, Odilon Redon, Puvis de Chavannes, Arnold Böcklin Edward Burne-Jones, etc.)
• Art nouveau (Alphonse Mucha, Gustav Klimt, etc.),
• Pointillism (Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, Camille Pissarro, Maximilien Luce, Henri-Edmond Cross, Charles Angrand, etc.),
• Fauvism (Henri Matisse, André Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, Kees van Dongen, Raoul Dufy, Georges Rouault, etc.),
• Expressionism (Edvard Munch, Wassily Kandinsky, Egon Schiele, Emil Nolde, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Franz Marc, Otto Dix, Max Beckmann, etc.),
• Cubism (Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, Albert Gleizes, Jean Metzinger, Robert Delaunay, Francis Picabia, etc.),
• Futurism (Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla, Gino Severini, etc.).

Modern art at every price point

The Modern Art department holds a variety of auctions throughout the year:

• 3 prestige sales are organised in March, June and November. During these sessions, we present major works from the main artistic movements of the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.

• twice a year, the department organises a sale focusing on the Ecole de Paris, in close partnership with expert Maurice Melniczuk.

• For many years, the department has also been renowned for selling collections of works of art that have often been acquired over a lifetime.

• The "Petites Œuvres de Grands Maîtres" sessions offer the opportunity to buy works by well-known artists at affordable prices.

• Le Temps des Découvertes" sales follow on from the legendary "Ventes d'Ateliers de Maître Claude Robert", whose exhibitions in the Salons du Trocadéro have set the pace for the modern and contemporary art market in Paris for 60 years.

Modern art auction results and records

Appreciated by collectors and art lovers the world over, our modern art auctions achieve exceptional results:

• 1,118,000 for Coucher de soleil sur la mer by Claude Monet (link to: https://www.millon.com/artiste/claude-monet-11858),

• 787,199 for the sculpture Tête d'homme, Bouddha by Ossip Zadkine (world record ),

• 624,000 for Louis Anquetin's Portrait of Lili Grenier, 1889,

• 400,000 for Nu aux mains croisées, an early sculpture by Alexandre Calder (link to https://www.millon.com/artiste/alexander-calder-1252)

Services offered by the Modern Art department

For several years now, our auction house's flagship Modern Art department has been demonstrating its expertise in assisting buyers, and its team has forged close relationships with many collectors.

Do you own a work of modern art? Are you wondering about its value and the artist's standing? Our experts are at your disposal to offer you a free and confidential estimate.

Are you planning to auction some of your works? Our specialists can offer you a tailor-made service, from appraisal to sale.